Braves first. Ronald Acuna Jr. reaches on error. Fielding error by Rhys Hoskins. Ozzie Albies homers to center field. Ronald Acuna Jr. scores. Freddie Freeman strikes out swinging. Josh Donaldson singles to right center field. Adam Duvall strikes out swinging. Austin Riley strikes out swinging.2 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 1 left on. Braves 2, Phillies 0.Phillies first. Cesar Hernandez homers to center field. J.T. Realmuto grounds out to third base, Josh Donaldson to Freddie Freeman. Bryce Harper flies out to left field to Adam Duvall. Rhys Hoskins flies out to deep center field to Ronald Acuna Jr..1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on. Braves 2, Phillies 1.Phillies second. Jean Segura pops out to shallow center field to Ozzie Albies. Scott Kingery singles to left field. Adam Haseley homers to center field. Scott Kingery scores. Maikel Franco singles to center field. Drew Smyly reaches on a fielder's choice to second base. Maikel Franco out at second. Cesar Hernandez walks. Drew Smyly to second.... [More]

Braves first. Ronald Acuna Jr. homers to center field. Ozzie Albies singles to right field. Freddie Freeman doubles to deep right field. Ozzie Albies to third. Josh Donaldson walks. Matt Joyce grounds out to second base. Josh Donaldson out at second. Freddie Freeman to third. Ozzie Albies scores. Brian McCann strikes out on a foul tip.2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on. Braves 2, Phillies 0.Braves second. Dansby Swanson doubles to deep left field. Rafael Ortega grounds out to second base, Cesar Hernandez to Rhys Hoskins. Dansby Swanson to third. Mike Foltynewicz strikes out swinging. Ronald Acuna Jr. walks. Ozzie Albies singles to right field. Ronald Acuna Jr. to third. Dansby Swanson scores. Freddie Freeman singles to left field. Ozzie Albies to second. Ronald Acuna Jr. scores. Josh Donaldson flies out to deep right center field to Adam Haseley.2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on. Braves 4, Phillies 0.Phillies fifth. Rhys Hoskins flies out to left field to Rafael Ortega. Corey Dickerson... [More]

Braves first. Ronald Acuna Jr. called out on strikes. Ozzie Albies homers to left field. Freddie Freeman strikes out swinging. Josh Donaldson walks. Brian McCann strikes out swinging.1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on. Braves 1, Nationals 0.Braves fourth. Freddie Freeman flies out to deep center field to Victor Robles. Josh Donaldson homers to center field. Brian McCann grounds out to first base to Ryan Zimmerman. Matt Joyce walks. Austin Riley strikes out swinging.1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on. Braves 2, Nationals 0.Nationals fifth. Juan Soto pops out to shallow infield to Josh Donaldson. Asdrubal Cabrera homers to right field. Ryan Zimmerman strikes out swinging. Victor Robles pops out to Freddie Freeman.1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on. Braves 2, Nationals 1.Braves sixth. Freddie Freeman singles to center field. Josh Donaldson reaches on a fielder's choice to shortstop. Freddie Freeman out at second. Brian McCann homers to center field. Josh Donaldson scores. Matt Joyce homers to... [More]

