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Lance Lynn cruised through six scoreless innings and the Cardinals didn’t look like a team missing two starting outfielders as they humbled Mike Foltynewicz on the way to claiming a 10-0 win over the Braves on Friday night at SunTrust Park.

Aledmys Diaz contributed four hits to the offensive onslaught that backed Lynn, who scattered four hits and exited with a 0.72 ERA over his past four starts. Freshly promoted Tommy Pham highlighted his two-hit night with a two-run home run in a four-run third inning, and Matt Carpenter added to Foltynewicz’s woes by hitting his own two-run shot in the fourth.
Foltynewicz matched a career high as he allowed seven earned runs over just four innings. The 25-year-old right-hander’s attempt to construct a fourth consecutive strong start quickly evaporated as Jose Martinez and Jedd Gyorko fueled St. Louis’ season-best 16-hit attack with a pair of first-inning doubles.
Called up from Triple-A Memphis to replace Stephen Piscotty — who is on the disabled list with a right hamstring strain — Pham doubled in his first plate appearance during the second inning. The outfielder added to the splendor of his season debut in the third inning when he jumped on a slider and drilled it over the center-field wall. The two-run shot had an exit velocity of 101 mph and traveled a projected 410 feet, per Statcast™.
Since entering Thursday with a .218 batting average, Diaz has recorded two consecutive three-plus-hit games, this latest of which included three RBIs. The Cardinals’ shortstop took advantage of Carpenter’s leadoff walk in the third inning when he followed Yadier Molina’s sacrifice bunt with a two-run double. Diaz added a single in a two-run sixth inning against Josh Collmenter.
Nick Markakis’ fourth-inning double was the 400th of his career, making him the eighth active player to reach this mark. The others are Albert Pujols, Adrian Beltre, Carlos Beltran, Miguel Cabrera, Robinson Cano, Adrian Gonzalez and Matt Holliday.
Julio Teheran will attempt to halt his SunTrust Park struggles when this three-game series resumes Saturday at 6:10 p.m. CT. Teheran has allowed at least six runs in both of his past two home starts..

Jurickson Profar’s walk-off base hit gave the Round Rock Dance Halls a 4-3 win over the Nashville Honky Tonks at Dell Diamond on Friday night. The 10th inning base hit gave Round Rock a big advantage in the two-game #BattleForTheBoot series between the two American Southern Division rivals.
Profar’s game-winner came off Honky Tonks reliever Aaron Kurcz with one out in the inning. Kurcz struck out A.J. Jimenez to start the inning, but then issued a costly walk to Elio Castillo.
Drew Robinson followed with a base hit to left field, setting the stage for Profar who rifled a 1-1 pitch from Kurcz into right field to score Castillo with the winning run.
Nashville (12-13) starter Zach Neal gave the Honky Tonks a chance with the longest outing by a starter this year. Neal went seven innings and allowed three runs on six hits in the quality start.
Trailing 1-0 into the fourth, Mark Canha blasted his fifth homer of the season to even the game at 1-1. Round Rock got the lead right back on Cesar Puello’s sacrifice fly in the bottom half of the inning.
It remained 2-1 until the seventh as Neal and Round Rock starter Tyler Wagner both locked in. Matt Olson singled with one out in the top of the seventh, and trotted home moments later when third baseman Matt Chapman launched a two-run homer to give the Honky Tonks a 3-2 lead.
The lead was short-lived, however, as Josh Wilson’s RBI single in the bottom of the seventh tied the game at 3-3.
Nashville had a golden opportunity in the ninth but let it slip away. Round Rock pitchers R.J. Alvarez and Preston Claiborne combined to issue three walks in the frame. The Honky Tonks turned to pinch-hitter Chris Parmelee with the bases loaded, but he struck out the end the threat.
With two more home runs, Nashville has hit 20 over the team’s last nine games. Chapman hit three and Canha hit two in the four-game series split.
The two teams do not face each other until late June at First Tennessee Park. Game two of the #BattleForTheBoot series will be in Nashville on Thursday, June 29th. The Honky Tonks will need to win the game to force a social media vote to decide the series.
The Sounds return to First Tennessee Park Saturday night to begin a nine-day, eight-game homestand against the El Paso Chihuahuas. Right-hander Daniel Gossett (0-2, 4.94) starts for Nashville against right-hander Tyrell Jenkins (2-2, 5.79) for El Paso.

