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.
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.
April 3, 2021 Hank Aaron's grandson slams Kelly Loeffler over tweet on All-Star Game Loeffler slammed MLB, saying that the organization bowed to a "woke disinformation campaign"
April 1, 2021 Segura's RBI single gives Phillies 3-2 win over Braves in 10 Jean Segura hit an RBI single with two outs in the 10th inning to lift the Philadelphia Phillies over the Atlanta Braves 3-2 in their season opener Thursday.
March 30, 2021 Last day of spring training, Braves' Soroka back from injury On the final day of spring training, former All-Star pitcher Mike Soroka took a big step toward getting back on a regular-season mound.
