D-backs right-hander Zack Greinke did a little bit of everything Monday night as he tossed eight quality innings and drove in a run, and J.D. Martinez introduced himself to Arizona with a massive home run in a 10-2 victory over the Braves at Chase Field. The D-backs jumped on Braves starter R.A. Dickey for three runs in the second inning, the first of which came on Greinke’s line-drive double down the left-field line. Dickey (6-7) never seemed to be able to get command of his knuckleball, which he used to easily handle the D-backs 10 days ago, and turned...

The Nashville Sounds were shutout 8-0 by the New Orleans Baby Cakes in a Monday matinee to wrap up an 11-game road trip. The Sounds mustered just four hits and only one batter reached scoring position in the ball game. Nashville batters were no match for New Orleans starter Odrisamer Despaigne who tossed six scoreless innings. He was perfect through three innings before Jaff Decker opened up the fourth inning with a base hit. Decker’s single was one of just two base runners allowed by Despaigne in his six innings of work. Making his second rehab appearance for the...

The continued maturity of the Coffee County soccer team manifested itself on Friday and Saturday as the Lady Raiders finished strong at a team camp at Lee University.  With official practice beginning on Monday, Coffee County used the final week of summer conditioning to travel to Cleveland for the 4 day camp.  The varsity Lady Raiders finished play on Friday and Saturday with a win and a draw. On Friday, the Lady Raiders captured a 4 to 1 win over Bradley Central behind 2 goals from Reagan Ellison.  Jenna Garretson and Allie Amado each added goals to power the...

As the fall sports season gets ready to crank up, Thunder Radio sports continues our series of previews for the fall prep sports teams.  Each day, we will spotlight a different team as we count down to the opening of practices and games of the upcoming season.  Today, we look at the Westwood cross country teams. The Westwood cross country team prepares for its 4th season with a full roster and major expectations.  Spring tryouts saw Coach Jim Dobson field complete varsity and JV squads for one of the most successful programs at Westwood.  After dominating most of the...

The CHS Lady Raider volleyball team finished off the Eagleville team camp with a record of 5 and 6 on Friday.  Coffee County won 3 games in Friday’s double elimination tournament format before bowing out in 6th place.  The Lady Raiders got victories on Friday over Grundy County, Community and Middle Tennessee Christian in the tournament. Coffee County fell to elimination bracket with a loss to Summertown before being eliminated by Eagleville. Coffee County will play host to a one day team camp on Wednesday.  The Lady Raiders will play host to a middle school scrimmage play day on...

The Dodgers rallied for a wild 5-4 walk-off win over the Braves on Sunday with Logan Forsythe’s one-out RBI single in the bottom of the 10th, overcoming the loss of MLB wins leader Clayton Kershaw after two innings to another lower back injury and closer Kenley Jansen’s first blown save of the year. Forsythe’s bases-loaded hit up the middle past former Dodgers reliever Jim Johnson scored Corey Seager. Longtime Dodgers villain Matt Adams slugged a three-run homer off Jansen with two outs in the top of the ninth inning to tie the game at 4, after the Dodgers had...

The Nashville Sounds’ offense never got rolling in a 6-0 loss to the New Orleans Baby Cakes Sunday afternoon at Shrine on Airline in New Orleans. Starter Scott Copeland tossed six shutout innings and two New Orleans relievers combined for the final three innings to send the Sounds to their ninth shutout loss of the year. Timely hitting gave the Baby Cakes an early 1-0 lead in the second when Brandon Barnes’ two-out double was followed by a run-scoring base hit by Cal Towey. Zach Neal started for the Sounds and went two innings in his first game back...

Corey Seager, Chase Utley and Chris Taylor homered Saturday night at Dodger Stadium as the Dodgers returned to their slugging and winning ways with a 6-2 victory over the Braves, snapping their two-game losing streak. Dodgers starter Rich Hill (7-4) struck out eight in 6 1/3 innings and is 4-0 in his career against Atlanta. He is 4-1 with a 1.93 ERA since modifying his delivery six starts back. Braves starter Julio Teheran (7-8) is 0-6 in his career against the Dodgers. Seager (No. 16) and Utley (No. 6) hit solo home runs in the first and third innings,...