Julio Teheran navigated around three solo homers and Matt Adams and Danny Santana hit two-run doubles in a six-run third inning as the Braves topped the Angels, 6-3, in Monday night’s series opener at Angel Stadium. Atlanta sent 11 batters to the plate in the third, using five hits, a walk and an error by third baseman Cliff Pennington to build a 6-1 lead. Angels right-hander Ricky Nolasco lasted only 2 2/3 innings, yielding six runs (two earned) on six hits while walking two and striking out two. “Just couldn’t get out of that inning,” Nolasco said. “I let...

The Nashville Sounds’ offense continued to struggle in a 6-0 shutout loss to the Colorado Springs Sky Sox in front of a Memorial Day crowd of 9,018 at First Tennessee Park Monday afternoon. The shutout loss was the second in three games against the Sky Sox. Nashville was also blanked in game one of Sunday’s doubleheader. Over the last three games, the offense has mustered just two runs on 13 hits. Sky Sox starter Josh Hader and relievers Wei-Chung Wang, Tristan Archer, and Tim Dillard did the job Monday afternoon. Hader and company received some early offense when the...

The Coffee County Red Raider baseball team held their end of season awards banquet on Tuesday night May 23. The season was highlighted by a record of 18-15 and a #3 seed in the District 8-AAA tournament. Head Coach David Martin recognized the All District 8-AAA players: senior Cade Giles, junior Jacob Langham and senior Noah Anderson. Senior Cade Giles was also recognized as the District 8-AAA Player of the Year. Junior Nathanial Tate and senior Grant Sadler were recognized as All District Honorable Mention. Team awards were given to the following players: Team MVP- Cade Giles Bust Your...

by Thomas Willis / Digital Manager & Producer – Nashville Predators The Nashville Predators first trip to the Stanley Cup Final will be paired with an opponent making their second consecutive appearance. The Preds will head to Pittsburgh on Saturday afternoon, where their series with the defending champions will commence on Monday evening. The Penguins went seven games with the Ottawa Senators in the Eastern Conference Final where a 3-2 double overtime victory earned them their second-straight conference crown and the right to defend their 2016 title. Meanwhile, Nashville emerged victorious in the franchise’s first appearance in a conference...

The San Francisco Giants jumped on Atlanta knuckleballer R.A. Dickey immediately, scoring in each of the first three innings and cruising to a 7-1 victory Sunday at AT&T Park. Brandon Crawford paced San Francisco’s offense by driving in three runs, scoring one with a first-inning groundout and sending home a pair with a second-inning single as San Francisco surged to a 7-0 lead. Dickey also issued a season-high five walks; three of those runners scored. Crawford, who entered the game 0-for-9 against Dickey, downplayed his success. “It wasn’t as if I hit the ball all over the place,” he...

The Nashville Sounds earned a doubleheader split when Ryan Lavarnway’s walk-off base hit scored Matt Chapman to give Nashville a 2-1 win in game two in front of a sellout crowd of 10,307 Sunday night at First Tennessee Park. With the game tied 1-1 going into the bottom of the seventh, Chapman hit a line drive down the left field line and hustled into second base for a leadoff double. After Jaff Decker’s sacrifice bunt put Chapman 90 feet away with one out, Lavarnway hit the first pitch he saw from David Goforth down the left field line for...

Ty Blach doesn’t blow away hitters with his stuff or observers with his statistics. All he does is remain steady, a trait that the San Francisco Giants appreciated Saturday night in their 6-3 victory over the Atlanta Braves. Blach took a three-hit shutout into the eighth inning before he finally faltered. He ultimately yielded two runs and six hits in 7 2/3 innings, marking the fifth time in seven starts that he has worked at least seven innings while surrendering three or fewer earned runs. He also struck out a season-high five. Blach’s 3.83 ERA is deceiving. He allowed...

Saturday night’s game between the Nashville Sounds and Colorado Springs Sky Sox has been suspended due to rain at First Tennessee Park. The game will be resumed on Tuesday, May 30th at 5:05 p.m. Following the completed nine-inning game, the Sounds and Sky Sox will play a seven-inning contest. Sounds pitcher Daniel Gossett worked around a one-out single by Ivan De Jesus to put up a zero in the top of the first. Before the rain came, Nashville’s offense put five runs on the board. Run-scoring hits came from Renato Nuñez, Jaff Decker, and Matt McBride. Play came to...