Four of the five games were played last night, even with storms crashing through the Valley. Here we go:

Results

  • Harrisonburg at Covington, PPD
  • Waynesboro 9, Staunton 4
  • Front Royal 6, New Market 2
  • Winchester 9, Woodstock 7- Austin Bulman walk-off two-run home run! (But also, this boxscore is not available at this time, unfortunately, so this is all the info I have.)
  • Strasburg 16, Purcellville 7

Hitter of the Day

Our Hitter of the Day is Waynesboro’s Max Weller, from Arizona Western, who went 3-4, with two runs, a double, triple, and four RBIs. He was a home run short of the cycle (would have been our second in two days). Weller has hit in all four games so far this summer, and is 7-14 with four runs and five RBIs. In 150 at-bats this spring, he hit .300/.468/.480.

Others of Note

  • Ryan McCarty, Staunton: 2-3, two runs, RBI, walk, home run, stolen base
  • Luke Chung, Waynesboro: 1-3, run, RBI, two walks
  • Will Schroeder, Front Royal: 3-4, run, two RBIs, double, home run
  • Kris Allen, Front Royal: 2-4, run, two RBIs
  • Mac McCroskey, Strasburg: 2-5, two runs, RBI, walk, stolen base
  • Brayton Brown, Strasburg: 2-4, run, RBI, two walks
  • Cam Irvine, Strasburg: 1-3, four runs, three walks, double
  • JJ Sousa, Strasburg: 2-3, two runs, three RBIs, home run
  • Jack Hicks, Purcellville: 2-4, two runs, RBI
  • Jimmy Goldsmith, Purcellville: 1-2, run, RBI, two HBP, home run

Pitcher of the Day

Our POD is Nick Chittum, who spun five dominating innings for Waynesboro. He went five innings and allowed one hit, one earned run, walked two, and struck out six to earn the win and a game score of 65. He threw a clean inning in relief in his only other appearance this summer. He threw six innings for Eastern Michigan this spring.

Others of Note

  • Ryan Murphy, Front Royal: Five innings, four hits, no runs, two walks, two K’s, win (Game score: 59)
  • Daniel Ouderkirk, Strasburg: 2 2/3 innings, one hit, one run, two walks, seven K’s. I received a report from Matt Neal who said that Ouderkirk threw 28 strikes in his work last night- with an amazing 22 of them swings and misses!
  • Nate LaRue, Strasburg: two innings, no hits, no runs, no walks, six K’s

Tonight’s Games

  • New Market at Strasburg, 7 PM
  • Staunton at Charlottesville, 7 PM
  • Waynesboro at Harrisonburg, 7:30 PM (Makeup from Tuesday, June 8)
  • Weller
  • Chittum