And the Valley League roars into the last day of June with 83 total runs scored in 5 games… even though the boxscores reflect “only” 82 (a run is missing in the Staunton-Waynesboro game).

Here we go- all five games played last night:

Results

• Front Royal 9, Strasburg 0
• Winchester 7, Purcellville 4
• New Market 11, Woodstock 8
• Harrisonburg 5, Charlottesville 2
• Staunton 18, Waynesboro 9 (The box shows that the Braves scored an astonishing 16 runs in the last three innings of this one- I would have liked to see that!)

Hitter of the Day

You just knew the HOD would have to come from this game, right? The HOD is, indeed, a hitter from the Staunton vs Waynesboro game. It’s Staunton’s Luke Jackson, from UNC Pembroke, who went 5-6, with 4 runs, 4 RBIs, 2 doubles, a home run, and a stolen base as well. Luke raised his slash lines to 321/361/446 in 56 at-bats this summer for the Braves. For Pembroke this spring, he hit 397/469/652 in 204 at-bats. Luke joins his college and summer teammates Seth Hartings and Trey Jacobs as a HOD at least once- the three of them now have four total awards.

Others of Note (It’s a long list today!)

• Colton Schultz, Strasburg: 2-4, 2 2B
• Rob Griswold, Front Royal: 1-3, 3 runs, 2 BB, SB
• Andrew Burden, Front Royal: 3-5, 2 runs, 3 RBIs, 2 2B
• Kendall Small, Front Royal: 2-3, run, BB
• Gunnar Ricketts, Purcellville: 2-3, run, 2 RBIs, BB, SB
• Jordan Huntley, Winchester: 3-4, run, 2 RBIs, 2 2B
• Chadwick Feeley, Winchester: 1-2, run, 2 RBIs, 2 BB, 3B
• Andrew Eyster, New Market: 3-5, 3 runs, 3 RBIs, 2B, HR
• Oraj Anu, New Market: 2-4, run, RBI, 2 2B, SF
• Riley Wash, New Market: 4-4, 3 runs, 3 RBIs, 2B, HR (On another day, Riley would have more than enough to be HOD)
• Connor Wilson, Woodstock: 2-4, run, 4 RBIs, BB, 2 2B
• William Jones, Woodstock: 2-3, BB
• Zach Little, Harrisonburg: 1-3, 3 RBIs, 2B
• Caleb Walls, Harrisonburg: 1-2, 2 runs, 2 HBP
• Cole Swiger, Staunton: 2-5, 2 runs, 4 RBIs, 3B, HR, HBP
• Eric Conner, Staunton: 1-4, 3 runs, RBI, 2 BB, 2B
• William Simoneit, Staunton: 2-5, run, 3 RBIs, BB, 2B, SB
• Brandon Hernandez, Staunton: 1-4, 2 runs, 2 BB
• Brycen Thomas, Staunton: 1-3, 2 runs, RBI, 2 BB
• Alex Brait, Waynesboro: 3-4, 2 runs, 4 RBIs, 2B, HR

Pitcher of the Day

Our pitcher of the day is the amazingly named Nicholas Beardsley, from Winchester and Point Park! (I mean- just look at that beard! I suppose a guy with his name has to have a beard, but still. Impressive.) Nicholas threw 7 shutout innings against Purcellville while allowing 2 hits, 4 walks, and striking out 5. He earned the win and a game score of 74. Nicholas is now 1-1, 4.69 for the Royals, with 20 strikeouts in 23 innings pitched. At Point Park in 2018, he went 7-2, 2.28, with 78 K’s in 79 innings.

Others of Note

• Jonathan Pintaro, Strasburg: 4 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 5 K’s
• Kobe Foster, Front Royal: 7 2/3 IP, 6 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 5 K’s, win, game score of 72
• Trey Alderman, Purcellville: 3 1/3 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 2 K’s
• Evan Justice, Charlottesville: 3 2/3 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 3 BB, 6 K’s
• Andrew Bohm, Harrisonburg: 5 2/3 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 4 K’s
• Graham Ashcraft, Waynesboro: 6 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 5 K’s

Tonight’s Games

• Woodstock at Harrisonburg (Doubleheader, listed at 6 PM and 9 PM)
• Purcellville at Charlottesville
• Waynesboro at Strasburg
• Covington at New Market
• Winchester at Staunton