Braves first. Ronald Acuna Jr. singles to left field. Ozzie Albies doubles to shallow left field. Ronald Acuna Jr. scores. Freddie Freeman singles to left center field. Ozzie Albies scores. Josh Donaldson grounds out to third base, Anthony Rendon to Howie Kendrick. Freddie Freeman to second. Brian McCann grounds out to first base, Howie Kendrick to Stephen Strasburg. Freddie Freeman to third. Dansby Swanson strikes out swinging.2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on. Braves 2, Nationals 0.Braves fifth. Max Fried called out on strikes. Ronald Acuna Jr. homers to right field. Ozzie Albies lines out to center field to Victor Robles. Freddie Freeman strikes out swinging.1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on. Braves 3, Nationals 0.Braves eighth. Ozzie Albies singles to shallow center field. Freddie Freeman flies out to deep left center field to Victor Robles. Josh Donaldson strikes out swinging. Brian McCann singles to right field. Ozzie Albies scores. Dansby Swanson pops out to shallow right field to Brian Dozier.1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on. Braves 4, Nationals 0.Nationals ninth. Gerardo Parra walks. Trea Turner reaches on a fielder's choice to shortstop. Gerardo Parra out at second. Victor Robles homers to center field. Trea Turner scores. Anthony Rendon flies out to deep right field to Ronald Acuna Jr.. Juan Soto singles to left field. Howie Kendrick grounds out to third base, Josh Donaldson to Freddie Freeman.2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on. Braves 4, Nationals 2.

Braves first. Ronald Acuna Jr. walks. Ozzie Albies lines out to first base to Jose Abreu. Freddie Freeman homers to right field. Ronald Acuna Jr. scores. Josh Donaldson strikes out swinging. Brian McCann lines out to right field to Leury Garcia.2 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on. Braves 2, White sox 0.White sox second. James McCann pops out to Freddie Freeman. Eloy Jimenez lines out to center field to Billy Hamilton. Yolmer Sanchez walks. Adam Engel walks. Yolmer Sanchez to second. Lucas Giolito singles to deep right center field. Adam Engel scores. Yolmer Sanchez scores. Leury Garcia lines out to right field to Ronald Acuna Jr..2 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on. White sox 2, Braves 2.Braves sixth. Johan Camargo pinch-hitting for Julio Teheran. Johan Camargo doubles to deep right field. Ronald Acuna Jr. strikes out swinging. Ozzie Albies lines out to center field to Adam Engel. Freddie Freeman homers to center field. Johan Camargo scores. Josh Donaldson singles to right field. Brian McCann... [More]

NEW YORK (AP) — Francisco Cervelli caught on with a playoff contender, just as he hoped.The first-place Atlanta Braves signed Cervelli to a one-year contract Saturday and immediately plugged the veteran catcher into the starting lineup against the New York Mets. After recovering from his latest concussion, it was his first game in the majors since May 25."The only way he's going to get to know these guys is to catch 'em," Braves manager Brian Snitker said.About two hours before the game, Cervelli said he was still waiting for his catching equipment to arrive at Citi Field. But on the second pitch he saw in his first at-bat, he laced a two-run double into the left field corner for a 2-0 lead. He added a sharp single his next time up.Cervelli, who has a long history of concussions, was granted his release Thursday by the last-place Pittsburgh Pirates after telling them he wanted to hook on with a big league team that had playing time to offer and a chance to reach the postseason. He gives... [More]

NEW YORK (AP) — The first-place Atlanta Braves have signed catcher Francisco Cervelli and immediately plugged him into the starting lineup against the New York Mets.Cervelli, who has a history of concussions, was recently granted his release by the Pittsburgh Pirates. He gives the NL East leaders a veteran replacement for injured catcher Brian McCann, who is sidelined with a sprained left knee.The 33-year-old Cervelli joined the Braves on Saturday at Citi Field and was set to bat seventh against Mets right-hander Zack Wheeler. Atlanta manager Brian Snitker says Cervelli will split playing time with Tyler Flowers behind the plate and likely remain with the club when McCann returns because by then rosters will have expanded in September.Cervelli batted .193 in 34 games for the Pirates this season before getting hurt. He is a .269 career hitter with 36 home runs in 700 major league games.To make roster room for Cervelli, the Braves optioned catcher Alex Jackson to Triple-A Gwinnett and transferred left-hander Grant Dayton to the 60-day injured list.___More AP MLB: https://apnews.com/MLB and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports

