A strong start by James Naile wasn’t enough for the Nashville Sounds in a 2-0 loss to the Iowa Cubs Sunday afternoon at Principal Park. Naile tossed seven innings and limited the Cubs to two runs on just four hits. It was Naile’s eighth quality start of the season, and his first outing since his 2018 Triple-A All-Star Game appearance on Wednesday. Nashville’s offense never materialized and went 1-for-9 with runners in scoring position. They left the bases loaded in the fourth, and runners on in the sixth, seventh, eighth and ninth innings. The Cubs took a 1-0 lead...

Ramon Laureano hit a tie-breaking homer in the seventh inning on Saturday night, but the Iowa Cubs answered with a two-run homer in the eighth and beat the Nashville Sounds 5-4 at Principal Park. The five-game series is even at two wins apiece, as the Sounds have dropped consecutive games. Laureano’s two-out smash to left off Jen-Ho Tseng in the seventh was his fourth homer in 13 games in July, and it broke a 3-3 tie. But Jake Sanchez, who worked around trouble in the bottom of the seventh, gave up a two-out two-run shot to Taylor Davis in...

Both Manchester Post 78 American Legion baseball teams were in action on Friday in their respective American Legion State Tournaments with both teams squaring off against Columbia’s Post 19 .  The 15U Raiders dropped a 6 to 2 decision to Columbia in Tullahoma.  The 17U Raider squad saw their state tournament come to a close with a 12 to 2 loss to Post 19 in Gallatin. Despite getting on the board early, Coffee County’s 17U Legion squad saw Columbia roar to the 12 to 3 win.  Manchester’s Post 78 finished with 6 hits on the game but could not...

The Nashville Sounds couldn’t hold an early lead Friday night and ultimately lost 5-3 to the Iowa Cubs in Game 2 of a doubleheader at Principal Park. The Sounds had won the first game of the day-night twinbill 8-3 to move their win streak to five. That matched a season-high, and it’s the second time this season their five-game win streak has been snapped by Iowa. Franklin Barreto got the Sounds rolling in the first inning with a long two-run homer to left off Eddie Butler. It was Barreto’s 10th home run of the year in 50 games for...

The Nashville Sounds held off a furious rally by the Iowa Cubs to open the unofficial second half of the season with an 8-7 win at Principal Park. After racing out to a 5-0 lead and holding an 8-2 advantage in the top of the eighth, the Sounds allowed five doubles in the final two innings as the Cubs scored five runs to make it close. Bruce Maxwell started the scoring with an RBI single in the top of the second inning. Nashville added four runs in the third as Franklin Barreto, Anthony Garcia, Sheldon Neuse and Jorge Mateo...

The 17U Manchester Post 78  baseball team opened up the Tennessee American Legion State Tournament in Gallatin on Thursday.  The Raider squad opened up against Tullahoma at Vol State Community College.  Tullahoma’s Post 43 kept the Raider bats at bay as Manchester fell 11 to 1. After surrendering 3 runs in the top of the 1st inning to Tullahoma, Coffee County rallied with a pair of singles and 2 walks.  But a pair of outs on the bases quelled the Raider rally with only 1 run scored.   Those 2 hits were the only hits that the Raiders could muster...

Former University of Tennessee quarterback Tony Robinson will be in Manchester on Friday.  Tony will be the guest of honor at the Grand Re-Opening of Walk Off Hits at 2012 McArthur Drive.  Robinson will be in attendance with his Washington Redskins Super Bowl Ring from 1987. Robinson played as a replacement player during the 1987 NFL strike.  Robinson, and his Redskin replacement teammates, received Super Bowl rings in June from the Washington Redskins.  Washington won Super Bowl XXII after opening  the season with a 3 and 0 record with replacement players. Fans can view the ring and get an...

Nashville SC’s collective frustration materialized in the first half in the form of Matt Pickens. The Nashville goalkeeper had just made a quality, leaping save in the 43rd minute on a free kick shot, only for the rebound and subsequent pass turn into the eventual game-winning goal for the Charlotte Independence’s Kevan George. Afterward, Pickens wailed at his teammates, pumping his fists in the air as veins popped from his neck. The anger at a scramble goal given up on a night that Nashville had not looked all too capable offensively was evident to everyone at the Matthews Sportsplex....