On Tuesday night, the Coffee County CHS track program hosted Shelbyville for a 2 team meet before embarking on the “Phil Bonham Night of Miles” at the newly remodeled track.  The Raiders and Lady Raiders each grabbed wins in the meet with Shelbyville before the highlight of the night, which was the running of 3 special mile races in honor of Phil Bonham and Stan Jarrell.

Bonham and Jarrell coached track at Coffee County for nearly 30 years ending last spring.  Coach Jarrell retired last May following the state meet and Coach Bonham passed away in March of last year.   Coach Nathan Wanuch came up with the idea of the “Night of Miles” centering on the long and iconic history of the mile race and how it so closely paralleled the impact and longevity exhibited by Bonham and Jarrell.   In the open community mile about 40 people walked or ran the mile.  CHS alumni Andy Rosson took first place for the boys in a time of 6:02.  Fourth grade, Stones River Track Club athlete, Sophie McInturff claimed first place for the girls in 6:37.  In the invitational girls’ heat, CHS athlete Sarah Pearson barely edged teammate Emily St. John to win the event with a time of 6:04.51.  In the individual boys’ heat, Alec Beers from Birmingham, Alabama claimed first place in a time of 4:32.83.

Following the races, special presentations were made to Coach Jarrell and the family of Coach Bonham.

The full results from the meet with Shelbyville are listed below.  The CHS track teams will travel to Murfreesboro on Tuesday and Wednesday of next week to compete in the Sub-Sectional.  Events each day are scheduled to begin at 4 PM.

 

 

CHS Home Meet with Shelbyville

Girls’ Events

Triple Jump
Young	Karson	Coffee	34-3
Long Jump
Young	Karson	Coffee	16-3
Anderson	Makenzie	Coffee	13-10
Haggard	Chloe	Coffee	13-5
Alford	Keyleigh	Coffee	12-5
Martin	Renee	Coffee	11-3
Discus
Floyd	Faith	Coffee	68-4
Norton	Keisheal	Coffee	53-0
Tidwell	Kayleigh	Coffee	48-0
Shot Put
Pearson	Sarah	Coffee	29-3
Floyd	Faith	Coffee	28-3
Norton	Keisheal	Coffee	26-8
Tidwell	Kayleigh	Coffee	22-0
High Jump
Young	Karson	Coffee	4’8″
Pearson	Sarah	Coffee	4’8″
Webb	Makenzie	Coffee	4’6″
Haggard	Chloe	Coffee	4’2″
Bogard	Laura	Coffee	4′
100m
Alford	Keyleigh	Coffee	14.34
Bogard	Laura	Coffee	14.49
Johnson	Jaaziah	Shelbyville	14.5
Gisinti	Chiara	Coffee	15.62
200m
Johnson	Jaaziah	Shelbyville	30.89
Tidwell	Kayleigh	Coffee	32.61
Smith	Savannah	Coffee	32.9
300H
Pearson	Sarah	Coffee	49.38
Haggard	Chloe	Coffee	52.99
Anderson	Makenzie	Coffee	54.73
400m
Martin	Renee	Coffee	1:21.12
West	Lacey	Coffee	1:23.68
Brown	Trava	Coffee	1:24.60
Smith	Savannah	Coffee	1:26.19
800m
Gomez	Sarai	Shelbyville	3:11.86
Brown	Trava	Coffee	3:21.49
Mejia	Carina	Coffee	3:21.81
Martin	Renee	Coffee	3:31.62
3200m
Palmeros	Citlally	Shelbyville	15:56.15
Brown	Trava	Coffee	16:03.65
Mejia	Carina	Coffee	16:53.39
4×100
Coffee	1:01.24
4×400
Coffee	5:19.51

