Iowa’s Dan Vogelbach hit a grand slam and the Cubs beat the Nashville Sounds, 8-4, before 6,358 fans Wednesday afternoon at First Tennessee Park. Joey Wendle wasted no time giving the Sounds an early lead. The second baseman belted a leadoff home run off Iowa starter Jake Buchanan in the bottom of the first inning. It was Wendle’s fourth home run of the season. Nashville starter Eric Surkamp cruised through the first five innings but found immediate trouble in the sixth when Albert Almora Jr. started the inning with a single to center. Surkamp then issued back-to-back walks to...

The Coffee County Central High School soccer team celebrated Senior Night on Tuesday with a 3 to 0 win over Warren County at the Raider Soccer Field. Paco Barrera got goals in the 21st and 80th minutes and Chase Harper added a goal in the 53rd minute to close out the regular season on a positive note headed into the postseason. On a night that featured sharp passing from the Red Raiders, it was a nice assist by Breyer Taylor that set up the goal that proved to be the game winner. Barrera nailed a shot from the top...

Coffee County senior volleyball player Grace Spellings signed a college scholarship with Hiwassee College on Tuesday in a ceremony at CHS. Spellings became the first Lady Raider to sign a college scholarship since Jessica White in 2007 and only the second Lady Raider in the 10 year history of the program. Hiwassee College is a private, four-year, liberal arts college located in Madisonville, Tennessee and competes in the National Christian College Athletic Association (NCCAA), playing in the Mid-East Region. The Tigers are coached by Bryan Woodlief who begins his first year as the head coach of the volleyball program....

Pete Weber’s Postgame Report http://www.thunder1320.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Preds-Report-5-4-16.mp3   Four unanswered goals and another solid performance from their all-world goaltender led to a 4-1 victory in Game Three for the Nashville Predators over the San Jose Sharks on Tuesday night at Bridgestone Arena. The result cut the San Jose series lead to 2-1 and forces a Game Five on Saturday night in California (9 p.m. CT on NBCSN). Nashville built on what they did in a Game Two loss – a contest that brought plenty of confidence to the team despite the result – and bumped things up a notch back home....

As it turns out, all the Braves needed to silence the Mets’ homer-happy offense was a heavy dose of Matt Wisler. Backed by Mallex Smith’s first career homer, Wisler held the Mets hitless into the fifth inning Tuesday, and scoreless through eight in a 3-0 win at Citi Field. “I know where they are, and I know they’re struggling as a team,” Mets manager Terry Collins said of the Braves. “But the kid pitched pretty good tonight, and you’re going to run into that.” Though he allowed just the one hit — an Asdrubal Cabrera single — in eight...

Arismendy Alcantara hit a go-ahead two-run homer in the seventh inning to send the Iowa Cubs to a 2-1 win over the Nashville Sounds in front of 4,657 fans Tuesday night at First Tennessee Park. The home run was off of Nashville starter Chris Smith who was charged with a tough loss. Alcantara had a runner aboard thanks to a lead-off single by Dan Vogelbach to start the inning. Smith and Iowa starter Ryan Williams exchanged zeroes for the first four innings. Nashville got to Williams in the fifth when Bruce Maxwell came through with a two-out single that...

Their Sunday stumble against the Giants squarely behind them, the Mets wasted no time Monday returning to their winning ways. Bartolo Colon delivered eight shutout innings, and the Mets backed him with three first-inning homers in a 4-1 win over the Braves. David Wright, Yoenis Cespedes and Lucas Duda all homered in the first inning off Mike Foltynewicz, whom the Braves recalled from the Minors prior to the game. “Giving up four runs in the first inning for us is like giving up 10,” Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez said. “We haven’t been scoring runs. Today we outhit them [9-8],...

A stellar Triple-A debut from pitcher Daniel Mengden and a big game at the plate from Renato Nunez pushed the Nashville Sounds to a 5-1 win over the Iowa Cubs Monday night in front of 4,144 fans at First Tennessee Park. Mengden, freshly promoted from Double-A Midland, tossed six shutout innings. In five total starts in 2016, he has not allowed any runs in four of them. He scattered five hits, walked a pair and struck out four in the win. The right-hander got help from a number of Sounds in the lineup, but none more than Nunez. The...