MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL: Deal goes 5 innings in first-place battle; game suspended by rain

By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com Hayden Deal went five innings on Wednesday night for the Mississippi Braves in a Double-A game that was suspended by rain in the bottom of the fifth inning and tied at 3-all. The game will resume Thursday — Pensacola (Fla.) at the Braves — and then the teams will play a regularly scheduled game. Both teams …

MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL: Deal touched for 6 earned runs but Braves win in 10 innings

By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com Hayden Deal had a tough start on Thursday night for the Mississippi Braves. Deal, a former left-hander at Bandys High, went 5 1/3 innings and gave up seven hits, six runs (all earned) with two walks and three strikeouts in a Double-A game at Montgomery (Ala.). Deal left with Mississippi ahead by three runs  but Montgomery …