By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com Hayden Deal’s next start and his first shot at collecting his 20th pro win will come Sunday for the Mississippi Braves. The Braves have Deal, a former left-hander at Bandys High, listed as their probable starter for a 2 p.m. game on Sunday that will close a six-game series at Tennessee. Deal is 2-2 with an …
MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL: Deal picks up second win for Mississippi
By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com Hayden Deal evened his record by picking up his second win of the season for the Mississippi Braves on Tuesday night. Deal, a former Bandys High star, pitched six innings in the Braves’ 11-4 victory over host Tennessee in a Double-A game. Deal improved to 2-2 in his 12th start of the season. He gave up …
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 pitching Wednesday in battle for first place
By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com Former Bandys High start Hayden Deal goes to the mound Wednesday night in a battle for first place. Deal, a left-hander who is 1-2 with an ERA of 3.83, is listed as the starter for the Mississippi Braves, who play host to Pensacola (Fla.). Mississippi won the opening game of the series on Tuesday night 8-1, …
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 …