Thursday's Central Georgia Daily News 'n Notes: Big Braves night; high school football, Falcons, state colleges
Thursday's Central Georgia - and of interest to Central Georgia - news and notes, compiled from staff reports, email reports, the web, and social media. Updates will be noted, so check back.
Scoreboard is up in The Latest Coverage
Coming Friday
The high school football schedule has been in The Latest Coverage all week. Visit The Sports Reportās predictions, and Monday Morning Quarterback, plus the two main state football polls, and predictions, in The Latest Coverage.
Friday: Scouting reports on Friday games, starting with Northside-Jones County.
Braves Report
Max Fried was absurd.
He needed āonlyā 90 pitches to go seven innings with nine strikeouts one hit, and not a walk in Atlantaās 4-2 win over Washington in front of less than 29,000 at SunTrust Park.
Atlanta got two in the first and added one in the third and eighth for a 4-0 lead before the Nats got to Mark Melancon for two in the ninth, stranding a runner on second.
Ronald Acuna and Ozzie Albies and Freddie Freeman teamed to go 5 for 12 from the top three spots, with Acuna and Albies scoring twice each, Acuna with a homer in the fifth.
Steven Strasburg went six innings, giving up three runs on four hits, with seven strikeouts and four walks.
Next: Friday, vs. Washington, 7:20 p.m., FSSO; Saturday, vs. Washington, 7:20 p.m., FSSO, Sunday, vs. Washington, 1:20 p.m.; FSSO; Monday, at Philadelphia, 7:05 p.m., FSSE/MLB; Tuesday, at Philadelphia, 7:05 p.m., FSSE; Wednesday, at Philadelphia, 7:05 p.m., FSSE; at Philadelphia, 7:15 p.m., FOX; Friday, at Washington, 7:05 p.m., FSSO
Falcons Report
State college football Report
UGA: Wilson frustrated by injury
UGA: But thereās depth behind him
UGA: Podcast, sittinā with Dooley
UGA: Still some room for FCS opponents
Georgia State: Can Panthers take a step forward?
Georgia State: Furman better than ā wait for it ā the Vols?