Scores, Hitter and Pitcher of the Day, Saturday July 5

All six games were played last night!

Scores

Aldie 9, Waynesboro 2 (7 inn)
Aldie 5, Waynesboro 4 (8 inn)
Harrisonburg 13, Winchester 7
Strasburg 8, Covington 5
Staunton 4, Front Royal 1
Woodstock 8, New Market 7

Hitter of the Day

Our hitter of the day is, once again, Covington’s Jose Carrera, from Manhattan College. Jose is on a tear for the ‘Jacks lately, getting 11 hits in his last 18 at-bats. Last night, Jose went 4-5, with 3 runs, 2 RBIs, a double, and a home run. For the season so far, Jose is hitting 350/422/490 in 100 at-bats, with 8 doubles, 2 home runs, and a fantastic 12/5 BB/K ratio. (I have seen multiple comments about how it is an injustice that Jose is not invited to the All-Star game tonight. It certainly seems like he should be invited based on those numbers, it’s true, although I have done ZERO research on who should and shouldn’t be there. I hope he keeps hitting like this, which is all he can do at this point!)

Others of Note (Whew- what a list!)

Christopher Brazil, Aldie: 3-4, 2 runs, 3 RBIs, 2 2B
Matt Albanese, Aldie: 3-4, run, RBI, SB
Christopher Barr, Harrisonburg: 2-5, 2 runs, RBI, BB, 2B
Matt Rose, Harrisonburg: 2-5, run, 4 RBIs, HR
Eric Kalbfleisch, Harrisonburg: 2-3, 2 runs, RBI, 2 BB, 2 2B
Luke Czajkowski, Harrisonburg: 2-5, 2 runs, 3 RBIs, HR
Alex Mata, Winchester: 2-5, 2 runs, RBI, HR
Cody Bower, Winchester: 2-4, RBI, BB
Michael Hyman, Winchester: 3-4, run, RBI, 2B
Jose Bonilla, Strasburg: 2-3, run, 2 BB, 2B
Anthony Payne, Strasburg: 2-5, 2 runs, RBI, 2B
Howard Joe, Strasburg: 3-5, 2 runs, RBI, 2 2B
Luke Wurzelbacher, Strasburg: 2-4, run, 2 RBIs, 2B
Kevin Krupp, Waynesboro: 2-2, RBI, BB
Joey Rodriguez, Staunton: 2-3, run, 2 RBIs, BB, SF
Andrew Brodbeck, Woodstock: 2-5, 3 RBIs
Will Malbon, Woodstock: 2-4, run, BB
Cody Acker, New Market: 3-4, 2 RBIs, BB, 2B
Darien Carpenter, New Market: 2-4, 2 runs, BB, 3B

Pitcher of the Day

Our pitcher of the day is not only pitching for Staunton, but he’s FROM Staunton,  too! It’s Tyler Zombro, from George Mason. Tyler threw 6 innings against Front Royal, and allowed only 4 hits, 1 run, 0 walks, and struck out 3 to earn the win (and a game score of 63). Tyler is now 2-0, 1.80, with 9 strikeouts in 10 innings pitched. Tyler was named to the Atlantic 10 All-Rookie team in 2014 for Mason. (As an additional note, both of his parents competed in sports at Bridgewater College- it’s possible that I played baseball against his dad!)

Others of Note

Brett Morgan, Harrisonburg: 3 no-hit, shutout innings, 2 BB, 5 K’s, save (62)
Caleb Powell, Wayensboro: 3 2/3 IP, 1 hit, 0 runs, 0 BB, 2 K’s (61)
Zachary Zona, Aldie: 5 IP, 4 hits, 2 runs, 1 BB, 7 K’s, win (57)
Logan Longwith, Front Royal: 4 1/3 IP, 4 hits, 1 run, 0 BB, 5 K’s (56)

The only game on the schedule tonight is