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MLB Team Report - Atlanta Braves - INSIDE PITCH Brandon Beachy is right on schedule to make a return to the Braves almost exactly 12 months after Tommy John surgery. The right-hander pitched two innings in an extended spring training game in Florida on...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Atlanta Braves - INSIDE PITCH Just when Atlanta was ready to finally have its lineup intact for the first time this season, the Braves got the bad pitching news they feared. Left-handed reliever Jonny Venters will...

The Sports Xchange Diamondback 5, Braves 3 PHOENIX -- Eric Chavez had two hits and drove in three runs and Ian Kennedy won for the first time since Opening Day when Arizona beat Atlanta 5-3 in the rubber game of their series Wednesday afternoon. Chavez...

The Sports Xchange Chavez gets best of ex-teammate Hudson in Arizona win PHOENIX -- Eric Chavez calls Tim Hudson one of his best friends in baseball after the great seasons they spent in Oakland, but that did not keep Chavez from doing what had to be...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Atlanta Braves - INSIDE PITCH Jonny Venters hoped for the best. So, obviously, did the Braves. But it appears that the left-handed reliever may be headed to a second Tommy John elbow surgery. Venters will see Dr....

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Atlanta Braves - INSIDE PITCH If Julio Teheran keeps pitching as he has in his past three starts, it will be hard for the Braves to take him out of the rotation when Brandon Beachy returns from Tommy John surgery...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Atlanta Braves - INSIDE PITCH Justin Upton got off to a blazing start with his new team, smacking five homers in his first five games. But the Braves outfielder has cooled considerably as he arrives in Arizona to...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Atlanta Braves - INSIDE PITCH Once, the Braves couldn't lose with Kris Medlen starting. Now, they can't seem to win. It really isn't the right-hander's fault, though. Medlen has five quality starts in seven outings...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Atlanta Braves - INSIDE PITCH His average at .163 after another hitless game on May 1, Dan Uggla had almost nowhere to go except up. Seven games later, the Braves' second baseman is finally on the high side of the...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Atlanta Braves - INSIDE PITCH Andrelton Simmons has dazzled defensively all season, showing at age 23 he is already one of the best shortstops in the major leagues. The native of Curacao got off to a slow start at...

SportsDirect Inc. Preview: Braves at Giants The Atlanta Braves and San Francisco Giants have a little momentum when they open up a four-game series at AT&T Park on Thursday. The visiting Braves are coming off a series win in Cincinnati that was capped...

SportsDirect Inc. Recap: Braves 7, Reds 2 Braves 7, Reds 2: Dan Uggla recorded his first multi-homer game in nearly a year and Juan Francisco delivered his first career grand slam as visiting Atlanta took two of three from Cincinnati. Uggla's two-homer...