Five games played last night—

Scores

Aldie 4, Waynesboro 3 (Generals tied for 4th (with Staunton), Sens tied for 7th, and solidifies hold on a spot in playoffs)
Front Royal 3, Staunton 2 (Cards still one game in front; Braves tied for 4th (with Waynesboro))
Strasburg 2, Covington 1 (Exprerss slips past Covington by a half game into 6th; Lumberjacks fall into tie with Aldie for 7th)
Harrisonburg 5, Winchester 0 (Turks still one game out of first; Royals now 2.5 games out of playoffs)
Woodstock 5, New Market 4 (Bandits 2.5 out of 8th; Rebels are 3.5 out)

Hitter of the Day

2013-14 FAU Athletics Head ShotsOur hitter of the day is Woodstock’s Esteban Puerta, from Florida Atlantic! Esteban went 2-3 against New Market, with a run, 2 RBIs, a walk, and a home run. On the season, Puerta is hitting 279/381/423 in 104 at-bats, with a 16/25 BB/K ratio.

Others of Note

Andrew Seigel, Aldie: 2-4, run, 2 2B
Joey Rodriguez, Staunton: 2-3, run, RBI, HBP
Hunter Newman, Front Royal: 1-4, run, 2 RBIs, HR (the difference vs. Staunton)
Anthony Payne, Strasburg: 1-3, 2 runs, RBI, BB, HR (scored both runs vs. Covington)
Blake Edwards, Covington: 2-4, run, BB
Grant McKown, Covington: 2-3, RBI, BB, 2B
Alex Mata, Winchester: 3-4, 2B
Cody Acker, New Market: 2-4, run, BB, 2 SB
Timothy Kiene, New Market: 2-4, run, 3 RBIs, BB, HR
Andrew Brodbeck, Woodstock: 3-3, 2 runs, BB, 2B, SB

Pitcher of the Day

This was a close one, but the pitcher with the best game score from last night is Front Royal’s Jake Harper, from St. Joseph’sJake Harper St Josephs 2014 College. Jake ran his record to 5-0 with his performance, in which he went 8 innings and allowed 3 hits, 2 runs, 0 walks, and struck out 8. Jake has allowed 36 hits and 11 walks in 49 1/3 innings, along with 43 strikeouts.

Others of Note

Kevin Lewallyn, Harrisonburg: 9 inning shutout, 9 hits, 1 BB, 2 K’s, win (70) (Harper’s game score was 76- pretty close!)
Junior Delatorre, Aldie: 6 IP, 2 hits, 2 runs, 2 BB, 8 K’s, win (66)
Chris Walkerow, Covington: 6 IP, 2 hits, 2 runs, 2 BB, 2 K’s (60)
Cody Beck, Staunton: 7 1/3 IP, 6 hits, 3 runs, 3 BB, 7 K’s (58)
Joseph Marco, Covington: 3 Ip, 2 hits, 0 runs, 0 BB, 1 K

Reece Karalus, Aldie: Struck out the side in the 9th inning to preserve the 4-3 win