By CHRIS HOBBS
HobbsDailyReport.com
PEARL, Mississippi — Former Bandys High lefty Hayden Deal pitched five innings and took a loss on Wednesday night in his Double-A debt for the Mississippi Braves.
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DEAL
Deal, who pitched in college at Presbyterian, S.C., gave up two runs (one earned) as the Braves fell 2-1 to visiting Pensacola (Fla.) in a Double-A South game.
He walked one and struck out two, throwing strikes on 46 of his 64 pitches and facing 21 batters in 68-degree weather before 2,307 fans.
The series to continues with a doubleheader on Thursday, the regularly scheduled game plus a game to makeup Tuesday night’s rainout when Deal was to have started.
When Deal pitches again will depend on if the Braves use a five- or six-man rotation.
WEDNESDAY’S BOXSCORE: https://www.milb.com/gameday/blue-wahoos-vs-braves/2021/05/05/644857#game_state=final,lock_state=final,game_tab=box,game=644857
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