The fans who remained at Nationals Park let out a cheer as the starting pitchers began walking toward their respective bullpens. It was 9:38 p.m. ET and the clearest sign that the start of Thursday’s game was imminent. Left-hander Gio Gonzalez delivered the game’s first pitch at 10:10 p.m., following a three-hour and five-minute delay due to approaching inclement weather, although the heavy rain the forecast predicted never arrived. The fans who did stick around until the start of the game were treated to free soda, water, ice cream and eventually hot dogs, as they gathered in the stands...

Renato Nuñez launched a pair of home runs and drove in a season-high five runs to help the Nashville Sounds top the Colorado Springs Sky Sox, 11-7, Thursday night at Security Service Field. The Pacific Coast League All-Star belted a two-run homer in the first, and another two-run blast in the third to bring his season total to a league-high 24. Nuñez finished the night 3-for-5 with five RBI and two runs scored and became the fifth Sounds (41-46) player with a multi-homer game in 2017. While Nuñez provided the power, his teammates chipped in with a slew of...

Coming up this fall here on Thunder Radio, we will debut a new weekly report updating Manchester Youth Football League(MYFL) action.  Each Monday, Darryn Strickland will bring you the report as part of our daily sportscast.  Darryn, who was named the Titans Junior Broadcaster of the year for 2016, serves as the public address announcer for all the MYFL games at Dyer-Bouldin Field.  Darryn will write, record and produce a 1 minute segment running down the weekend’s action. Darryn, the son of Danny and Janine Strickland, will be a 7th grader this season at Westwood Middle School and a...

Nashville Sounds’ infielder Renato Nuñez was named as a participant in the 2017 Triple-A Home Run Derby scheduled for Monday, July 10 in Tacoma, Washington, Triple-A Baseball announced Wednesday. Nuñez joins Dan Vogelbach (Tacoma) and Christian Walker (Reno) of the Pacific Coast League, along with the International League’s Bryce Brentz (Pawtucket), Danny Hayes (Charlotte), and Richie Shaffer (Columbus) as sluggers to participate in the annual home run hitting contest. Nuñez hit his Pacific Coast League-leading 22nd home run in Colorado Springs on Tuesday. He’s tied with Scott Kingery of the Philadelphia Phillies organization for the most in Minor League...

Asked when he had last seen a team hit like the Astros had during their two-day stay at SunTrust Park, Braves All-Star outfielder Ender Inciarte said after Wednesday night’s 10-4 loss to the American League juggernaut, “I’ve never seen a team like that.” The Astros (58-27) banged out 16 hits and became the second team on record to tally seven doubles in three consecutive games. The only other team to achieve that feat since at least 1913 was the 1999 Indians. Houston improved to 31-9 on the road and has outscored the opposition 277-170 away from home. “I thought...

When it rains, it pours and while the Nashville Sounds weren’t in Music City for Wednesday night’s rain storms they found themselves under a storm of hits and runs from the Colorado Springs Sky Sox. The Sky Sox took game one 10-6 and game two 13-6. Starting pitching struggled on the night for Nashville. Corey Walter and Dalton Sawyer combined to allow 17 runs on 17 hits in 5 1/3 innings. When all was said and done the Sky Sox tagged Sounds pitchers for 23 runs on 17 hits in the two games including a pair of inside-the-park home...

1st National Bank and Thunder Radio will once again combine forces this fall to continue to highlight more and more local athletes. The highly acclaimed 1st National Bank Hometown Sports Series begins its 4th season as we highlight middle school football action from Westwood and Coffee County Middle, along with girls’ soccer and volleyball at the middle schools and at Coffee County Central High. Each Tuesday from August 8th through the end of September, plus a couple of Thursdays, Thunder Radio will bring you a series of 13 contests as we strive to spotlight Manchester’s incredible school and community...

George Springer finished a triple shy of the cycle, Josh Reddick hit a grand slam and Brad Peacock solidified his rotation spot as the Astros humbled Sean Newcomb on the way to claiming a 16-4 win over the Braves on Tuesday night at SunTrust Park. Springer recorded a hit in each of his first three plate appearances en route to a four-hit night, Jose Altuve drove in four runs and Yuli Gurriel contributed a couple of key doubles to back Peacock, who kept the Braves scoreless before allowing five straight batters to reach in Atlanta’s three-run seventh inning. The...