Another dry night in the Shenandoah Valley!

Results

  • Strasburg 9, Front Royal 3: Express are 14-9; Cards fall to 8-15
  • New Market 9, Woodstock 0: New Market’s 14-10; Bandits are 13-9
  • Covington 6, Harrisonburg 5: Jacks are 10-11; Turks fall to 11-10
  • Waynesboro 12, Staunton 7: Waynesboro is 16-7; Staunton is 7-16. That’s seven wins in a row for the Generals, and 10 out of 11!

Hitter of the Day

The hitter of the day is Waynesboro’s Matt Cedarburg, from Southern Miss, who went 4-6, with two runs, an RBI, double, and stolen base. He’s been excellent this summer: he’s slashing .404/.481/.447 in 47 at-bats, and has been on base in every single game he’s appeared in so far (14).

Others of Note

  • Dallas Hite, Front Royal: 3-5, RBI, double
  • Brayton Brown, Strasburg: 3-5, two runs, two stolen bases
  • Cam Clonch, Strasburg: 1-3, two runs, three RBIs, walk, home run
  • Ty Hooks, Strasburg: 2-4, four RBIs, double
  • Matthew Russo, New Market: 2-4, run, RBI, HBP
  • Luke Lambert, New Market: 2-4, two runs, two RBIs, home run
  • Evan Wickeri, Covington: 3-5, run, RBI, double
  • Joshua Rodriguez, Covington: 2-3, run, RBI, home run (right after he broke his bat on a foul ball. He grabbed a new bat, jogged back to the plate, and BOOM- first pitch, gone to left field.)
  • Joseph Sullivan, Waynesboro: 2-3, RBI, three walks, double, stolen base
  • TJ Clarkson, Waynesboro: 1-2, run, two RBIs, three walks, home run
  • Grant Painter, Staunton: 3-4, run, RBI, walk, stolen base

Pitcher of the Day

The pitcher of the day, for the second time, is New Market’s Mason Moore. Moore fired 6 1/3 shutout innings against Woodstock, allowing seven hits, no walks, and struck out seven. The freshman from the University of Kentucky earned the win and a game score of 66. He’s now 3-0, 2.49 this summer, with 26 strikeouts in 21 2/3 innings (he was POD on June 9 as well). He threw 22 innings for UK this spring. (The featured photo is taken by Michael Terndrup at photographyninja.smugmug.com!)

Others of Note

  • Layton DeLoach, Strasburg: 3 1/3 innings, two hits, no runs, no walks, five K’s, win (He’s 5-0!)
  • Bradford Brooks, New Market: Two innings, one hit, no runs, no walks, one K
  • Cooper Webb, Covington: Four innings, four hits, three runs, one earned, no walks, one K
  • Trevor Wall, Covington: 2 1/3 shutout innings, two hits, no walks, two K’s, win
  • Sammy Cooper, Harrisonburg: Three innings, two hits, one unearned run, no walks, five K’s
  • David Rossow, Waynesboro: 2 1/3 innings, three hits, no runs, no walks, three K’s, win

Tonight’s Games

  • Strasburg (Kelley) at Winchester (Cohen) 5:00 PM
  • Front Royal (TBD) at Purcellville (TBD) 7 PM
  • Staunton (Payne) at Charlottesville (Wagner) 7 PM
  • Woodstock (TBD) at New Market (Johnson), 7:30 PM
  • Waynesboro (Kelly) at Harrisonburg (Williams) 7:30 PM

Coming in a bit: Power Rankings!