Four games were played last night, with the winner in each scoring 7 runs or more. It’s definitely been a hitter’s league this year.

In fact, the record for teams in games in which they score 3 or less runs this season is 5-49, for a .093 winning percentage. This is the lowest by far since I started tracking the stat in 2014. (Scoring 7 or more runs? 60-13, .822 winning percentage. Oh the fun stats I have around here…)

Results

  • Charlottesville 15, Staunton 7 (Pointstreak did not work for this game, but Steve Cox graciously sent some of the top performers my way.)
  • Covington 8, Waynesboro 6
  • Strasburg 7, Harrisonburg 5
  • Front Royal 12, New Market 4

Hitter(s) of the Day

Sometimes the choice is obvious; sometimes the choice is difficult; sometimes the choice is impossible. Today, it’s impossible, so we have two hitters of the day:

  • Andrew Burden, Front Royal, from Piedmont College. Andrew went 4-5, with 3 runs, 5 RBIs, a double, and 2 home runs. He’s hitting 365/441/673 in 52 at-bats for the Cards this summer. Andrew was great for Piedmont this spring, when he hit 405/514/571 in 168 at-bats.
  • Dominic D’Alessandro, Charlottesville, from George Washington. Dominic went 5-6, with 2 runs, 5 RBIs, and 2 doubles. This was his second game driving in 5 runs; he had 5 RBIs on June 12th as well. Dominic raised his batting average 58 points in this one game; he’s now 19-60 this summer (.317). He hit 318/394/544 in 195 at-bats this spring for GW.

Others of Note

  • JD Mundy, Covington: 1-3, 2 runs, 4 RBIs, 2 BB, HR (His 9th already. 3 more will put him on the 2004-2018 league record book list…)
  • Tyler Hill, Covington: 2-5, run, 2 RBIs, HR
  • Paul Castillo, Harrisonburg: 2-4, run, RBI, 2B, HR
  • Kieton Rivers, Strasburg: 1-4, 2 runs, 3 RBIs, walk-off 2-run HR
  • Christian Avant, Front Royal: 3-6, 2 runs, SB
  • Spencer Packard, Front Royal: 1-3, 2 runs, RBI, 2 BB
  • Alex Briggs, Front Royal: 2-4, run, RBI, BB
  • Brady Ballstadt, Front Royal: 3-4, run, 2 RBIs, BB
  • Webb Little, Front Royal: 3-5, run, 3 RBIs
  • Oraj Anu, New Market: 2-3, run, RBI, HR
  • Riley Wash, New Market: 2-3, run, RBI, HR
  • Will Allocca, Charlottesville: 3-5, run, RBI

Pitcher of the Day

Our POD is Charlottesville’s Cody Maw, from Charleston Southern! Cody threw 5 shutout innings in relief last night, allowing 3 hits, 2 walks, and striking out 9 (and he earned the win). Cody is now 1-1, 3.64, with 29 strikeouts in 17 1/3 innings pitched. For Southern this spring, he went 3-2, 3.52 in 61 1/3 innings.

Others of Note

  • Justin Beyer, Waynesboro: 3 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 5 K’s
  • Kevin Mintz, Harrisonburg: 3.1 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 6 K’s
  • Chance Hroch, Strasburg: 7 IP, 6 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 9 K’s
  • Andrew Brighton, Front Royal: 7 Ip, 6 H, 3 ER, 0 BB, 3 K’s, win

Tonight’s Games

  • Winchester at Waynesboro
  • Covington at Charlottesville
  • Front Royal at Purcellville
  • Strasburg at Woodstock
  • Harrisonburg at Staunton
Burden
Maw
D’Alessandro