Dan Uggla

ATLANTA — Two big swings and one last 98-mph fastball left the Atlanta Braves with a giant sigh of relief. Dan Uggla hit a three-run homer and Michael Bourn also went deep Tuesday night, leading the Braves to a 5-4 win over the St. Louis ...  

Kimbrel earned his 14th save in 15 chances, ending the game by fanning Matt Holliday on a fastball that clocked 98 mph. The right-hander pumped his fist and slapped hands with his teammates, everyone looking as though a weight had been lifted. "Everyone ...  

Dan Uggla hit a three-run homer, Michael Bourn also went deep and the Atlanta Braves snapped their longest losing streak in more than two years, holding off the St. Louis Cardinals 5-4 Tuesday night after an eight-game skid.  

Edwin Jackson (1-3) allowed only two runs, one earned, in 6 2-3 innings. BRAVES 5, CARDINALS 4 ATLANTA — Dan Uggla hit a three-run homer, Michael Bourn also went deep and the Braves snapped their longest losing streak in more than two years ...  

Dan Uggla hit a three-run homer, Michael Bourn also went deep and the Atlanta Braves snapped their longest losing streak in more than two years, holding off the St. Louis…Click to Continue »  

Judging from the results, he might not wait so long the next time the Braves are in a skid. Home runs by Michael Bourn and Dan Uggla staked Randall Delgado to an early four-run lead, and the Braves hung on for a 5-4 win against the St. Louis ...  

ATLANTA -- Dan Uggla hit a three-run homer, Michael Bourn also went deep and the Atlanta Braves snapped their longest losing streak in more than two years, holding off the St. Louis Cardinals 5-4 Tuesday night to end an eight-game skid.  

Tuesday's start against the Atlanta Braves only furthered his riddle. A pitcher reliant on the ground ball lost control because of two home runs, one by center fielder and leadoff hitter Michael Bourn, the other by big-swinging second baseman Dan Uggla.  

Judging from the results, he might not wait so long the next time the Braves are in a skid. Home runs by Michael Bourn and Dan Uggla staked Randall Delgado to an early four-run lead, and the Braves hung on for a 5-4 win against the St. Louis ...  

ATLANTA (AP) — Two big swings and one last 98-mph fastball left the Atlanta Braves with a giant sigh of relief. Dan Uggla hit a three-run homer and Michael Bourn also went deep Tuesday night, leading the Braves to a 5-4 win over the St. Louis ...  

ATLANTA (AP) – Dan Uggla hit a three-run homer ... Bourn took the more customary leadoff role in the third, working Westbrook for a one-out walk. Martin Prado singled and Brian McCann grounded out before Uggla came through with his eighth ...  

ATLANTA — Dan Uggla hit a three-run homer, Michael Bourn also went deep and the Atlanta Braves snapped their longest losing streak in more than two years, holding off the St. Louis Cardinals 5-4 Tuesday night after an eight-game skid. Bourn led off the ...  

Yadier Molina nearly outhit the Atlanta Braves all by himself. Molina went 4-4 in Tuesday’s 5-4 loss to the Braves. Atlanta only managed five hits, but made it count with home runs by Michael Bourn and Dan Uggla. Uggla’s 3-run homer in the ...  

ATLANTA, May 29 (UPI) -- Dan Uggla socked a three-run homer in the third inning and the Atlanta Braves went on to snap an eight-game losing streak with a 5-4 win over St. Louis. Uggla's shot staked the Braves to a 4-0 lead and gave a victory to ...  

Braves second baseman Dan Uggla has had some problems early this season bouncing throws to first base on double plays. He bounced two of them in two double plays Saturday night against the Cardinals, one of which first baseman Freddie Freeman was able to snare and one he wasn’t. Uggla was charged with an error in the fourth inning after David Freese advanced to second base on his errant throw. Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez said it’s something...  

CHICAGO — Randall Delgado didn’t get a win with his strong performance Tuesday night, but the Braves made sure the rookie pitcher didn’t get a loss. Dan Uggla drove in two runs with a tie-breaking, bases-loaded single in the eighth inning to propel the Braves to a 3-1 win against the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field, their fourth in five games on a nine-game trip. “Delgado’s been battling and throwing great,” Uggla said. “Tonight he really...  

CHICAGO -- Randall Delgado is proving to be a quick study, and Atlanta manager Fredi Gonzalez thinks the rookie right-hander has a bright future ahead of him. Delgado turned in another solid start and Dan Uggla hit a tiebreaking two-run single in the ...  

