It’s the worst sight baseball fans can see: a tarp. One has been rolled out at Truist Park in Atlanta ahead of Game 3 of the World Series between the Braves and Astros, as rainy weather has forced the teams to hold off on batting practice. The game appears to still be on as scheduled, with MLB having made no […]

The Braves have commanded the postseason at Truist Field. They are a perfect 5-0 at home in 2021 and they went 4-0 at home in the 2020 playoffs. Now, the Astros will have to try to puncture that perfect record as the next three games held in Atlanta could deliver the Braves a World Series title in a sweep. And […]

The 2021 World Series between the Atlanta Braves and Houston Astros is knotted at a game apiece as it heads to Atlanta for Friday’s Game 3. What have we learned so far in the Series? What can we expect next? Has anything we’ve seen made us rethink our initial Fall Classic predictions? We asked ESPN baseball experts Bradford Doolittle, Buster […]

Jesse joined ESPN Chicago in September 2009 and covers MLB for ESPN.com. HOUSTON — Astros second baseman Jose Altuve might not have the gaudy stats he’s used to this postseason but he continues to come up big in the bigger moments in October. Altuve went 2-for-5 with a home run, his 22nd career blast in the playoffs, as Houston won […]

The Braves haven’t exactly played the cleanest baseball in the first two games of the World Series. In Game 1, shortstop Dansby Swanson was assessed an error on a grounder that allowed Kyle Tucker to score in the fourth that could have been an inning-ending double play. But a huge 5-0 lead at the time of the error helped Atlanta […]

Jesse joined ESPN Chicago in September 2009 and covers MLB for ESPN.com. HOUSTON — IT’S CARLOS CORREA’s time. And the 2021 Astros are his team. The 27-year-old shortstop is on a mission to win another World Series as the leader of an often maligned Astros’ organization while the clock ticks to his free agency. So don’t expect him to back […]

On the surface, Charlie Morton’s stats from Game 1 of the World Series may not look too impressive. The Braves’ starter didn’t allow a run in Atlanta’s 6-2 win over the Astros, but he threw just 44 pitches over 2 1/3 innings during the contest. However, the numbers don’t tell the full story. Morton suffered an injury in the second […]

HOUSTON — Braves fans will long remember Charlie Morton’s performance in Game 1 of the 2021 World Series. The veteran right-hander worked out of a potentially disastrous first inning, then retired three batters — striking out two — after he was hit on the leg by a line drive off AL batting champion Yuli Gurriel’s bat.  His final pitch was […]

Fans watching Game 1 of the World Series between the Braves and Astros didn’t have to wait long to find out whether they would get a free taco under Taco Bell’s “Steal a Base, Steal a Taco” promotion, its 10th year running. Ozzie Albies, the third batter in Atlanta’s order, netted all of America a free taco in the top […]

Lauren Matzek still can’t quite believe it. Her husband, Atlanta Braves left-handed reliever Tyler Matzek, a pitcher once so haunted by performance anxiety and a case of the yips that his baseball career had turned to ashes, is in the World Series. “I’m immensely proud of him,” Lauren said Monday on the eve of Tuesday’s Game 1 between the Braves […]