The Redbirds busted out the bats on Friday night, defeating the Sounds by a 9-1 score in the middle game of a five-game set at AutoZone Park. After sweeping a doubleheader on Thursday night, Nashville was looking to make it four wins in a row on Friday. The offense never got going though, and the Sounds took an eight-run loss. Ryan Roberts helped Nashville get the start they were looking for. The infielder pulled a ball with two away in the first inning and got all of the pitch. It was Roberts’ third home run of the season and...

The Coffee County Soccer League will host a Soccer Camp on July 29th-August 2nd at Fred Deadman Park on the Babe Ruth Field. The camp offers the opportunity for players to receive high level coaching with an excellent knowledge of the game. The Beautiful Game Soccer Camp will be run by Andy Lyon, with the objective to encourage and develop the talent of the young soccer player. Andy Lyon is the Director of Player Development for the Camp Forest Football Club and a native of Nottingham, England. Additionally, Andy has served as a coach for several competitive soccer clubs...

The Coffee County Soccer League Board met Wednesday night to iron details for the Fall 2015 soccer season.  During the meeting, CCSL Board President Lee Brooks made the long anticipated announcement: “It’s soccer time in Manchester! We will be playing fall soccer on the new soccer fields in Manchester.” The 2 new fields are located on the west side of McMinnville Highway at the intersection of Waite Street.  The fields will give the league its first “soccer specific” fields in Manchester.  In previous years, fall soccer games have been played in the outfields of the baseball/softball fields at Fred Deadman and Dave...

Carlos Gomez hit a go-ahead home run in the eighth inning and Francisco Rodriguez moved into a tie for eighth on the all-time saves list in a 6-5 Brewers win over the Braves on Wednesday at Miller Park, denying Atlanta’s bid for a three-game sweep. Gomez also hit a solo home run off Braves starter Julio Teheran in sixth inning, and his three-run shot off left-hander Luis Avilan in the eighth gave Milwaukee its first lead of the afternoon. Rodriguez held it in the ninth for career save No. 367, tying Jeff Reardon on the all-time leaderboard. Cameron Maybin...

Wednesday night’s game between the Nashville Sounds and Memphis Redbirds at AutoZone Park has been postponed due to travel issues for the Memphis club. The game will be made up on Thursday as part of a doubleheader that will begin at 5:05 p.m. The Sounds are scheduled to throw Barry Zito (5-7, 3.67) in the first game and the Redbirds are slated to counter with Jimmy Reed (0-1, 6.23). The Redbirds will turn to Zach Petrick (5-4, 3.64) in the second game, while the Sounds will give the ball to Zach Neal (6-3, 3.60). Nashville is one of only...

The CHS boys soccer team will hold tryouts on for incoming freshmen and new players on Monday and Tuesday, July 13 and 14, from 7:00 PM to 9:30 PM.  Tryouts will be held at the Red Raider soccer field behind the Raider Academy.   Summer practice for returning players and new players who make the team will be Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday, July 20, 21, and 23, beginning at 7:00 in the evening.  Players from last year…either middle school or high school…who had a valid physical, that physical is still valid.  Those who did not have a valid physical for...

A.J. Pierzynski’s recent tear at the plate continued Tuesday night as the Braves catcher collected three hits in support of rookie starter Manny Banuelos on the way to a 4-3 win over the Brewers at Miller Park. The victory was Atlanta’s sixth in its past seven games as the club improved to 42-42. Pierzynski crushed a solo home run in the second inning and followed it with a run-scoring single in the fourth off Brewers starter Tyler Cravy. Cravy, making his second career start, retired nine of the first 10 Atlanta batters, but surrendered seven hits over the next...

Nathan Long provided another strong outing, pitching wonderfully and helping Nashville salvage a series split with a 4-2 win against Round Rock at Dell Diamond on Tuesday night. Coming off a two-hit performance against Colorado Springs on July 1, Long was making just his third Triple-A start this season and continued building a strong impression. The right-hander retired the first 14 batters he faced before surrendering one of his two walks of the game to Ed Lucas. He pitched into the seventh frame yet again, but left after 6 1/3 innings, limiting the potent Express offense to a mere...