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www.dailypostathenian.com WEDNESDAY, JUNE 9, 2021 | SPORTS DAILY POST-ATHENIAN | B3 BEAVERS: McMinn senior will focus on as a collegiate athlete at Milligan

FROM B1 lead-off spot in the batting came up with a hard ground year, and he stepped up and probably just have to jump focus in on the things you order, and he came up with ball in the sixth inning that was huge for us.” straight into baseball after need to work on to be a bet- played great , some critical hitting per- led to what was eventually After dividing his atten- basketball,” Beavers said. ter player,” Ray said. “But at and I don’t know that it formances during the post- McMinn’s winning run in tion between baseball and “This time, I can just focus the collegiate level, when would’ve been the same season. the sectional game against basketball in high school, on one and just put all my his sole focus is on baseball, type of year without him.” Beavers hit 3-4 in Stewarts Creek, yielding the Beavers will get to devote stuff toward that one sport.” I think he has a very high Beavers’ role offensively McMinn’s District 5-AAA Cherokees’ state tourna- all his energy to baseball at And Ray is looking for- ceiling. He’s got the skills, became more vital when tournament win over Cleve- ment berth. Milligan, which he believes ward to hearing of Beavers’ he’s got the want-to, and McMinn’s lead-off to begin land that sent the Tribe to “His offensive produc- will help him improve. success, now that he gets to when he gets those reps, the season, Gavin Peterson, region play for the first time tion was great,” Ray said. “I feel it will help a lot zone in on baseball entirely. he’s going to be a very good sustained a season-ending since 2009, set the tone with “I can’t recall many games because usually, since my “This goes with any two- player for them.” shoulder injury. Beavers a lead-off double during that he didn’t do something freshman year, I’d have sport guy. When you’re stepped up to eventually the Region 3-AAA semifi- for us offensively. And that’s to focus on one and then splitting your time between EMAIL: gabriel.garcia@ lock down the Cherokees’ nals win at Cookeville, and where we were lacking this take like a week break or multiple sports, it’s hard to dailypostathenian.com AROUND THE MAJORS

DODGERS 5, PIRATES 3: Ke’Bryan Hayes hastily missed first base and was called out after hitting a first-inning homer, sending Walker Buehler on his way to seven score- less innings as Los Angele beat the Pirates Tuesday. The Pirates star rookie stung an opposite-field line drive in the first inning against Buehler that narrowly cleared the right-field wall, just inside the foul pole. Running hard and with his eyes on the ball, Hayes missed touching first base with his left foot by two or three inches and kept on going. Los Angeles manager Dave Roberts challenged, and umpires overturned the call after a short video review.

ASTROS 7, RED SOX 1: Carlos Correa and Yordan Alvarez homered to back Framber Valdez, and Houston ended Boston’s five- game winning streak. Valdez (2-0) allowed one run and five hits over 7 1/3 innings, striking out eight to pick up his second straight win over Boston. He held the Red Sox to one run in seven innings last week.

ORIOLES 10, METS 3: Maikel Franco become the sixth player to hit a into the second deck at Camden Yards, and Baltimore rolled to another high-scor- ing victory. Cedric Mullins hit two of Bal- timore’s seven doubles, and the Orioles have won five of six after a 14-game losing streak. Pat Valaika doubled in his first two LAURENCE KESTERSON | THE plate appearances after returning from the third baseman falls into the stands while catching a foul ball hit by ’ during the sixth bereavement list. inning Tuesday in Philadelphia.

RAYS 3, NATIONALS 1: Tyler Glasnow (5-2) struck out 11 over seven strong innings and AL East-leading Tampa Bay beat Wash- ington for its 20th win in 24 games. Ryan Braves take Phillies over wall Thompson took over for J.P. Feyereisen when the Nationals loaded the bases with one out in the eighth and struck out Ryan Zimmerman and Josh Bell. Diego Castillo worked the ninth to get his 10th . Riley, Acuña, Contreras go deep as Atlanta rallies on road

