Charlottesville outlasts Waynesboro in 16, wins 4-3
An error and a passed ball allowed the winning run to score in a 16-inning, 4-3 win for the Charlottesville Tom Sox over the Waynesboro Generals on Sunday night.
Waynesboro (18-19) had the Tom Sox (16-19) down to their last strike in the bottom of the ninth, when Ryan Larson lined an 0-2 pitch from reliever Frankie Romano for a single that scored Brad McKay from second with the tying run.
It would stay that way into the 16th. Larson reached base on an error by third baseman Clayton Taylor, advanced to third on a sacrifice by Billy Cooke, then, after Seth Lancaster grounded out to Kevin Fagan (0-2, 4.97 ERA) for out number two, Larson was able to score on a passed ball on the first pitch to Brian Fortier.
Taylor hit a two-run homer in the first inning, his fifth of the season. It was 2-2 in the eighth when Taylor singled with one out, then scored on a two-out double by Jonathan Camp that gave the Generals a 3-2 lead.
Waynesboro Generals top Charlottesville Tom Sox on July 4
Vince Braman gave up a run in eight solid innings of work, and Waynesboro tagged Charlottesville starter Jack Roberts for five runs in an inning and a third in what turned out to be a 7-2 Generals win on July 4.
Braman (1-1, 4.15 ERA) allowed seven hits and walked four, but Charlottesville got to Braman just once, on a solo homer by Cris Perez in the fourth, stranding nine against the Generals starter on the day.
Roberts (0-1, 19.29 ERA) gave up five runs on three hits and three walks in an inning and a third. Waynesboro scored three in the first inning – on a sacrifice by Jeremy Taylor, an RBI single by Kevin Phillips and an RBI single by Jonathan Camp – and getting two in the second on an error and an RBI groundout by Taylor.
Taylor and Michael Brosseau delivered RBI singles in the fourth to make it 7-0 Waynesboro. Perez answered in the bottom of the fourth with his solo homer to cut the margin to 7-1.
And that was it until the bottom of the ninth, when a two-out RBI single by Seth Lancaster added to the Tom Sox total.
Waynesboro (10-13) now sits in fourth place in the South Division, seven games back of first-place Harrisonburg.
Charlottesville Tom Sox outlast Waynesboro Generals in 12, 5-4
For the second time in four nights, the Waynesboro Generals bullpen couldn’t hold a 4-1 eighth-inning lead, and Charlottesville walked off in the 12th with an RBI single from Brian Fortier to record a 5-4 win Tuesday night.
Waynesboro (6-9), which has now lost four straight, got a solid start out of Robert Pearson, who gave up a run on eight hits in seven innings of work. Brooks Wilson came on in the eighth and got Colton Konvicka to ground out to second to lead off the inning, but Seth Lancaster singled with one out, Kevin Conway doubled to put runners on second and third, and Caleb Robinson hit an RBI single to plate Lancaster to make it 4-2.
Wilson struck out Cris Perez for the second out of the inning, but pinch-hitter Kyle Davis doubled on an 0-1 pitch to tie the game at 4-4.
The Generals would get just one man on base in the final four innings.
The 12th started for Charlottesville (6-10) with a leadoff walk from reliever Jamal Wilson (0-2) that put Kevin Conway on. Conway advanced to third on an errant pickoff throw, and Wilson then intentionally walked Billy Cooke and Perez to set up force plays on all the bases.
Reliever Connor Foltyn struck out Davis for the first out of the inning before Fortier singled on a 1-0 pitch to end it.
