Even while former (and current) Valley Leaguers were getting drafted by MLB clubs, the games went on! (Is my timing a bit off here? The draft was over before the games started, I think) (Anyway, complete draft list coming out later on today)

Results

Winchester 7, Front Royal 3
Harrisonburg 12, Covington 1
Waynesboro 8, Staunton 4
New Market 6, Charlottesville 5
Strasburg 10, Woodstock 7

Hitter of the Day

Webb, Mitchell

Several strong candidates today, but the best stats were put up by Mitchell Webb, from Charlottesville and the University of Georgia! Mitchell went 4-4, with 2 runs, 2 RBIs, a home run, and a stolen base. He’s 7-19 in the ’16 VBL season, which comes out to 368/400/579. The sophomore infielder hit 192/299/299 in 167 at-bats for the Bulldogs this spring.

Others of Note

Bryan Arias, Harrisonburg: 3-5, run, 2 RBIs, 2B, HR
Tripp Shelton, Harrisonburg: 2-4, 2 runs, 2 RBIs, HR
Norry Galjour, Covington: 2-3, run, RBI, HR
TJ Condon, Waynesboro: 2-4, run, RBI, 2 2B
Kyle Jackson, Waynesboro: 2-3, run, RBI, BB, HR
Ben Socher, Charlottesville: 2-4, 3 RBIs, 2B, HBP
Chase DeMars, New Market: 3-4, 2B
Danton (Charles) Hyman, Woodstock: 3-6, 2 runs, RBI, 2B
Mattison Pike, Woodstock: 4-5
Sean Scales, Woodstock: 3-4, run, RBI, BB, 2B

Pitcher of the Day

Our POD is Harrisonburg’s Tucker McCoy, from James Madison! Tucker threw 6 shutout innings against Covington,Tucker McCoy JMU allowing only 2 hits, 1 walk, and striking out 4. He earned the win and a game score of 71 (the best since last Tuesday, June 7th). The Spotswood graduate is now 1-1, 2.25 in 12 innings, with 11 strikeouts this summer. As a sophomore at JMU in ’16, Tucker went 0-1, 10.03 in 23 2/3 innings pitched.

Others of Note

Jon Peterson, Winchester: 3 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K, win
Mitch Stophel, Front Royal: 3 2/3 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 2 K’s

Tonight’s Schedule

Staunton (Thaddeus Ward) at Charlottesville (Brian Fortier)
Winchester (Louis Pugliese) at Purcellville (Wade Arduini)
Strasburg (Benjamin Dum) at Waynesboro (Tyler Howe)
Harrisonburg (John McCarren) at New Market (Justin Crump)
Covington (Mike Hanchar) at Woodstock (Lane Wildman)