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Toronto 3, Braves 0 The Blue Jays notched a four-hit shutout in the most improbable way Wednesday night, starting reliever Esmil Rogers and bringing in two minor-league callups to blank the Braves, 3-0. Kris Medlen (1-6) did not last even

Atlanta 7, Toronto 6 (10 innings) Brian McCann hit two home runs out of the designated hitter spot, Freddie Freeman had three hits, and rookie catcher Evan Gattis homered as the Braves slipped past the Blue Jays 7-6 in extra

Toronto 9, Atlanta 3 Mark Buehrle got his second win of the year, beating Tim Hudson and the Braves 9-3 Monday night. The Blue Jays improved to only 14-15 at home with the win. Edwin Encarnacion homered and drove in

NY Mets 4, Atlanta 2 The Mets snapped an eight-game home losing skid, beating the Braves 4-2 Sunday night on the strength of an Ike Davis 8th inning, RBI single. LaTroy Hawkins (1-0) got the win, Shaun Marcum struck out

Washington 5, Philadelphia 2 Jordan Zimmermann pitched seven innings, giving up two runs, and winning his eighth game as the Nationals opened their series with a 5-2 win over the Phillies. The Nats found out that starting second baseman Danny

Kevin Gausman got roughed up in his Orioles debut, allowing four runs and seven hits in five innings, as the Blue Jays beat Baltimore 12-6 Thursday night. Gausman, the youngest starter in the A.L, was called up from Double-A Bowie

One quarter of the way through the season, few would have predicted the Washington Nationals, Los Angeles Dodgers, the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, and Toronto Blue Jays would have struggled the way they have. These underperforming clubs still have

Anonymous sources within the Atlantic Coast Conference are telling ESPN that the conference is “thoroughly investigating” playing its men’s basketball tournament at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Pitt coach Jamie Dixon and Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim are the

Arizona 5, Atlanta 3 Paul Goldschmidt hit three double to knock out Tim Hudson and beat the Braves, 5-3 Wednesday night. Eric Chavez also drove in three runs as Ian Kennedy (2-3) won his first since opening day. LA Dodgers

Arizona 2, Atlanta 0 Patrick Corbin ran his record to 6-0 despite walking five batters as the Diamondbacks beat the Braves with the help of an infield double. Julio Teheran took the tough luck loss for the Braves, who remained

Giants 10, Braves 1 Madison Bumgarner (4-1) struck out 11 in limiting the Braves lineup to four hits, as San Francisco put themselves in position to win the four game series with a 10-1 rout of Atlanta Saturday. Braves starter

Detroit at Washington, postponed Rain postponed the Nats-Tigers game, a potential World Series preview, until Thursday at 4:00 p.m. Cincinnati 5, Atlanta 4 Shin-Soo Choo blasted two home runs, including a walk-off game winner in the ninth, as the Reds

Nationals 6, Pirates 2 Gio Gonzalez overcame a rocky start, including a home run to Starling Marte, to beat the Pirates and ensure Washington a winning road trip to Atlanta and Pittsburgh. Gonzalez (3-2) pitched six innings, allowing two runs.

Stephen Strasburg was not on his game tonight, but his teammates had his back, coming from a 4-2 deficit to beat the Pirates in the ninth inning on Tyler Moore’s sac fly to score Ryan Zimmerman. Strasburg went seven innings

For much of the young season, the Washington Nationals have been falling behind early and staying behind late. The last two games against the division-leading Atlanta Braves, the Nationals bucked that trend – and came away with two needed victories

Winning for only the third time this year, the Miami Marlins took advantage of a key error in the 4th inning to crush the Washington Nationals 8-2 on Tuesday night. The Marlins came into the game last in the Major

The Nationals and Braves were separated by only three games last season- and in the offseason, both made acquisitions aimed at besting their division rival. Their first meeting of 2013 did not disappoint. The Braves had nine hits and benefitted from

Yu Darvish, in his second year in the Major Leagues following a stellar career in Japan, just missed pitching the second perfect game in Rangers history. Kenny Rogers achieved the feat on July 28, 1994, and Darvish nearly joined him

Washington Nationals Last year’s NL East Champs have a lot going for them, but perhaps the best thing (aside from depth and talent) is youth. They were not smitten by the injury bug much last year, largely because they are

3. Philadelphia Phillies If you listen closely, you can almost hear Father Time creeping up behind the Phillies with his scythe ready to strike. The Phillies have talent. But most of it is old and in decline, and the organization

 4. New York Mess, err, Mets Here’s the good news: there is talent here, both veteran and younger. The 2012 season (74 wins) was not a disaster, considering the injuries. Things can only go up from here. Here’s the bad

5. Miami Marlins OK, so Florida was terrible last year with all their good players and a high payroll. Their manager, Ozzie Guillen, was a distraction all season, beginning with his effusive praise of Fidel Castro and going from there.

The Battle of Florida was won by the Gators. Florida shifted gears to a slowdown game, slowing down the high-flying offense of the Gulf Coast Eagles under Andy Enfield to win a trip to the Elite 8 with a 62-50

All the questions about what went wrong with Georgetown took on a new perspective Sunday as the Florida Gulf Coast Eagles from the Atlantic Sun Conference became the first 15-seed ever to advance to the Sweet 16. The Eagles beat

Another Big Ten team finally lost, and as a result the SEC will have one team in the Sweet 16 after Florida’s 14-point victory over Minnesota Sunday night in South Regional action. Wisconsin is the only other Big Ten team