BREWERS 5, REDS 1: Avisail Garcia hom- BY ROB MAADDI promotion to the majors. was placed on the 10-day . SS ered and singled home another run and AP Sports Writer TRAINER’S ROOM: Braves — RHP Mike Soro- (elbow) might be ready streaking Milwaukee beat Cincinnati for ka (torn right Achilles tendon) is making for a rehab stint this weekend. its fifth straight win. The NL Central-lead- PHILADELPHIA — Austin Riley, Ronald progress, according to manager Brian Snit- UP NEXT: LHP (0-0, 2.31 ing Brewers were coming off a four-game Acuña Jr. and each hit ker. It remains uncertain whether Snitker ERA) starts for the Braves and RHP Zach sweep of Arizona and have won 10 of their a solo homer, and the Atlanta Braves ral- can return this season. Eflin (2-5, 4.10) goes for the Phillies on last 11. Adrian Houser (4-5) pitched 5 1/3 lied to beat the Philadelphia Phillies 9-5 Phillies — RHP (neck) Wednesday night. innings of one-run ball, and the Brewers on Tuesday night. shut down Cincinnati the rest of Acuña also had a single, double and three the way. RBIs as the reigning three-time NL East champion Braves evened their record at TIGERS 5, MARINERS 3: Eric Haase hit 29-29. a two-run homer in the first inning and J.T. Realmuto and hit solo is the permanent, Detroit beat Seattle. Matthew Boyd (3-6) homers for Philadelphia. clog-free gutter solution!* allowed an unearned run, six hits and a allowed four runs and seven hits, strik- walk over six innings. Daniel Norris inherited ing out seven in five innings. the bases loaded with no outs in the eighth Atlanta lefty lasted 4 1/3 and limited Seattle to two runs. Jose Cis- innings, yielding three runs — two earned nero pitched the ninth, striking out two and — and five hits. walking one for his second save in three The Braves trailed 5-4 entering the eighth chances. before Riley blasted a tying homer off (4-2). MARLINS 6, ROCKIES 2: Pablo Lopez took walked and followed advantage of an extra day of rest by allow- with a single, chasing Brogdon. Contreras ing only two runs in a career-best eight lined an RBI single off for a 16 YEARS BACKED innings, Corey Dickerson hit a two-run triple 6-5 lead. Another run scored when Guill- BY THESEAL and Miami opened a homestand by beating ermo Heredia hit a bouncer to the mound Colorado. Lopez (2-3) struck out eight and that Coonrod threw into center field. allowed five hits, sharp the whole way after Acuña’s broken-bat single to left knocked getting a planned additional day of rest. in two more for a 9-5 lead. Dickerson’s triple highlighted a four-run Acuña slammed his 18th homer 460 feet third for Miami, which tacked on two more into the second deck in left field for a 2-0 in the seventh. lead in the third. After making a twisting catch to save a WHITE SOX 6, BLUE JAYS 1: Andrew run and rob of extra bases Vaughn homered in the seventh inning and to end the fourth, Acuña hit a double in delivered a tiebreaking sacrifice fly in the the fifth and scored on ’s eighth for the . Shut out single that put Atlanta up 4-2. by for most of the game, Chica- (2-0) tossed a scoreless go got on the board on Vaughn’s fifth hom- seventh for the win. er and then broke it open with five runs in Realmuto’s opposite-field drive to right the eighth. Vaughn made it 2-1 with a bas- off in the sixth tied it at 4. es-loaded fly ball to deep center against Pinch-hitter ’s RBI single off $99 Trent Thornton (1-2). gave the Phillies a 5-4 lead. Contreras connected in the fourth, send- INSTALLATION FR YANKEES 8, TWINS 4: Gary Sánchez and ing an opposite-field shot out to right- PLUS Miguel Andújar homered, DJ LeMahieu had center for a 3-1 lead. FORALIMITEDTIME GIFT CARD two hits and an RBI, and the New York Harper lined a 3-0 pitch out to right in ON ACOMPLETE WITH IN-HOME Yankees stopped a four-game skid. Aar- the bottom half to make it 3-2, ending a † ** on Judge drove in two runs for New York, streak of 47 at-bats without a homer. All LEAFGUARD SYSTEM! ESTIMATE! which had lost eight of its previous 10 and eight of Harper’s homers this season have won despite going 2 for 15 with runners in been solo shots. scoring position and stranding 11. Jonathan COWBOY UP: The Phillies recognized Joe Loaisiga (5-2) pitched 1 1/3 perfect innings West with a pregame video tribute for in relief of Jordan Montgomery. recently breaking the record for most 423-443-3237 games umpired. The Phanatic gave West GIANTS 9, RANGERS 4: Mike Tauchman hit an oversized cowboy hat. a go-ahead grand slam, SUPER SUB: The Phillies promoted utility- CALL TODAYFOR YOUR FREE ESTIMATE! homered twice while setting the Giants’ man from Triple-A Lehigh franchise record for most games as a short- Valley earlier in the day and he reached stop. Tauchman hit his first career slam on a bunt single in his first major league •THE ONLY ONE-PIECE SEAMLESS with two outs in the eighth inning to put at-bat. The right-handed-hitting Williams DEBRIS SHEDDING GUTTERSYSTEM the Giants in front for the third and final adds versatility on the bench as he has •MADE ONSITE SPECIFICALLYFOR time, and Crawford added a three-run shot played every position except catcher and in the ninth. Crawford also hit a solo homer . Williams won’t be able to play for YOUR HOME in his 1,326th game at shortstop. 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