Jorge Soler smacked a solo home run to help Jake Arrieta win his career-high 11th game and lead the Cubs to a 4-1 victory Sunday over the Braves. With the win, played in front of 31,690 at Turner Field, the Cubs took the three-game series. Arrieta, who ended the first half with a complete game two-hit victory against the White Sox on July 12, struck out 10 over seven innings, posting his second double-digit strikeout game this season. “We’ve talked about him being among the elite pitchers in the National League and he proved it again today,” Cubs manager...

The Sounds were shut out on Sunday night at First Tennessee Park and dropped the series finale to the Omaha Storm Chasers, 3-0. The finale stumbled off to a slow start in the opening stages, as Chris Bassitt and Andy Ferguson both suppressed any offensive attack. Omaha did finally jump on the scoreboard, but not until the fifth inning had rolled around. The Storm Chasers had a prime chance to bust the game open in the sixth, but Bassitt got Rey Fuentes to ground out with the bases loaded to escape the jam. The 26-year-old saw his night end...

One of the first orders of business for new Motlow men’s basketball head coach J.T. Burton after his arrival on campus in June was to put together his coaching staff. Coach Burton can check that task off his list as he has announced four men who will join him in leading the 2015-16 Bucks. Hans Desir: With over 10 years of coaching experience from nearly every level of basketball, Coach Desir will be Burton’s top assistant. Prior to arriving at Motlow, the Miami native was the head coach for one season at Talented Athletes Around the Globe (TAAG) Academy...

New Motlow Bucks head basketball coach J.T. Burton will host a pair of Basketball Skills Clinics August 15 & 16 at Nisbett Center on the Moore County campus. Both clinics are open to both boys and girls. The first is designed for K-6 graders and will be held in the morning. Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 15, and both day’s sessions will run until noon. The second clinic is designed for grades 7-12. Registration will begin on Saturday at 12:30 p.m. and both day’s sessions will end at 4 p.m. The cost is $50 per attendee...

Jon Lester got his second half off to a stellar start, flirting with a no-hitter even though neither he nor the 45,758 at Turner Field may have known about it.  The left-hander gave up two hits over 7 1/3 innings on Saturday night in the Cubs’ 4-0 victory over the Braves. In the Atlanta first, Lester had served up what was ruled an infield single by Nick Markakis, who reached after hitting a ball that bounced past third baseman Kris Bryant. It was the only hit off Lester heading into the top of the seventh, when official scorer Jack...

For the second straight night, Niuman Romero led the Nashville Sounds to a strange 4-3 walk-off victory over the Omaha Storm Chasers at First Tennessee Park. The night prior, Romero hit a blooper to center that Rey Fuentes booted allowing Anthony Aliotti to score from first to win the game. This time around, Romero was hit by a Louis Coleman pitch with the bases loaded and Jason Pridie scored to send the Nashville faithful home happy with an extra inning win. Pridie carried the Sounds offense all night long, tallying his first four-hit game of the season. He helped...

Eury Perez smacked a tie-breaking two-run single with two outs in the eighth inning Friday night to lift the Braves to a 4-2 victory over the Cubs in the first game of the second half. “He’s been swinging the bat well since he’s been up here,” Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez said. “Big at-bat there, big situation, and you felt good that he was going to put the ball in play.” The Cubs opened a 2-1 lead in the third on Jorge Soler’s two-run single, but the Braves tied the game in their half on Nick Markakis’ RBI double. Atlanta...

The Sounds secured a walk-off win in front of a sold out First Tennessee Park on Friday night, defeating the Storm Chasers 4-3 to snap a four-game losing skid. After relinquishing the lead in the top of the ninth inning, the Sounds stole the contest on a bizarre walk-off play. Anthony Aliotti, who reached first base after Omaha failed to turn a double play due to a wild throw, stood at first base with two away. Niuman Romero, the nine-hole hitter, stepped in and with the defense playing deep to keep a batted ball in front of them, skied...