April 10, 2021 Acuña's 4 hits, including HR, lead Braves past Phillies 8-1 Ronald Acuña Jr. and the Atlanta Braves put on quite a show for their first home crowd since 2019.
April 7, 2021 Panda! Sandoval helps Braves sweep doubleheader against Nats Yes, Pablo Sandoval is 34 and in his 14th year in the majors, a two-time All-Star and a World Series MVP. He still needed to prove himself in spring training to earn a roster spot with the Atlanta Braves and a $1 million, one-year deal.
April 7, 2021 Acuña, Braves get 1st win; top Nats 7-6 to open doubleheader The Atlanta Braves snapped their season-starting four-game losing streak by edging the Washington Nationals 7-6 in a doubleheader opener Wednesday with the help of three hits from Ronald Acuña Jr. and a save by Will Smith a night after he gave up a walk-off hit.
April 6, 2021 Nats finally play, top Braves 6-5 on Soto's walk-off in 9th Juan Soto drove in the winning run with a single on a 3-0 pitch in the bottom of the ninth inning Tuesday, lifting the coronavirus-depleted Washington Nationals to a 6-5 comeback victory over the Atlanta Braves after waiting five days to start their season.
April 5, 2021 Georgia Gov. Kemp slams Stacey Abrams 'biggest flip-flopper since John Kerry' on Georgia boycotts Georgia Republican Gov. Brian Kemp fired back at his 2018 Democratic opponent, ex-Georgia State Rep. Stacey Abrams, who has led the charge against the Peach State's new election law.
April 5, 2021 Scherzer, COVID-depleted Nats finally set to play vs. Braves It's rare for there to be an abundance of intrigue associated with an otherwise mundane workout the day before a baseball club opens its regular season. Run the bases. Field. Hit. Yawn.
April 4, 2021 After COVID outbreak, Nats wait to hear about facing Braves The Nationals and Atlanta Braves still were waiting as of Sunday afternoon to find out whether Major League Baseball will allow their upcoming series to proceed as scheduled while Washington deals with a coronavirus outbreak that could prevent 11 players from participating.
April 4, 2021 Phillies pitchers dominate again, sweep Braves on Bohm hit Alec Bohm hit a tiebreaking single in the eighth inning, Zach Eflin gave Philadelphia another strong start and the Phillies completed a three-game sweep of the defending NL East champion Atlanta Braves with a 2-1 win Sunday.
April 3, 2021 Atlanta Braves speak out against MLB over decision to relocate All-Star Game: 'Fans in Georgia are the victim' The Atlanta Braves spoke out against Major League Baseball after it announced its decision to relocate the All-Star Game in response to Georgia’s new restrictive voting law.Â
April 3, 2021 USA TODAY op-ed says NFL, NBA and NCAA should also boycott Georgia over voting law A new op-ed in USA Today calls on the National Football League (NFL), National Basketball Association (NBA) and National College Athletics Association (NCAA) to boycott the state of Georgia over controversial changes to the state's voting laws.