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Spencer Strider strikes out 16 Rockies in Braves’ 3-0 win

The Rockies have been feeble on the road all season. Thursday night, Spencer Strider made them look helpless.

The Denver Post · Sep 2, 2022

Rookie Michael Toglia homers, but Rockies lose to Braves, 3-2

Cue the feel-good highlight reel:

The Denver Post · Sep 1, 2022

Michael Cunningham: Dodgers, the NL’s team to beat, are getting healthy at right time

Tony Gonsolin leads MLB in ERA, wins, and walks and hits allowed per inning pitched. The Dodgers placed the right-hander on the injured list Monday with forearm tightness. For most teams, that would be a crisis. The Dodgers are treating it as a minor annoyance. Manager Dave Roberts said he…

Tribune News Service · Aug 31, 2022

New father Nolan Arenado has four hits and Cardinals overcome Braves

ST. LOUIS — Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol said he had been looking forward to playing the defending World Series champion Atlanta Braves this weekend here to see how his team stacked up against one of the clubs the Cardinals could be playing in October.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Aug 27, 2022

For Dodgers’ Trea Turner and Freddie Freeman, playing every day is part of the deal

LOS ANGELES — Freddie Freeman, working stiff? The moniker would hardly seem to apply to a guy who makes $27 million a year, flies charter, stays in five-star hotels and receives $100 per diem on the road while playing baseball for a living.

Los Angeles Times · Aug 26, 2022

Michael Cunningham: Braves can win World Series, but they’d be among youngest teams to do it

Two months ago, the Braves were still trying to figure out roles for outfielder Michael Harris and pitcher Spencer Strider. Harris since has become one of the most valuable players in the lineup. Strider is favored to be voted National League Rookie of the Year. And recent call-up Vaughn Grissom…

Tribune News Service · Aug 25, 2022

Atlanta’s Matt Olson hit the type of grand slam that you dream about

This must have felt so good.

USA Today Sports Media Group · Aug 25, 2022

Mark Bradley: Can the Braves find room for both Ozzie Albies and Vaughn Grissom?

The Braves have a 25-year-old second baseman who’s a two-time All-Star and who’s under a not-lavish contract through 2027. They have an even younger second baseman who, through 14 big-league games, has an OPS of 1.123 and a batting average of .420. The former is Ozzie Albies, who’s rehabbing a…

Tribune News Service · Aug 25, 2022

Pirates rookie Oneil Cruz reaches highest exit velocity ever recorded

PITTSBURGH — In the end it'll go down as a third-inning single, but anyone who saw it will remember it differently.

Tribune News Service · Aug 24, 2022

Braves’ offense thrashes Pirates as team charges up NL East standings

PITTSBURGH — On the night of Aug. 7, the Braves’ clubhouse, which is loud and lively after wins, was silent. Players simply dressed, grabbed their belongings and walked out of the visitors’ clubhouse for the trip out of New York. It had been a nightmare weekend.

Tribune News Service · Aug 24, 2022