Category: Sports Update

The San Diego Padres completed a three-game sweep of the Atlanta Braves with Wednesday afternoon’s 5-3 win at Petco Park. The Braves won just twice on a seven-game road trip that began against the Los Angeles Dodgers. They have lost 20 of the past 31 games played outside of Atlanta. This marked the second time the Braves have been swept. […]

Howard’s Rock, the iconic fixture Clemson players rub prior to running down the hill during the football team’s entrance into Memorial Stadium, was vandalized sometime June 2 or 3. A small portion of the Rock was broken off of its pedestal after vandals broke the casing that protects the artifact. There was no damage to the pedestal that supports the […]

In a game postponed by rain twice, the North Carolina Tar Heels beat the South Carolina Gamecocks, 5-4 in the deciding game of the Super Regionals at Boshamer Stadium Tuesday afternoon. North Carolina scored three times in the bottom of the sixth and held on for the win.  The Tar Heels (57-10) now advance to the College World Series and […]

Atlanta ace Tim Hudson had no reason to be ashamed of the determined effort he produced for the Braves during Tuesday night’s 3-2 loss to the San Diego Padres at Petco Park. After allowing one run in each of the first three innings, he proved dominant over the course of the next 4 1/3. Nevertheless, he ended up on the […]

Rain in Chapel Hill on Monday postponed game three between South Carolina and North Carolina in the NCAA Super Regionals.  The deciding game of the best of three series is to be played today with first pitch set for noon. ESPN2 will televise the game, with the winner advancing to the College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska.

Home runs by Atlanta’s Evan Gattis and Jason Heyward in the ninth inning were not enough for the Braves to overcome early runs in Monday night’s 7-6 loss to the San Diego Padres at Petco Park. The Braves entered the ninth inning with a 7-2 deficit, scored four runs, Gattis’ three-run home run and a solo shot from Heyward but fell […]

South Carolina and North Carolina will meet at 7pm tonight at Boshamer Stadium in the deciding game of the best-of-3 Super Regional series. The game will be televised nationally on ESPN2. The winner will advance to the College World Series in Omaha, which begins Saturday, June 15. North Carolina (56-10) posted a walk-off 6-5 win on Saturday afternoon, but South […]

Atlanta veteran second baseman Dan Uggla homered twice on Sunday afternoon to lead the Braves to an 8-1 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers at Dodger Stadium. It was Uggla’s second multihomer game of the season. Uggla highlighted a four-run third inning with a three-run home run, then added a solo home run in the fifth. The Braves split the […]

Atlanta ace Tim Hudson allowed one run in seven innings, but the Braves’ offense was nonexistent as the team lost, 5-0, to the Los Angles Dodgers on Thursday night at Dodger Stadium. The loss not only snapped the Braves’ five-game winning streak, but it was also the Braves’ first loss to the Dodgers this season as they swept them two […]

The South Carolina Gamecocks travel to Chapel Hill, N.C. to face the North Carolina Tar Heels in the NCAA Super Regional today. First pitch of today’s super regional at Boshamer Stadium is set for 1pm with the game televised on ESPN2.  The winner of the weekend series advances to Omaha and the 2013 College World Series. Saturday’s game is scheduled for […]