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plimsttm Patlg HJmmtal The Home Journal’s SANPLOT ON DECK Today Major League Baseball ■ Atlanta at St. Louis, 8:10 p.m., Turner South BRAVES CORNER Braves 10, Padres 5 SAN DIEGO (AP) - No record was safe from Chipper Jones and the Atlanta Braves, who made spacious Petco Park play like a bandbox. Jones hit a two-run homer Sunday to give him an extra base hit in 14 straight games, tying a 79-year-old big league record, and the Braves roughed up Jake Peavy dur ing a wild 10-5 win that gave them a three-game sweep of the NL West-leading San Diego Padres. On a day when both man agers, a bench coach and a player were ejected for arguing balls and strikes, the Braves won their season-high fifth straight game, and for the ninth time in 11 games. Whiie the Braves tore apart the Petco Park record book, Jones hit a 424-foot, two-run homer in the fourth to tie the record of 14 straight games with an extra-base hit set in 1927 by Pittsburgh’s Paul Waner. It was Jones’ third homer of the series and 14th this year. He hit two in Friday night’s 15-12,11-inning win. Brian McCann also hom ered Sunday for the Braves, giving them 11 in the series - a Petco record for one team. The 16 total homers were also a Petco record, eclipsing the 14 hit by the Mariners and Padres June 23-25. The Braves scored 36 runs - a ballpark mark - on 43 hits in the series, including nine doubles. The teams combined for 56 runs - also a Petco record - on 82 hits. Chuck James (4-0) allowed five runs and six hits in five innings, struck out three and walked one. IN BRIEF Soccer association preps for its Fall session The Central Georgia Soccer Association is gearing up for its Fall session. All chil dren ages 4-19 are invited to join. Online Registration has already begun. The website is: www.gasoccer.org/cgsa. For those who don’t have internet access, the office will be open July 28 from 4-8 p.m., July 29 from 9 a.m.-noon and July 31 from 4-8 p.m., for reg istration. In addition you can come by and register during their normal office hours Monday through Friday from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Registration closes July 31. Contact CGSA's Association Administrator, Bette Dillon, at 987-2455 or email her. at playcgsa@alltel.net for further information. WR Rec Department sets softball signup dates The Warner Robins Recreation 'Department will hold team registration for the 2006 Fall Softball League, Aug. 7 and 8. Teams may register between the hours of 8 a.m.-5 p.m. at the department, which is located at 800 Watson Blvd. They will register the first 28 coed teams and the first 21 men’s teams. League play will be Monday through Thursday for a 12-game season. The entry fee is $348 per team. The fall season will open Sept. 5. They will play all games at Peavy Park. Participants must be 16 years of age by Sept. 1. TUESDAY, JULY 18, 2006 Warriors beat Renegades for first win From staff reports Having gotten off to a rocky start last week, the International City Warriors Warriors 20, Renegades 7 Georgia Renegades. The 20-7 win takes the Warriors to 1-1 for the sea son and 1-1 on the road. Head coach Darrell McNeil attributed this win to a team refusing to loose Tigers By MATTHEW BROWN Journal Sports Writer Andrew Meredith gave up five runs total in the first and ninth innings Sunday, but in-between pitched seven shutout innings and got 15 runs of support from his Tigers teammates. The Tigers, the fourth seeded team in the Middle Georgia Baseball League’s 2006 season, reached the championship round by beating the second-place Red Sox 15-5 at the Bibb County Sports Complex. It’s the Tigers against either the Red Sox or Eagles this coming Saturday in the start of a best-of-3 series at the Bibb Complex to deter mine the Rosenberg Series champion. When the Rosenberg Series began last Wednesday, the top four seeded teams advanced in the winner’s bracket. The first-place team and defending Middle Georgia League champions, the Nationals, became the first upset victim Saturday as the Tigers came back from a six-run late deficit to win 14-11. On Sunday, the third-place Eagles, which lost to the Red Sox Saturday, opened play in Macon by eliminat ing the Nationals 8-6. The Tigers and Red Sox put the Series’ only unbeat en records on the line next. It was the Tigers, as the vis iting team, making a major statement in the first inning scoring four runs with two outs and the bases empty. The Red Sox actually made the first top play of the game with second baseman Chris Wilson starting a 4-6- 3 double play. Troy Varnadoe started a four-hit day with a two-out single and Scott Simpson started a three-hit day with another single. Both run ners stole bases on a double steal, and both scored as the Red Sox had two errors on one play. Alex Blain, one of two recent Houston County High School