champions with a 2-1 win over the marlins. atlanta trailed the mets by as many as 10 1/2 games in the division at the beginning of june. they ve only held the lead in the nl east for six days. the mets led the other 170. braves face the winner of a three-game wild card between the braves and phillies. that begins on friday. the regular season wraps up today. members of the u.s. women s national team are speaking out a day after a scathing report detailing abuse within the national women s soccer league was released. an independent investigation by u.s. soccer found emotional abuse and sexual misconduct were systemic all the way down to the youth leagues. the national league president said she s outraged at the failures to protect players. we are horrified and heart broken and frustrated and exhausted and really, really angry. we are angry that it took a
ATLANTA (AP) Matt Olson knew the Atlanta Braves were too talented to stay in a season-long slump. That's why no one panicked when the New York Mets' division lead swelled to double digits in May.
If baseball's new tiebreaker rules had been in place years ago, Bucky Dent and Bobby Thomson probably wouldn't be household names. With the postseason expanding to 12 teams this year, if two teams end up deadlocked for a division title or playoff spot, there will no longer be a one-game playoff to break those ties.
ATLANTA (AP) Dansby Swanson isn't surprised the Atlanta Braves have fought back to climb atop the NL East. He's just surprised it took this long to get there. “Just keep going," Swanson said.
NEW YORK (AP) The first-place New York Mets are calling up top prospect Francisco Álvarez for their pivotal weekend series against the Atlanta Braves, according to a person familiar with the decision.