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The Atlanta Braves are 8-5, 1st in the NL East.

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The Atlanta Braves are 8-5, 1st in the NL East. They are 4-3 over their last 7 games.

Atlanta Braves News & Updates

April 09, 2026

The Atlanta Braves were 8-5, 1st in the NL East. Yesterday, the Atlanta Braves creamed the Los Angeles Angels 8-2 at Angel Stadium.

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Braves Score & Recap

Yesterday, the Atlanta Braves creamed the Los Angeles Angels 8-2 at Angel Stadium.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
	1	1	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	8	8	0
	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	1

Highlights

Mauricio Dubón went 1-5 with 2 RBI.
Matt Olson went 1-4 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Braves Record & Standings

NL East

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Braves	8	5	.615		W2
Marlins	7	5	.583	0.5	W1
Mets	7	5	.583	0.5	L1
Phillies	6	6	.500	1.5	L2
Nationals	4	8	.333	3.5	L2

Atlanta Braves are 4-3 in their last 7 games, with a +22 run differential.

Braves Player Stats & Leaders

Batting Leaders

Player	HR	AVG	OPS	RBI
30 Drake Baldwin	5	.321	1.013	15
2 Jorge Mateo	1	.333	1.178	2
28 Matt Olson	3	.280	.948	8

Hot Hitters

Player	Streak
2 Jorge Mateo	3 hits, 1 HR, 2 RBI, .5 AVG in last 3 games

Hot Pitchers

Pitcher	Streak
55 Bryce Elder	7.0 IP, 8 K, 0 ER in dominant recent start
26 Raisel Iglesias	3.2 scoreless IP, 4 K in 3 recent games
51 Chris Sale	6.0 IP, 6 K, 0 ER in dominant recent start

Braves News

The Braves have emerged from a grueling 13-game stretch with the best pitching ERA in MLB, proving their depth and resilience despite recent injuries. Their bullpen showed its strength during a chaotic brawl with the Angels, which resulted in a five-game suspension for Reynaldo López, highlighting the team's ability to manage adversity effectively. With an 8-5 record and a run differential that ties them for the league lead, Atlanta's offense is slowly coming together, showing flashes of brilliance even if it hasn't yet reached full throttle. As they prepare for a rematch against the Angels, the Braves are not just surviving but thriving, underscoring their status as a serious contender in the early season.

Sources

MLB.com

Braves staff aces early 13-game gauntlet ... and emerges with MLB-best ERA

The Braves started the season with 13 games in 13 days and with questions about whether their injury-depleted pitching staff could handle such a daunting stretch. Not only did the staff handle it just fine, it ended it with the best ERA in the Majors.

$López's 7-game suspension reduced to 5 games after Braves-Angels fracas$

MLB.com

López's 7-game suspension reduced to 5 games after Braves-Angels fracas

Atlanta Braves pitcher Reynaldo López and Los Angeles Angels outfielder Jorge Soler have each received a seven-game suspension and an undisclosed fine for their actions in the benches-clearing incident during the bottom of the fifth inning of Tuesday night’s game at Angel Stadium, Major League Baseball announced on Wednesday. Michael

Battery Power

Braves News: Reynaldo Lopez suspension, Sean Murphy update, more

Well the Braves are quietly cruising so far this season, with a strong 8-5 record and tied for the MLB lead in run differential. The rotation hasn’t been a weakness yet overall, though the fifth spot had been pretty rough, and while the offense hasn’t been truly humming, only 3 teams in MLB have scored […]

Battery Power

Relentless Braves top Angels 8-2 to take series

Okay, so technically relentless would be scoring in every inning, and the Braves only scored in five of the nine frames available to them, but hey — it worked just fine. The offense started early and didn’t stop until well past clobberin’ time, leading to an 8-2 victory over the Angels. Meanwhile, Grant Holmes did […]

Housethathankbuilt

Chaotic brawl against Angels highlighted key Braves advantage that bodes very well

The Atlanta Braves' bullpen being as strong, as deep, and as well-managed as it is proved to be exceedingly important after Reynaldo Lopez got ejected.

Housethathankbuilt

Aftermath of Braves-Angels brawl revealed wild Walt Weiss incident with former MVP

Atlanta Braves manager Walt Weiss is apparently no stranger to handling conflict on his terms after this account of an altercation with Josh Donaldson.

Braves Upcoming Schedule

The Atlanta Braves host the Cleveland Guardians for a 3-game series starting Friday.

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