A two-out, four-run seventh-inning rally erased a 4-3 Generals lead and lifted the #6 seed Rockbridge to a 7-4 win over the #3 seed Waynesboro, sending the Rapids to the Valley League semifinals and ending the Generals’ 2011 season. (more…)

Jordan Elliot’s 149-pitch effort was more than enough to lift Rockbridge to an 11-3 win over Waynesboro in Game 1 of the best-of-three quarterfinal series between the teams.

Elliot took a shutout into the ninth before the Generals got on the board on an RBI double by Jordan Walton, an RBI fielder’s choice by Scott Wilcox and an RBI single by Jimmy Holton.

Elliot (4-1) went eight and a third innings and gave up nine hits – five of those in the ninth.

Waynesboro starter Adam Curtis (4-4) had a much shorter outing – not making it out of the second while giving up eight runs, seven earned, on eight hits.

Walton was 3-for-4 at the plate, and Devin Smith had two hits in four trips.

Game 2 is Sunday night in Lexington. Ryan Ashooh (3-0, 3.18 ERA) gets the start for the Generals.

Waynesboro used a homer, three hits and five RBI from Travis Echols and eight strong innings on the mound from Tavis Bruce to ride to an easy 11-2 win over Covington in the regular-season finale for both teams Friday night.

The Generals (26-18), the #3 seed in the 2011 Valley League playoffs, will host #6 seed Rockbridge (21-23) Saturday at 7 p.m. at Mathers Park in Waynesboro in Game 1 of a best-of-three first-round series. (more…)

Celebrate the Waynesboro Generals’ run to the 2011 South Division championship.

Commemorative T-shirts available for a limited time for $15 at Mathers Park at Kate Collins Field on game nights and at Initial Inspiration in Downtown Waynesboro.

Online at www.InitialInspiration.com.

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…)