By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com Hayden Deal worked 3 1/3 innings on Tuesday night in Biloxi (Miss.), where the Mississippi Braves fell 6-4 in a Southern League game. Deal, a former Bandys High star, made his second relief appearance of the season. He was the first reliever in for the Braves, giving up two hits, an unearned run, walking none and …
MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL: Deal starts season back in Double A for Braves
By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com Hayden Deal’s fifth pro season is underway, and he is back in Double A and pitching for the Mississippi Braves for the second straight season. Deal, a 6-foot-4 left-hander who starred at Bandys High and in college at Presbyterian. has pitched in one of the Braves’ first three games. Mississippi fell at home 5-1 to Montgomery …
MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL: Deal, Braves win Double-A South title
By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com Hayden Deal pitched for a championship team this season. The Mississippi Braves won the Double-A South’s South Division title on Sunday with a 2-1 home victory over Montgomery (Ala.), taking the championship series three games to two. The Braves finished 67-44, facing Montgomery — second in the regular season and eight games behind the Braves. Deal …
MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL: Deal earns first hold but Braves fall at Chattanooga
By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com Hayden Deal added his first hold of the season on Wednesday night for the Mississippi Braves, who fell 6-5 at Chattanooga (Tenn.). Deal came on in relief in the seventh inning and threw one inning. He gave up two hits, three runs (two earned), walked three and did not have any strikeouts. A former star at …
MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL: Deal pitches well in 17th start for Mississippi
By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com Hayden Deal had another solid start on Tuesday night when the Mississippi Braves won again. The Braves beat visiting Montgomery (Ala.) 4-1 to open a series but Deal did not gain a decision despite pitching well. Making his 17th start of the season, he went four innings and gave up two hits. He hit one batter …