Club gets two runs off Smoltz, but falls to Atlanta
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Mike Hampton didn&#39;t get the memo describing Citizens Bank Park as a great place to be a hitter. The Atlanta lefty, who wasn&#39;t having the best August, must have been
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Edgar Renteria homered and doubled home the go-ahead run in the top of the ninth inning to lift the Atlanta Braves to a 5-1 win over the Philadelphia Phillies on Sunday night.
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For a few hours Friday night, the Braves pushed aside events of a lousy week and got back to playing like a team with aspirations greater that a first-round exit from the playoffs.
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Andruw Jones homered, Chipper Jones and Brian McCann added RBI singles and the Atlanta Braves defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-2 on Wednesday night to stop a three-game losing streak.
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Tom Glavine finally beat his buddy John Smoltz. Backed by David Wright's two-run homer, Glavine won for the first time in four tries this season against his longtime teammate, beating Atlanta 3-2 on Sunday as the Mets completed a three-game sweep.
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Ryan Spilborghs hit a two-run homer, Todd Helton drove in two runs and the Colorado Rockies beat Philadelphia 6-3 Saturday night to hand the Phillies loss No. 9,999 in franchise history.
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ATLANTA - When the Atlanta Braves were six games under .500 in late June, it appeared their streak of division championships would end. Similarly, when the Braves trailed the Florida Marlins in the eighth inning Friday night, it seemed as if they'd have to wait at least one more day to clinch the National League East...
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ATLANTA - Javier Valentin hit a three-run homer to cap Cincinnati&#39;s five-run comeback in the ninth inning off John Smoltz, leading the Reds to an 11-8 victory over the Atlanta Braves on Wednesday night.
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Jaret Wright allowed three hits in 81/3 innings, and the Atlanta Braves dealt the Florida Marlins&#39; fading hopes in the National League wild-card race another blow with a 4-2 victory Saturday.
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Jeff Francoeur's knack for delivering big hits with two outs made the difference for Atlanta on Saturday night.
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Adrian Beltre tied the game in the ninth inning with a home run off John Smoltz and won it in the 11th with his major league-leading 38th homer, giving the Los Angeles Dodgers a 3-2 victory over the Atlanta Braves on Friday night.
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No one believed in the Braves when the season started, and John Smoltz is one of the first to admit that he had his doubts. Win the division for an unprecedented 13 straight seasons?
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ATLANTA (Sports Network) - The Atlanta Braves announced  Thursday that the team has come to terms with longtime pitcher  John Smoltz to a new two-year contract with a club option for  the 2007 season. Per club policy, financial terms were not  disclosed.
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Atlanta holds a 9-4 edge in the season series, and has won four of seven in New York...The doubleheader was the Braves&#39; second in five days after they were swept at home by Philadelphia on September 8...The last doubleheader between these clubs at Shea
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Minor league manager Joe Mikulik had a major league tantrum Sunday night. The manager of the Asheville Tourists, a Class-A affiliate of the Colorado Rockies in the South Atlantic League, turned Applebee's Park into a one-man show following a close call at second base in the fifth inning of a 5-2 loss to Lexington Legends.
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Javier Valentin hit a three-run homer to cap Cincinnati's five-run comeback in the ninth inning off closer John Smoltz, leading the Reds to an 11-8 victory over the Atlanta Braves on Wednesday night.
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Atlanta Braves&#39; John Smoltz, left, and catcher Eddie Perez celebrate after they defeated the Houston Astros in their National League Division Series game four in Houston, Sunday, Oct. 10, 2004.