Friday night’s scheduled finale of a four-game series between the Nashville Sounds and Round Rock Express has been postponed due to rain at First Tennessee Park.
The game will be made up as part of a doubleheader on Sunday, June 19 at First Tennessee Park. Game one will begin at 1:05 p.m. with game two scheduled to begin approximately 30 minutes after the conclusion of game one. Both contests will be seven innings.
Fans may exchange their tickets for Friday’s game at the Sounds’ box office for a ticket of equal or lesser value, pending availability, to any remaining 2016 home game. Fans that possess tickets for the originally scheduled game on June 19 can now enjoy both games of the doubleheader with their current tickets.
The Sounds begin an eight-game road trip on Saturday as they head to Omaha to take on the Storm Chasers. Starting pitchers have yet to be determined.

A group of four Coffee County Central High School students traveled to Dayton, TN last weekend to take part in the Tennessee Bass Nation High School Championship.  The team of Brayden Majors and Hunter Sanders placed 4th out of 117 teams with a total catch of 15.70 lbs.  Majors and Sanders were assessed a 1 lb penalty for a having a dead fish. Brian Majors captained the boat for Majors and Sanders.  The team of Shannah Frame and Isaac Turner also fished in the state tournament on Lake Chickamauga. They didn’t have much success, catching several small fish.  Their boat was captained by Shannon Frame.

It was an excellent showing for the Coffee County Youth Bass Club in their first year. The club was founded by Phillip Petty and Dewayne Meadows.  Members of the team will be guests on a future episode of the Coffee Coaches Show.  For more information about the Coffee County Younth Bass Club, check out their Facebook page at: https://www.facebook.com/Coffee-County-Youth-Bass-Club-1227052340639230/?fref=ts

Westwood tennis coach Justin Winton is putting on a Tennis Clinic on Monday through Friday,  June 6th-June 10th.  The clinic will be held at the Fred Deadman Park.   The camp is open to ages 8 through 18.  Cost is  $40.00/week and $30.00/week for siblings.
There is a growing interest in learning to play tennis in Manchester due to the new middle school teams in Coffee County and Manchester City, and the high school team is growing. We’re trying to build a tennis community in Manchester, and that means getting students to start playing when they’re young.
Two morning sessions to choose from: 8:30 -10:00 A.M. and 10:00-11:30 A.M. The early session will be centered on beginners and the later session will be for intermediates. Students will receive instruction on how to improve their forehands, backhands, volleys, overheads, and serves. They will hit hundreds of tennis balls over the week and have fun doing it. Beginners will learn how to keep score and play matches.
If you don’t own a tennis racquet, don’t let that stop you from attending.  Coach Winton has several quality racquets that students can borrow. You need to wear clothes and shoes that you feel comfortable running around in, and you need to bring water.

For more information, and to see a signup sheet, go to: http://www.thunder1320.com/event/tennis-clinic-registration/

Madison Bumgarner helped preserve a scoreless tie, then acted decisively to break it. The San Francisco left-hander worked 7 2/3 innings and homered to launch a six-run uprising in the fifth inning, leading the Giants to a 6-0 decision over the Atlanta Braves at Turner Field on Thursday afternoon.

