Results From Tuesday, July 17

Four games played in the Valley; one game postponed; one game played in the Showcase… and two walk-offs!

Results

• Valley League 6, Sunbelt 4
• Front Royal at Strasburg PPD
• Waynesboro 3, Woodstock 2 (Blake Johnson walk-off 2-run single)
• Harrisonburg 5, Staunton 4
• New Market 8, Purcellville 7 (Kobe Lopez walk-off 2-run single)
• Charlottesville 6, Covington 4

Hitter of the Day

Our hitter of the day in Valley League regular season games is New Market’s Adan Fernandez, from Florida International. Adan was on base 4 times; he went 2-2, with 2 runs, 2 walks, and a double and triple. He’s now hitting 283/376/457 in 92 at-bats for the Rebels.

Others of Note

• Brandon Hernandez, Staunton: 2-3, 2 runs, 2 BB
• Bryson Parks, Staunton: 1-3, 2 RBIs, BB, HBP
• Brycen Braswell, Harrisonburg: 2-3, run, 2 SB
• Christian Garabedian, Purcellville: 3-5, 2 runs, RBI, HR
• Sergio Lopez, Purcellville: 2-4, 2 RBIs, BB
• Kenny Oyama, Purcellville: 2-3, run, 2 BB, SB
• Kyle Hayes, Purcellville: 3-4, 2 RBIs, 2B
• Chase Sudduth, New Market: 2-4, 2 runs, 2 RBIs, BB, HR
• Justin King, New Market: 2-4, run, 3 RBIs, HR
• Patrick McColl, Charlottesville: 2-4, 2 runs, RBI, 3B
• Brett Centracchio, Charlottesville: 2-4, 3 RBIs, 2B, BB

Pitcher of the Day

Woodstock’s Jacob Bradley did yeoman’s work last night for the Bandits, throwing 8 excellent innings against Waynesboro. He allowed 5 hits, 5 walks, 1 run, and struck out 7 to earn a game score of 70 over 110 pitches. Unfortunately, the Generals came back in the bottom of the 9th, and Jacob didn’t get the win. He’s 2-3, 3.98, with 42 K’s in 40 2/3 inning pitched this summer. He has been at Marshall for the last two college seasons, but is listed as attending ASA College in the Fall.

Others of Note

• Justin Beyer, Waynesboro: 5 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 7 K’s (66)
• Patrick O’Shea, Waynesboro: 2.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 4 K’s, win
• Cade Bullinger, Harrisonburg: 4.2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 5 K’s, win
• Will Guay, Purcellville: 6 IP, 3 H, 3 ER, 3 BB, 6 K’s (57)
• Evan Justice, Charlottesville: 4.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 3 K’s (63)
• Antonio Menendez, Charlottesville: 4 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 5 K’s, save

Tonight’s Games

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

Showcase

The Valley League hung on to win a close game against the Sunbelt League yesterday afternoon, 6-4. Led by JD Mundy’s 2 hits, 2 walks, run, and 2 RBIs, the VBL is the only summer league to remain undefeated after two years of the Showcase. Click here to read the story on the VBL website.