Sartin named South MVP in All-Star Game
MJ Sartin homered, doubled and scored two runs and was named the MVP for the South team in the 2011 Valley League All-Star Game, which was won by the North All-Stars, 6-4.
Sartin, a junior from Nebraska-Omaha, was 3-for-4 on the night for the South, with a single in the fifth, a homer in the seventh and a double to lead off the night. Read more
Generals TV: Rally gives Waynesboro a 4-3 win
Interviews with Waynesboro Generals players Andrew Blackwell and Travis Echols following a 4-3 win over Staunton on June 27, 2011.
Five-run rally lifts Waynesboro to wild 15-14 win
Story by Chris Graham
freepress2@ntelos.net
A four-run top of the 12th seemed to give Woodstock one of the wildest games in the 87-year history of the Valley League. But we weren’t even close in terms of how wild things were going to get.
Five consecutive two-out walks, the last one drawn by nine-hole hitter Jon Clinard, gave Waynesboro an improbable 15-14 win at Mathers Park Friday night.
Clinard had led off the 12th with a walk off Zachary Tobolowski. Colin Harrington followed with a single, and Chase Worthington flew out to center for the first out of the inning. Drew Turocy picked up his fourth hit of the night with a flare to short left-center that loaded the bases. Grant Fillipitch followed with an RBI fielders choice that scored Clinard and made it 14-11, but left the Generals with two outs.
That’s when things got crazy.
Devin Smith walked to reload the bases, and Chase Cowell, a catcher, was summoned in with the River Bandits short on available pitchers to get the final out. Waynesboro reliever Andrew Blackwell, in his second plate appearance of the season, drew a walk to force in a run that made it 14-12. Jared King walked on a 3-2 pitch to draw the Generals to within 14-13. Catcher Alan Stoupa walked to tie the game at 14, leading to another pitching change, with second baseman Foster Dunigan brought in to face Clinard. Dunigan wasn’t close on any of his four offerings to Clinard on the walkoff.
The win improves Waynesboro to 18-17 on the season and gives the Generals a three-game playoff-berth cushion between where the Generals are in fifth place and Woodstock and Staunton, an 11-4 loser at Winchester on Friday, are at 15-20 and in a tie for ninth place, with nine games to go in the 2010 regular season.
Blackwell (2-1) picked up the win in relief.
Generals announce signings of eight for summer season
Story by Chris Graham
freepress2@ntelos.net
The Waynesboro Generals announced a slew of player signings today for the 2010 season.
Zips send leading hitter Akron outfielder Drew Turocy will add punch to the middle of the order for Coach Ronnie Palmer in 2010.
Turocy, a 6-3, 185-pound junior, leads the Zips with a .404 batting average and .610 slugging percentage. He has a .419 on-base percentage with four homers, 36 RBIs and six stolen bases.
Turocy has also made 12 appearances on the mound for Akron from the Zips’ bullpen, and is 0-1 with a 4.50 ERA with 17 strikeouts in 18 innings pitched in 2010. Read more