Aug. 251922 — In one of the wildest games ever played, the Cubs beat the Phillies 26-23. The Cubs led 25-6 in the fourth inning, but held on as the game ended with the Phillies leaving the bases loaded.1934 — Detroit's Schoolboy Rowe won his 16th consecutive game with a 4-2 triumph over the Washington Senators. Rowe singled in the winning run in the ninth inning.1952 — Detroit's Virgil Trucks pitched his second no-hitter of the season, a 1-0 gem over New York at Yankee Stadium. The Tigers committed two errors and Trucks walked one batter and struck out eight. It was the last victory of the season for Trucks, who finished with a 5-19 record.1967 — Dean Chance of Minnesota pitched his second no-hitter of the month, defeating the Indians 2-1. Chance pitched an abbreviated five perfect innings against Boston on Aug. 6 for a 2-0 victory.1972 — Philadelphia Ken Reynolds tied a National League record with his 12th consecutive loss, 6-1 to Cincinnati, from the beginning of the season.1979 — California's... [More]

ATLANTA (AP) — The Atlanta Braves have placed catcher Brian McCann on the 10-day injured list with a left knee sprain.Catcher Alex Jackson was recalled from Triple-A Gwinnett before the team's game against the Miami Marlins.McCann left Tuesday night's 5-1 win over the Marlins after the third inning due to soreness in the knee. Tests on Wednesday revealed the sprain.The 23-year-old Jackson, who has hit .224 with 25 homers at Gwinnett, is making his second appearance of the season in Atlanta. He had no hits in 10 at-bats in three games from April 8-18 when McCann was out with a strained right hamstring.___More AP MLB: https://apnews.com/MLB and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports

Dodgers first. A.J. Pollock walks. Justin Turner singles to left center field. Will Smith singles to center field. Justin Turner to second. Cody Bellinger homers to center field. Will Smith scores. Justin Turner scores. Jedd Gyorko singles to left field. Corey Seager flies out to left field to Rafael Ortega. Kyle Garlick doubles to deep right center field. Jedd Gyorko to third. Kristopher Negron is intentionally walked. Tony Gonsolin strikes out swinging.3 runs, 5 hits, 0 errors, 3 left on. Dodgers 3, Braves 0.Braves fourth. Josh Donaldson grounds out to shallow infield, Tony Gonsolin to Jedd Gyorko. Brian McCann grounds out to shallow right field, Kristopher Negron to Jedd Gyorko. Matt Joyce singles to left field. Adeiny Hechavarria doubles to deep right field. Matt Joyce scores. Rafael Ortega lines out to shallow right field to Kristopher Negron.1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on. Dodgers 3, Braves 1.Braves sixth. Josh Donaldson grounds out to third base, Justin Turner to Jedd Gyorko.... [More]

Dodgers second. Cody Bellinger homers to center field. Corey Seager strikes out swinging. Edwin Rios grounds out to second base, Ozzie Albies to Freddie Freeman. Will Smith grounds out to third base, Josh Donaldson to Freddie Freeman.1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on. Dodgers 1, Braves 0.Braves second. Josh Donaldson walks. Brian McCann lines out to left field to Matt Beaty. Ender Inciarte doubles to deep center field. Josh Donaldson to third. Adeiny Hechavarria walks. Matt Joyce singles to left center field. Adeiny Hechavarria to second. Ender Inciarte scores. Josh Donaldson scores. Mike Soroka strikes out swinging. Ronald Acuna Jr. singles to left center field. Matt Joyce to third. Adeiny Hechavarria scores. Ozzie Albies walks. Freddie Freeman lines out to right center field to Joc Pederson.3 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 3 left on. Braves 3, Dodgers 1.Dodgers third. Matt Beaty doubles to right field. Kenta Maeda strikes out swinging. Joc Pederson singles to right center field. Matt Beaty scores.... [More]

