Kenshin Kawakami pitched six effective innings to win his major league debut, leading the Atlanta Braves to a 5-3 victory over the Washington Nationals on Saturday night.

Once the Philadelphia Phillies finished celebrating their World Series title, the Atlanta Braves spoiled the rest of the opening-night party.

Jordan Schafer, who was suspended for the first 50 games of the 2008 season for a violation of baseball’s drug policy, is the Atlanta Braves’ new starting center fielder.

Chipper Jones went 2-for-2 Thursday to lead the Atlanta Braves to a 2-1 win over a Houston Astros squad made up of minor leaguers.

Chipper Jones, Casey Kotchman and Clint
Sammons homered to lead the Atlanta Braves to a 9-3 victory over
the Detroit Tigers on Wednesday.

Russ Ortiz had one of his most impressive
outings of the spring Tuesday night, going six innings while
allowing two earned runs, five hits and striking out six in the
Astros’ 8-3 win over the Atlanta Braves.

The Atlanta Braves say they have agreed to terms with third baseman Chipper Jones on a three-year contract extension through 2012 with an option for 2013.

Kenshin Kawakami relished the opportunity to match up against fellow countryman Daisuke Matsuzaka.

The Detroit Tigers have acquired outfielder Josh Anderson in a trade with the Atlanta Braves.

Jeff Francoeur and Casey Kotchman hit
consecutive home runs in the first inning and Jeremy Bonderman was
pulled after getting only four outs Sunday in the Detroit Tigers’
5-4 win over the Atlanta Braves.

The Atlanta Braves signed Derek Lowe to be their ace, and he’s pitching like one.

Tommy Hanson and Livan Hernandez
made progress on Wednesday in their bids to open the season in the
major leagues.

Jose Capellan extended his spring
scoreless streak to 12 2-3 innings in the Houston Astros’ 3-2 loss
to the Atlanta Braves.

Chipper Jones will miss the rest of the World
Baseball Classic because of a strain in his right side.

Former Augusta GreenJacket Hanley Ramirez returned from the World
Baseball Classic and doubled, stole a base and scored a run in the
Florida Marlins’ 9-2 loss to the Atlanta Braves on Friday.