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. …