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Higashioka's homer starts rally as Padres beat Braves 5-4 to sweep NL Wild Card Series
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Kyle Higashioka's solo homer started a five-run rally against an ailing Max Fried with two outs in the second inning, and the San Diego Padres held on to sweep the Atlanta Braves with a 5-4 victory in Game 2 of their NL Wild Card Series on Wednesday night. Manny...
Fried's early exit the latest Braves injury in a trying season that ends with playoff sweep
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Braves' best pitcher, NL Cy Young Award favorite Chris Sale, was back home in Atlanta with a back injury. Max Fried, who started his career as a San Diego Padres farmhand and won the clinching game in the 2021 World Series for the Braves, was in the trainer's...
Starters Max Fried and Joe Musgrove have early exits with apparent injuries in Braves-Padres game
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Atlanta Braves left-hander Max Fried and San Diego Padres right-hander Joe Musgrove had early exits Wednesday night in Game 2 of their NL Wild Card Series. Fried was done after two innings. He was hit on his left hip by a comebacker from Fernando Tatis Jr. two...
MLB pitchers threw fewer complete games but dominated batters this year
NEW YORK (AP) — There were a record-low 26 complete games in the major leagues this season — four fewer than Catfish Hunter threw in 1975 — and the big league batting average dropped to .243, among the five-lowest figures since 1900. Pitchers threw just 16 individual shutouts,...
Braves win 3-0 behind Max Fried and Sean Murphy, but Royals still get to celebrate
ATLANTA (AP) — Max Fried pitched three-hit ball over 8 2/3 innings to lead the Atlanta Braves to a 3-0 victory over Kansas City on Friday night, but the Royals still got a chance to pop the corks on their first postseason berth since 2015. Kansas City locked up an American League...
Royals complete remarkable turnaround, making playoffs coming off 106-loss season
ATLANTA (AP) — The Kansas City Royals completed one of the most remarkable turnarounds in major league history Friday night, clinching an American League wild card despite a 3-0 loss to the Atlanta Braves. A year ago, the Royals matched a franchise record with 106 losses. Now, they...
Olson hits tiebreaking homer and Braves beat Marlins 6-2 to stay 2 back of Mets for wild card
MIAMI (AP) — Matt Olson broke a seventh-inning tie with a two-run homer and the Atlanta Braves beat the Miami Marlins 6-2 on Saturday to stay two games behind the New York Mets for the last National League wild card. New York beat Philadelphia 6-3 at Citi Field, preventing the NL...
Abrams homers, Irvin goes 6 strong innings to lead Nationals over Braves 5-1
WASHINGTON (AP) — CJ Abrams hit a home run, Jake Irvin gave up one run and two hits in six innings, and the Washington Nationals beat the Atlanta Braves 5-1 on Wednesday night. Atlanta starter Max Fried kept his team close, but the Braves only had six hits and fell one game behind...
Max Fried dominates for wild card-contending Braves in 3-1 win over Blue Jays
ATLANTA (AP) — Max Fried pitched seven strong innings and the Atlanta Braves beat the Toronto Blue Jays 3-1 on Friday night. Atlanta remained tied with the Mets for the final NL wild-card spot as New York beat Cincinnati 6-4. “All I think about is that we need to...
Braves bash Twins starter Bailey Ober before storm delay and then breeze to 10-6 victory
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Matt Olson hit a three-run homer and a two-run double in the first two innings against Bailey Ober before the game was stopped by a thunderstorm, powering Max Fried and the Atlanta Braves past the sputtering Minnesota Twins 10-6 on Monday night. Fried (8-7)...
