All five games were played last night, and it looks like the pitchers have reasserted themselves a bit. This has been a hitter-heavy summer, but last night “only” 44 runs were scored in the 5 games on the schedule.

Results

• Front Royal 6, Winchester 2
• Waynesboro 7, Harrisonburg 4
• Staunton 3, Charlottesville 1 (11 innings)
• Purcellville 4, Woodstock 2
• New Market 9, Strasburg 6

Hitter of the Day

Our hitter of the day, for the third time, is New Market’s Andrew Eyster, from Santa Fe enroute to South Carolina. Andrew went 2-3 last night, with a run, RBI, 2 walks, a double, home run, and stolen base. He’s now hitting 441/531/765 in 68 summer at-bats, with 7 doubles, 5 home runs, 20 RBIs, and an 11/10 BB/K ratio. He is leading the league in hitting.

Others of Note

• Spencer Packard, Front Royal: 3-5, run, 2B
• Andrew Burden, Front Royal: 3-4, 2 runs, RBI, BB, 2B
• Alex Briggs, Front Royal: 2-4, RBI, BB, 2B
• Kendall Small, Front Royal: 3-4, run, RBI, 2 2B
• Dalton Wingo, Waynesboro: 1-2, 2 runs, RBI, 2 BB
• Trey Jacobs, Staunton: 3-5, run
• Matthew Koehler, Purcellville: 1-2, RBI, 3 BB, SB
• Sergio Lopez, Purcellville: 2-3, run, BB, 3B
• Clayton Jeffries, Woodstock: 3-3, run, BB
• Kieton Rivers, Strasburg: 2-3, 2 runs, 3 RBIs, HR
• Anthony Pecora, Strasburg: 2-5, run, RBI, 2B, HR
• Chase Sudduth, New Market: 0-1, run, 3 BB
• Marc Coffers, New Market: 2-4, run, 4 RBIs, 2B, 3B

Pitcher of the Day

There were three excellent starts last night; well, four, really, but three really outstanding ones. The best game score, however, goes to Charlottesville’s Jared Wetherbee, from Elon, who threw 5 dominating, shutout innings against Staunton. He allowed only 1 hit, 1 walk, and struck out 9 to earn a game score of 73. Jared is now 2-1, 1.76, with a crazy 31 strikeouts in 16 1/3 innings pitched. This was his first start of the year!

Others of Note

• Justin Showalter, Staunton: 8 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 2 K’s (69)
• Ramon Miranda, Front Royal: 6 2/3 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 3 BB, 8 K’s, win (65)
• Fred Villarreal, Waynesboro: 5 1/3 IP, 6 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 9 K’s, win (56)
• Hunter Gregory, Charlottesville: 4 IP, 5 H,1 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 5 K’s

Tonight’s Games

• Front Royal at Covington (Doubleheader, 5 PM, 7 PM- battle between first place clubs)
• Waynesboro at Winchester
• Charlottesville at Strasburg
• New Market at Staunton