MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL: Deal reaches 298 career Ks in Braves’ victory

By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com Hayden Deal pitched Sunday and is closing in on 300 career strikeouts. He got two over 2 2/3 innings in an 11-7 victory at Montgomery (Ala.) and is two shy of 300. Deal, a former left-handed starter at Bandys High who then played college baseball at Presbyterian (S.C.), is a reliever for the Double-A Mississippi Braves. …

MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL: Deal goes 3 innings for Braves, ERA at 1.35

By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com Hayden Deal continues to pitch well for the Mississippi Braves, including a solid three-inning stint in Sunday’s 9-5 home loss to Chattanooga (Tenn.). A left-hander out of Bandys High, Deal threw in his fifth game of the season. He has pitched 13.1 innings, walking seven and striking out 14, and his ERA is 1.35. On Sunday, …

MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL: Deal goes 3 1/3 innings in relief, strikes out 5 for Braves

By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com Hayden Deal worked 3 1/3 innings on Tuesday night in Biloxi (Miss.), where the Mississippi Braves fell 6-4 in a Southern League game. Deal, a former Bandys High star, made his second relief appearance of the season. He was the first reliever in for the Braves, giving up two hits, an unearned run, walking none and …

MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL: Deal, Braves win Double-A South title

By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com Hayden Deal pitched for a championship team this season. The Mississippi Braves won the Double-A South’s South Division title on Sunday with a 2-1 home victory over Montgomery (Ala.), taking the championship series three games to two. The Braves finished 67-44, facing Montgomery — second in the regular season and eight games behind the Braves. Deal …