 

Boys’ Events

Triple Jump
Dulin	Johnny	Coffee	29-1
Helms	Dillon	Coffee	29-1
Long Jump
McCree	Jaylon	Shelbyville	17-1
Demarree	Gage	Coffee	16-8
Rozier	Darius	Coffee	16-1
Cowell	Logan	Shelbyville	15-2
Shot Put
Hutchings	Pryce	Coffee	34-2
Delong	Matt	Coffee	31-11
Marsh	Caleb	Shelbyville	31-7
Watts	Frank	Shelbyville	28-9
Drawdy	John	Shelbyville	21-0
Sons	Gabriel	Coffee	20-0
Haney	James	Coffee	18-0
Discus
Hutchings	Pryce	Coffee	76-9
Sons	Gabe	Coffee	59-10
Watts	Frank	Shelbyville	58-8
Marsh	Caleb	Shelbyville	51-6
Haney	James	Coffee	52-2
High Jump
Helms	Dillon	Coffee	5′
Kishpaugh	Bradley	Coffee	5′
Jones	Justin	Coffee	4′ 10″
100m
Davis	Markell	Shelbyville	11:02
McCree	Jaylon	Shelbyville	11.96
Demarree	Gage	Coffee Co.	12.6
Knox	Jasiyah	Coffee Co.	13.32
110H
Washington	Elijah	Shelbyville	19.23
Helms	Dillon	Coffee Co.	19.48
Rader	Isaiah	Coffee Co.	22.32
200m
Davis	Markell	Shelbyville	23.71
Cowell	Logan	Shelbyville	25.43
Poe	Chandler	Coffee Co.	26.81
Drawdy	John	Shelbyville	26.99
Jones	Justin	Coffee Co.	27.83
Sons	Gabriel	Coffee Co.	28.57
300H
Washington	Elijah	Shelbyville	49.9
Rader	Isaiah	Coffee Co.	51.29
Helms	Rader	Coffee Co.	56.17
Melton	Jacob	Coffee Co.	58.85
400m
Salsberry	Michael	Shelbyville	56.3
Sharpe	Christian	Shelbyville	57.91
Dulin	Johnny	Coffee Co.	1:00.8
Drawdy	John	Shelbyville	1:01.91
Sherrill	Dalton	Coffee Co.	1:03.64
Cowell	Logan	Shelbyville	1:03.89
Watts	Frank	Shelbyville	1:11.72
Haney	James	Coffee Co.	1:18.71
800m
Slone	Neil	Coffee Co.	2:38.32
Foster	Gage	Coffee Co.	2.42.25
Buck	Aaron	Coffee Co.	2:42.98
Watts	Frank	Shelbyville	2:44.41
3200m
Foster	Gage	Coffee Co.	12:30.31
Shapre	Christian	Shelbyville	13:24.12
4×100
Shelbyville	45.97
Coffee	49.64
4×200
Shelbyville	1:36.15
Coffee	1:48.99
4×400
Coffee	4:14.53

> CHS Baseball HOSTS Lincoln County – District Tournament – PPD until Friday, May 5th @ 6 PM
> CCMS Track – TMSAA Middle Sectional Meet(Running events) at Riverdale – PPD until Monday, May 8th @ 5 PM
> CHS Soccer at DeKalb Co – Cancelled, will not be made up

Given that their bullpen was taxed after the Mets claimed a lopsided win on Wednesday night, the Braves weren’t necessarily upset that the first rain delay in SunTrust Park history led to a postponement of Thursday’s series finale.

