Nashville Sounds infielder Chad Pinder and left-handed pitcher Patrick Schuster have been named to the Pacific Coast League All-Star Team as announced by the league on Thursday.  Both players were selected as reserves. The 2016 Triple-A All-Star Game is Wednesday, July 13 at 6:05 CT. The Pacific Coast League All-Stars take on the International All-Stars at BB&T Ballpark in Charlotte, North Carolina. The game will be carried live on the MLB Network. Pinder, 24, is hitting .266 (75-for-282) with 48 runs scored, 37 RBI, 17 doubles, 9 home runs, 2 triples and 14 walks in 71 games. It’s the second...

Pinch-hitter Brandon Snyder’s two-run triple off Mike Dunn highlighted a four-run sixth inning that enabled the Braves to further frustrate the Marlins in claiming an 8-5 win on Thursday night at Turner Field. Tyler Flowers recorded a career-high three doubles, including one that chased Marlins starter Wei-Yin Chen in the sixth. Erick Aybar greeted Dunn with a game-tying infield single, and Snyder followed with his two-run triple. Chase d’Arnaud capped the sixth inning with a RBI single for the Braves. Miami scored a pair of two-out runs in the ninth and brought the tying run to the plate, but...

The Oklahoma City Dodgers’ steady offense led to a 7-3 win over the Nashville Sounds in front of a sellout crowd of 10,023 Thursday night at First Tennessee Park. In a battle of first place teams in the PCL’s American Conference, Oklahoma City grabbed game one of the four-game series thanks to scoring in five different innings. The trouble started right away for Nashville’s Angel Castro. Micah Johnson opened the game with a double to the left field wall against the Sounds’ starter. Corey Brown knocked him in with a groundout to give the Dodgers a 1-0 lead before...

Jason Kipnis soured Joel De La Cruz’s Major League debut with a two-out, two-run single in the fifth and Danny Salazar enhanced his All-Star candidacy as the Indians extended their winning streak to 12 games with Wednesday night’s 3-0 victory over the Braves at Turner Field. Salazar won his sixth straight start and lowered his ERA to 2.22 with seven scoreless innings. Kipnis extended his hitting streak to 11 games with a two-run single that followed Rajai Davis’ two-out single. Lonnie Chisenhall’s two-out solo homer in the sixth inning provided some insurance for the Indians, who are one win...

Tuesday was a sad day in Tennessee for sports fans and non-sports fans alike with the passing of former Lady Vol basketball coach Pat Head Sumitt. As most everyone knows, Coach Summitt succumbed to early onset dementia in the form of Alzheimer’s early Tuesday morning. Coach Summitt, who never recorded a losing season in 38 years of coaching at Tennessee, won more games than anyone in college basketball history, including 8 national championships. As is most often the case, many of the Manchester area people who knew Coach Summitt, or had dealings with her, flooded social media with their...

Carlos Santana’s RBI single sparked a three-run ninth inning for the Indians, who received another solid start from Corey Kluber and extended their winning streak to 11 games with a 5-3 victory over the Braves on Tuesday night at Turner Field. Cleveland has won 11 games in a row during a single season for the first time since 1982, while Atlanta has now lost five of its past seven games since its season-high six-game winning streak. “They’re a hot team right now,” said Braves starter Matt Wisler, who picked up the no-decision. “That’s 11 straight for them, so I...

Veteran right-hander Chris Smith came through with a brilliant outing to lead the Nashville Sounds to a 5-1 win over the Omaha Storm Chasers in front of 6,001 fans Tuesday night at First Tennessee Park. With a taxed bullpen, Smith worked a career-high eight innings. On his 110th pitch of the night, he struck out Reymond Fuentes to end the eighth inning – setting a career-high in innings pitched. Nashville’s (47-33) three-run second inning was more than enough support. Joey Wendle walked to start the inning and got into scoring position on a wild pitch. Matt Olson plated Wendle...

For the 2nd year in a row, Coffee County Lady Raider Tori Bell was selected to the Tennessee Softball Coaches Association(TSCA) Class AAA All State Team for Middle Tennessee.  Bell received her award as part of the Tennessee All Star Game held at Columbia State Community College on Tuesday June 21st.  The junior catcher led Coffee County in home runs and in defensive average this season which helped earn her a spot of the squad for the 2nd time. Bell hit .323 on the year with 21 RBI and 4 home runs and had an amazing .998 fielding average...