As the hours ticked away before Monday’s 4:00 p.m. non-waiver Trade Deadline, Philadelphia’s top two young, controllable position players gave the Phillies as good an opportunity as ever to trade them. Odubel Herrera cracked a long three-run homer, and Cesar Hernandez and Tommy Joseph combined to go 5-for-8 with two RBIs and three runs scored as the Phillies triumphed over Atlanta on Monday afternoon, 7-6. The win gave the Phils their first four-game sweep of the Braves in Philadelphia since 1949. “He’s over .280 [and] he’s playing very well, good defense, stole a base … He’s stolen a few...

For the second straight night the Nashville Sounds let a multi-run lead slip away. The Salt Lake Bees overcame a four-run deficit to defeat the Sounds 11-5 Monday night at First Tennessee Park. Jesse Hahn was in line for his second straight victory as he collected his first quality start of the season but the bullpen could not keep up its end of the bargain. One day after his birthday, the 28-year-old logged six innings and gave up just one run, a second inning RBI single to Tony Sanchez. He issued three free passes on the night while fanning...

After finishing with a perfect 4 and 0 record in pool play on Saturday, the Coffee County Middle School volleyball team entered the single elimination tournament of the CHS Middle School Play Day as the #2 seed.  The Lady Raiders advanced to the semifinal round before dropping a 3 set match to Unity.  Unity went on the win the 3rd annual event. To say the Lay Raiders were perfect in pool play would not be much of an exaggeration as they did not drop a set.  Coffee Middle won their 4 matches each in 2 sets.  The Lady Raiders...

Ryan Johansen knew it. As did David Poile. It was only a matter of time before it all came together. And when it did, Nashville’s top center signed on the dotted line to complete one of most significant contracts in franchise history. Just before the work week came to a close, Johansen inked an eight-year, $64 million deal with the Predators to remain with the team and the city that the 24-year-old, soon-to-be 25 on Monday, has fallen in love with in just 18 months – more than enough time to realize Nashville is right where he wants to...

The game began with Freddy Galvis making a backhanded stab in the hole and cutting down a runner at home. It ended with Galvis on first base, mobbed by his teammates after his walk-off single gave the Phillies a 2-1 win over the Braves on Sunday at Citizens Bank Park. It was the Phils’ second straight walk-off win and fourth straight overall. Both starters, Philadelphia’s Vince Velasquez and Atlanta’s R.A. Dickey, tied season highs by throwing seven innings. Velasquez reached seven for the second time, but allowed six runs to the Nationals the last time he finished seven. It...

A 10-run top of the sixth inning led the Salt Lake Bees to a 12-6 win over the Nashville Sounds in front of 9,868 fans at First Tennessee Park Sunday night. Salt Lake sent 13 batters to the plate in the gigantic inning, 10 of which came away with hits. Rey Navarro and Sherman Johnson both scored twice in the frame. The 10 runs is the largest inning any opposing team has had against Sounds pitching in 2017. Patrick Schuster was the primary victim of the Salt Lake onslaught as he was touched for a career-high tying nine runs...

Saturday revealed just how valuable Odubel Herrera is to the Phillies’ lineup. The enigmatic outfielder tied the game in the ninth by smacking his 10th homer of the season to right field with the Phillies down to their last two outs. Then in the 11th, he extended the inning with a one-out single that moved the game-winning run into scoring position. Two batters later, with the bases loaded, Ty Kelly laced a single to the gap in left for the first walk-off hit of his career to seal a 4-3 win at Citizens Bank Park. Kelly has 13 hits...

The Nashville Sounds used a dominant pitching performance to grab a 2-1 win over the Salt Lake Bees in front of a sellout crowd of 11,024 fans Saturday night at First Tennessee Park. One night after the Sounds used three pitchers to shut out the Las Vegas 51s, four pitchers held the Bees to one run on four hits in another one-run win. It’s the third time in four games the Sounds have won a one-run game. Kendall Graveman started on a Major League rehab assignment and went 4 2/3 innings. The right-hander allowed one run on four hits...