R.A. Dickey overcame back-to-back home runs and benefited from those Brandon Phillips and Adonis Garcia produced as the Braves recorded their third straight victory with Saturday night’s 4-2 win over the Padres at SunTrust Park. Phillips and Garcia opened the sixth inning with back-to-back homers off Clayton Richard to provide sufficient support to Dickey. The Braves starter surrendered consecutive one-out homers to Hunter Renfroe and Austin Hedges in the second inning before blanking the Padres over the remainder of his six-inning stint. “There’s a lot of great things going on right now for us,” Dickey said after the Braves...

The Nashville Sounds’ offensive struggles continued in their 6-1series-opening loss to the Colorado Springs Sky Sox in front 11,097 fans, a second consecutive sellout crowd at First Tennessee Park. The Nashville Sounds found themselves in a 2-0 hole before getting a chance to hit. Lewis Brinson doubled to left field to lead off the game, advanced on a ground out by Kyle Wren, then scored on a passed ball. Designated hitter Ryan Cordell then drilled a 1-2 pitch beyond the fence down the left field line to put the Sky Sox up 2-0. Paul Blackburn (0-2, 2.25) settled down...

It didn’t take the Braves long to find comfort in their new home, as they constructed a two-run first inning and benefited from Ender Inciarte’s latest home run to open SunTrust Park with Friday night’s 5-2 win over the Padres. Playing their first official game in front of the 41,149 fans who flocked to their new stadium, the Braves jumped out early and watched Julio Teheran will himself through a six-inning stint that was only blemished during a two-run second, which included three consecutive two-out singles, the first of which was recorded by Padres starter Jhoulys Chacin. “I feel...

The Oklahoma City Dodgers spoiled the first sellout of the 2017 season at First Tennessee Park with a 3-2 win over the Nashville Sounds in front of 10,717 fans Friday night. With the score even at 1-1 in the eighth inning, Oklahoma City’s Alex Verdugo lifted a fly ball in the direction of Nashville’s Matt McBride. The ball glanced off the left fielder’s glove and allowed two runners to score on the E-7. Bobby Wahl limited the damage to the two unearned runs, but it was enough for the Dodgers. Matt Olson launched a solo homer in the bottom...

Ten members of the Class of 2017 were recognized on Thursday night prior to the CHS soccer game.  The Coffee County Red Raider soccer team hosted Lawrence County on Senior Night at the Raider Soccer Field.  The Red Raiders were able to score early and late in an 8 to 1 win over the visiting Wildcats. Senior Breyer Taylor got the 1st Raider goal in the 2nd minute to set the tone for the evening.  Senior Chase Harper followed that up in the 16th minute as he pushed home a ball that was mishandled by the Lawrence County keeper. ...

The Coffee County Lady Raider tennis team welcomed Columbia to their new home courts at the Raider Academy on Thursday.   The Lady Raiders swept their doubles matches to capture the 4 to 3 win over Columbia and improve their district record to 2 and 1. Getting wins in singles play were Natalie Elzeer(8 to 3) and Rachel Henley(8-1).  The doubles teams of Kayla Wright & Rachel Henley(8-4) and the team of Jessica Barrera & Natalie Elzeer(9-7) captured the decisive wins in doubles play to claim the match. Both Raider tennis teams are back in action on Monday when they...

The Coffee County Middle School tennis teams put their perfect record on the line on Thursday when they traveled to Lewisburg.  Facing their toughest competition of the season, the Raider netters came out on top capturing the sweep of the Tigers.  The boys battled to a 4 to 3 win while the girls edged Lewisburg 5 to 4 as both match ups came down to the final pairings. The boys got wins in singles competition from Luke Irwin(6 to 2), Tyler Rigney(6-3) and Landon Booth(6-1).  The doubles team of Booth and Rigney got a 6 to 4 win to clinch...

The Lady Raider softball team of Coffee County Middle School played host to Lincoln County on Thursday night in a non-conference matchup at CCMS.  Trailing 3 to 1 entering the bottom of the 5th inning, Coffee County rallied to score 3 runs, the last on a Lincoln County error, to capture the come from behind 4 to 3 win. The Lady Falcons struck first getting a run in the first inning.  Coffee County rallied to tie it in the 3rd inning after Alyssa McClanahan led off the inning with a triple and scored on an Olivia Evans groundout.  Lincoln...