An odd day, weather-wise. The clouds were threatening all day, and the forecast was grim, but only one game was out-and-out postponed. So four games were played:
Results
- Woodstock at Charlottesville- PPD
- Waynesboro 7, Purcellville 1 (8 innings- shortened by rain)
- Harrisonburg 8, Winchester 0
- Covington 6, Front Royal 4
- New Market 7, Staunton 1
Hitter of the Day
Our hitter of the day is UMBC’s Christian Torres, who went 3-3 for Covington last night, along with a double and 3 RBIs. Torres is 21-51 this summer so far, with slash lines of 412/492/608… and he has a current 8-game hitting streak!
Others of Note
- Seth Cannady, Waynesboro: 2-3, 3 runs, RBI, 3B, SB
- Elijah Quiceno, Waynesboro: 0-1, 3 BB
- Wes Clarke, Waynesboro: 2-3, run, RBI, BB
- Bryson Worrell, Waynesboro: 2-5, run, 3 RBIs, HR
- Jack Murphy, Waynesboro: 3-4, 2B
- Jacob Edwards, Harrisonburg: 0-0, run, 3 BB
- Josh Madole, Harrisonburg: 3-5, run, 3 RBIs, 2B
- Jed Bryant, Harrisonburg: 2-5, 2 RBIs, 2 2B
- Domenic Boselli, Covington: 1-3, RBI, 2 BB
- Easton Waterman, Front Royal: 3-4, run
- Andrew Czech, Staunton: 2-3, RBI
- Alvaro Valdez, New Market: 2-3, 3 runs, BB, SB
Pitcher of the Day
Harrisonburg’s Eli Ellington, from UNC-Charlotte, is the pitcher of the day from last night. Eli threw an impressive 4 shutout innings against Winchester, allowing only 1 hit and 2 walks, and he struck out 9 to earn a game score of 67. Ellington is 0-0, 0.69 in 13 innings so far this summer… with 26 strikeouts! He has a current 12 inning shutout streak, too.
Others of Note
- Tyler Shuck, Waynesboro: 5 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 5 K’s, win
- Alex Hoppe, Harrisonburg: 4 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 6 K’s, win
- Michael Rotenberry, Covington: 3 1/3 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 4 K’s, win
- Lliam Grubbs, Staunton: 5 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 6 K’s, loss
- Logan Morrison, New Market: 5 1/3 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 4 K’s, win
Tonight’s Games
- Waynesboro at Woodstock (7 PM)
- Winchester at Charlottesville (7 PM)
- New Market at Covington (7 PM)
- Purcellville at Harrisonburg (730 PM)
- Strasburg at Staunton (730 PM)
