Tuesday's Daily News 'n Notes: Henderson Stadium work nearly done; Braves Report; Falcons Report; Peach State CFB Report; and more
Tuesday's Central Georgia - and of interest to Central Georgia - news and notes, compiled from staff reports, email reports, the web, and social media.
The master Scoreboard is in The Latest Coverage
Henderson Stadium’s latest upgrades are nearly done
The brand new natural grass field is down, but it’s not quite ready to for action.
So the Rutland-Worth County game scheduled for Friday at Henderson has been moved to Thursday at Ed DeFore.
But despite a long to-do list, football will be played at Henderson this season. In The Latest Coverage.
Braves Report
Rhys Hoskins and Jose Pirela belted two-run homers amid a rough Dallas Keuchel night in Philadelphia’s 5-4 win over the host Braves.
The Phillies scored five in the fourth for a 5-2 lead and held on as Atlanta scored single runs in the eighth and ninth.
Adieny Hechavarria’s pinch-hit a homer in the eighth and Adam Duvall opened the ninth with a blast, but the Braves stranded runners on first and third.
Atlanta needs a combo of three wins and Washington losses to finally clinch the division.
Keuchel had won five straight but struck out only two with a walk in five innings and 95 pitches.
Atlanta stranded 10, twice as many as Philadelphia, which got 13 strikeouts from six pitchers.
Next: Wednesday, vs. Philadelphia, 7:20 p.m. FSSE/ESPN; Thursday, vs. Philadelphia, 12:10 p.m., FSSE/MLB; Friday, vs. San Francisco, 7:20 p.m., FSSO
The fourth wasn’t fab for Keuchel
Injuries make for roster suspense
Falcons Report
Good and bad from Sunday night
State college football Report
Tech: OLine issues to deal with
Tech: Notebook
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