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Series preview: Mets vs. Braves

USA TODAY Sports The Mets face (l to r) Kris Medlen, Mike Minor and Julio Teheran this weekend at Citi Field. METS (17-27, fourth place/NL East) vs. ATLANTA BRAVES (28-18, first place/NL East) Friday: RHP Jeremy Hefner (0-5, 5.

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Extension Frenzy: Position Players

One of the most amazing things about this Braves team is how young it is. Their average age is 27 years old, essentially making this a team in its prime. The cold water here is that the youth isn't under control for much longer.

NL East: Team targets for '13 draft

Keith Law breaks down the top 10 prospects for every NL East team, and also identifies sleepers and guys who could make a big league impact in 2013.

Thursday News & Notes: May 23, 2013

After sweeping their second series in a row, the Braves are off today before heading to New York for the weekend. Pitching matchups for the weekend series are expected to be Medlen v.

A Grand Night For Gattis

Evan Gattis hit a grand-slam home run in the fourth inning to help lead the Braves to an 8-3 win over the Twins on Wednesday afternoon. Gattis is the first Braves rookie catcher to homer with the bases loaded since Greg Olson did it against the Reds on June 12, 1990. Gattis' slam came on a 3-0 pitch from Vance Worley. Over the last 10 seasons, just two other players have hit grand slams off a 3-0 pitch in a regular season game: Hideki Matsui against the Rockies on June 26, 2010 and Jason Lane against the Brewers on August 29, 2006. (Reggie Sanders hit a 3-0 grand slam against the Padres in a playoff game in 2005.)

Gattis, Braves hand Twins 8th straight loss

Evan Gattis kept up an amazing rookie season with his first grand slam, B.J. Upton and Ramiro Pena also homered, and the Atlanta Braves finished off a sweep of the woeful Minnesota Twins 8-3 Wednesday.

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Braves Sweep Twins

Evan Gattis hit his first grand slam and B.J. Upton and Ramiro Pena also homered as the Braves beat the Twins 8-3 to complete the series sweep.