‘Jacks hang on for 8-5 win over Generals
A four-run seventh capped by a three-run triple off the bat of Covington second baseman Ryan Dineen broke open a close game and lifted the Lumberjacks to an 8-5 win over Waynesboro Saturday night.
Waynesboro had closed to within 4-3 in the fifth when Bradley Noland scored on a wild pitch. Covington had led 4-0 after getting an early jump on Generals starter TJ Page (0-1), who gave up four runs (two earned) in the first three innings but settled down thereafter to keep the game close.
The four-run ‘Jacks seventh came off reliever TJ Strauss, who walked three and gave up two hits in the frame.
Waynesboro rallied for two in the ninth on an RBI sacrifice fly by pinch hitter Andrew Blackwell and an RBI groundout by Jordan Walton.
Covington starter Garrett Cole (2-0) got the win. Cole gave up three runs on six hits in five innings.
Waynesboro hosts Rockbridge Sunday at Kate Collins Field.
Photo of the Game
– To view the entire 2011 season in photos, visit photographer Mark Miller’s Waynesboro Generals gallery online at http://markmillerphotography.zenfolio.com/p533176921.
