Saturday's Central Georgia Daily News 'n Notes: Braves Report (little O, but an Acuna milestone), Bacon have monster game; Tech's Pastner iffy with facts?; GSU Eagles/Sun Belt; UGA fan day
Saturday's Central Georgia - and of interest to Central Georgia - news and notes, compiled from staff reports, email reports, the web, and social media.
Braves Report
The offense put the pressure on the pitching without much after the first inning, and the Nationals’ three-run fifth plus an insurance-run ninth led Washington past Atlanta 5-3.
Mike Soroka gave up four runs on nine hits in six innings, with four strikeouts and two walks, plus a homer.
Sean Newcomb threw two shutout innings, then A.J. Minter gave up a run on a one-out single, stolen base, and RBI single from Adam Eaton. A wild pitch, intentional walk and regular walk followed to load the bases with one out.
Out went Minter, on came Wes Parsons, who needed six pitches to get an inning-ending double play.
Sean Doolittle sat the Braves down in order on 14 pitches for his 21st save, Soroka falling to 10-2.
Atlanta pulled within 4-3 with two in the sixth on Brian McCann’s two-run homer with no outs, the Braves then managing only a walk after that in the inning.
Next: Sunday, vs. Washington, 7:05 p.m., ESPN; Tuesday, vs. Kansas City, 7:20 p.m., FSSE; Wednesday, vs. Kansas City, 7:20 p.m., FSSE; Friday, at Philadelphia, 7:05 p.m., FSSO/MLB; Saturday, at Philadelphia, 7:05 p.m., FSSO.
Around/About Central Georgia
Macon blanks Gastonia
Macon put the heat and the humidity on Gastonia in all phases en route to a 10-0 win at Luther Williams Field.
Cort Roedig, Josh Farmer (Mercer), and Keegan Meyn teamed for a five-hit shutout, Roedig with eight strikeouts and a walk in 6.2 innings.
Calvin Estrada was a pain at the plate, with a 4-for-5 night and a run. Colton Yeager went 3-for-4, while Daniel Harris and Alec Cargin had two hits and two RBI each, Nathan Schreckengost drove in three runs.
Macon welcomes Fayetteville on Monday and Florence on Wednesday and Friday, a trip to Florence on Thursday for a doubleheader.
The Bacon’s remaining home games: July 27 vs. Lexington County, July 31 vs. Savannah, and Aug. 2 vs. Savannah.
Around/About Georgia
Tape: Tech’s Pastner a little shady with the truth?
Georgia Southern picked third in the Sun Belt East