Thursday's Central Georgia Daily News 'n Notes: Coaching carousel update coming; Macon beats Savannah; Braves Report; GC pro update; and plenty more
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.
Coming Friday: The latest on the crazy Central Georgia coaching carousel, that refuses to stop: Perry, WRALL softball standout, FPD, GMC, and more. Another batch coming over the weekend.
Macon topples Savannah
A tight game became a not-so-tight game when Macon scored eight in the eighth to survive four errors and beat Savannah 15-9 on a night Macon paid tribute to the old Macon Peaches.
M.J. Rookard and Calvin Estrada drove in four runs each and Cal Gentry (Perry/Georgia College) three, Rookard with a 5-for-6 night and Estrada going 2-for-5. Nathan Schreckengost also had two hits.
A dozen pitchers took to the hill.
A pair of bases-loaded walks got the Bacon going in the eighth, Rookard sealing the deal with a grand slam.
Macon is at Savannah on Friday and at home against Florence on Saturday.
Braves Report
Another so-so outing from Touki Toussaint kept Pittsburgh alive, but the rest of the bullpen saved it for Julio Teheran and give Atlanta a 6-5 win to sweep the series.
A five-run fifth put Atlanta up 6-2, and the Braves held off Pittsburgh after a two-run seventh and one-run ninth. Luke Jackson got his 10th save, which has him in the top 20 in the majors.
Toussaint has given up 10 hits in his last three games and three innings. He lasted a third of an inning Thursday.
Next: Friday, vs. Philadelphia, 7:20 p.m., Facebook/FSSO; Saturday, vs. Philadelphia, 7:20 p.m., FSSO; Sunday, vs. Philadelphia, 1:20 p.m., MLBN/FSSO
Big inning, and then holding on
And the Pirates have lost seven straight
A lookahead to Braves-Phillies
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Update: Georgia College has four baseball players in the pros
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