Play was halted with the Mets holding a 3-1 lead in the fourth inning. However, everything that occurred before a one-hour, 59-minute rain delay essentially didn’t happen in terms of official results. The game will be made up in its entirety at a to-be-determined date later this season.
As the Mets chased Bartolo Colon after just four innings in their 16-5 win on Wednesday night, they forced the Braves to use five different relievers, including long man Josh Collmenter.
“It kind of gives the bullpen a day to breathe,” Braves manager Brian Snitker said. “We have three more games before the next off-day. Obviously, you want to play them, and you want to win against them, but we wouldn’t have even gotten four innings out of the starter today because when the rain delay ended, we’d have had to go to the bullpen. All those guys that pitched last night were going to have to go again.”
Minutes before the delay, Jay Bruce had given the Mets a lead with a two-run home run off Jaime Garcia. The only run the Braves tallied came courtesy of the back-to-back doubles by Brandon Phillips and Freddie Freeman against Mets starter Zack Wheeler.
Wheeler, a Georgia native, mused: “It is Atlanta — it does rain a lot.” But Mets manager Terry Collins was less at peace with waiting out a nearly two-hour delay before learning of the postponement. Heavy rain had been in the forecast throughout the day, and the two teams would have had to play five innings in a little more than an hour to have gained an official game before the rain delay began at 8:44 p.m. ET.
“I have too much respect for the people in Atlanta to say much,” Collins said.
The rainout will not affect New York’s rotation. Rafael Montero is still scheduled to pitch Friday night against the Marlins, though with heavy rain in the forecast throughout the tri-state area, that game could be in jeopardy as well. If the Mets don’t play, they will skip Montero, keeping everyone else on their regular turn.
All guests holding a paid individual ticket for Thursday’s game may exchange it for a ticket of equal dollar value to any remaining 2017 regular-season Braves home game, including the rescheduled date. Mobile tickets will remain available in the MLB.com Ballpark app until the rescheduled date.
Guests can begin exchanging their tickets on Friday at any SunTrust Park ticket window, or by mail. All up-to-date information will be available at braves.com/rainout. If the tickets were purchased through Stubhub, they must be exchanged directly through Stubhub.

The Nashville Sounds pulled back to the even mark with a 5-4 win over the Round Rock Express Thursday night at Dell Diamond.
At 12-12, the Sounds have won six of their last seven games, including two of three in Round Rock with the #BattleForTheBoot series finale looming Friday night.
Before starter Chris Smith delivered his first pitch of the night, the Sounds gave him a 3-0 lead to work with. Jaycob Brugman, who went 3-for-4, doubled with one out and stayed at second when Mark Canha drew a walk off Round Rock hurler Eddie Gamboa.
Matt Olson made the free pass hurt when he launched a three-run blast to right field to give the Sounds an early 3-0 lead. It was the fourth home run of the season for Olson.
The Express bounced back in the bottom of the first with two runs. Ronald Guzman and Brett Nicholas collected run-scoring base hits, but Smith buckled down and struck out three consecutive batters with a runner at third to take a 3-2 lead to the second.
It didn’t stay that way for long as Chris Parmelee joined the home run action with a solo blast to right field to make it 4-2. With two home runs in the win, the Sounds have 19 over the last eight games.
Smith cruised in the middle innings as he scattered a few base runners. The veteran right-hander got double play groundballs to end the third, fourth, and fifth innings. He walked a pair and struck out eight in his second win of the season.
With one out in the top of the sixth, Sounds third baseman Matt Chapman ripped a triple to the gap in left-center, narrowing missing another home run. Parmelee followed with a sacrifice fly to extend Nashville’s lead to 5-2.
Smith worked into the sixth inning, but left with two on and two out. Chris Jensen relieved him and struck out Pat Cantwell to leave the tying run at the plate.
Jensen allowed a pair of runs in the seventh, but turned in a 1-2-3 eighth inning before handing over to Ross Detwiler. The lefty worked around a two-out base hit by Jurickson Profar to earned his second career save.
Brugman and Chapman had multi-hit games while Olson and Parmelee drove in all five of Nashville’s runs.
The series finale between the Sounds and Express is scheduled for Friday night at Dell Diamond. Right-hander Zach Neal (1-2, 4.87) starts for Nashville against right-hander Tyler Wagner (0-3, 9.55) for Round Rock. First pitch is scheduled for 7:05 p.m.

