The Nashville Sounds ninth inning rally came up short in a 4-3 loss against the Oklahoma City Dodgers Saturday night at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark.

The Sounds started the ninth inning down 4-2 and attempted a ninth inning rally to take game four of the five-game series from the Dodgers. Joey Wendle led off the ninth with a single to center to start the inning. Rangel Ravelo then followed with a single of his own and the tying run was aboard for the Sounds. Bruce Maxwell’s fly out to center allowed Wendle to advance to third but Ravelo remained at first. Arismendy Alcantara then came on to pinch run for Ravelo at first. With runners at first and third, Jaycob Brugman hit an infield RBI single to score Wendle and Alcantara was safe at second and the Sounds had the tying and go ahead runs on base.

After a Chase Pinder strike out, an 11-pitch battle between Sounds left fielder Andrew Lambo and Dodgers pitcher Jaycob Rhame insued. Lambo nearly delivered the clutch hit twice in the at bat but unfortunately both times the potential hit went barely foul. Lambo then hit a long drive to deep center field, however, Dodgers center fielder Rico Noel tracked down the fly ball to record the final out and preserve the 4-3 Dodgers win.

The Sounds took a 1-0 lead on a sacrifice fly by Andrew Lambo scoring Jaycob Brugman in the top of the first inning.

Oklahoma City answered in the bottom half of the inning with a RBI double from O’Koyea Jackson scoring Rob Segedin to tie the game at 1-1. After nearly a 30 minute rain delay, Corey Brown hit a RBI single to plate Jackson to give the Dodgers a 2-1 lead after one.

Colin Walsh led off the top of the second inning with single up the middle. After a Joey Wendle fly out and Rangel Ravelo strike out, Bruce Maxwell singled to right and advanced Walsh to third with Brugman on deck. Brugman then sent an RBI single to left to score Walsh to tie the game at 2-2 after two.

Back-to-back singles from Micah Johnson and Zach Walters started the home half of the third inning for the Dodgers. With Johnson at third base, Jackson hit a sacrifice fly to right field scoring Johnson to put the Dodgers up 3-2 after 3.

The Sounds had an opportunity to tie or take the lead in the top of the fourth inning as both Brugman and Maxwell were both left stranded in scoring position.

The Dodgers then extended their lead to 4-2 in the bottom of the fifth inning on a solo home run to right field by Zach Walters.

The five-game series concludes Sunday night at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark as the Sounds will send left-hander Eric Surkamp (3-1, 3.07) and the Oklahoma City Dodgers will counter with right-hander Jose De Leon (0-0, 0.00). First pitch is scheduled for 6:05 p.m.

The Braves may have the opposite record of the Cubs and rank last in the Major Leagues in home runs. Bud Norris may have lost his spot in the rotation earlier this season, but on Friday night at Turner Field, Atlanta out-slugged and out-pitched Chicago.

Adonis Garcia and Tyler Flowers hit back-to-back home runs — the first time the Braves have done so this year — to back Norris and spark a 5-1 victory over the Cubs, picking up their second win in their last eight games.
“It’s big just to get a little lead there and then get a couple of add-on runs, which is something we haven’t been doing,” Braves manager Brian Snitker said. “That was really nice to put together an inning like that and get a couple of add-on runs.”
Cubs rookie Albert Almora Jr. made a nice sliding catch of Nick Markakis’ fly ball to left to open the second inning before Garcia launched the next pitch from Jason Hammel over the center-field wall. Four pitches later, Flowers hit his third homer to left to open a 2-0 lead. Garcia finished with three hits, matching a career high.
Norris, making his second start since returning to the rotation last Saturday, struck out six and limited the Cubs to four hits and one run over seven innings. It was his longest outing since he went seven frames in his first start of the season on April 6.
The loss was the Cubs’ fourth in their last 16 games.
“That’s baseball — baseball’s a crazy game,” Hammel said. “On any given night, any team can win. A lot of people say you’re only as good as the starting pitcher on the mound that night, and he was better.”
Cubs manager Joe Maddon started the rookie Almora over Chris Coghlan in left field because he liked the matchup. Almora proved him right when he doubled to open the third, moved up on a wild pitch and scored one out later on Dexter Fowler’s groundout. Almora also made two standout catches, robbing Markakis to open the second and again with two on and one out in the seventh.
“He’s a quality addition,” Hammel said of Almora. “We pride ourselves on the guys we have at the lower levels. They’re going to come up here and help us. Albert is no different. He came up and made an impact right away. He’s a player to watch play.”
In addition to his three-hit effort, Garcia made a pair of standout defensive plays in the fifth inning. The third baseman, who committed seven errors at the position in his first 18 games of the season, recorded the first out of the frame when he caught a sharp line drive hit directly at him by Javier Baez. A batter later, Garcia robbed Addison Russell of a base hit when he made a diving grab to his left and completed the throw to first from his knees.
Hammel had given up three combined earned runs over his last three outings, but he was charged with three on Friday. The right-hander cruised through an 11-pitch first, but then had some stressful innings as the Braves had at least two runners on over the next three. He was able to extend a streak to 14 games in which Cubs starting pitchers have given up three earned runs or less.
“Save for two pitches, I thought I battled pretty well,” Hammel said. “I felt everything I threw up there. The bad pitches got hit hard and the good pitches were dribblers somewhere. It was just one of those nights. Bud threw a really good game and kept our guys off-balance. He threw a really good slider and stuck with it. Hats off to him.”
The Cubs threatened to strike first in the second after Norris allowed back-to-back singles to open the inning. The right-hander settled in, though, and induced a ground-ball double play before striking out Russell with a 95-mph fastball to thwart the scoring chance.
Mallex Smith was called out in the bottom of the fourth inning after failing to re-touch second base on a sacrifice fly by Ender Inciarte. Smith rounded second as the ball carried into left field, and after Almora made the catch, Smith stepped over the bag on his way back to first. The Cubs appealed the play, and Smith was called out for the final out.
“I don’t think I’ve ever seen that before,” Maddon said. “Almora got the ball in quickly right to [second baseman Ben Zobrist], and Zo walked in and stepped on the bag and didn’t think about it, but did. I’m watching to see if the runner crosses or not. I went out after the appeal [to see] if Zo stepped on the bag first. Could they have called him out for that first and not the appeal? But that’s not part of the rule. You must appeal and say, ‘I’m appealing the play at second base,’ and then he’s out.”
Maddon had another conversation with third-base umpire Jerry Meals in the sixth inning, trying to get clarification.
Jake Arrieta will try to start a new winning streak on Saturday. Arrieta struck out 12 over five innings in his last outing, but he took his first loss since July 25 of last season. He is 2-1 with a 2.81 ERA in four career starts vs. the Braves. First pitch will be at 3:10 p.m. CT.  Atlanta will counter with Matt Wisler, who looks to bounce back from his worst start of the season. In just four innings, the right-hander allowed eight earned runs against the Dodgers on Sunday, struggling to throw his secondary pitches. He’s 0-4 with a 4.12 ERA at Turner Field this year. Thunder Radio will bring you the broadcast of the game a part of the Atlanta Braves Radio Network.

