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By CHRIS HOBBS
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DEAL
Hayden Deal had a pretty solid start on Sunday but did not gain a decision in his first shot at reaching 20 career pro wins.
He started for the Mississippi Braves against Tennessee on the road in a Double-A game that the host team won 6-3.
Deal pitched five innings, gave up four hits, two runs (both earned), walked one and struck out four.
He is 2-2 this season after 13 starts with the Braves with an ERA of 4.00 and 52 strikeouts in 63 innings pitched.
As a pro, the former Bandys High star is now 19-15 with an ERA of 3.12 after 77 pro games — 40 of them starts — and he has 260 strikeouts in 291 2/3 innings.
On Sunday, he threw strikes on 51 of his 70 pitches, facing 20 batters before a crowd of 3,595.
Mississippi is 40-26 and leads the Double-A South’s Southern Division by four games over Pensacola (Fla.).
The Braves are off on Monday, then start a six-game series on Tuesday at Biloxi (Miss.). Deal should get a start in that series.
SUNDAY’S BOXSCORE: https://www.milb.com/gameday/braves-vs-smokies/2021/07/18/642986#game_state=final,lock_state=final,game_tab=box,game=642986
CURRENT DOUBLE-A SOUTH STANDINGS: https://www.milb.com/standings
HAYDEN DEAL’S PRO CAREER STATS: https://www.baseballamerica.com/players/97015/hayden-deal/
OPENING DAY ROSTER: https://img.mlbstatic.com/milb-images/image/upload/milb/grt68kumu6hm1gydrvmg.pdf
MISSISSIPPI BRAVES SCHEDULE: https://www.milb.com/mississippi/schedule/2021-05