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Catcher Wil Nieves lined a one-out single into center field in the 11th inning to drive in Adonis Garcia and give the Gwinnett Braves a 5-4 victory over the Norfolk Tides (33-26) Wednesday at Coolray Field.

The change to the naked ear is noticeable with your first step onto the Atlanta Falcons practice fields these days...

Jonathan Hughes, a former Flowery Branch Falcon, was selected as the number 68 pick in the 2015 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft this past week. The Flowery Branch ace was scouted by several MLB teams including the Atlanta Braves before being taken number 68 overall by Baltimore. After receiving the big news, Hughes sat down with Katie B. Davis on the Tuesday 6/9 edition of Game On.

Joey Terdoslavich led off the eighth inning with his first career home run and the Atlanta Braves rallied from a five-run deficit against James Shields to beat the San Diego Padres 6-5 on Tuesday night.

A five-run fourth inning for the Norfolk Tides dealt the Gwinnett Braves a blow that proved too much to overcome Tuesday in a 7-5 loss at Coolray Field.

Just 24 hours ago, Jonathan Hughes was a Flowery Branch high graduate. Now he’s a professional baseball player.

A Georgia native was the first selection and Flowery Branch's Jonathan Hughes was the first northeast Georgia player taken Monday in the annual MLB Draft...

Gwinnett left-handed pitcher Greg Smith matched his longest start of the season with seven scoreless innings in the Gwinnett Braves’ 1-0 victory over the Norfolk Tides Monday at Coolray Field.

The Gwinnett Braves (27-28) were unable to scratch across a run Sunday in a 2-0 loss to the Durham Bulls (32-26), preventing their sweep of the three-game series at Coolray Field.

Christian Bethancourt lined Vance Worley's first pitch in the ninth inning over the right-field wall for his first career homer, lifting the Atlanta Braves to a 5-4 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Saturday night.