Braves fire manager Gonzalez after 9-28 start

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Off to one of the worst starts in their history, the Atlanta Braves fired manager Fredi Gonzalez on Tuesday.

The Braves dropped to an MLB-worst 9-28 after an 8-5 loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates on Monday night. They haven’t won consecutive games over a 5-19 span during which they’ve averaged 2.7 runs and hit eight home runs, a quarter of which came Monday. Four MLB players have more homers this season than the Braves, who have 11 total.

Brian Snitker, manager of Atlanta’s Triple-A Gwinnett farm team, will replace Gonzalez as the Braves’ interim manager through the end of the season. Snitker was Atlanta’s third-base coach from 2006-13. Snitker also had two stints with Atlanta as the bullpen coach in 1985 and from 1988 to 1990.

Gonzalez, 52, managed the Marlins from 2007 to 2010 and was named manager in Atlanta in 2011 after Hall of Famer Bobby Cox retired. He had coached third base for the Braves for four years before landing the Marlins job.

Gonzalez’s best managerial season came in 2013, when the Braves won 96 games, but …

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