Solid pitching and explosive offense helps the Braves to their fifth straight win Travis d’Arnaud homered three times and Chris Sale turned in another solid performance on the mound to help the Atlanta Braves to an 8-3 win over the Texas Rangers Friday night at Truist Park.
The Rangers begin a series in Atlanta Texas Rangers lineup for April 19, 2024 against the Atlanta Braves: starting pitchers are Andrew Heaney for the Rangers and Chris Sale for the Braves.
The Braves will look to stay hot in Friday’s series opener against the Texas Rangers. The Atlanta Braves will begin a nine-game homestand with a three-game series Friday night against the Texas Rangers.
Two veteran left-handers will take the mound when the Texas Rangers visit the Atlanta Braves for the first time since 2017 to start a three-game interleague series on Friday.
Losing an ace such as Spencer Strider this early in the season would be a devastating blow for most teams. But most teams aren't the Atlanta Braves.
It will be experience against youth on the mound Saturday when the Atlanta Braves visit the Miami Marlins in the middle game of a weekend series. The Braves, who won the series opener 8-1 on Friday, will start left-hander Chris Sale (1-0, 3.38 ERA), while the Marlins will go with right-hander Max Meyer (1-0, 2.45).
Chris Sale has experienced plenty of physical and mental agony in the second half of his MLB career, as injury troubles have limited him to only 31 starts in the previous four seasons.
The Atlanta Braves hit three home runs and left-hander Chris Sale won his Atlanta home debut Sunday as the Braves beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 5-2 and swept the three-game series.
With a relatively calm 5-2 victory on Sunday, the Braves closed out a sweep of the reigning National League champions. Here's what we learned after a wild weekend in Atlanta.
While the Braves have proven a huge early hole isn’t an death knell, maybe they could try beating the Diamondbacks without having to clamber back into the game?
The Atlanta Braves (5-2) hope to complete a three-game sweep of the Arizona Diamondbacks (4-5) when the teams meet at 1:35 PM ET Sunday. The Braves are -222 favorites to keep the Diamondbacks out of the win column in the series.
Following a three-game losing streak, the Arizona Diamondbacks (4-5) match up against the Atlanta Braves (5-2) on Sunday at 1:35 PM ET. This contest’s pitching matchup is set, as the Braves will send Chris Sale to the mound, while Ryne Nelson (0-1) will answer the bell for the Diamondbacks.
Aside from Sunday, good opening weekend for Braves. Baseball is finally back, and all things considered, the Braves have to be satisfied with a series win over the Phillies.
On Sunday afternoon, the Atlanta Braves took their first loss of the 2024 MLB season with a 5-4 road defeat at the hands of the Philadelphia Phillies in what was the first start for newly-acquired pitcher Chris Sale for the ballclub.
While the Braves fell to the Phillies on Sunday, Atlanta still won the series and outscored Philadelphia by 13 runs over the course of three games. Here are three things we learned following the first series of the season.
Most fans weren’t able to watch it live, but Chris Sale made his first appearance in a Braves uniform Tuesday afternoon, showcasing a vintage version of himself.
The Atlanta Braves are testing some things today. We already know the position player lineup is set, with yesterday's Grapefruit League game a potential
Baseball is officially all the way back as Spring Training kicked off across the league over the weekend. The Braves have already gotten a look at two starting pitchers that were featured in last year’s All-Star Game.
The Chris Sale-for-Vaughn Grissom trade between the Braves and Red Sox caught many in baseball by surprise, including Sale himself.
When the former Red Sox hurler was traded to the Braves in December, it was the last thing many, including Sale, were expecting.
Chris Sale is giving the Atlanta Braves some reason to believe that they may get something close to his best this season.
The Braves’ most substantial acquisition of the offseason came in a trade with the Boston Red Sox for seven-time All-Star Chris Sale. The move was met with mixed reviews.
The Braves most significant acquisition of the offseason came when they pulled the trigger on a trade for seven-time All-Star Chris Sale, sending Vaughn Grissom to the Boston Red Sox.
Red Sox CEO Sam Kennedy recently cast some doubt on the possibility of the club making another significant addition.
The Atlanta Braves made a rather bold trade to acquire Chris Sale from the Boston Red Sox last week, and they wasted little time doubling down on the move.
The Red Sox certainly sweetened the pot for the Braves to take Chris Sale off their hands.
Since 1900, a pitcher has reached the vaunted 300-strikeout mark on just 38 occasions. How many of these hurlers can you name in five minutes?
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