Jake Arrieta began a new winning streak on Saturday with some help from his teammates. Miguel Montero hit a three-run homer, Kris Bryant added a two-run shot and Jason Heyward and Anthony Rizzo each hit solo homers to back Arrieta and power the Cubs to an 8-2 victory over the Braves at Turner Field. “It’s an uphill battle anyway, and then it’s really an uphill battle when you get behind a guy like that,” Braves manager Brian Snitker said. “I thought we got out of that second and third with nobody out [in the third inning], and I’m thinking,...

The Nashville Sounds ninth inning rally came up short in a 4-3 loss against the Oklahoma City Dodgers Saturday night at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark. The Sounds started the ninth inning down 4-2 and attempted a ninth inning rally to take game four of the five-game series from the Dodgers. Joey Wendle led off the ninth with a single to center to start the inning. Rangel Ravelo then followed with a single of his own and the tying run was aboard for the Sounds. Bruce Maxwell’s fly out to center allowed Wendle to advance to third but Ravelo remained at...

The Braves may have the opposite record of the Cubs and rank last in the Major Leagues in home runs. Bud Norris may have lost his spot in the rotation earlier this season, but on Friday night at Turner Field, Atlanta out-slugged and out-pitched Chicago. Adonis Garcia and Tyler Flowers hit back-to-back home runs — the first time the Braves have done so this year — to back Norris and spark a 5-1 victory over the Cubs, picking up their second win in their last eight games. “It’s big just to get a little lead there and then get...

The Nashville Sounds clubbed three home runs and had four RBI doubles in a 10-0 rout of the Oklahoma City Dodgers Friday night at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark. Nashville scored at least one run from the third inning through the sixth to earn the Sounds second shutout victory of the year. The Sounds broke through first with a two-out RBI double to left by Jaycob Brugman scoring Joey Wendle from first to give the Sounds the early 1-0 lead. Nashville added a pair in the fourth inning with two more RBI doubles. Ryon Healy sent a one-out RBI double to...

The Coffee County Red Raider basketball team opened their summer schedule taking on 2 time state semifinalist Blackman on Thursday at Ravenwood. The talented Blaze team defeated Coffee County in spite of a 14 point effort from Garrett Eldridge.  Steven Sullivan added 7 points and 2 rebounds for Coffee County. In the 2nd contest, Coffee County got an 18 point win over Grundy County. Sullivan had another big game as he scored 15 points and pulled down 4 rebounds. Deaaron Rozier added 8 points and 5 rebounds to even Coffee County’s record in pool play to 1 and 1. The...

The Nashville Sounds used a 4-1 win in game two of a doubleheader to earn a split with the Oklahoma City Dodgers Thursday night at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark. Four relievers combined to limit Oklahoma City to just one run on four hits in the game two win. Eduard Santos made a spot start and worked three innings before R.J. Alvarez, Andrew Triggs and Patrick Schuster finished the job. O’Koyea Dickson’s solo homer in the second got the Dodgers on the board first, but the lead didn’t last long. Rangel Ravelo started the third with a single and came around...

The Coffee County Lady Raider basketball team completed their summer team camp in Trenton, Georgia on Wednesday with another perfect record. Both the varsity and junior varsity teams were 2 and 0 on the day to complete the 3 day camp. For the week, the Lady Raider teams were 11 and 1 during the camp as the Varsity team was 5 and 1 and the JV cagers went 6 and 0. Coach Herb Horton was pleased with his team’s performance on the week in their first week of summer competition. The Lady Raiders will be back in action on...

Julio Teheran kept the Padres off-balance Wednesday afternoon, as the right-hander led the Braves to a 4-2 victory, snapping Atlanta’s five-game losing streak and its 12-game skid at Petco Park. Teheran allowed a pair of solo home runs to Padres first baseman Wil Myers, but little else, as he struck out eight over eight frames and allowed five hits. He also chipped in at the plate with a pair of singles and an RBI. Ender Inciarte finished a homer shy of the cycle and sparked a big day from the top of the Braves’ order. Inciarte, Chase d’Arnaud and...