Five games were played last night- we’re on a roll. We had a huge comeback in the 9th, another one in the 8th, and a couple blowouts, including an epic 17-run outburst.

Results

  • Charlottesville 3, Harrisonburg 2
  • Strasburg 12, Purcellville 3
  • Covington 9, Staunton 3
  • Woodstock 7, New Market 6
  • Front Royal 17, Winchester 8

Hitter of the Day

Our hitter of the day is Strasburg’s Bryson Horne, from Georgia Highlands (signee of Columbus State), who went 4-5, with three runs, two home runs, the three RBIs in the Express’s extra-base-hit explosion last night against Purcellville. Helping the Express both on the mound and at the plate, Horne is now hitting .333/.372/.482 in 118 at-bats this summer.

Others of Note

  • Trey McDyre, Charlottesville: 2-3, 2 RBIs, BB, 2B
  • Morgan Hyde, Purcellville: 3-4, RBI
  • Josiah Ortiz, Strasburg: 3-4, 4 runs, RBI, BB, HR
  • Sonny Dicharia, Strasburg: 3-5, 3 runs, 5 RBIs, 2 HR
  • Brandon Henson, Strasburg: 3-5, run
  • Jacob Selden, Staunton: 2-3, run, BB
  • Callaway Sigler, Staunton: 2-3, run, RBI, BB
  • Joe Fortin, Covington: 2-3, run, RBI, BB, HBP, SB
  • Domenic Boselli, Covington: 3-3, run, BB, SB
  • Jonah Seagears, New Market: 1-3, 3 runs, 2 BB, 2 SB, 2B
  • Joshua Cox, New Market: 2-3, run, BB, 2B, SB
  • Nicolas Nolan, New Market: 2-4, run, RBI, BB, 2B
  • Aidan Nagle, Woodstock: 3-5, 3 runs, RBI, HR
  • Dylan Menhennett, Front Royal: 3-5, 2 runs, 2B, BB
  • Derek Orndorff, Front Royal: 4-6, 3 runs, 2 RBIs, HR
  • Matthew Cooper, Front Royal: 2-5, 4 runs, RBI, BB
  • Tre Dabney, Front Royal: 2-3, 2 runs, RBI, 2 BB, HBP
  • Carson Bell, Front Royal: 2-5, 3 runs, 3 RBIs, BB
  • Arrison Perez, Front Royal: 3-5, 2 2B, 5 RBIs

Pitcher of the Day

The pitcher of the day is Charlottesville’s Jaspar Carmichael, from Johns Hopkins, who threw five one-hit, shutout innings against Harrisonburg, along with two walks and five strikeouts. He earned the win and a game score of 68. This was Carmichael’s first appearance of the summer.

Others of Note

  • Alex Lozado, Harrisonburg: 7 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 0 BB, 5 K’s, loss
  • Justin Showalter, Staunton: 6 IP, 11 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 6 K’s
  • Carson Werrmann, Covington: 6 IP 5 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 5 K’s
  • Kelyn Fox, New Market: 3 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
  • James Deloatch, Woodstock: 3 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 5 K’s

Tonight’s Games

  • Harrisonburg at Waynesboro, doubleheader (5:30 p.m., 7 p.m.)
  • Front Royal at Purcellville (7 p.m.)
  • Charlottesville at Covington (7 p.m.)
  • Strasburg at New Market (7:30 p.m.)
  • Winchester at Staunton (7:30 p.m.)
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