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The Baby Braves are all grown up. With another gutty performance that pushed Atlanta to the brink of its first NL East title since 2013, the Braves bounced back from Ronald Acuna Jr.'s defensive blunder with a five-run seventh inning that carried them past the Philadelphia Phillies 6-5 Friday night. Ozzie Albies sparked the comeback with a two-run homer and Johan Camargo finished it off with a two-out, two-run single, giving the youthful Braves a chance to celebrate as soon as Saturday afternoon with one more victory over the second-place Phillies. Continue to Article

September 22, 2018 12:26:am EST

The Baby Braves are all grown up. With another gutty performance that pushed Atlanta to the brink of its first NL East title since 2013, the Braves bounced back from Ronald Acuna Jr.'s defensive blunder with a five-run seventh inning that carried them past the Philadelphia Phillies 6-5 Friday night. Ozzie Albies sparked the comeback with a two-run homer and Johan Camargo finished it off with a two-out, two-run single, giving the youthful Braves a chance to celebrate as soon as Saturday afternoon with one more victory over the second-place Phillies. Continue to Article

September 22, 2018 12:25:am EST

Jacob deGrom turned in a record 23rd consecutive quality start, lowered his ERA to 1.77 and boosted his record to .500 as he bids to earn the NL Cy Young Award, allowing one run in seven innings to help the New York Mets beat the Washington Nationals 4-2 Friday night. Throwing fastballs in the 97-99 mph range, deGrom (9-9) struck out eight and walked one while allowing just one run and three hits, all singles. The right-handed deGrom has given up as many as four earned runs in only one of his 31 starts in 2018, back on April 10 against Miami. Continue to Article

September 21, 2018 10:27:pm EST

Stephen Strasburg gave the Washington Nationals just what they needed. Strasburg matched his season-high with 11 strikeouts as the Nationals beat the Miami Marlins 4-2 Tuesday night. ''Strasburg, pitching through the sixth inning, that's huge,' Nationals manager Dave Martinez said. Continue to Article

September 18, 2018 11:46:pm EST

There is not much to get excited about these days if you are a fan of the Washington Nationals. The team is still a week's worth of games out of a postseason spot and the sinking feeling that arises when one thinks of Bryce Harper's future looms larger and larger with every passing day. Sending out the first dinger of his Major League career, Robles made sure there was no doubt on this one. Continue to Article

September 17, 2018 10:39:pm EST