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By CHRIS HOBBS
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DEAL
Hayden Deal has a solid start as he chased his 20th pro baseball win on Saturday before ending up without a decision.
Deal pitched four innings, allowing three hits and one run (earned) as Mississippi won 8-1 at Pensacola (Fla.).
He threw strikes on 41 of his 61 pitches and had a wild pitch, one walk and three strikeouts.
Deal is 2-2 with an ERA of 3.82 this season after 15 starts in Double-A. He’s thrown 73 innings and struck out 61.
A left-handed star at Bandys High who pitched in college at Presbyterian, Deal is 19-15 as a pro with 269 strikeouts in 301 2/3 innings.
Mississippi is 44-34 and leading the Double-A South’s South Division by one game over Montgomery (Ala.).
The Braves are off Monday and start a six-game road series against Birmingham (Ala.) on Tuesday night.
Deal’s 16th start of the season should come at Birmingham.
SATURDAY’S GAME 1 BOXSCORE: https://www.milb.com/gameday/braves-vs-blue-wahoos/2021/07/31/644512#game_state=final,lock_state=final,game_tab=box,game=644512
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