The Atlanta Braves are 11-1

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And, just coming off of a 3-game sweep of the Nationals.

PAUL MAHOLM O (vs. NATIONALS, 4/14)

IP:O 7.67

H:o. 4

R:O. 0

BB:. 1

SO:. 7

Pitches: 113 (75 Strikes, 38 Balls)

2013 ERA: 0.00

[Rene88]

Barf! I cannot stand the Braves.

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12-1, now.

KRIS MEDLEN O (vs. ROYALS, 4/16)

IP:O 7

H:o. 6

R:O. 2

ER:) 1

BB:. 0

SO:. 5

Pitches: 99 (73 Strikes, 26 Balls)

2013 ERA: 1.42

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They lost a game, but not for lack of good pitching.

MIKE MINOR O (vs. ROYALS, 4/17)

IP:O 6

H:o. 5

R:O. 1

BB:. 0

SO:. 5

Pitches: 88 (61 Strikes, 27 Balls)

2013 ERA: 0.95

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WADE DAVIS O (vs. BRAVES, 4/17)

IP:O 7

H:o. 5

R:O. 0

BB:. 0

SO:. 7

Pitches: 92 (62 Strikes, 30 Balls)

2013 ERA: 2.25

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BRAVES BULLPEN O (vs. PIRATES, 4/18)

(Anthony Varvaro, Ed O'Flaherty, Craig Kimbrel)

IP:O 4 O(WIN)

H:o. 0

R:O. 0

BB:. 0

SO:. 5

Pitches: 50 (34 Strikes, 16 Balls)

[tntoriole]

Wandy Rodriguez is pitching a filthy game for the Pirates against Braves tonight. He looks FANTASTIC, great location, movement

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WANDY RODRIGUEZ O (vs. BRAVES, 4/19)

IP:O 7

H:o. 1

R:O. 0

BB:. 0

SO:. 5

Pitches: 82 (55 Strikes, 27 Balls)

2013 ERA: 0.56

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The Pirates took 3-out-of-4 from the Braves.

6 shutout innings from their bullpen.

PIRATES BULLPEN O (vs. BRAVES, 4/21)

(Jeanmar Gomez, Justin Wilson, Jared Hughes, Tony Watson, Jason Grilli)

IP:O 6

H:o. 4

R:O. 0

BB:. 4

SO:. 8

Pitches: 107 (67 Strikes, 40 Balls)

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TIM HUDSON O (vs. NATIONALS, 4/30)

IP:O 7

H:o. 3

R:O. 1

BB:. 2

SO:. 6

Pitches: 96 (64 Strikes, 32 Balls)

2013 ERA: 3.86

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TIM HUDSON O (vs. NATIONALS, 4/30)

IP:O 7

H:o. 3

R:O. 1

BB:. 2

SO:. 6

Pitches: 96 (64 Strikes, 32 Balls)

2013 ERA: 3.86

The Braves are now 5-0 against the Nationals, and 10-1 against N.L. East teams.

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After going 10-17 over a 27-game stretch, the Braves have righted their ship by winning 6 straight games, and extending their lead in the National League East to 5 games (pending tonight's Giants vs. Nationals game.)

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Gattis' Grand Slam Leads Braves Past Twins, 8-3

http://www.ajc.com/ap/ap/georgia/gattis-grand-slam-leads-braves-past-twins-8-3/nXzJ9/

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When I was listening to the Mets-Braves game, the announcer stated that the Braves are 2-14 when they don't hit a home run, and 27-4 when they do hit (at least) one home run in a game.

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After watching their lead dwindle to 1/2 of a game on May 17th, the Braves have gone 10-4 over their last 14 games to reestablish themselves as the top team in the N.L. East.

http://www.ajc.com/news/sports/baseball/bj-homers-as-braves-beat-nats-for-11th-time-in-14-/nX9HK/

They are also 7-3 in head-on play against the Nationals, and have beaten them 11 out of 14 times, dating back to last season.

[Ruzious]

Kinda surprised to see the Braves trade Juan Francisco for just a 25 year old AA reliever. He had a phenominal Spring Training and had a rep as a good defensive 3Bman, but he was striking out at a remarkably high rate, and he looked at least 20 lbs overweight the last time I saw him. This will give more at bats to Chris Johnson - who some treated an afterthought in the Prado/Upton trade. If Johnson does better than Prado (which looks likely), this might go down as one of the all-time best trades for Atl. Johnson's defense can be problematic, but he can hit.

Most critics of Atl point to the fact that they strike out a lot, and come playoff time, that somehow becomes a bigger weakness. Assuming they make the playoffs, it'll be very interesting to see if that holds true - particularly with the Upton brothers.