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Dave O'Brien
Stat of the day: Hudson’s first loss since July 17
Tim Hudson gave up two, two-out runs in the first inning to the Mets Thursday to start his showdown with Johan Santana uphill. He gave up four runs (three earned) in seven innings in a 4-2 loss, taking his first loss since July 17 when he gave up six runs in 6 2/3 innings... »
Postgame comments after Thursday’s loss to the Mets
TIM HUDSON On the first inning: “We got the first couple outs pretty quick. They had some things go their way in the first inning. I threw some balls over the plate to give them some opportunities to score and they took advantage of it. On the race with the Phillies: “It is tight. We knew that. We... »
Proctor happy for call-up in his belated comeback from Tommy John
Scott Proctor is about four months later joining the Braves bullpen than he thought, but given his rocky return from “Tommy John” elbow reconstruction surgery, he appreciates his September call. “I was talking to my agent and my wife last night and I said, ‘This is almost better than when I got called up the... »
Glaus activated from DL, moves into bench role
Troy Glaus was activated from the disabled list Wednesday and began his new role as a right-handed power bat off the bench. With Derrek Lee at first base and Martin Prado at third, there was no logical place to put Glaus, especially not with Omar Infante on such a tear at second base and not... »
Hudson wins NL pitcher of the month
Tim Hudson was named National League pitcher of the month Thursday for putting up the kind of August that moved him into the National League lead for ERA and forefront of the NL Cy Young conversation. Hudson went 4-1 with a 1.71 ERA over six starts in August. He allowed one or no runs in... »
Next for Braves: Kawakami vs. Miller on Friday
Series preview: at Marlins When (TV): 7:10 p.m. Friday (SPSO); 7:10 p.m. Saturday (SPSO); 1:10 p.m. Sunday (FSSO). Radio: 680 AM, 100.5 FM Probable starting pitchers: Friday: RH Kenshin Kawakami (1-9, 4.75) vs. LH Andrew Miller (0-0, 4.50) Saturday: RH Jair Jurrjens (6-4, 4.38 ERA) vs. RH Josh Johnson (11-5, 2.28) Sunday: LH Mike Minor (3-0, 3.91) vs. RH Alex... »
It’s Hudson vs. Santana, a dandy match-up to close out Mets series
(Staff writer Carroll Rogers is filling in for David O’Brien today.) Well, we’ve been up since bright and early this morning, going for a run, picking up the beau from the airport and having a great breakfast at the Silver Skillet (how can you go wrong?)… So let’s get this thing started before the coffee... »
Stat of the day: Hanson’s first win since July 3
Tommy Hanson pitched seven one-hit innings in a 4-1 win over the Mets Wednesday night to claim his first win since he beat the Marlins 4-1 on July 3. In between those two wins, Hanson went 0-5 with a 3.08 ERA over 10 starts, allowing three or fewer runs in eight of them. He made... »
Postgame quotes following Hanson gem/Freeman debut
FREDDIE FREEMAN On the butterflies: “Actually they went away right when I took the field for my first pitch. I definitely had them in the dugout, definitely when I saw my name in the lineup a little bit. It felt like the day went really, really slow but when I got out there, it was... »
Boscan gets his big break after 14 years in the minors
To those outside the Braves organization, J.C. Boscan is an obscure name and his September call-up simply means Bobby Cox will have a third-string catcher from Gwinnett to turn to in an emergency. For those within the Braves organization, Boscan’s call-up means so much more. After 14 years in the minor leagues, including 12 with the... »