Six games were played last night. Let’s take a look at the scores and implications to the playoff race…

Scores

  • Aldie 3, New Market 2 (7 innings)
  • New Market 7, Aldie 6 (7 innings): With the split, Aldie is in a three-way tie for 6th with Strasburg and Covington (6th, 7th, and 8th places). New Market is still in last place, 3.5 games behind the last spot for the playoffs.
  • Charles Town 8, Strasburg 7: CT overcame a 6-0 deficit and then scored an unearned run in the bottom of the 9th to upend the Express. The Cannons are getting closer and closer to the top of the league; they are now alone in 3rd place, 1.5 games behind the Turks and Cardinals. As mentioned above, the Express are in a three-way tie for 6th place.
  • Winchester 7, Staunton 3: Darrell Thompson shut down the explosive Brave bats to bring the Royals to 2.0 games behind the triumvirate in 6th place. The Braves have slipped to 5th place, 1.0 game behind Waynesboro, and 3.0 games ahead of Aldie/Strasburg/Covington.
  • Waynesboro 3, Woodstock 0: A combination of Kevin Doherty and Marcus Shippey shut out the RiverBandits, moving the Generals into 4th place, and only 2.5 games out of first. Woodstock, at 13-22, is now a full 3.0 games behind a playoff spot, and only .5 games ahead of last place New Market.
  • Harrisonburg 6, Front Royal 5: The Turks used a 4-run 8th inning (big blow was a bases-clearing double by Mitchell Matulia) to move percentage points ahead of Front Royal into 1st place. Turks are 22-12, Cards are 23-13.

Hitter of the Day

Andrew Yacyk Charles Town 2014Our hitter of the day is Charles Town’s Andrew Yacyk, from Liberty! Andrew hit two home runs last night, along with a wingle, scored 3 runs, drove in 4, and also walked once. For the year so far, he’s hitting 261/340/568 in 88 at-bats, with 9 doubles and 6 home runs.

Others of Note

Timothy Kiene, New Market: 2-2, BB, HBP, 2B
Howard Joe, Strasburg: 2-4, 2 runs, 3 RBIs, 3B
Tyler McDonald, Strasburg: 2-3, BB, 2B
Justin Harris, Charles Town: 3-5, 2 runs, RBI, 2B
Jerry Downs, Winchester: 2-4, BB
Wesley Hoover, Winchester: 1-3, 2 RBIs, HBP, BB
Michael Hyman, Winchester: 2-4, 2 runs, RBI, 3B, SB
Andrew Brodbeck, Woodstock: 3-4
Mike Marcinko, Waynesboro: 3-4, run, SB
Patrick Wright, Aldie: 1-2, 2 RBIs, 2 HBP
Joe Chittester, New Market: 2-2, 3 runs, BB, SB
Josh Mason, New Market: 2-3, 2 runs, 2 RBIs, BB, 2B, 3B
Dom Wyshinski, New Market: 2-3, run, RBI, BB, 2B
Spencer Wolfe, Front Royal: 1-1, 3 BB
Daniel Nichols, Harrisonburg: 2-3, 2 runs, HBP
Mitchell Matulia, Harrisonburg: 3-4, 3 RBIs, 2B

Pitcher of the Day

The pitcher with the highest game score last night is Winchester’s Darrell Thompson, from Shenandoah University, who threw 8Darrell Thompson Shenandoah innings against Staunton, allowing only 5 hits, 2 runs, 1 walk, and struck out 8 (game score of 71). Darrell is 2-1, 4.36 for the summer, with 29 hits, 14 walks, and 30 strikeouts in 33 innings pitched.

Others of Note

Michael O’Reilly, Woodstock: 7 IP, 6 hits, 3 runs (2 earned), 1 BB, 5 K’s, loss (59)
Kevin Doherty, Waynesboro: 6 IP, 8 hits, 0 runs, 1 BB, 2 K’s, win (57)
Marcus Shippey, Waynesboro: 3 IP, 1 hit, 0 runs, 1 BB, 2 K’s, save
Logan Onda, Harrisonburg: 3 IP, 1 hit, 0 runs, 2 BB, 1 K, win