graduates on the Tiger roster, doubled to left to score a run. Jason Varnadoe followed a wild pitch by beating out an infield hit to make it 4-0. The Red Sox countered with a three-run home first, giving spectators the idea they were in for a slugfest to go with the heat and threat ening skies in the middle of the afternoon. Wilson led off his team’s turn with a hit, and left-handed bat ting Tommy Joyce crushed a home run to right. Keith Barker doubled and scored on two wild pitch es to make it a 4-3 game. That would be the closest the Red Sox got the rest of the game. Meredith allowed two mpre runners to get on base in the first, but retired three in a row to preserve the win. as well as the proficiency of the Warriors’ coaching staff. After putting up a good fight, the Renegades’ record falls to 0-3 in the Southern Football League’s American West Conference. The Warrior defense was clicking as Defrance Leary challenged them to match his seven tackles for the night: Rookie Seanon Dinkins, a graduate of Warner Robins High, rose to the occasion with six tackles followed by veteran Maurice Releford with four solo hits. Releford also forced a fumble and helped the Warriors regain possession. emerged as con querors in Saturday’s semi-pro football action against the West secure finals berth ?! K /«#* jfl ijW w IP mi t m e % | Mr J ENI/Gary Harmon Ty Whitaker of the Red Sox sneaks in safe at second on a double play attempt by the Tigers’ Troy Varnadoe in the two teams’ Middle Georgia Baseball League playoff game Sunday in Macon. Varnadoe was able to get the runner at first, while the Tigers went on to win 14-11. f ~ v\ * ** r ENI/Gary Harmon The Tigers’ Scott Simspson slides in safe at third after hitting a triple. That would also start a string of 11 outs in a row for Meredith. Jeremy Waldrep ended that streak with an infield hit in the Sports Southern Football League Standings American Division W L T Pet Home Road PF PFAvg. PA South Georgia Stars 3 0 0 1.000 0-0-0 3-0-0 67 22.33 31 Gadsden Avengers 2 1 0 .667 2-1-0 0-0-0 66 22.00 47 International City Warriors 1 1 0 .500 0-0-0 1-1-0 28 14.00 27 Phenix City Falcons 1 1 0 .500 1-1-0 0-0-0 12 6.00 12 West Georgia Renegades 0 3 0 .000 0-2-0 0-1-0 10 3.33 53 Pulaski County High gradu ate (2002) Maurice McGriff intercepted a Renegade pass and added 15 yards to the team’s drive. Former Middle Georgia Stallion Donte Holmes picked of a Renegade pass in the third quarter, ran it home fourth. From the fifth to the eighth, the Red Sox had four baserunners. In the home fifth, Blain, play ing first base, started a 3-6- back for a touchdown, but the referees called the ball back on a flag. The Warriors maintained possession, and quarterback Sheddrick Risper scored his first rush ing touchdown of the sea son. The former Macon Knight threw 10-for-12 for 3 double play. After scoring the four unearned runs in the top of the first, the Tigers See TIGERS, page 3B BECTION 1B 196 yards and one 30-yard touchdown pass to younger brother Prentice Risper. International City receiver coach Jeff Ridley suited up and pulled down four recep tions for 86 yards. Gregory Howard added 16 yards See WIN, page 3B ’O6 Braves are still a .500 club The Atlanta Braves are 8-3 for the month of July and are now seven games under five hundred. I ’ m rooting for them to win because I said they would fin ish the year even. The Braves have played 91 games and are 42-49, 12 games behind Joe Sersey HHJ Correspondent pwrjmrrig ■< the New York Mets. I still say Atlanta will fin ish at 82-82 and should call themselves lucky to do so. Let’s start with pitching. John Thomson is ailing, Mike Hampton is dreaming of next season and Jorge Sosa is a no-show on the mound. The’ only bright spot is Oscar Villarreal with his 8-1, and that is from the bullpen. The team ranks ninth in earned run average at 4.73. That’s almost a full run worse than 2005. Smoltz is almost 40 and hasn’t made it through a full season in four years. The bullpen has recorded 20 saves and John Schuerholz has gone through 21 pitch ers this season. The Braves pitching staff ranks 13th in opposing teams’ batting averages at .276. The New York Mets are second in the league at .252 and have the best team ERA, 4.00. At the plate, Atlanta shows some pop. Brian McCann leads the team with a .343 average but doesn’t have enough See BRAVES, page 3B Locals come up short at championship Special to the HDJ ROME - Things went from good - or better - to bad for Ben Kishigian at the Georgia State Golf Association’s 85th Annual Georgia Amateur Championship, which took place Thursday-Sunday at Coosa Country Club. Following the first day of shooting, the Warner Robins native and former high school standout was tied for eight after shooting a 69. The leader at that time - Bill Brown of Dublin eventually won the tourna ment - was Ryan Zebeau See SHORT, page 68