Ridings, Stout earn weekly honors
Centerfielder Julian Ridings (sophomore, Western Carolina) is the Waynesboro Generals Player of the Week, and lefthander Eric Stout (freshman, Butler) is the Waynesboro Generals Pitcher of the Week for the week ending July 1.
Ridings went 10-for-20 at the plate with five RBI and seven runs scored. For the season, Ridings is hitting .457 with three homers and 19 RBI and a team-leading 10 stolen bases in 12 attempts.
Stout pitched a gem in a 3-2 extra-inning loss to Front Royal on June 26, going six innings, allowing one run on four hits, striking out seven and walking three.
For the season, Stout is 1-1 with a 4.56 ERA in six appearances, four of them starts.
Butler duo signs with Generals
Story by Chris Graham
freepress2@ntelos.net
A pair of Butler Bulldogs will be coming to Waynesboro to play for the Generals in the summer of 2010.
Sophomore pitcher Mike Hernandez and junior infielder Grant Fillipitch will continue a tradition of Butler players in Waynesboro dating back several years now.
Hernandez will be a second-year General in 2010. The 6-2, 210-pound righthander posted a tough-luck 1-6 record in eight starts in 2009, but posted a solid 3.75 ERA and allowed opponents to hit just .245.
Hernandez has an 0-0 record with a 5.00 ERA in two starts for Butler this spring.
Fillipitch, a 6-0, 205-pounder who plays is coming off a stellar sophomore season in ’09 in which he was named the team’s most valuable player and offensive player of the year with a .302 batting average, .380 on-base percentage and .490 slugging percentage with seven homers, 30 RBI and 32 runs scored.
