Scott Wilcox hit two homers, and Waynesboro got some quality innings out of its bullpen to shut down Staunton, 10-7, Wednesday night at John Moxie Memorial Stadium.

The win, the ninth in 10 games for the Generals over the rival Braves, prevented Staunton from clinching a playoff berth for at least another night. Staunton (20-22) needs one win in its final two games – Thursday at Covington and Friday at Rockbridge – to sew up a berth. Should the Braves drop their final two, they would be forced into a one-game playoff with Woodstock (20-24), which stayed alive with an 11-6 win over New Market Wednesday night. (more…)

Joseph Lucas was solid in his second start of the season, and Waynesboro got four hits and four RBIs from leadoff hitter Brad Noland to beat Rockbridge 11-2. The win, coupled with Staunton’s 3-2 loss to Covington, clinches the South Division title and the #3 seed for the Generals in their final regular-season home game.

“It’s a big confidence boost clinching the division tonight. We’re confident going into the playoffs,” said Lucas, a Waynesboro High School graduate, who was dazzling on the mound in the clincher, giving up one run on six hits and striking out five in five and a third innings. (more…)

A three-run Jordan Walton triple keyed a five-run seventh-inning rally, and another run-scoring hit by Walton aided a three-run eighth that helped bring Waynesboro back from a 5-1 deficit and push the Generals to a 9-5 win over Staunton Sunday night at Mathers Park.

The win gives Waynesboro a two-and-a-half-game lead over Staunton in the Southern Division with three regular-season games remaining. The Generals’ magic number to clinch the division and the #3 seed in the upcoming Valley League playoffs stands at one. (more…)

Waynesboro got two runs in the first off Staunton starter Bryan Brown, but the Generals could muster only two more hits the rest of the way as the Braves rolled up a 5-2 win to notch their first win of the season over their Augusta County rivals.

Brown (1-0) went five innings in his first start of the season, giving up three hits and two runs, one earned, while striking out six and walking six. The Staunton bullpen was even sharper, with the trio of Sam Abrams, Logan Dodds and Tyler Smith giving up just one baserunner, an two-out, eighth-inning double to Dykota Spiess, in four innings of work. (more…)

Run-scoring hits by Brad Noland and Shane Halley keyed a three-run eighth-inning rally that gave Waynesboro the lead, and a three-run homer in the ninth by Jimmy Holton provided insurance as the Generals beat Staunton 10-6 Saturday night.

The win pushes Waynesboro to a 7-0 record against their rivals and gives the Generals a game-and-a-half lead in the Southern Division. (more…)