Sunday's Central Georgia Daily News 'n Notes
Sunday's Central Georgia - and of interest to Central Georgia - news and notes, compiled from staff reports, email reports, the web, and social media.
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Braves Report
The bullpen came through again, giving up one run and four hits in three innings on another offensively-challenged day as Atlanta beat Miami 3-1 in 10 innings.
Next: at LA Dodgers, Monday, 10:10 p.m., FSSE; at LA Dodgers, Tuesday, 10:10 p.m., FSSE; at LA Dodgers, Wednesday, 10:10 p.m., FSSE; at Arizona, Thursday, 9:40 p.m., FSSE.
College roundup
Mercer will visit Jacksonville on Tuesday in an NCAA women’s lacrosse tournament play-in match.
The winner faces Michigan, a national eighth seed, on Friday. Mercer, champ of the Southern Conference, is 10-9, while the Atlantic Sun winners are 16-3. Jacksonville beat Mercer 21-6 in April. …
Mercer passed last year’s run total and carries some momentum into the Southern Conference softball tournament with a doubleheader sweep at Furman. The Bears are seeded fourth and open the tournament at 10 a.m. Wednesday against No. 5 ETSU. …
Collin Price delivered a walk-off single for a 1-0 win in the opener to give Mercer the series, but Samford prevented a sweep with a 7-2 win in the nightcap. …
Georgia’s baseball team did something this weekend it hasn’t done since the oldest player was pretty young. …
Mississippi left Athens being swept by Georgia in SEC softball.
UGA is the eighth seed in the SEC Tournament at Texas A&M and played Arkansas at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday. …
Tech rolled again past Western Carolina in baseball while the Jackets were thumped again by Notre Dame in softball.
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