Mike Yastrzemski drove in the tiebreaking run with a pinch-hit double in the eighth inning, and Mauricio Dubón finished off Chicago with a two-run homer that carried the Braves to a 4-1 victory on Wednesday night. The Braves extended baseball’s best record to 30-13 and made it two in a row over the Cubs, who arrived in Atlanta with the NL’s second-best mark but now have lost a season-high four in a row.

The Clemson women’s golf team finished 9th in the Tallahassee Regional, Furman was 10th in Chapel Hill, and the College of Charleston was 10th in Louisville. All three missed the cut for the national tournament, as did all four USC golfers playing as independents.

According to college basketball reporter Rocco Miller, Coastal Carolina will play at Duke this coming season on November 5th.

Richland Northeast has selected DeMarcus Simons of Eau Claire as its new head football coach pending school board approval next week, according to The State.

Commissioners of the ACC and the Big 12 are supporting a 24-team college football playoff bracket. That is in contrast to what ESPN and the SEC favor, which is a 12 or 16-team format.