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Major League Baseball Loses Legends of Earl Weaver and Stan Musial
January 19th, 2013 at 9:44 PM
Major League Baseball lost two of its legends when two Hall of Famers - former Baltimore Orioles manager Earl Weaver and former St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Stan Musial - passed away Saturday. Weaver died due to a heart attack Saturday morning on an Orioles fantasy cruise in the Caribbean, orioles.com reports. He...

Umpire Sam Holbrook Mocks Atlanta Braves Fans During Delay in National League Wild Card Game
October 6th, 2012 at 2:32 PM
Atlanta Braves fans will find another cause to be enraged with the infield fly call that left field umpire Sam Holbrook made during their loss to the St. Louis Cardinals in the National League Wild Card game Friday night. When fans at Turner Field caused a delay, Holbrook seemed to...

Major League Baseball Shoots Down Atlanta Braves Protest of Wild Card Game
October 6th, 2012 at 1:51 AM
Major League Baseball has denied the protest under which the Atlanta Braves protested Friday night's National League Wild Card game in their loss to the St. Louis Cardinals, espn.com reports. While trailing 6-3 in the eighth inning with runners at first and second and one out, Andrelton Simmons hit a pop-up...

Atlanta Braves Beat St. Louis Cardinals, Snap Eight-game Losing Streak
May 29th, 2012 at 11:27 PM
It took more than a week, but thanks to early home runs from Michael Bourn and Dan Uggla, the Atlanta Braves finally snapped their longest losing streak since 2010 with a 5-4 win over the St. Louis Cardinals. The Braves, who sat in first place just a week ago, ended their...

Tommy Hanson Pounded by St. Louis Cardinals, Atlanta Braves Extend Losing Streak to Eight
May 28th, 2012 at 6:31 PM
The Atlanta Braves were supposed get an offensive boost when Brian McCann started for the first time since catching the flu last Tuesday. Instead, they got a rough outing out of Tommy Hanson en route to a 8-2 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals, their eighth straight. Hanson did well to...

Jason Heyward’s Double Leads the Way for Atlanta Braves to Sweep St. Louis Cardinals
May 13th, 2012 at 10:47 PM
Just hours after striking out four times Saturday, Jason Heyward ripped a three-run double to give the Atlanta Braves the momentum they need to complete a three-game of the St. Louis Cardinals on Sunday. ***PHOTO1*** Heyward's double in the third inning proved to also be the margin of victory for the Braves...

St. Louis Cardinals Honor Chipper Jones
May 13th, 2012 at 4:46 PM
The St. Louis Cardinals honored the career of Atlanta Braves third baseman Chipper Jones for his accomplishments before the series finale at Busch Stadium on Sunday. ***PHOTO1*** The 40-year-old Braves legend was presented with an autographed Stan Musial jersey and a game action photo of himself that was autographed by Cardinals players. Former Brave...

Brandon Beachy Dominates, Atlanta Braves Roll Past St. Louis Cardinals
May 13th, 2012 at 8:33 AM
In time for Mother's Day, Atlanta Braves starting pitcher Brandon Beachy shut down the St. Louis Cardinals Saturday with his mom and family in attendance. Beachy went six innings in the 7-2 win, giving up only two runs to a Cardinals offense that had scored 37 runs over their last...

Pinch-hitting Eric Hinske Ejected from First Game Against St. Louis Cardinals
May 12th, 2012 at 1:12 AM
The Atlanta Braves got their late-inning heroics from Jason Heyward, but Eric Hinske provided a bit of drama in the eighth inning of the opening game of the their three-game series with the St. Louis Cardinals when he became the first Braves player to be ejected from a game. ***PHOTO1*** Hinske attempted to check...

Atlanta Braves Takes First Game Against St. Louis Cardinals, Win Another Extra-inning Slugfest
May 12th, 2012 at 12:59 AM
Jason Heyward has seen his career do a complete U-turn from 2011, and that continued Friday night when his home run in the 12 inning propelled the Atlanta Braves to a 9-7 win over the St. Louis Cardinals at Busch Stadium. ***PHOTO1*** The last of the Braves' seven extra-base hits in the...

Brandon Beachy Struggles; Martin Prado, Freddie Freeman Have Big Day in Loss
March 12th, 2012 at 11:08 PM
Brandon Beachy struggled mightily with his control Monday against the St. Louis Cardinals, giving up five walks in three innings as the Atlanta Braves lost their eighth straight game. ***PHOTO1*** Beachy may have only given up one run, but he was not thrilled with the fact that he had to rely on a double...

Atlanta Braves Forced to Watch 2011 World Series from Home
October 19th, 2011 at 10:11 PM
With the St. Louis Cardinals representing the National League in the World Series, the Atlanta Braves are left to watch the game at home and wonder what could have been. ***PHOTO1*** The Braves, who held an 8 1/2-game lead in September, won only nine of 27 games in the final stretch to...

Former Atlanta Braves Star in 2011 World Series
October 17th, 2011 at 11:57 PM
The Atlanta Braves have done a pretty good job at seeding the rosters of the 2011 World Series. The best-of-seven series, set to start Wednesday between the Texas Rangers and St. Louis Cardinals, has three notable former Braves. ***PHOTO1*** The Rangers may have two of the more dynamic players in the entire...

Brandon Beachy Issues Walks, Atlanta Braves’ Wild Card Lead Down to Two Games
September 24th, 2011 at 7:33 PM
Brandon Beachy had trouble with his control again Saturday as the Washington Nationals shut down the Atlanta Braves. The crucial second game of the series shrank the Braves' Wild Card lead over the St. Louis Cardinals to two games with four games left. ***PHOTO1*** Though Beachy fanned nine batters in his six...