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 …
MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL: Deal’s next start for Braves is Thursday night
By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com Hayden Deal’s next start for the red-hot Mississippi Braves will be Thursday night in Montgomery, Ala. Mississippi rallied on Tuesday night to win at Montgomery 7-6 in the first game of a Double-A series. The Braves (30-19) have won eight of their last 10 games and are in first place in the Double-A South’s South Division …
MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL: Deal delivers another quality start for Braves
By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com Hayden Deal had a good Friday night, delivering another quality start for the Double-A Mississippi Braves. Deal, a former Bandys High star, pitched six innings against Tennessee but did not gain a decision in a game won 4-3 by Mississippi before 2,898. He allowed four hits, one run (earned), walked one, hit one batter and struck …