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Andrelton Simmons hit a tiebreaking sacrifice fly in the seventh inning, then made an eye-popping play to start the ninth as the Atlanta Braves beat the Washington Nationals 3-2 on Monday night and ended their four-game losing streak. Atlanta beat the...

The Sports Xchange Three Braves relievers mow down Nats ATLANTA -- More than one Braves reliever deserved credit for the save Monday. The Atlanta bullpen retired all 11 batters it faced, and the Braves snapped a four-game losing streak with a 3-2 win...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Atlanta Braves - INSIDE PITCH At the plate, Brian McCann looks ready to rejoin the Braves. Behind it, however, his recovery from right shoulder surgery remains a work in progress. McCann homered in his first at-...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Atlanta Braves - INSIDE PITCH After playing 16 of 18 games on the road, the Braves couldn't be happier to finally get home and out of the cold. Now the team has to heat back up and start winning again as the...

The Sports Xchange By Dana Gauruder, The Sports Xchange Tigers 8, Braves 3 DETROIT -- Austin Jackson and Miguel Cabrera hit three-run homers while Doug Fister collected his fourth victory as the Detroit Tigers completed a three-game sweep of the...

The Sports Xchange By Dana Gauruder, The Sports Xchange Hot-hitting Tigers sweep Braves DETROIT -- The Detroit Tigers came into their much-anticipated interleague series with the Atlanta Braves as a .500 team. They came out of it looking like the World...

The Sports Xchange By Dana Gauruder, The Sports Xchange Porcello bounces back from bad outing, beats Braves DETROIT -- Rick Porcello didn't have any lingering effects from the worst performance of his career. Porcello recorded his first victory of the...

The Sports Xchange By Dana Gauruder, The Sports Xchange Sanchez sets Tigers record with 17 strikeouts DETROIT -- It wasn't surprising that a Detroit Tigers right-hander set a franchise record for strikeouts. But no one expected it to be Anibal Sanchez....

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Colorado Rockies - INSIDE PITCH Rockies' righty Juan Nicasio is going to have to become more efficient if he is going to stay in the rotation. He held the Arizona Diamondbacks hitless Sunday until Didi Gregorius...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Atlanta Braves - INSIDE PITCH The Braves had made just one previous trip to Detroit for an interleague series and none of the present players were with the team way back in 2004. Gerald Laird, though, is very...

The Sports Xchange By Dana Gauruder, The Sports Xchange Tigers 10, Braves 0 DETROIT -- Anibal Sanchez set a Detroit franchise record for strikeouts with 17 and Matt Tuiasosopo had a career-high five RBI as the Tigers overpowered the Atlanta Braves 10-0...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Atlanta Braves - INSIDE PITCH The Braves top the majors in home runs, but they are also among the leaders in strikeouts. That is part of the reason for one of the most glaring statistics of the early season. When...