All the stuff you need to know from Saturday, June 7- day 8 of the season!

Results

Front Royal 6, Strasburg 0
Covington 13, New Market 6
Waynesboro 5, Charles Town 4
Staunton 9, Aldie 0
Harrisonburg 9, Woodstock 8 (11 innings)

Hitter of the Day

Blake Edwards Columbus State 2014Our hitter of the day is Covington’s Blake Edwards, the rising junior from Columbus State. Blake had a great night against New Market, going 5-5, with 5 runs, 2 RBIs, a double, triple, and stolen base. for the season now, Blake is hitting 476/476/667 in 21 at-bats. Quite the start!

Others of Note

Quite a number today!

Hunter Newman, Front Royal: 2-4, run, RBI, 2 2B
Zach Beckner, Front Royal: 2-4, run, RBI, 2 2B
Jose Carrera, Covington: 3-4, 2 runs, 4 RBIs, 2B, HR
Mikael-Ali Mogues, Covington: 1-2, run, 2 RBIs, 3 BB, 2 SB
Justin Harris, Charles Town: 3-4, 2 runs, HBP, 2 SB
Travis Naraine, Waynesboro: 2-2, 2 runs, RBI, 2 BB, HBP, 2 SB
Eugene Vazquez, Waynesboro: 2-2, 3 BB
Cole Gruber, Waynesboro: 2-2, run, 2 BB, SB
Richie Ricciardi, Staunton: 3-5, run, RBI, BB
Stephen Windham, Staunton: 3-3, run, BB, 2B
Brandon Delk, Staunton: 3-5, run, 2 RBIs, 2 2B
Thomas Spitz, Harrisonburg: 2-3, 3 runs, RBI, BB, SB
Matt Rose, Harrisonburg: 3-6, 2 runs, 3 RBIs, 2B, HR
Jace Whitley, Harrisonburg: 2-5, RBI, BB, 2B
Logan Hoggarth, Woodstock: 2-4, 3 runs, RBI, 2 BB, SB
Zach Garrett, Woodstock: 2-4, 2 runs, 4 RBIs, 3B, HR
Dave Hoffman, Woodstock: 3-5, run

Pitcher of the Day

Another day, another season high in game score. For Saturday’s games, it was Staunton’s Kooper Kessler, the rising senior from Kooper Kessler Middle Tennessee State 2014Middle Tennessee State. Kooper shut down the Aldie Senators, throwing 8 shutout innings, and allowing 5 hits, 0 walks, and striking out 11. His game score is 83- a new high for the season!

Others of Note

Keegan Long, Front Royal: 6 IP, 1 hit, 0 runs, 1 BB, 2 K’s, win (71)

Cody Strayer, Covington: 5 IP, 1 hit, 1 run (earned), 1 BB, 5 K’s, win (65)

Tyler Brown, Harrisonburg: 3 IP, 0 hits, 0 runs, 0 BB, 3 K’s, win (62)

Justin Ratte, Woodstock: 3 IP, 2 hits, 0 runs, 0 BB, 3 K’s (58)

Caleb Powell, Waynesboro: 6 IP, 6 hits, 2 runs (earned), 0 BB, 4 K’s, win (56)