Central Georgia Sports ReportAugust 07, 2019Comment

Tuesday's Central Georgia Daily News 'n Notes: Is Cephus going back to Wisconsin?; Bacon are title-round bound; HS softball; Braves, Falcons, state college FB reports; and more

Central Georgia Sports ReportAugust 07, 2019Comment

Tuesday's Central Georgia - and of interest to Central Georgia - news and notes, compiled from staff reports, email reports, the web, and social media.

Some Badgers want Cephus back, and they may get him

A Twitter campaign has started to get Quintez Cephus back in a Wisconsin uniform. And reports out of Madison Tuesday night are that Cephus is inquiring about the possibility of returning to Wisconsin.

In The Latest Coverage.

Bacon headed to the championship round

Preston Sparks was a money pitcher at Veterans, and at Middle Georgia State.

He was big money Tuesday night for Macon.

The Central Georgian sat down eight batters with one walk and three hits in 6.1 innings to lead Macon to a 1-0 win over Forest City in the second round of the Coastal Plain League playoffs.

And now the second-year team is in the championship round.

As of 1 a.m., the league website had no updates from Tuesday’s action (failing to update the other playoff pairings from Sunday).

According to Twitter posts, Macon is back home again for the opener of the Petitt Cup Championship Series, hosting Morehead City. First pitch is likely 7 p.m.

The lone run came in the second, and early, with a leadoff homer from Daniel Harris, a Miller Grove grad and junior at Eastern Kentucky.

Sparks retired the first 10 batters before a one-out single in the fourth. A batter reached in the fifth on an error and advanced on a wild pitch.

The Owls put together consecutive one-out singles in the sixth, but Sparks got two straight outs.

Sparks left after a one-out walk in the seventh, giving way to Walker Barlow, who went 1.2 innings.

Georgia College’s Chris Rolick got his first save with a 16-pitch ninth.

Scoreboard

High School

Softball

ACE 9, Johnson County 3

Bleckley County 11, Fitzgerald 8

Crawford County 11, Mary Persons 3

GMC 16, FPD 0

Hawkinsville 4, Wheeler 2

Jackson 10, Monticello 9

Perry 17, East Laurens 0

Stratford 4, Rutland 2

Union Grove 12, Lamar County 5

Westfield 9, Windsor 0

Braves Report

Atlanta watched a blowout stay fairly interesting, a 5-0 lead followed by six in the sixth that was answered by three in the bottom half and more later, en route to a 12-7 win over Minnesota.

Mike Foltynewicz got off to a good start in the 26-hit game.

He went 5.1 innings with seven strikeouts and two walks, three runs and five hits, going from an 11-0 lead to 11-3, the runs coming on homers.

Sean Newcomb gave up three runs and Shane Greene one as the Twins kept battling.

Ozzie Albies led a balanced Atlanta offense with a 4-for-6 night, two RBI and three runs. Ronald Acunda added three hits – including another leadoff homer – and four runs, and Freddie Freeman drove in fourruns on three hits. Brian McCann had three RBI and two hits, and Ender Inciarte had two hits.

Nelson Cruz went 4-for-5 with four RBI and two homers for Minnesota.

Box

Next: Wednesday, at Minnesota, 1:10 p.m.; Thursday, at Miami, 7:10 p.m., FSSE; Friday, at Miami, 7:10 p.m., FSSE; Saturday, at Miami, 6:10 p.m., FSSO; Sunday, at Miami, 1:10 p.m., FSSO; Tuesday, vs. NY Mets, 7:20 p.m., MLB/FSSE

Swanson return remains unknown

ISO: Dividends in the bullpen

Many watched Monday’s loss

Saving money, paying players

Falcons Report

Hill gets props

Matthews looking good

Notebook

Qs and As and notes

State college football Report

UGA: Preparation has never been an issue for Fromm

UGA: Swift likely to enter rare air at RBU