...Blanco had a three-run double and triple in setting a career high for RBI.It was a frustrating day for the National League East-leading Braves. Dan Uggla struck out four times and Chris Johnson went down swinging three times. After a victory...

...Everything was working," Zimmermann said. "I felt great."The Braves had won five in a row this season over their National League East rival, and nine in a row dating to last season."We needed that one bad and he went out and pitched a blueprint...

...eliminated with the loss.NATIONALS: Stephen Strasburg will make his second Opening Day start for Washington when the National League East champions open the season at home against the Miami Marlins on April 1.BREWERS: Outfielder Carlos Gomez and...

...the first two games of their four-game weekend series, Atlanta was looking to move closer to Washington in the National League East. Losses in the last two gave the Braves a split and put them back where they were at the start ? 31/2 games...

...to beat the Nationals 7-5 on Saturday at Turner Field.The Braves now trail the Nationals by 3½ games in the National League East.The National Weather Service reported that the temperature was one degree hotter than the previous high from...

...Atlanta, which clinched a wild-card spot on Tuesday night, is still chasing the Washington Nationals in the National League East. That's not all that motivates the 40-year-old Jones to keep playing every day.Jones, who plans to...

...The Braves have won six of seven and 11 of 15, but they began the night four games behind Washington in the National League East with six games to play.If they don't win the division, the Braves will play a wild-card playoff game at...

...the Braves manager took pride in the way his team stubbornly hung in there. And while Atlanta's chase for the National League East title officially ended with a 2-1 loss to Pittsburgh on Monday night, Gonzalez was hardly disappointed.A year...

...save.It was the Braves' largest comeback since 1987 and pulled them within 2½ games of the Nationals in the National League East. The teams will play three more games this weekend, including a doubleheader Saturday.The nine-run lead was...

...2012 felt new and significant to them. All the regular-season wins ? a best-in-baseball 98 ? and the National League East title, the postseason highs and lows, the intense attention to the decision to shut down Stephen Strasburg in...