Professional Sports

Gregory Polanco homered and tripled, John Jaso collected three hits and the Pittsburgh Pirates rolled by the Atlanta Braves 8-2 on Thursday night.

A fifth-grader at Tadmore Elementary School sang the National Anthem at Wednesday's Gwinnett Braves game.

Julio Teheran allowed five hits in 7 2/3 crisp innings and the Atlanta Braves gave Brian Snitker his first victory as interim manager with a 3-1 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Wednesday night.

Fredi Gonzalez brought two bottles of wine and knocked on the hotel room door of Atlanta general manager John Coppolella for a late-night bull session.

Gregory Polanco doubled three times and the Pittsburgh Pirates ruined Brian Snitker's debut as interim manager of the Atlanta Braves with a 12-9 victory Tuesday night.

Mike Foltynewicz pitched the best game of his young career and it came against the defending World Series champions...

Edinson Volquez pitched seven effective innings, Alcides Escobar had two hits, scored a run and drove in a run and the Kansas City Royals beat the Atlanta Braves 5-1 to open a six-game homestand Friday night.

Cameron Rupp hit a three-run double with two outs in the 10th inning, and the Phillies beat the Atlanta Braves 7-4 after blowing a four-run lead on Thursday night.

The Gwinnett Braves held off the Rochester Red Wings for a 4-3 win Thursday afternoon in the final game of the four-game series at Frontier Field.

The Rochester Red Wings rode the pitching of starter Andrew Albers to a 7-1 win over the Gwinnett Braves Wednesday night in game three of the four-game series at Frontier Field.