Tuesday's News 'n Notes: Georgia College honoree; Bleckley County's Raffield picked; Lamb official at Anderson; All-Star Game/Hank honored; MLB, NASCAR, golf, NFL, more

July 14, 2021 Central Georgia Sports Report

Tuesday'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

Pro

WNBA

MLB

American League 5, National League 2

Honor Roll

Georgia College’s Bochniak academic All-American

Around/About Central Georgia

Bleckley County grad Raffield picked in MLB draft

In late May, Carter Raffield entered the college baseball transfer portal, intending to leave Clemson after two years.

Now, he has another major decision to deal with.

The Bleckley County grad at Clemson, and was picked by Cincinnati in the 14th round with the 420th pick on Tuesday.

Raffield is a redshirt freshman who was 0-2 in 2021 with a 5.68 ERA, .217 opponents’ batting average and 25 strikeouts in 19.0 innings pitched over eight appearances (six starts) in 2021.

In the shortened 2020 season, he went 1-0 with a 1.17 ERA in four appearances.

Draft picks from Georgia high schools and colleges

1/11 Brady House, Winder-Barrow, Washington

1/12 Harry Ford, North Cobb, Seattle

3/72 Bubba Chandler, North Oconee, Pittsburgh

3/100 Ryan Spikes, Parkview, Tampa Bay

4/125 Ryan Webb, Georgia, Cleveland

5/134 Mitch Bratt, Georgia Premier Academy

5/157 Luke Waddell, Georgia Tech, Atlanta

6/187 Justyn-Henry Malloy, Georgia Tech, Atlanta

7/195 Brant Hurter, Georgia Tech, Detroit

8/231 Nick Jones, Georgia Southern, LA Angels

8/252 Ben Harris, Georgia, LA Dodgers

9/258 Jake Rice, Kennesaw State, Arizona

10/294 Jordan Jackson, Georgia Southern, Seattle

13/394 Erian Rodriguez, Georgia Premier Academy, Chicago Cubs

17/517 Tyler Tolve, Kennesaw State, Atlanta

19/567 Carter Holton, Benedictine, Milwaukee

Former Macon Bacon players to get called: Fraser Ellard, 2020, eighth round by the White Sox; Matt Litwicki, 2020, 10th round by the Red Sox; Jack Sinclair, 2020, 16th round by Washington; Josh Hood, 2020, 20th round by the Red Sox.

Bobby Lamb now starting a program at Anderson

Former Mercer football coach Bobby Lamb was introduced Tuesday afternoon as the first head coach in Anderson (S.C.) history.

Lamb spent last year as a volunteer assistant at Louisiana-Lafayette after being dismissed at Mercer after the 2019 season.

The 58-year-old was hired almost a decade ago to jumpstart things at Mercer.

Around/About Georgia/Southeast

Hank Aaron honored before All-Star Game

Aaron Judge takes part in Aaron tribute, emotional

Blank snags ESPY for philanthropy

Takeaways from Atlanta’s MLB draft

Dream get Humanitarian ESPY

Braves’ Anderson gets shoulder looked at

Freeman reiterates staying in Atlanta