Dan Uggla drove in two runs with a tie-breaking ... Braves hitters fared better after reliever Kerry Wood entered in the eighth inning. Michael Bourn led off the eighth with a single that extended his hitting streak to 12 games, and Martin ...  

CHICAGO -- Dan Uggla hit a tiebreaking two-run single in the eighth inning and the Atlanta Braves beat the Chicago Cubs 3-1 Tuesday night. Michael Bourn reached on a leadoff single and Kerry Wood issued two walks before Uggla drove a 1-1 pitch ...  

CHICAGO - Dan Uggla hit a tiebreaking two-run single in the eighth inning and the Atlanta Braves beat the Chicago Cubs 3-1 Tuesday night. Michael Bourn reached on a leadoff single and Kerry Wood issued two walks before Uggla drove a 1-1 pitch ...  

Braves 3B Dan Uggla said this about the Mets after last night’s game in Atlanta: The Mets are 4-0 against the Braves this season. They are off to the fourth best start in club history at 7-3. They started 8-2 … Continue reading →  

LOS ANGELES - Chipper Jones, right, singled home the go-ahead run for Atlanta in his final regular-season at-bat at Dodger Stadium on Wednesday night after Dan Uggla tied the score with his second RBI single of the game...  

Michael Bourn reached on a leadoff single and Kerry Wood issued ... Freeman was particularly unlucky, hitting a liner right at shortstop Starlin Castro with a runner on in the fourth and another rocket right to Dempster in the sixth. The Braves finally ...  

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — The Braves got four hits in six innings against Detroit ace Justin Verlander during a 2-1 loss Saturday that was rained out in the top of the seventh. Craig Kimbrel threw two pitches to the first Detroit batter of the seventh inning when a deluge stopped the game. The Braves got a run in the fourth when Freddie Freeman hit a two-out single and scored on Dan Uggla’s double. Uggla was out trying to stretch the hit to a...  

The Yankees take on the Miami Marlins again tonight as they play the second of two exhibition games to open up Marlins Park. The game will air at 7:10 on both MLB Network and MLB.tv.Before giving the starting lineups, here's a bit of news that's probably not a surprise: according to Joe Girardi, the two spots still in question on the 25-man roster are those of middle reliever (Clay Rapada or George Kontos) and long reliever...  

After receiving a stellar effort from Randall Delgado-- his second such start in the last week -- and strong work from the bullpen, Atlanta tied the series up with a 3-1 victory. Delgado pitched 5.2 innings and allowed just three hits and three walks.  

LOS ANGELES - Chipper Jones, right, singled home the go-ahead run for Atlanta in his final regular-season at-bat at Dodger Stadium on Wednesday night after Dan Uggla tied the score with his second RBI single of the game...  

Hit-by-pitch Martin Prado was hit-by-pitch. Runners on first and second with none out and Freddie Freeman due up. Out Freddie Freeman struck out swinging. Runners on first and second and with one out and Dan Uggla due up. Out Dan Uggla struck out swinging.  

Reyes delivered the first one with his first career steal of home. With Austin Kearns batting and one out, Infante took off for second. As soon as Braves catcher Brian McCann threw to second, Reyes took off and scored easily as Dan Uggla's throw ...  

Marlins-- RHP Jose Ceda (right elbow) is on the disabled list. Next: Next: AL Central foe Detroit visits for a three-game series starting Tuesday. -- Paul Hoynes (AP) -- Fifteen years ago this fall, the Florida Marlins beat the Cleveland Indians ...  

PHOENIX -- After running up the offense for 10 games, the Atlanta Braves relied on Tommy Hanson to carry them to another win. Hanson pitched seven strong innings, Dan Uggla homered and the streaking Braves beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 3-2 on Saturday night.  

It was the third walk-off grand slam in Marlins history. Dan Uggla hit one June 11, 2008, against the Phillies and Bobby Bonilla hit one Sept. 16, 1997, against the Rockies. Stanton (age 22 years, 187 days) is the youngest player to hit a walk-off slam ...  

PHOENIX -- Tommy Hanson pitched seven strong innings, Dan Uggla homered and the streaking Atlanta Braves beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 3-2 on Saturday night. Hanson allowed two runs on five hits for the Braves, who have won 10 of 11. Hanson (2-2 ...  

It was the third walk-off grand slam in Marlins history. Dan Uggla hit one June 11, 2008, against the Phillies and Bobby Bonilla hit one Sept. 16, 1977, against the Rockies. Stanton (age 22 years, 187 days) is the yougnest player to hit a walk ...  

