Saturday's Central Georgia Daily News 'n Notes
Saturday's Central Georgia - and of interest to Central Georgia - news and notes, compiled from staff reports, email reports, the web, and social media.
Atlanta loses extra-inning battle
A day after the bullpen got the day off, Atlanta lost 5-3 in 14 innings to Washington.
MLB.com's Mark Bowman reported that "Folty's outing was one of the most impressive seen from a Braves SP since 2001. Others that come to mind: Smoltz's 15 K duel vs. Pedro in '05. Hudson homering to account for only runs in 6/20/11 win vs. TOR. Medlen's 12 K SHO vs. COL in '12. Maddux's 14K SHO vs. MIL in '01".
Savannah gets upper hand in battle with Macon
Savannah beat Macon 15-0 in the first game between the Coastal Plain League foe.
United back on winning track
It was a short week, but no problem for Atlanta, which beat the 9-man Philadelphia Union 3-1.
Reminder: SEC meetings coverage
For a collection of coverage of the final day of the SEC meetings, visit The Latest Coverage Wednesday and Friday.
Roundup: Georgia sat, Georgia lost, Columbus State nipped
Georgia's baseball team got pushed back to Sunday, the softball team lost, and Columbus State barely fell in the national title game. Roundup in The Latest Coverage.
https://www.ncaa.com/scoreboard/baseball/d1
This week's signings
A slew of Baldwin athletes signed letters of intent last Friday.
Girls track standout Brittany Trawick is headed to Troy, Keldrick Bell signed with Benedict football, and Ambria Henry is going to Piedmont for track.
Paine is the destination of Roderick Walker for track and basketball, Akirah Robinson for girls basketball, Makayla Ricks for softball, Tremaija Neal, Hezekiah Hartry, and Nysherria Braddy for track.
This Week's Honor Roll
Mercer relief pitcher Robert Broom has earned third-team All-America honors by Baseball America.
The junior first-team all-conference pick went 10-4 with a 1.70 ERA in nearly 75 innings. He's the first Bear to be so honored since top-15 draft pick Kyle Lewis in 2016.
The magazine also picked Georgia Tech's Joey Bart and Georgia's Keegan McGovern. ...
The national college baseball writers have picked Georgia College pitcher Charlie Hecht to its All-America second team.
Martin Dewald was a first-team pick in 2010.
Outfielder Logan Mattix and utility Nate Schmal were honorable mention picks. ...
Georgia College had three players named to the Division II Conference Commissioners Association (D2CCA) All-America teams.
Senior pitcher Charlie Hecht, senior utility Nate Schmal made the second team, and senior outfielder Logan Mattix made the third team.
Schmal hit .417 with 40 runs, playing second, outfield, and catching (Mattix and Hecht stats below). ...
Georgia College's dynamic duo of Charlie Hecht and Logan Mattix added to the resumes, being named to the American Baseball Coaches Association All-America team.Hecht, the consensus region pitcher of the year, made the second team, and Mattix, the Peach Belt player of the year, made the third team. It's the second year in a row the Bobcats had two players so honored.
Hecht went 11-1 with a 3.03 ERA and 125 strikeouts in 104 innings. Mattix batted .400 with nine homers and 67 RBI.