Rangel Ravelo and Arismendy Alcantara hit back-to-back solo home runs in the seventh to help give the Nashville Sounds (67-49) a 6-1 win over the Round Rock Express (55-61) Sunday night at Dell Diamond. Ravelo led off the Sounds seventh inning with his seventh home run of the season with a solo shot to left. Alcantara then quickly followed Ravelo with a solo shot of his own to put the Sounds up 6-1 in the seventh. Sounds starter Raul Alcantara (3-0, 0.70) continued to impress in his fourth start as a Sound. The right-hander allowed just one run on...

Freddie Freeman and Adonis Garcia each hit three-run homers, and Ender Inciarte and Matt Kemp also went deep in the Braves’ 13-5 win over the Cardinals on Saturday night at Busch Stadium. Freeman’s 19th homer in the third and Garcia’s ninth in the fifth were all Roberto Hernandez (1-0) needed to pick up his first win as a starter since May 19, 2015. Hernandez, making his Braves debut after being called up from Triple-A Gwinnett, went five-plus innings and gave up three runs. Freeman finished 3-for-3 with three runs scored. “It’s kind of like when Freddie goes, it kind...

The Nashville Sounds won 5-2 in a rain-shortened contest over the Colorado Springs Sky Sox Saturday night at Security Service Field. Rain and thunderstorms rolled into Colorado Springs in the bottom of the sixth inning Saturday night. After retiring Lewis Brinson via a ground out, Sounds reliever Eduard Santos bounced a fast ball in the dirt with Garrett Cooper batting. Home plate umpire Alex Ortiz then quickly called for the tarp to be put on the field as they rain poured on Security Service Field. After an hour and 30 minute rain delay, the conditions of the field were...

Jaime Garcia snapped a string of short starts from the Cardinals’ rotation with a performance that registered as among the most dominant by a St. Louis starter this season. Garcia stymied the Braves over eight scoreless innings and drove in the game’s only run as the Cardinals opened a six-game homestand with a 1-0 victory at Busch Stadium on Friday. In doing so, Garcia became the first Cardinals pitcher since Harvey Haddix on July 17, 1955, to drive in the only run of a 1-0 win. Garcia, who struggled pitching on short rest in his previous outing, rolled through...

The Nashville Sounds scored five runs in the fourth and four runs in the seventh in their 12-7 win over the Colorado Springs Sky Sox Friday night at Security Service Field. Trailing 3-2 entering the fourth, the Sounds plated five runs to take a 7-3 lead over the Sky Sox. Joey Wendle led off the inning with a single to right, and after Colin Walsh struck out, Rangel Ravelo and Bryan Anderson would both walk to load the bases. Arismendy Alcantara then tied the game at 3-3 on an RBI single scoring Wendle from third. Jaycob Brugman then put...

For the second consecutive year, Savannah Quick shot the lowest round in girl’s play at the Murfreesboro Invitational on Thursday but this time, the CHS Golf senior did not have to lose out on a scorecard playoff.  Quick’s even par round of 72 lifted the Lady Raiders to a team score of 157 which was good enough for 4th place in the tournament 5 strokes behind the tournament champions from Father Ryan.  Quick won the individual tournament honors.  After 2 matches, the Lady Raiders record stands at 7 and 3 on the year. The Red Raiders once again got...

After clawing their way to a 2 to 0 lead at the half, the Lady Raiders used 5 second half goals to thump Ooltewah 7 to 1 on Thursday night in Hamilton County. Senior Makenzie Anderson figured in both first half goals as she gathered an assist on Eliza Masters goal in the 5th minute. Anderson notched a goal on a penalty kick just before the half to stake the Lady Raiders to all the scoring they would need. Playing 30 minute halves, Holli Smithson started the goal parade in the second half in the 34th minute on a...

A power transformer, which supplied electricity to the lights at Dyer-Bouldin Field, shorted out on Thursday night minutes prior to the start of the Westwood Football’s annual Blue/White game. The lack of lights, shortened the scrimmage but did not lessen the electricity found in the perimeter running game of the Rockets. Led by Trenton Thompson and Henry Garcia, Westwood got 3 touchdowns on runs off of running plays into the boundary on the night. Defensively, the Rockets did a good job in clogging up the middle and intercepted 2 passes on the night. Coach Chad Dyer was pleased overall...