Apr 21, 2012 - Justin Upton returned to the starting lineup for the Arizona Diamondbacks and doubled in his first at-bat, but a third inning homerun by second baseman Dan Uggla gave the Atlanta Braves a 3-2 lead. That ended up being enough as ...  

PHOENIX - Tommy Hanson pitched seven strong innings, Dan Uggla homered and the streaking Atlanta Braves beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 3-2 on Saturday night. Hanson allowed two runs on five hits for the Braves, who have won 10 of 11. Hanson (2-2 ...  

Dan Uggla ended his struggles against R.A. Dickey with a two ... Cristhian Martinez (1-0) gave up one run and three hits in two innings to win in relief of Jair Jurrjens, whose ERA rose to 8.10. Winless in three starts, Jurrjens allowed four runs, seven ...  

Then, to say he was hot in the second half, would be another understatement ... 195 with four RBI and Braves fans are now panicking. In my opinion, no. While Uggla's weaknesses at the plate can be overblown, you don't hear the same being said about ...  

ATLANTA — Dan Uggla knew about his struggles against R.A. Dickey ... Trailing 3-2, the Braves went ahead in the third on Martin Prado's two-run double. After Uggla's homer extended the lead, the Mets closed to 6-4 in the fifth on a run ...  

3rd D Wright doubled to deep center, K Nieuwenhuis and D Murphy scored. 3 2 3rd M Prado doubled to left, J Jurrjens and M Bourn scored. 3 4 3rd D Uggla homered to left (394 feet), M Prado scored. 3 6 5th D Wright reached on infield single to ...  

(Sports Network) - The Florida Marlins have climbed over the .500 mark thanks to an MLB-best seven-game winning streak and aim to stay perfect on a nine- game road trip Tuesday in the second test of three against the Houston Astros. The Marlins are 6-5 in ...  

MILWAUKEE - Toronto native Joey Votto's RBI double broke a scoreless tie in the ... After Maholm came out to warm up for the eighth, Russell replaced him and gave up a two-out double to Martin Prado and a walk to Freddie Freeman, then retired Dan Uggla ...  

BRAVES 3, CUBS 1 CHICAGO — Dan Uggla hit a tiebreaking two-run single in the eighth inning. Michael Bourn reached on a leadoff single and Kerry Wood issued two walks before Uggla drove a 1-1 pitch back up the middle for his third hit of the game.  

CINCINNATI - Canadian Joey Votto hit a grand slam in the ninth inning for his ... Tommy Hanson (4-3) allowed one run in five innings with nine strikeouts and Martin Prado, Freddie Freeman and Dan Uggla each had an RBI in a three-run seventh.  

With the Braves in the midst of 33 scheduled games in 34 days, manager Fredi Gonzalez is looking for spots to rest his regulars. But he isn't going to be able to pry centerfielder Michael Bourn or second baseman Dan Uggla out of the lineup. The two of them ...  

CINCINNATI (AP) Joey Votto hit a grand slam in the ninth inning for his ... Tommy Hanson (4-3) allowed one run in five innings with nine strikeouts and Martin Prado, Freddie Freeman and Dan Uggla each had an RBI in a three-run seventh.  

CHICAGO — Dan Uggla hit a tiebreaking two-run single in the eighth inning and the Atlanta Braves beat the Chicago Cubs 3-1 Tuesday night. Michael Bourn reached on a leadoff single and Kerry Wood issued two walks before Uggla drove a 1-1 pitch ...  

Dan Uggla hit a tiebreaking two-run single in the eighth inning and the Atlanta Braves beat the Chicago Cubs 3-1 Tuesday night. Michael Bourn reached on a leadoff single and Kerry Wood issued two walks before Uggla drove a 1-1 pitch back up the middle for ...  

CHICAGO (AP) — Dan Uggla hit a tiebreaking two-run single in the eighth inning. Michael Bourn reached on a leadoff single and Kerry Wood issued two walks before Uggla drove a 1-1 pitch back up the middle for his third hit of the game.  

The Braves and Brewers took turns putting up crooked numbers on Friday night in front of 50,635 fans at Turner Field. Despite a shaky pitching ... and was then driven in by a two-run homer from Matt Diaz, his first in nearly 18 months.  

CHICAGO — Randall Delgado didn’t get a win with his strong pitching performance Tuesday night, but the Braves made sure the rookie didn’t get a loss. Dan Uggla drove in two runs with a tie-breaking, bases-loaded single in the eighth inning ...  

HOUSTON -- Jason Heyward homered and drove in two runs, David Ross hit a two-run double in his 2012 debut and the Atlanta Braves beat the Houston Astros 6-3 on Wednesday night. Ross, the backup catcher, drove in Chipper Jones and Dan Uggla with ...  