Mets first. Amed Rosario doubles to deep right field. Joe Panik singles to center field. Amed Rosario to third. Pete Alonso homers to center field. Joe Panik scores. Amed Rosario scores. Michael Conforto singles to center field. Wilson Ramos strikes out swinging. J.D. Davis singles to right field. Michael Conforto to second. Todd Frazier lines out to shortstop to Johan Camargo. Michael Conforto doubled off second.3 runs, 5 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on. Mets 3, Braves 0.Mets second. Juan Lagares strikes out swinging. Marcus Stroman singles to shortstop. Amed Rosario triples to deep left field. Marcus Stroman scores. Joe Panik walks. Pete Alonso walks. Joe Panik to second. Michael Conforto walks. Pete Alonso to second. Joe Panik to third. Amed Rosario scores. Wilson Ramos singles to right field. Michael Conforto to second. Pete Alonso to third. Joe Panik scores. J.D. Davis grounds out to shortstop. Wilson Ramos out at second.3 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on. Mets 6, Braves 0.Mets third. Todd... [More]

ATLANTA (AP) — With a second straight trip to the playoffs firmly in their sights, the Atlanta Braves had plenty of options for improving their roster at the trade deadline.They could've pursued a position player to replace the injured Nick Markakis. Another starting pitcher would've fit nicely in a rotation that has been shaky at times.In the end, the Braves decided to focus on the bullpen.Atlanta pulled off a couple of deals at the trade deadline Wednesday, picking up closer Shane Greene from the Detroit Tigers and former closer Mark Melancon from the San Francisco Giants.The acquisitions by the first-place Braves came after Tuesday's trade that brought another reliever, Chris Martin of the Texas Rangers."We engaged everything — position players, starting pitchers, the bullpen — right up until the end," general manager Alex Anthopoulos said. "At the end of the day, where we thought there were deals that made sense for us and what we had to give up and so on, the bullpen made the most... [More]

ATLANTA (AP) — With a second straight trip to the playoffs firmly in their sights, the Atlanta Braves had plenty of options for improving their roster at the trade deadline.They could've pursued a position player to replace the injured Nick Markakis. Another starting pitcher would've fit nicely in a rotation that has been shaky at times.In the end, the Braves decided to focus on the bullpen.Atlanta pulled off a couple of deals at the trade deadline Wednesday, picking up closer Shane Green from the Detroit Tigers and former closer Mark Melancon from the San Francisco Giants.The acquisitions by the first-place Braves came after Tuesday's trade that brought another reliever, Chris Martin of the Texas Rangers."We engaged everything — position players, starting pitchers, the bullpen — right up until the end," general manager Alex Anthopoulos said. "At the end of the day, where we thought there were deals that made sense for us and what we had to give up and so on, the bullpen made the most sense.... [More]

NEW YORK (AP) — The Atlanta Braves have purchased catcher John Ryan Murphy from the Arizona Diamondbacks.Murphy hit .177 with four homers in 25 games with Arizona before being sent outright to the minors and off the 40-man roster in June.Atlanta has Brian McCann and Tyler Flowers splitting catching duties. Murphy will likely provide some depth at Triple-A.___More AP MLB: https://apnews.com/MLB and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports

BOSTON (AP) — Mookie Betts hit three home runs against James Paxton during the first four innings Friday night in the Boston Red Sox's 10-5 victory over the New York Yankees, whose starting pitchers have stumbled this week in historic fashion.Betts homered on Paxton's eighth pitch in a three-run first that included J.D. Martinez's two-run homer, went deep again leading off the third for a 4-0 lead and hit a two-run drive in the fourth for a 7-0 advantage.Betts added an RBI double in the sixth off David Hale to give him five RBIs and grounded out in the eighth. With his fifth career three-homer game, Betts raised his season total to 18 homers.Batters have had three-homer games on four straight days for the first time in big league history. Betts followed the New York Mets' Robinson Canó, St. Louis' Paul DeJong and Minnesota's Nelson Cruz.Andrew Cashner (10-5), coming off losses in his first two starts after Boston acquired him from Baltimore, allowed three runs and 10 hits in 6 2/3 innings.Martinez... [More]

