Madison Bumgarner helped preserve a scoreless tie, then acted decisively to break it. The San Francisco left-hander worked 7 2/3 innings and homered to launch a six-run uprising in the fifth inning, leading the Giants to a 6-0 decision over the Atlanta Braves at Turner Field on Thursday afternoon. Bumgarner delivered the first of three two-run homers for the Giants in the fifth. Joe Panik and Buster Posey also went deep as San Francisco improved to 4-3 on its three-city, 10-game trip. “Talent-wise, I feel like this may be the best team that I’ve now been a part of,”...

The Nashville Sounds scored six runs in the first three innings on their way to an 8-5 win over the Round Rock Express in front of 7,488 fans Thursday night at First Tennessee Park. Three consecutive singles opened the scoring in the bottom of the first for Nashville (33-21). Jaycob Brugman and Chad Pinder collected back-to-back singles to set the table for Renato Nunez who laced a base hit down the left field line to make it 1-0. After a fielder’s choice for the first out in the inning, Ryon Dealy belted a double into the left-center gap that...

The Coffee County Middle School will have a pair of new coaches in the upcoming year following the shuffling of some of their current staff. Brock Freeze will become the new head baseball coach in the coming school year as he leaves the football sidelines as head coach. Bryan Morgan will be promoted to the head football coach’s position after serving as an assistant. Morgan takes over the Red Raider football team after serving as an assistant coach under Brock Freeze for the last 5 years. Morgan has been in charge of the offensive and defensive lines and has...

Freddie Freeman hit his third career walk-off homer to complete a comeback that provided the Braves a 5-4, 11-inning win over the Giants on Wednesday night at Turner Field. Freeman hit the first pitch Derek Law threw in the bottom of the inning over the right-center field wall. “This team never gives up,” Freeman said. “That’s the name of the game. You’ve got to keep grinding at-bats and that’s what we did tonight.” • Freeman, Braves hope walk-off HR is spark Giants right-hander Albert Suarez pitched effectively in his first Major League start, allowing three runs over five innings....

The Nashville Sounds furiously rallied for six runs in the bottom of the ninth to tie the game, but ultimately dropped a 15-9 decision to the Round Rock Express in front of 4,781 fans Wednesday afternoon at First Tennessee Park. The loss snapped a season-long nine game winning streak and trimmed the American South Division lead to 2.5 games over second place Round Rock. Trailing 8-2 going into the bottom of the ninth, Josh Rodriguez sparked a rally with a base hit up the middle off reliever Chad Smith. He retired Jaycob Brugman for the first out of the...

Jake Peavy celebrated his 35th birthday by completing his most impressive start of the season and setting the stage for Denard Span to deliver a triple that proved decisive for the Giants during Tuesday night’s 4-0 win over the Braves at Turner Field. Span’s sixth-inning RBI triple provided the only run necessary for the Giants, who have won 16 of their past 19 games. Peavy surrendered just one hit as he faced the minimum over seven scoreless innings. The veteran right-hander held the Braves hitless until Tyler Flowers opened the bottom of the fifth inning with a single. “If...

Chad Pinder hit a walk-off two-run single in the bottom of the 12th inning to give the Nashville Sounds a thrilling 7-6 win over the Round Rock Express in front of 6,104 fans Tuesday night at First Tennessee Park. The win extended the season-long winning streak to nine games for the Sounds who have won 16 of their last 17 games. It also pushed Nashville’s American South Division lead to 3.5 games over the Express. Trailing 6-5 going to the bottom of the 12th, Max Muncy started the rally when he drew a walk off of Carlos Fisher. The...

Tryouts for the 2016-17 Coffee County Central High School Lady Raider Softball team will be May 31 and June 2 at 6:00 pm. Everyone must have an up to date physical form with them to try out. If you have any questions please contact coach Steve Wilder at: wilders@k12coffee.net Tryouts for the 2016-17 Coffee County Central High School Baseball team will be May 31 and June 2nd from 12 to 2. Everyone must have an up to date physical form with them to try out. If you have any questions please contact coach David Martin at: martindavid@k12coffee.net Coffee County...