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Sounds and Baby Cakes Postponed due to Rain
Sunday’s doubleheader between the Nashville Sounds and New Orleans Baby Cakes has been postponed due to rain at First Tennessee Park. The doubleheader was scheduled as part of the April 30th suspended game between the two teams. Nashville and New Orleans will now play back-to-back doubleheaders at First Tennessee Park on Monday, June 19 and Tuesday, June 20th. Gates open at 4:30 p.m. on Monday and play begins at 5:35 with the continuation of the April 30th suspended game. The Sounds and Baby Cakes will start in the top of the fourth inning with the score even at 0-0...
Braves Rally Late, Walk Off in Extras vs. Marlins
Brandon Phillips fueled a ninth-inning rally against AJ Ramos, then induced further damage off the Marlins’ closer with a 10th-inning walk-off single that enabled the Braves to overcome a five-run fifth inning and claim a 8-7 win Saturday afternoon at SunTrust Park. Phillips’ game-ending line-drive single to center completed a determined comeback generated by the Braves, who opened the bottom of the 10th with a single by Johan Camargo, who advanced to second base on Julio Teheran’s sacrifice bunt. When Ender Inciarte followed with a comebacker, Ramos’ attempt to catch Camargo too far off second base sailed into center...
Sounds Walk-Off in Front of Sellout Crowd
Renato Nuñez’s walk-off base hit in the bottom of the ninth gave the Sounds a 3-2 win over the New Orleans Baby Cakes in front of a sellout crowd of 11,678 at First Tennessee Park Saturday night. The Sounds (35-31) led for majority of the night before New Orleans came back with two runs in the top of the eighth to even the game. New Orleans turned to Kyle Lobstein in the bottom of the ninth but the lefty found trouble immediately. He walked Ryan Lavarnway to put a runner on to start the frame. Matt McBride pinch-ran and...
Newcomb Solid in 2nd Start, but Bats Silenced
Justin Bour returned from the disabled list in authoritative fashion and Dan Straily quieted a surging Braves offense as the Marlins soured Sean Newcomb’s second career start on the way to claiming a 5-0 win Friday night at SunTrust Park. Coming off a shaky four-inning performance in Pittsburgh, Straily constructed one of his finest starts of the season, scattering four hits over 6 1/3 scoreless innings. “I was able to control my fastball more than anything,” Straily said. “It was something the last couple of starts that we kind of made it a focus on. It was something I...
Sounds Salvage Series Split With 7-1 Win
The Nashville Sounds salvaged a series split with the Iowa Cubs by taking Friday night’s contest 7-1 in front of 11,552 fans at First Tennessee Park. It was the third largest crowd in stadium history. Nashville jumped out to a 6-0 lead through two innings and the bullpen held on the rest of the way to close out the series. The Sounds got off to a hot start in the opening frame by putting up a three-spot on the scoreboard. Franklin Barreto opened up the frame inning with a trickler back up the middle. He came around to score...
Brandon McWhorter Tabbed as New Lady Raider Softball Coach
Brandon McWhorter has been tabbed as the 5th softball coach in Coffee County Central High School history. McWhorter was named head coach after an application and interview process that drew interest from across Tennessee and into Kentucky. McWhorter is a former assistant softball coach and current assistant football coach at Coffee County and will assume softball duties immediately. McWhorter has served previously as head softball coach at Jackson Southside High School and an assistant softball coach at Madison Academic Magnet in Jackson. McWhorter is a 2002 graduate of Coffee County Central High School and his sisters Whitney and Nicole...
CHS Basketball Finishes MTSU Team Camp Strong
The Coffee County Red Raider basketball team completed Day #4 of the MTSU team camp on Thursday with a perfect 3 and 0 record. The win gives the Raiders a record of 10 and 2 for the 4 day camp. Coffee County got wins over Providence Christian, Brentwood and perennial state powerhouse CPA. The Red Raiders return to court next week as they will host a youth skills camp at the Joe Frank Patch Memorial Gym. The camp gets underway on Monday and details can be found at:...
Rain Delays Start of Crethan Hansert Baseball Tournament
Rain forced the postponement of the start of the 14th annual Crethan Hansert Memorial Baseball Tournament on Thursday. The tournament will get underway on Friday beginning at 2 PM as Coffee County is set to take on Franklin County at Powers Field. The Red Raiders are scheduled to play 2 games on Saturday. Coffee County will begin play on Saturday morning at 9 AM against Grundy County before taking on Walker Valley at 3:15 PM. Sunday’s schedule is tentatively scheduled for a makeup rain date. If it is not needed as a rain date, Sunday will be used for...
