The Rockies’ bats woke up with a vengeance Wednesday night against the Braves. After scoring three or fewer runs in eight straight games, the Rockies beat the Braves, 17-2, jumping on opposing starter Mike Foltynewicz, who allowed a career-high eight runs in 3 1/3 innings. Every Rockies’ starting position player scored, Trevor Story homered twice and drove in a career-high six runs, DJ LeMahieu tallied four hits and four runs, and Gerardo Parra and Mark Reynolds each had four RBIs. It was the second time in franchise history that three Rockies drove in at least four runs. The only...

The Nashville Sounds put together a late rally but it was not enough as they fell to the Memphis Redbirds 3-2 Wednesday night at AutoZone Park. The one-run game was the sixth of its kind in the season series between the two ball clubs. Memphis starter Jack Flaherty put together a dominant performance on the mound while the Sounds had to piece together a ball game with its bullpen. Felix Doubront made a spot start for Zach Neal and lasted three innings before being replaced by fellow southpaw, Patrick Schuster. Corey Walter finished out the ball game, tossing the...

Attempting to bounce back from a tough loss on Monday night, the Lady Raider volleyball team welcomed district rival Shelbyville to “The Patch.”  In a match you heard here on Thunder Radio as part of the First National Bank Hometown Sports Series, the Lady Raiders captured a hard fought 4 set win from Shelbyville.  Coffee County won by set scores of 25-18, 25-20, 16-25 and 25-17. The much improved Eaglettes led in each set as they challenged Coffee County throughout the match.  Senior Tyana Fenton sparked Lady Raider rallies in the first and second sets as she served 5...

A late touchdown by Middle Tennessee Christian dropped the Westwood football team to 0 and 2 on the season after a 32 to 30 loss in Murfreesboro on Tuesday.  In a game that featured 3 ties and 6 lead changes, in was a Cougar touchdown with 4:20 left in the game that proved to be the deciding score. After MTCS scored first, Westwood got on the board as Trenton Thompson scored the first of his 3 touchdowns on the night on a run of more than 40 yards and added the 2 point conversion.  The score stayed tied after...

The Coffee County Central High School soccer team traveled to Smyrna on Tuesday for their season opener.  Coming off a pair of high scoring wins in their last 2 scrimmages, the Lady Raiders needed a pair of late goals to escape with a 2 to 2 draw. It was a match that was as even a matchup as can be with the shot total being 16 each per team.  After a scoreless first half, Smyrna got on the board first in the 45th minute as they scored the first goal of the game.  Allie Amado drew Coffee County even...

The red hot Red Raider golf team had their match at Sewanee rained out on Tuesday. That match will not be rescheduled.  The Raiders return home on Tuesday when they welcome district foes Shelbyville & Marshall County to Willowbrook.  That match will be an 18 hole match with the shotgun start getting underway at 1...

The Rockies and Braves played a close game Tuesday night at Coors Field, and a rare sight was the difference — a Nolan Arenado error. Arenado, who won a Gold Glove in each of his first four seasons, fielded a routine grounder at third base with two outs in the top of the eighth, but first baseman Mark Reynolds couldn’t pick the ball out of the dirt on the throw. The ball caromed away from Reynolds, as Brandon Phillips scored the winning run from second to lift the Braves to a 4-3 win over the Rockies. “I don’t expect...

Chris Carter drove in five runs and scored a pair to propel the Nashville Sounds past the Memphis Redbirds 6-5 Tuesday night at AutoZone Park. Carter put on his best performance of the season in a Sounds uniform. A two-run blast in the second inning clawed into the Redbirds lead, his RBI single in the fourth tied the game, and his eighth inning two-run triple secured the victory for the Sounds. The Redbirds jumped on Ben Bracewell and the Sounds early, plating three runs in the opening inning. Tyler O’Neill drove in a pair of runs with a base...