All five games were played last night, and the hitters stepped back up.
Results
Harrisonburg 5, Covington 3
New Market 12, Winchester 6 (Zach Sterry hits his 11th HR)
Charlottesville 4, Woodstock 3 (12 innings- both teams scored in the 11th; Tom Sox’s Jack Weiller singled in Jack Morris in the 12th)
Strasburg 11, Purcellville 9 (Express scored 3 in the 9th to win, and clinch a playoff spot)
Waynesboro 14, Staunton 5 (Game was tied 4-4 going into the 8th inning)
Hitter of the Day
Three extra base hits is an extraordinary night, and that’s just what Strasburg’s Carter Pharis achieved last night against Purcellville. Carter, from UAB, went 3-4, with 2 runs, 3 RBIs, a walk, and 3 doubles. Carter, who was also the HOD back on June 23, is now hitting 333/439/504 in 117 at-bats. He has 11 doubles, 3 home runs, and a stellar 16/13 BB/K ratio.
Others of Note (here we go….)
Luke Manzo, New Market: 3-5, 3 runs, 3 RBIs, 2 SB
Chase DeMars, New Market: 3-6, 2 runs, 3 RBIs, HR
Bowen McGuffin, New Market: 2-5, 2 runs, 2 RBIs, 2 2B
Brady Lloyd, New Market: 2-4, 2 runs, 2B, 3B
Jaylen Woullard, Winchester: 3-4, run, RBI, 3 SB
Christian Leung, Woodstock: 3-4, run, BB, 3B
Brian Fortier, Charlottesville: 3-5, 2 2B
Donovan May, Strasburg: 4-5, run, RBI, 3 SB
Erick Delgado, Strasburg: 3-5, 2 runs, RBI
Haiden Lamb, Strasburg: 2-2, 3 runs, RBI, BB
Tommy Ziegen, Purcellville: 3-5, 2 runs, 2B
PJ Harris, Purcellville: 3-5, 2 2B, 2 runs
Jarrett Clymer, Purcellville: 3-4, run, RBI
Diandre Simon, Purcellville: 2-3, 2 runs, RBI, 2 BB
Zach Sterry, Waynesboro: 3-6, run, 2 RBIs, 2B, HR
Brent Sakurai, Waynesboro: 2-4, 2 runs, RBI, 2 BB, 2 SB
Jordan Fucci, Staunton: 3-4, 2 runs, 3 RBIs
Adam Sisk, Staunton: 2-4, run, RBI, 2B, HR
TJ Condon, Waynesboro: 2-3, run, 2 BB, 2B
Tracy Hadley, Waynesboro: 2-5, 2 runs, 3 RBIs, 2B
Pitcher of the Day
Our POD, for the 3rd time, is Harrisonburg’s Corey Childress, from Troy! Corey threw 8 innings against the
Lumberjacks, allowing 4 hits, 2 unearned runs, 1 walk, and striking out 5. He got the win and a game score of 74. Overall this summer, he’s 5-2, 3.10, with 47 hits, 10 walks, and 46 strikeouts in 49 1/3 innings.
Others of Note
Chris Miranda-Carr, Covington: 3.1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 6 K’s
Drew Mancuso, Woodstock: 6 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 4 K’s
Joshua Smutzer, Charlottesville: 4 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 3 K’s, win
Tonight’s Games
Covington (Orlando Cannon) at Staunton (Parker Johnson) Game 1- 6 PM
Covington (Orsen Josephina) at Staunton (Samuel Crocker) Game 2- 830 PM
Front Royal (Andrew Honiotes) at Charlottesville (Wil Hartsell)
Harrisonburg (TBD) at Winchester (John Lollar)
Waynesboro (Adam Tarver) at Strasburg (Derrick Mount)
Woodstock (Hunter Morgan) at Purcellville (Tyler Yancy)