All five games were played last night, even though it rained much of the evening in Charlottesville. Let’s take a look:

Results

• Charlottesville 6, New Market 1
• Waynesboro 6, Harrisonburg 5
• Purcellville 6, Front Royal 1
• Winchester 8, Woodstock 2
• Staunton 16, Covington 8

Hitter of the Day

This is getting silly. For the fourth time this summer, the hitter of the day is Staunton’s Cole Swiger, from Bloomsburg! Cole, the HOD on June 10th, 15th, and 23rd, went 2-5, with 2 runs, 7 RBIs, a hit-by-pitch, and 2 home runs. His 7 RBIs is the 2nd highest total in a VBL game this year, behind only Purcellville’s Luke Berryhill, who drove in 10 on June 8th. Cole is now hitting 375/416/556 in 72 at-bats for the Braves.

Others of Note

• Caleb Walls, Harrisonburg: 2-4, run, RBI, 2B, 2 SB
• Zach Little, Harrisonburg: 3-5
• Andrew Orzel, Waynesboro: 3-4, run, 2 RBIs, 2B, HR
• Dalton Wingo, Waynesboro: 2-4, run, 2 2B, SB
• Jackson Webb, Waynesboro: 2-3, run, SB
• Alex Goebel, Woodstock: 1-3, 2 HBP
• Masen Prososki, Winchester: 2-3, BB, 2B
• Samyr Santos, Winchester: 1-2, 2 runs, 3 BB, SB
• Aaron Palensky, Winchester: 2-4, run, RBI, BB, 2B, SB
• William Welsh, Winchester: 1-2, run, 2 RBIs, 2 BB
• JD Mundy, Covington: 2-4, 3 runs, 3 RBIs, BB, HR
• William Simoneit, Staunton: 2-4, 2 runs, RBI, BB, HR
• Brycen Thomas, Staunton: 1-3, 2 runs, RBI, 2 BB
• Brandon Hernandez, Staunton: 2-3, 3 runs, BB, HBP, SB
• Dean Hermanson, Staunton: 2-4, 2 runs, RBI
• Hayden Leatherwood, Staunton: 2-4, run, RBI, 2B

Pitcher of the Day

The POD from last night is Winchester’s Evan Richardson, from Bard College! Evan threw 7 innings against Woodstock while allowing 5 hits, 2 runs, 2 walks, and striking out 7. He earned the win and a game score of 64. Evan is 2-0, 4.11, with 13 strikeouts in 19 2/3 innings pitched for the Royals.

Others of Note

• Matthew Mercer, New Market: 3 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 4 K’s
• Kyle Nicolas, Charlottesville: 4 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 3 BB, 1 K
• Jared Wetherbee, Charlottesville: 2 IP, 0 R, 0 R, 0 BB, 4 K’s
• Trey Shepard, Purcellville: 3.1 IP, 1 H, 1 ER, 4 BB, 4 K’s
• Parker Dyson, Purcellville: 2.2 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 5 K’s
• Vinny Adams, Purcellville: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K’s
• Jeremy Cook, Staunton: 2.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 6 K’s, win
• Alex Ford, Woodstock: 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 1 K

Tonight’s Games

• New Market at Harrisonburg
• Charlottesville at Waynesboro
• Covington at Woodstock
• Winchester at Front Royal
• Strasburg at Purcellville