Bumgarner delivered the first of three two-run homers for the Giants in the fifth. Joe Panik and Buster Posey also went deep as San Francisco improved to 4-3 on its three-city, 10-game trip.
“Talent-wise, I feel like this may be the best team that I’ve now been a part of,” said Bumgarner, who pitched for the Giants’ World Series-winning clubs of 2010, ’12 and ’14. “The thing is, most of our young guys have been through the fire already. They know what it’s about. There are a few that don’t, but enough that do to show them the way.”
The Braves, who are 6-23 at home, generated little offense against Bumgarner (7-2), who yielded four hits while walking two and striking out 11. Braves starter Aaron Blair (0-4) lasted four-plus innings, giving up all three of San Francisco’s home runs before recording an out in the fifth.
“Especially in that fifth inning, I don’t know what happened,” said Braves manager Brian Snitker about Blair’s poor fastball command. “He just kind of lost location, and when he missed, it was a two-run homer. It just kind of got away from us right there.”
The Giants pushed a runner to third base in both the first and fourth innings, but Blair thwarted the scoring chances both times to maintain a scoreless tie. Denard Span led off the game with a walk and reached third with two outs after stealing second and advancing on a groundout. Blair escaped the inning unscathed with a flyout. Three innings later, Blair surrendered a ground-rule double to Brandon Belt before ending the fourth with a groundout and a strikeout.
Posey grew up in Leesburg, Ga., roughly a three-hour drive from Turner Field. He was too busy playing in his own leagues to attend many Braves home games. But with the Braves moving to a suburban ballpark next year, Posey derived some satisfaction from participating in the Giants’ last game here.
“It’s pretty neat,” Posey said. “I grew up watching hundreds of games [on television]. It’s nice to leave with a win, and the homer’s icing on the cake.”
Chase d’Arnaud continued his hot hitting at the plate in the bottom of the first inning when he dropped a single into left field for the Braves’ first hit of the game. He finished 2-for-4 at the plate, and his batting average now stands at .351 in 19 games this season. With Gordon Beckham on the disabled list, d’Arnaud’s bat and his versatility in the field might be even more valuable.
“It still hurts right there, because Gordon was playing so well and was kind of right in there in the middle of everything we were doing,” Snitker said. “But it’s nice to have a guy who has that versatility that’s on your club, has already been here, is part of the team and can help out like that.”
When Bumgarner, Panik and Posey all hit two-run home runs in the Giants’ six-run fifth inning, it marked the second time this season that the Giants hit three home runs in one inning. They also did it on Opening Day at Milwaukee on April 4 (Span, Panik and Posey in the eighth).
Before Thursday, the Giants had never hit three two-run home runs in the same inning, according to STATS Inc. This was the fourth time the Giants have had three multi-run home runs in the same inning. The last time was May 7, 2007, against the Mets in the fifth inning.
Atlanta will begin its six-game road trip on Friday against the Dodgers at 9:10 p.m. CT. Right-hander Julio Teheran, who was hampered by a blister on his right foot in his start against the Marlins on Sunday, will take the hill in search of his first career win against the Dodgers in what will be his sixth regular-season start against them.  Thunder Radio will bring you the broadcast on the Atlanta Braves Radio Network beginning with the pregame show at 8 PM.

The Nashville Sounds scored six runs in the first three innings on their way to an 8-5 win over the Round Rock Express in front of 7,488 fans Thursday night at First Tennessee Park.

Three consecutive singles opened the scoring in the bottom of the first for Nashville (33-21). Jaycob Brugman and Chad Pinder collected back-to-back singles to set the table for Renato Nunez who laced a base hit down the left field line to make it 1-0.

After a fielder’s choice for the first out in the inning, Ryon Dealy belted a double into the left-center gap that scored Pinder and Andrew Lambo to give the Sounds an early 3-0 lead.

Round Rock (29-24) came back with a pair of runs off Sounds’ starter Zach Neal in the third. A base hit to start the inning by Patrick Cantwell and a bloop single from Brett Nicholas extended the inning for Joey Gallo. The third baseman sent a liner to the wall in right-center for a two-run triple.

Nashville got the runs right back as three walks issued by Kyle Lohse came back to hurt him in the home half of the third. With the bases loaded and two outs, Joey Wendle hit a pop up into shallow left that dropped in between three Express defenders. With the runners moving on the pitch, all three came around to score to extend the lead to 6-2.

Bruce Maxwell got in on the scoring act when he launched a solo homer to right field to lead off the fourth.

The Express scratched across another run against Neal in the fifth before he departed with a 7-3 lead. With the win, he improved to 6-1 on the season.

Three relievers combined to shut down Round Rock the rest of the way. Aaron Kurcz tossed two scoreless innings and Daniel Coulombe pitched the eighth.

The Express brought the tying run to the plate in the top of the ninth in the form of Doug Bernier, but Tucker Healy bucked down and struck him out to finish the win.

Since May 14, Nashville has won 17 of their last 19 games. They’ll attempt to win their fifth consecutive series in game four of the set on Friday.

The series and homestand finale is set for Friday night at First Tennessee Park. Left-hander Dillon Overton (4-4, 3.99) starts for the Sounds against right-hander Chi-Chi Gonzalez (1-5, 5.80) for the Express. First pitch is scheduled for 7:05 p.m.