...Christiansen - Howie Clark - Roger Clemens - Paxton Crawford - Jack Cust - Brendan Donnelly - Chris Donnels - Lenny Dykstra - Matt Franco - Ryan Franklin - Eric Gagne - Jason Grimsley - Jerry Hairston - Phil Hiatt - Matt Herges - Glenallen Hill - Todd Hundley...

...is a dark horse candidate to win a job. Q: Who's on the bench? A: Let's start with who's not on the bench. Matt Franco, Darren Bragg and Henr y Blanco are gone. Gary Matthews Jr., who batted .248 in 144 games with the Orioles and...

...the right-hander's shutout bid when Vinny Castilla reached base with an infield hit in the fifth and pinch hitter Matt Franco connected for his third home run. Reach Bill Zack at bzack30143@aol.com.

...to load the bases. Chipper Jones then cleared the bases with a three-run double. After a single by Andruw Jones, Matt Franco followed with a sacrifice fly to score Chipper Jones for a 4-0 lead Atlanta added three runs in the fourth off D'Amico...

...Reboulet homered in the ninth to make it 5-3. Atlanta then loaded the bases again in the ninth, but Tavarez got Matt Franco to hit into a double play, then retired Johnny Estrada on a grounder to first. In the second game, Atlanta manager...

...single. In the sixth, Jones hit a two-run homer, a 463-foot shot to the upper deck, his 22nd. Pinch-hitter Matt Franco completed the scoring with a ninth-inning sacrifice fly. Notes: Atlanta had five doubles in the first two innings...

...runners with a double to the left-center gap. Atlanta's bats came alive again with two down the next inning, when Matt Franco singled and Vinny Castilla hit Jarvis' 1-0 delivery into the left-center field seats, his 19th home run of the...

MONTREAL - Atlanta Braves infielder Matt Franco remembers a time - not so long ago, in fact - when Montreal Expos fans filled Olympic Stadium. It was the late 1990s, and Franco...

...of the Braves' 10 hits, singled to right, and Javy Lopez followed with a run-scoring single. Designated hitter Matt Franco then sent a soft single to right, and Fick barely beat Huff's throw to the plate. "We knew it was uphill the whole...

...performance. Now we'll see how he rebounds, see how he feels tomorrow and the next day." Byrd faced Darren Bragg, Matt Franco and Mark DeRosa, used his four pitches, and showed good velocity. He had good command, with the exception of one...