MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL: Deal’s fifth start set for Wednesday night

By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com Hayden Deal’s fifth start of the season is scheduled Wednesday night in Pensacola (Fla.) against the Blue Wahoos. Deal (0-2, 4.24 ERA) is in the rotation for the Double-A Mississippi Braves, who are 12-13 and four games back of Pensacola (16-9) in the league standings. He has thrown 17 innings this season, his fourth on the …

MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL: Deal goes 4 innings, striking out 5, but gets no decision

By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com Hayden Deal pitched four innings on Wednesday night but was not around to factor in the decision as visiting Montgomery (Ala.) beat the Mississippi Braves 3-0. Deal, a left-hander who starred at Bandys High and then Presbyterian (S.C.) College before signing a minor league deal with the Atlanta Braves, gave up two hits, walked one, hit …

MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL: Deal’s next start for Double-A Braves is Wednesday night

By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com Hayden Deal’s next start for the Double-A Mississippi Braves is scheduled Wednesday night when Montgomery (Ala.,) visits the Braves. Deal, a left-hander who starred at Bandys High and then Presbyterian (S.C.) College before signing a minor league deal with the Atlanta Braves, is 0-2 this season with an ERA of 5.54. Montgomery comes in 7-11 while …

MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL: Deal goes 4-plus for Braves, takes second loss

By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com Left-hander Hayden Deal suffered his second loss of the season on Thursday night after pitching 4 2/3 innings for the Double-A Mississippi Braves. Visiting Chattanooga beat the Braves 3-1 in 81-degree weather, a game that lasted a minute shy of two hours. Deal, a former high school star at Bandys and in college at Presbyterian (S.C.), …