David Ross and Dan Uggla homered for the Braves ... the Dodgers got a run in the first on Andre Ethier's RBI single. First baseman Freddie Freeman got the Braves out of the inning with a great backhanded pick of Uggla's ugly relay throw from second ...  

ATLANTA -- Braves second baseman Dan Uggla and shortstop Tyler Pastornicky were happy that they were able to laugh about the potentially disastrous play Friday that now stands as the most acrobatic catch in Uggla's career. "That could have been ...  

Following a losing road trip, the Miami Marlins are set for their first extended homestand in their new ballpark. They do so hoping that their past success in Florida over the Houston Astros will carry over.  

HOUSTON -- Jason Heyward homered and drove in two runs, David Ross hit a two-run double in his 2012 debut and the Atlanta Braves beat the Houston Astros 6-3 on Wednesday night. Ross, the backup catcher, drove in Chipper Jones and Dan Uggla with ...  

Atlanta, GA (Sports Network) - Dan Uggla went 3-for-5 with three RBI, and hit the tie-breaking two-run single in ... Atlanta, GA (Sports Network) - Dan Uggla went 3-for-5 with three RBI, and hit the tie-breaking two-run single in the eighth inning, as ...  

Jason Heyward homered and drove in two runs, David Ross hit a two-run double in his 2012 debut and the Atlanta Braves beat the Houston Astros 6-3 on Wednesday night. Ross, the backup catcher, drove in Chipper Jones and Dan Uggla with a double to ...  

HOUSTON - Jason Heyward homered and drove in two runs, David Ross hit a two-run double in his 2012 debut and the Atlanta Braves beat the Houston Astros 6-3 on Wednesday night. Ross, the backup catcher, drove in Chipper Jones and Dan Uggla with a ...  

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Dan Uggla and Tamika Catchings have been named athletes of the year by the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame. Uggla, of Columbia and the University of Memphis, had a 33-game hitting streak last year for the Atlanta Braves. Catchings ...  

The Houston Astros have the upper hand halfway through their rubber match with the Florida Marlins, as they lead 3-2 after five innings at Marlins Park Omar Infante opened the scoring with his fourth home run of the season in the bottom of the ...  

Nolasco (3-0) outdueled Cain (1-2) in the Marlins' sixth victory against the Giants in their last eight meetings — a stretch that includes Nolasco's 2-1 win over Cain last Aug. 12 in South Florida. "I just made a couple of more mistakes than he did," Cain said.  

The visitors moved ahead in the sixth inning. Brian McCann hit a leadoff single to right, which was followed by a walk by Dan Uggla. Harang got Jones to hit into a double play that moved McCann to third. Only an out removed from getting out of ...  

"The manager is walking out with the trainer, I saw Gaby behind him running out ... against the Phillies and Dan Uggla on May 23, 2007, against the Phillies. Jose Reyes is the only player on the Marlins roster to hit for a cycle, doing it in 2006 as ...  

Atlanta — Dan Uggla ended his struggles against R.A. Dickey with a two-run homer, and Juan Francisco and Freddie Freeman also hit two-run drives to lead the Atlanta Braves over the New York Mets 14-6 Wednesday. Uggla had been 0 for 24 against the ...  

PHOENIX (AP) Tommy Hanson pitched seven strong innings, Dan Uggla homered and the streaking Atlanta Braves beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 3-2 on Saturday night. Hanson allowed two runs on five hits for the Braves, who have won 10 of 11. Hanson (2-2) struck ...  

Ross, the backup catcher, drove in Chipper Jones and Dan Uggla with a double to center in the fourth, giving the Braves a 3-1 lead. Heyward, who finished with three hits, added an insurance run with his solo shot to right in the eighth. The performance by ...  

Following a losing road trip, the Miami Marlins are set for their first extended homestand in their new ballpark. They do so hoping that their past success in Florida over the Houston Astros will carry over. (Sports Network) - Following a losing road trip ...  

ATLANTA -- Brian McCann equaled a career high with four hits, including a home run and four RBIs, and Dan Uggla's broken-bat single in the eighth inning gave the Braves a wild 10-8 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers in Atlanta's home opener Friday night.  

Ross, the backup catcher, drove in Chipper Jones and Dan Uggla with a double to centre in the fourth, giving the Braves a 3-1 lead. Heyward, who finished with three hits, added an insurance run with his solo shot to right in the eighth. "That was ...  