Triplets Hannah, Natalie and Tyler Feaster of Franklin County recently signed a National Letter of Intent to continue their soccer careers as student-athletes as Motlow State Community College.

The Feasters have all been four-year starters with the Rebelettes during their high school careers. Tyler earned first team All-District 8-AAA her senior season and Natalie earned second team honors following her junior season. All three have played select soccer with Camp Forest FC.

“We are very excited to have the Feasters join the Motlow State family,” said Andy Lyon, head coach of the Motlow soccer program. “Not only is it a unique story to have triplets on a college soccer team, but they are all excellent players who will help us establish ourselves as a unit. They all have different strengths and talents.

“Hannah brings defensive experience and a calming influence to the defense,” continued Lyon. “Natalie adds energy, fearlessness and the ability to play numerous positions. Tyler has great attacking instincts and will add excitement to the front line.

“The Feasters are excellent students as well as soccer players and they undoubtedly had multiple offers to continue as student-athletes at other places,” Lyon added. “We are delighted they chose Motlow State.”

Motlow will feature a women’s soccer team for the first time in school history this fall. The program will join the other four sports at Motlow and participate in the National Junior College Athletic Association on the Division I level.

Visit the official website of Motlow Athletics at MotlowSports.com for rosters, schedules, stats and more. Interact with Motlow Athletics on social media at MotlowSports.

 

With the regular season district title within the grasp of the Coffee County CHS softball team on Wednesday night, the Lady Raiders battled a tenacious Eaglettes team to the final out to capture a 4 to 2 win.  The win also gave the Lady Raiders their 20^th win on the season and the #1 seed and  a bye in the District 8AAA Tournament which begins Friday in Lawrenceburg.

In a game heard here on Thunder Radio, Coffee County roared out to a 3 to 0 lead in the 2^nd inning with Raven Rogers 2 RBI double being the highlight of the inning.  Shelbyville answered in the 4^th with a run, but Coffee County scored again in the bottom of the 4^th on a Katie Rutledge RBI single.  Shelbyville got a 2 out home run in the 5^th inning and added a walk and a double before Kaylee Skipper struck out the Eaglettes clean-up hitter.  Skipper mowed down the last 6 batters she faced to capture the win.

The Lady Raiders were led in hitting by Rutledge who had 2 hits and 2 RBI.  Skipper got the complete game win as she gave up 7 hits while striking out 5.  Skipper was named the Crazy Daisies player of the game.

The Lady Raiders open post season play on Saturday at Lawrence County High School.  Coffee County will take on the winner of Friday’s game between Lincoln County and Shelbyville.   First pitch is set for 2 PM.  Thunder Radio will be on hand to bring you all the action beginning with the pregame show at 1:50 PM.

You can download the broadcast at: http://www.thunder1320.com/downloads/

The Coffee County Middle School baseball team saw their season come to an end on Wednesday night in the opening round of the CTC tournament in McMinnville.  Errors proved to be the difference as Coffee County fell to White County 9 to 2.

After giving up an unearned run in the 1^st inning, Coffee County rallied to score 2 runs in the 2^nd inning to grab their only lead of the game.  White County tied it in the 4^th inning on an earned run and then the wheels came off for the Raiders in the 5^th.  White County plated 2 unearned runs in the 5^th, 2 in the 6^th and 3 in the 7^th to grab the win.

Coffee County was held to 2 hits on the night as they struck out 9 times.  Lane Spry and Braxton White had the 2 runs scored for Coffee County.  The Red Raiders finished the season with a record of 9 and 11.