The Central Georgia Sports Report

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Wednesday's Daily News 'n Notes: Scoreboard; Bacon finally win; Braves get walked-off; Hawks, Falcons; MLB, NBA, NHL, French Open; more

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

SCOREBOARD

Summer Baseball

Macon 3, Lexington 1

Pro

MLB

Philadelphia 2, Atlanta 1

📰REPORTING SPORTS📰

 

Around/About Central Georgia

Macon gets first win of the season

            The Bacon have had leads this season, and lost them all en route to an 0-6 start.

            So a 2-1 lead over Lexington after five was not much to get excited about. But Macon added a run in the seventh and got the pitching down the stretch from Sam Portnoy and Jeremy Cook for a 3-1 road win in Coastal Plain League action.

            It was a small-ball night with both teams getting five hits. Lexington had two errors, one that helped the Bacon to two in the fifth. A bases loaded hit batter led to one run, and a sacrifice fly from Ashton Roy a batter later brought in the other run.

            Logan Fink (Tattnall) opened the seventh by getting hit, and scored an insurance run later that inning.

            Macon hosts Lexington on Thursday, visits Savannah on Friday and hosts the Bananas on Saturday.

 

Around/About Georgia/Southeast

Phillies get a walk-off – and first MLB HR - from just-called-up Williams to nip Braves

Atlanta has won 19 of 21 home games, as series shifts

Hawks’ Hunter done for the year, undergoing surgery

Hawks, Sixers owners have big-business ties, and one to Epstein

Ridley undergoes minor foot surgery

 

Baseball

Alonso: MLB tweaks the ball based on free agency

Book: ‘Cheated’ delves into the Astros’ mess

From working at a golf course to the majors?

 

NBA/WNBA

Paul leads Suns to rout

Gobert takes top defensive honor again

Pacers make Bjorkgren a one and done coach

Riley fined 25K for LeBron comment

 

College Sports

WCWS: Oklahoma powers past Florida State, forces winner-take-all Game 3

Softball coaches: NCAA can do better

 

College Football

 

NFL

Green Bay’s Love having a hectic offseason

Giants’ Barkley ready to return from ACL

Vaccine expert talks to Washington, but …

Manning into the Broncos Ring of Fame

 

Golf/Tennis

It’s Nadal and Djokovic in the men’s semis

New territory for women in French semis

Gauff’s racquet takes a beating after she gets beat

Column: Gauff loss a reminder for patience

Brooks vs. Bryson good for golf?

 

Sports and racial/social issues

Schembechler’s son says Michigan doctor molested him, too

 

Around the nation/world

Islanders take care of Bruins, move on to semifinals

MLB scores/games

NBA scores/games

NHL roundup/scoreboard