The Nashville Sounds clubbed three home runs and had four RBI doubles in a 10-0 rout of the Oklahoma City Dodgers Friday night at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark.

Nashville scored at least one run from the third inning through the sixth to earn the Sounds second shutout victory of the year.

The Sounds broke through first with a two-out RBI double to left by Jaycob Brugman scoring Joey Wendle from first to give the Sounds the early 1-0 lead.

Nashville added a pair in the fourth inning with two more RBI doubles. Ryon Healy sent a one-out RBI double to left center to score Renato Nunez from second. Wendle then plated Healy with the second two-out RBI double of the game for the Sounds to make it a 3-0 lead after four.

Bruce Maxwell saw the first pitch of the fifth inning and launched an opposite field solo home run to left to add another tally to the Sounds lead. After a Brugman double, Chad Pinder hit the second opposite field home run of the inning with a two-run shot to right field to make it 6-0 Sounds after five.

A four-run sixth inning capped off the Sounds rout of the Dodgers to extend their lead to 10-0. After a lead-off walk to Matt McBride, Bruce Maxwell hit the Sounds fourth RBI double of the night scoring McBride to make it 7-0 Sounds. Brugman then sent a towering two-run home run to right field to give the Sounds a 9-0 lead. Chad Pinder then doubled to right and was later plated in the inning on a RBI single by Ryon Healy.

Sounds starter Dillon Overton picked up his sixth quality start of the year tying Daniel Mengden and Chris Smith for the team’s season-high. Overton pitched six shutout innings allowing just four hits and four walks in his sixth win of the season. In Overton’s last three starts, the Sounds have scored 31 runs of support before he has exited the game.

Liam Hendriks and Ryan Doolittle spelled Overton out of the ‘pen and preserved the shutout. Hendriks went one inning and allowed just one hit while striking out a batter in his first MLB rehab game with the Sounds. Doolittle then went the remaining two innings striking out two and did not allow a hit.

The Sounds will look to continue their hot streak in game four against the Dodgers Saturday night, as the Sounds are now 24-6 in their last 30 games played. The Sounds will send right-hander Daniel Mengden (3-1, 1.39) to face right-hander Nick Tepesch (5-2, 3.95) of the Oklahoma City Dodgers at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark. First pitch is scheduled for 7:05 p.m.

CHS basketball coach Micah Williams(right) draws up a play during a timeout on Thursday at Ravenwood (Photo by Ben Holl)

The Coffee County Red Raider basketball team opened their summer schedule taking on 2 time state semifinalist Blackman on Thursday at Ravenwood. The talented Blaze team defeated Coffee County in spite of a 14 point effort from Garrett Eldridge.  Steven Sullivan added 7 points and 2 rebounds for Coffee County.
In the 2nd contest, Coffee County got an 18 point win over Grundy County. Sullivan had another big game as he scored 15 points and pulled down 4 rebounds. Deaaron Rozier added 8 points and 5 rebounds to even Coffee County’s record in pool play to 1 and 1. The 6 man Raider JV team dropped both of their contests.
Coffee County will conclude pool play on Friday with a 12:15 PM game against Antioch. The JV team will take on Centennial at 9:45 AM. Both games will be played at Centennial High School in Franklin. Games in the tournament bracket will begin on Friday night and conclude on Saturday.