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Alex Cobb (6-5) began the game 2-0 with a 1.29 ERA in three career starts against the Braves before he allowed four runs and eight hits in 5 2/3 innings. Cobb has a 7.59 ERA in four starts this month.
Spencer Strider became the major leagues’ first 15-game winner, pitching three-hit ball over seven inning in leading the Atlanta Braves over the slumping San Francisco Giants 5-1 on Friday night.
Right-handers Bryce Elder and AJ Smith-Shawver are candidates to start Game 1 vs. the Padres tonight. Sale could be added to the roster for the divisional round if the Braves advance. Vinnie ...
The Dodgers and Giants divisional race became only the fourth time a pair of 100 win teams in the same division were separated by one game, the others being: 1915 Red Sox/Tigers; 1962 Giants/Dodgers; and 1993 Braves/Giants. [9] The Giants won the season series, 10–9. [10]
After the Braves won Game 2 7–3, Maddux went six innings while allowing two runs to lead the Braves to a 10–2 win over the Giants in Game 3 and put them one win away from a trip to the NLCS. [24] However, Glavine pitched poorly in Game 4 as he allowed seven runs in just 2 + 2 ⁄ 3 innings as the Braves lost 8–3. The Braves ended up ...
In Game 3, Greg Maddux of the Braves faced Jason Schmidt of the Giants. In the bottom of the first, Kenny Lofton hit a leadoff single and scored on Jeff Kent 's doubled to make it 1–0 Giants. In the top of the third, Rafael Furcal hit a leadoff triple and scored on a groundout by Julio Franco .
In a rare end-of-season doubleheader, the Mets took Game 1 and the Braves took Game 2, sending both to the playoffs. ... there would be a Game 2 starting 30 minutes after the opener's final out ...
(2) San Francisco Giants (West Division champions, 92–70) vs. (4) Atlanta Braves (Wild Card qualifier, 91–71): Giants win series, 3–1. [3] The Phillies and Reds had met in the postseason once before: in the 1976 NLCS, which the Reds won 3–0. The Giants and Braves also had one prior postseason series—the 2002 NLDS—which the Giants ...