All five scheduled games were played last night, finally. I’m not going to give game reviews, because the league website has them up already, and we surely don’t have to be redundant.
Scores (I will post a playoff update later on today)
Strasburg 4, Charles Town 2
Woodstock 3, Front Royal 1
Covington 4, Staunton 3
Winchester 2, Aldie 0
Harrisonburg 8, New Market 3
Hitter of the Day
Our HOD is Harrisonburg’s Thomas Spitz, from Wingate, who went 3-4 with 2 runs, an RBI, a walk, and 2 stolen bases. Thomas has been a steady performer for the Turks this summer, as he’s hitting 280/356/427 in 36 games and 143 at-bats, with 30 runs, 8 doubles, 2 triples, 3 home runs, a 14/26 BB/K ratio, and 11 stolen bases.
Others of Note
Sky Overton, Strasburg: 2-4, BB, SB
Alex Lewis, Woodstock: 3-5, run
Joey Rodriguez, Staunton: 3-4, run, SB
Matt Rose, Harrisonburg: 2-3, 2 runs, 3 RBIs, 2B
Eric Kalbfleisch, Harrisonburg: 2-4, run, 2 RBIs, BB, 3B
Pitcher of the Day
Our pitcher of the day is Lucas Mould, from Winchester and Alabama Huntsville. Lucas threw a gem last night- a complete game
shutout against Aldie, while allowing 7 hits, 3 walks, and striking out 8 to earn the win. Lucas has split his time as a starter and reliever this summer, and has gone 1-2, 2.03, with 4 saves, 32 hits, 8 walks, and 34 strikeouts in 35 1/3 innings pitched.
Others of Note
Tanner Shelton, Harrisonburg: 7 2/3 IP, 3 hits, 2 runs, 4 BB, 3 K’s, win
Taylor Durand, Aldie: 7 IP, 3 hits, 2 runs, 5 BB, 5 K’s, loss
Griffin Fuller, Covington: 8 IP, 6 hits, 3 runs, 0 BB, 3 K’s, win
Nick Gollin, Strasburg: 5 IP, 4 hits, 1 run, 0 BB, 4 K’s
Michael O’Reilly, Woodstock: 4 2/3 IP, 4 hits, 1 run, 4 BB, 7 K’s
Jack Charleston, Charles Town: 5 IP, 6 hits, 1 run, 2 BB, 5 K’s
Colton Steber, New Market: 3 IP, 0 hits, 0 runs, 3 BB, 2 K’s
Schedule for Saturday, July 26
New Market (Stephen Butt) at Staunton (GAME IS SCHEDULED FOR 2 PM!)
Winchester (Nate Traugh) at Front Royal (Daniel Guido)
Woodstock (Austin Munn) at Strasburg (Taylor Martin)
Staunton at Waynesboro
Covington at Harrisonburg (Ben Parr)
Charles Town (Michael Scimanico) at Aldie (Reid van Woert)