Ellis singled in another and Gordon hit a fly deep enough to left to score a second ... The Braves got one run back when Josh Lindblom gave up his first run of the season in eight appearances. Dan Uggla hit a solo homer off him in the eighth ...  

ATLANTA — Brian McCann equaled a career high with four hits, including a homer and four RBIs, and Dan Uggla’s broken-bat single in the eighth inning gave the Braves a wild 10-8 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers in Atlanta’s home opener Friday night.  

Young players like Jason Heyward, Freddie Freeman, and Dan Uggla need to push home runners in scoring ... Stephen Strasburg will be kept to 160 innings this year, but if the Nationals are in the hunt for a wild card spot, it will be tough to lose such ...  

Carlos Zambrano struggles on the mound as he allows five walks in a game as the Miami Marlins lost 3-6 to Houston Astros on March 28, 2012 in their Grapefruit League encounter at Osceola County Stadium in Kissimmee, Florida. Chunk of the runs the Marlins ...  

... of three games in a series against Houston at Marlins Park that was held April 13-15. The game is scheduled for an 8:05 first pitch with television coverage on Fox Sports Florida, with radio coverage provided by WAXY 790 AM and WAQI 710 AM.  

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Then Dan Uggla worked a 10-pitch walk, and Atlanta's Freddie Freeman singled cleanly to right on the ... and the manager recalled how he took out Sid Fernandez from a Class-A game in 1982 when the pitcher had a no-hitter and 21 strikeouts through seven ...  

The Braves blew it open in the second. Dan Uggla led off with a walk, Matt Diaz singled to center and Freddie Freeman kept fouling pitches off until he lined an opposite-field double into the left-field corner to bring home Uggla. "I finally got a pitch to ...  

KISSIMMEE, Fla. -- Joe Girardi managed the Marlins six years and three stadium-name changes ago. So it's a neat coincidence that his Yankees will help open the brand new retractable-roof Marlins Park in Miami on Sunday. Girardi laughingly said ...  

Instead the pomp, euphoria and Reyes now have moved to South Florida, where Marlins Park was officially christened last night. Beltran got the first regular-season hit in the building and Reyes got the first hit for the Marlins — albeit not until he led ...  

Yep, the Marlins, in their 19 seasons on Major League Baseball’s map, have never once surfaced to the top of the National League East. That is, the Florida Marlins never did. There are those who think the stars are aligned for the rechristened ...  

David Ross and Dan Uggla each belted home runs for the Braves ... outs but did allow one run on a sacrifice fly from Gordon to give LA a 5-1 advantage. Josh Lindblom entered for Capuano to start the eighth, and was greeted rudely as Uggla ...  

He's doing a pretty good job. Harrell gave up three singles an unearned run over five innings in his first start of spring training, helping Houston beat the Florida Marlins ... I wasn't getting a lot of groundballs because my arm angle was ...  

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ATLANTA — Brian McCann equaled a career high with four hits, including a homer and four RBIs, and Dan Uggla’s broken-bat single in the eighth inning gave the Braves a wild 10-8 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers in Atlanta’s home opener ...  

Dan Uggla was up, Matt Diaz on deck. The Brewers might have walked Uggla to pitch to Diaz — or, more likely, a left-handed pinch-hitter against Francisco Rodriguez. Except that the Braves had  used Eric Hinske, their best lefty pinch-hitter ...  

He's doing a pretty good job. Harrell gave up three singles an unearned run over five innings in his first start of spring training, helping Houston beat the Florida Marlins 6-3 Wednesday. ''I feel like there's still a few guys ahead of me ...  

"It's like throwing water balloons," Dickey said. Dan Uggla ended a 0-for-24 slide against Dickey with a two-run homer. Juan Francisco and Freddie Freeman also hit two-run drives. Francisco's homer came on a fastball. Uggla and Freeman hit ...  

Single Martin Prado singled to center. Runner on first with one out and Brian McCann due up. Out Brian McCann flied out to right. Runner on first with two outs and Dan Uggla due up. Out Dan Uggla struck out swinging to end the inning.  

ATLANTA — Dan Uggla knew about his struggles against R.A. Dickey ... “It’s a huge load off your shoulders, especially when you’re kind of known for being a power hitter,” Uggla said. “It was tough for me to shoulder.  

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LOS ANGELES -- Chipper Jones singled home the go-ahead run in his final regular season at-bat at Dodger Stadium after Dan Uggla tied it with his...  

ATLANTA (AP) — Dan Uggla ended his struggles against R.A. Dickey with a two-run homer, and Juan Francisco and Freddie Freeman also hit two-run drives...