Atlanta center fielder Ender Inciarte displayed impressive instincts and hustle, willing himself around the bases to give the Braves a lead they would preserve en route to notching their second four-game winning streak of the season with Saturday night’s 4-3 win over the Mets at Citi Field. Inciarte sped into second base to begin the eighth inning with a double and then alertly took third base when right fielder Curtis Granderson caught Jeff Francoeur’s fly ball and unhurriedly threw it back toward the infield. Inciarte then raced home with the decisive run when Addison Reed’s wild pitch rolled just...

Chad Pinder hit a tie-breaking home run in the sixth inning to lift the Nashville Sounds to a 3-2 win over the Round Rock Express in front of a sellout crowd of 10,390 Saturday night at First Tennessee Park. It’s the third consecutive sellout for the Sounds (42-27) who extended their American Southern Division lead to five games over the Express (36-31). The three straight capacity crowds match a Sounds record for consecutive sellouts in the PCL era. Both teams got a pair of runs in the second inning to get the scoring started early. Round Rock’s Drew Robinson...

Warren County took advantage of some sloppy defense by Coffee County in a 7 to 1 win over the Raiders on Friday in Day #2 of the Crethan Hansert Memorial Baseball Tournament.  Missing several starters due to other obligations, Coffee County will attempt to bounce back on Saturday in hopes of advancing to Sunday’s semifinals. Coffee County is back in action on Saturday when they take on Central Magnet at 11 AM and Grundy County at 6:30 PM.  The semifinals will begin at 1 PM on Sunday afternoon ad all games are at Powers Field. Scott Hansert will be a guest...

Facing the club that drafted him in the 21st round back in 2011, John Gant earned his first career Major League win, allowing just one run on two hits over 6 2/3 innings to lead the Braves to a 5-1 series-opening victory over the Mets on Friday at Citi Field. The Braves have now won three straight games, their longest winning streak since taking four in a row from April 15-19 — their first four wins of the season. “Our confidence keeps building,” Braves outfielder Ender Inciarte said after his team improved to 21-46. “We score some runs and...

Joey Wendle raced home with the winning run on a wild pitch in the bottom of the 10th inning to give the Nashville Sounds a thrilling 5-4 win over the Round Rock Express in front of a sell-out crowd of 11,119 fans at First Tennessee Park Friday night. With the game tied 4-4 in the bottom of the tenth, Colin Walsh ripped a one-out double to the right-center gap to put a runner in scoring position. Walsh was hurt on the play rounding second and was replaced by pinch-runner Joey Wendle. With an 0-2 count, Express pitcher Carlos Fisher...

A 4 run outburst by Lincoln County dropped the Coffee County Red Raider baseball team in a 6 to 5 decision on Thursday.  The afternoon contest was the opening game of the 2016 Crethan Hansert Memorial Baseball Tournament Coffee County jumped out to a 3 to 0 lead in the first inning thanks to 3 walks, a pair of Falcon errors and a 2 RBI single from Davis Green.  Nathaniel Tate also logged an RBI on a fielder’s choice.  Coffee County added a run in the 4th inning on an RBI sacrifice fly from Jacob Duncan to score Grant...

The Red Raider Skills Camp is scheduled for next week at the Joe Frank Patch Memorial Gym.  The camp will be hosted by the Coffee County Red Raider basketball team. The Skills Camp is open to Boys and Girls grades 3rd-8th!! Brochures and registration links are below explaining all dates, times, and costs. Please fill out the online registration form and camp fees are due on the first day of camp!! If you have any questions please contact Head Coach Micah Williams at williamsm@k12coffee.net or Assistant Coach Benjamin Holl at hollb@k12coffee.net The signup link for the Red Raider Skills...

Freddie Freeman’s two-run home run in the third gave the Braves a lead they wouldn’t relinquish, as Atlanta received a solid start from Matt Wisler and defeated the Reds, 7-2, on Thursday to split the four-game series at Turner Field. “It’s huge,” Freeman said. “Definitely when you’re at home you want to go out and win again, and Matt really picked us up today and gave us 6 2/3 of strong baseball.” Cincinnati jumped out to a first-inning lead for the third time during the series when Brandon Phillips drove in Zack Cozart with an RBI single. The Reds...