The Atlanta Braves have scored just five runs in their last three games, but hope to get a big offensive boost on Tuesday for their second game against the Cincinnati Reds. Third baseman Chipper Jones is expected to be back after suffering a contusion on his left ankle.
Jones has been out since Friday after getting drilled by a B.J. Upton grounder, but told reporters on Monday he was recovering.
“It’s a little better,” Jones told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. “I still feel like I’m probably a day or two away. I have a golf-ball sized blister right there that has got to go away. Continue reading
The Los Angeles Angels’ road trip started well with a win over the San Diego Padres on Saturday. But a lack of timely hitting put a quick halt to that. The Angels went 1 for 21 with runners in scoring position over their next two games against San Diego, losing both.
The St. Louis Cardinals could really use a little Jaime Garcia right now.
I was scrolling through Bovada’s 2012 World Series Futures page just out of curiosity because I wanted to see how Baltimore was faring with all this momentum.
Interleague baseball begins on Friday afternoon where the Chicago Cubs host their crosstown rival White Sox at Wrigley Field.
The Philadelphia Phillies haven’t given oddsmakers much confidence in the first few weeks, but finally seem to be back on track. Favored to win the NL all along in Bovada’s 
The Miami Marlins seem to be back on track after winning the series opener against the Atlanta Braves on Wednesday. Once presumed to be headed for disaster, the Marlins have won 12 of their last 15 to get three games over .500 and right back in the NL East race.
Not that his run was very long there, or that revered, but Carlos Beltran returns to San Francisco as his St. Louis Cardinals begin a three-game series with the Giants on Wednesday night.