BOSTON (AP) — Mookie Betts hit three home runs against James Paxton during the first four innings Friday night in the Boston Red Sox's 10-5 victory over the New York Yankees, whose starting pitchers have stumbled this week in historic fashion.Betts homered on Paxton's eighth pitch in a three-run first that included J.D. Martinez's two-run homer, went deep again leading off the third for a 4-0 lead and hit a two-run drive in the fourth for a 7-0 advantage.Betts added an RBI double in the sixth off David Hale to give him five RBIs and grounded out in the eighth. With his fifth career three-homer game, Betts raised his season total to 18 homers.Batters have had three-homer games on four straight days for the first time in big league history. Betts followed the New York Mets' Robinson Canó, St. Louis' Paul DeJong and Minnesota's Nelson Cruz.Andrew Cashner (10-5), coming off losses in his first two starts after Boston acquired him from Baltimore, allowed three runs and 10 hits in 6 2/3 innings.Martinez... [More]

BOSTON (AP) — Mookie Betts hit three home runs against James Paxton during the first four innings Friday night in the Boston Red Sox's 10-5 victory over the New York Yankees, whose starting pitchers have stumbled this week in historic fashion.Betts homered on Paxton's eighth pitch in a three-run first that included J.D. Martinez's two-run homer, went deep again leading off the third for a 4-0 lead and hit a two-run drive in the fourth for a 7-0 advantage.Betts added an RBI double in the sixth off David Hale to give him five RBIs and grounded out in the eighth. With his fifth career three-homer game, Betts raised his season total to 18 homers.Batters have had three-homer games on four straight days for the first time in big league history. Betts followed the New York Mets' Robinson Canó, St. Louis' Paul DeJong and Minnesota's Nelson Cruz.Andrew Cashner (10-5), coming off losses in his first two starts after Boston acquired him from Baltimore, allowed three runs and 10 hits in 6 2/3 innings.Martinez... [More]

Jean Segura hit a three-run, walk-off homer against Edwin Díaz moments after Maikel Franco hit a tying, two-run shot against the closer in the bottom of the ninth inning, and Philadelphia Phillies beat the New York Mets 6-3 Thursday to complete a four-game sweep.New York's Todd Frazier hit a go-ahead, two-run homer off Hector Neris with one out in the ninth, but the Phillies rallied in the bottom of the inning — their fourth straight win since utility man Brad Miller brought a bamboo plant into the clubhouse as a good-luck charm.Díaz (1-5) walked Cesar Hernandez to start, and Franco followed with his third homer of the series. He hit go-ahead, two-run homers in each of the first two games. Pinch-hitter Sean Rodriguez walked with one out and advanced to second on Scott Kingery's hard-hit, bad-hop single off Frazier's glove at third.Segura then slammed his 10th homer into the seats in left. He leaped on his way down the first base line and got mobbed by teammates after circling the bases.It... [More]

Jean Segura hit a three-run, walk-off homer against Edwin Díaz moments after Maikel Franco hit a tying, two run shot against the closer in the bottom of the ninth inning, and Philadelphia Phillies beat the New York Mets 6-3 Thursday to complete a four-game sweep.New York's Todd Frazier hit a go-ahead, two-run homer off Hector Neris with one out in the ninth, but the Phillies rallied in the bottom of the inning — their fourth straight win since utility man Brad Miller brought a bamboo plant into the clubhouse as a good-luck charm.Díaz (1-5) walked Cesar Hernandez to start, and Franco followed with his third homer of the series. He hit go-ahead, two-run homers in each of the first two games. Pinch-hitter Sean Rodriguez walked with one out and advanced to second on Scott Kingery's hard-hit, bad-hop single off Frazier's glove at third.Segura then slammed his 10th homer into the seats in left. He leaped on his way down the first base line and got mobbed by teammates after circling the bases.It... [More]