Generals rally to knock off Senators

Story by Chris Graham
freepress2@ntelos.net
 

A two-out, two-strike, two-run double by Waynesboro shortstop Zephan Guyear broke a 5-all seventh-inning tie as the Generals rallied for a 7-5 win over the Haymarket Senators at Mathers Park Sunday night.

Haymarket jumped out to a 5-0 lead on starter Greg Smith, but a three-run triple by Terrell Thompson knotted the game at 5-5 in the bottom of the fourth. That’s where things stood in the seventh when the Generals loaded the bases on a pair of walks and a hustle play by designated hitter Jared King, who beat a throw to second on a fielder’s choice by Grant Fillipitch.

Guyear fought off a 2-2 pitch with a defensive swing on a slider low and away to keep his at-bat alive, then served the next pitch, another 2-2 slider, down the right-field line for a double that plated King and Fillipitch.

The Generals’ bullpen was stellar, holding the Senators scoreless in six innings of work. Taylor Sandefur got the win with a scoreless seventh inning preceding the game-winning hit by Guyear. Wade Bilbrey worked the ninth to pick up his first save of the season.