The Astros aren’t out of the World Series just yet. Houston was on the brink of elimination after falling behind three games to one to the Braves with a game still left to play in Atlanta. It fell behind 4-0 after the first inning of Game 5 but then bounced all the way back to win 9-5 and bring the series […]

The Astros’ bats finally came alive in Game 5 as they staved off elimination by the Braves for at least one more game in the 2021 World Series. A win looked improbable early, though. Atlanta opened its half of the first inning with a grand slam by Adam Duvall, but from there almost all of offensive output for the rest of […]

Senior Writer for ESPN The Magazine Columnist for ESPN.com Author of five books (3 NYT best-sellers) ATLANTA — Astros reliever Kendall Graveman walked to the batter’s box in the ninth inning of Game 5 of the World Series, blithely unaware of the significance of what was about to take place. Equally unaware, Braves pitcher Drew Smyly looked down at Graveman […]

Everyone at Truist Park and watching at home knew the ball off Freddie Freeman’s bat was long gone. The Braves first baseman caught a 94.5 mph sinker from Astros left-hander Framber Valdez over the heart of the plate right on the barrel of his bat, and he sent it 460 feet to right field for a no-doubt home run. The third-inning […]

Atlanta fans will leave Truist Park on Sunday either with excitement or anticipation. The Braves made a seventh-inning comeback against the Astros on Saturday to win Game 4 3-2 and take a commanding 3-1 lead in the World Series. on Sunday, they will face Houston for the last time in Atlanta with a chance to win the series, or prepare […]

Jerry Remy, a former player for the Boston Red Sox who later became part of the broadcast booth covering the team for NESN, died Saturday night at the age of 68. Remy had stepped away from his role as a NESN analyst for Red Sox games on Aug. 4 to undergo treatment for lung cancer. He said at the time […]

ATLANTA — It’s hard to imagine Atlanta baseball without Freddie Freeman. It’s also hard to imagine baseball in Houston without Carlos Correa. But with the Braves holding a 3-1 lead in the World Series, only one win away from claiming the title, Sunday night’s Game 5 could be the end of the road for both players, who will officially become […]

Joined ESPN in 2016 to cover the Los Angeles Rams Previously covered the Angels for MLB.com ATLANTA — A.J. Minter made the jog from the right-center-field bullpen in Friday’s sixth inning without realizing his teammate, Ian Anderson, began Game 3 of the World Series with five no-hit innings. Minter only learned he took part in what might become an exceedingly […]

Braves manager Brian Snitker was sitting back in the dugout — a result of the cold and rainy Atlanta weather Friday night — instead of sitting up front when the Astros sent Aledmys Diaz to the plate to pinch hit Friday night. To that point in the game, leading off the eighth inning, the Braves had kept Houston out of […]

Ian Anderson has been one of baseball’s hardest pitchers to hit in his past two postseasons, and the Braves rookie was in peak form Friday night. In Game 3 of the World Series, he was back at it against the Astros as he didn’t allow a hit over five innings. He walked three and struck out four. But the no-hit bid […]