Six games were played on Thursday- let’s take a look!
Results
Winchester 3, Front Royal 2 (Royals scored twice in the top of the 9th to win)
Charles Town 6, Aldie 5 (Sens scored twice in the top of the 9th to tie, but Cannons walked off in the bottom of the inning)
Harrisonburg 12, New Market 3 (Turks scored 5 in the first, 3 in the second…James Ziemba took care of the rest)
Waynesboro 7, Covington 4
Staunton 11, Charlottesville 9 (A total of 12 runs were scored in the 4th inning!)
Woodstock 16, Strasburg 4
Hitter of the Day
Our hitter of the day is Woodstock’s Joey Aiola, from Marist, who went 5-5, with 2 runs, 2 RBIs, a double, and a stolen base. Joey had a shot at 6 hits, but was replaced in the 9th inning by a pinch hitter. He’s now hitting 215/292/237 in 93 summer at-bats.
Others of Note (Seems like the whole league)
Spencer Levine, Winchester: 2-4, run, 2 RBIs, HR
Daontre Porter, Front Royal: 2-3, RBI, BB
Carter Cashman, Aldie: 2-4, 3 RBIs, BB, 2B
Bryson Bowman, Charles Town: 2-5, run, 2 RBIs, 2B
Cooper Coldiron, Charles Town: 2-2, run, 2 BB
Austin Bream, Charles Town: 2-3, run, RBI, 2 BB
Shane Billings, Harrisonburg: 4-5, 3 runs, HBP
Steven McLean, Harrisonburg: 4-6, 3 runs
Kameron Esthay, Harrisonburg: 2-3, run, 3 RBIs, SF
JJ Bissell, Harrisonburg: 1-3, run, RBI, 2 BB
Chris Cook, Waynesboro: 3-5, 2 runs, SB
Aubrey McCarty, Waynesboro: 3-3, RBI, 2B
Jose Carrera, Covington: 2-4, 2 runs, BB, SB
Jason Baytop, Covington: 2-5, 2 RBIs
Ryan Alvarez, Covington: 3-5
Cris Perez, Charlottesville: 2-5, 2 runs, 3 RBIs, 2 HR (Serious consideration for the top spot…)
Chris Clayton, Charlottesville: 2-4, run, BB
Billy Cooke, Charlottesville: 3-4, run, 2B, SB
Ryan Crile, Staunton: 2-4, 2 runs, RBI, BB, 2B
Andy Szamski, Staunton: 3-4, run, 2 RBIs, SF
Kam Gellinger, Staunton: 2-4, run, 2 RBIs, 2B
William Robbins, Woodstock: 2-4, 2 runs, 3 RBIs, BB
Justin Woods, Woodstock: 3-4, 3 runs, RBI, 2 BB, 2B
Matthew Koehler, Woodstock: 3-6, run, 2 RBIs, SB
Logan Hoggarth, Woodstock: 2-4, run, 2 BB
Collin Nyenhuis, Woodstock: 3-6, run, 3 RBIs, 2 2B
Kam Gellinger, Woodstock: 2-4, run, 2 RBIs, 2B
Pitcher of the Day
Our POD is Harrisonburg’s James Ziemba, from Duke, who threw a complete game against the Rebels in New
Market. James threw 9 innings and allowed 4 hits, 3 runs (2 earned), walked 1, and struck out 8 to earn the win and a game score of 76. James is now 3-1, 2.60, with 20 strikeouts in 27 2/3 innings pitched this summer.
Others of Note
Randy Dobnak, Front Royal: 7 IP, 6 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 8 K’s (68)
Jordan Gard, Aldie: 5 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 1 K (56)
Friday’s Schedule
Charles Town (Stephen Solomon) at Winchester (Joey Jones)
New Market (TBD)at Waynesboro (Robert Pearson)
Staunton (Walter Borkovich) at Covington (Josh Hudson)
Strasburg (Wade Arduini) at Aldie (Reid Van Woert)
Charlottesville (Matt Jamer) at Harrisonburg (TBD)
Front Royal (Mario Morales) at Woodstock (Ronnie Broyles)
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