Generals Snap 3-Game Skid In Win Over Front Royal
The Generals had lost 3 straight games to drop under the .500 mark coming into the game Sunday night against the Front Royal Cardinals at Bing Crosby Stadium. The bats came alive for 13 hits to propel them to a win over the North Division leaders.
The scoring started in the top of the 3rd. With one out in the inning, Dalton Wingo (Central Florida)
Dalton Wingo: 3-3, 2B, HR, 3 R
connected on his 2nd homer of the season to begin his fantastic night at the plate. Then in the third inning, Jackson Webb (Central Florida) led off the inning with a single, stole second, and was brought into score on a Chase Cheek (Duke) grounder that couldn’t be handled by the second baseman. The lead after 4 complete innings was 2-0 in favor of the Generals.
Once again, the 5th inning began with a lead-off single. This time it was Tyler Bielamowicz (Houston) getting things started. Dalton Wingo then doubled off the wall in left field to put runners at second and third with nobody out. Kyle Wrighte (William & Mary) came through next with a single to score Bielo. After the RBI single, Gabe Montenegro (Southern Miss) hit a sacrifice fly to center to score Wingo. Going to the bottom of the 5th, the Generals led 4-0.
The Cardinals wouldn’t go away quietly. Evan Gillespie (Faulkner U) was throwing a gem, but would stumble just slightly in the 5th. After getting the first hitter of the inning to fly out, Gillespie gave up a walk and 2 doubles to the next three hitters. However, he would do a nice job working out of the inning with the last double being left stranded at second base. The lead was still intact at 4-2 Waynesboro.
In the top of the 6th, the Generals would make it 4 straight innings with a run. Tyler Trovinger (Oakland) would start the inning off with a single to left. 2 batters later, Dalton Wingo would contribute his third hit in as many at bats. That brought Kyle Wrighte to the plate with runners at first and second with 2 outs. After going down 0-2 in the count, Wrighte scorched a double off the wall in right field to bring in both runners.
Matt Nickles (Randolph-Macon) would sub in for Gillespie in the 6th. He worked a perfect two innings, facing the minimum 6 batters. After 7 complete innings, the Generals led 6-2.
In the bottom of the 8th, the Generals ran into some trouble. The inning seemed to be all but over after recording outs on the first two hitters of the inning. However, Spencer Packard drilled a home run to start a string of 5 straight 2-out hits. Christian Avant hits a double 2 pitches later, followed by Kendall Small hitting a no-doubter to right field. The Generals would then bring in Patrick O’Shea (St Mary’s) for the struggling Jacob Weirich (Southern Miss). O’Shea would surrender 2 straight singles and his night would be finished as well. So with 2 outs in the inning, Coach John Jeanes (Chipola) would turn to his closer Gio Soto (Florida International) for a four out save.
Soto came on, got out of the inning, and then threw a dominant 9th inning to lock down his 3rd save of the year.
Key Performers for Front Royal:
- Andrew Burden: 2-5, 2B, 2 RBI
- Spencer Packard: 1-3 HR (1)
- Kendall Small: 1-4, 2-Run HR (1)
Key Performers for Waynesboro:
- Chase Cheek (Duke): 2-5, 2 SB(3)
- Kyle Wrighte (William & Mary): 2-4, 2B, 3 RBI
- Dalton Wingo (Central Florida): 3-3, 2B, HR(2), 3 R
- Evan Gillespie (Faulkner U): W (1-0), 5 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 2 K
- Gio Soto (Florida International): SV(3), 1.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K
The Generals (5-5) will be looking for back-to-back wins tomorrow, Monday June 18th, when they take on the South Division leaders, the Charlottesville TomSox (8-3). Come out this week and support your Generals. They will have home games Monday and Tuesday (Charlottesville both nights), Thursday (Strasburg), Saturday (Staunton), and Sunday (Purcellville).
Bring your friends and family to Kate Collins field for some high-quality baseball this week. Hope to see you there!
Generals Fall at Home to Front Royal 7-3
The Waynesboro Generals (14-6) lost only their second home game of the season Tuesday night in a loss to the Front Royal Cardinals (12-9) 7-3.
Waynesboro put the first run on the board on a Zach Sterry sacrifice fly in the bottom of the third inning. The Cardinals did not allow the lead to last long, though, as in the top of the fourth they struck back for five runs to take a 5-1 lead. Joe Mundy’s two RBI single allowed the Cardinals to take the lead. Then, a single by Stephen Diaz, a triple by Zach Clark, and another single by Tanner Halstead all drove in runs to push the lead to four runs.
Back-to-back home runs by Clay Hunt and Josh Magee for Front Royals stretched the lead to 7-1 as the Front Royal offense carried the team in the middle innings.
The Generals would fight back scoring two runs in the bottom of the sixth inning. Zach Sterry doubled down the right field line, and Trey Stine drove him in with an RBI single to get one run back. Stine would then score after an error by the third baseman making the score 7-3. The score held at that margin for the rest of the game.
Sterry had a strong game at the plate after going two for two with a double and a single on the night. The first baseman was the only Waynesboro player with more than one hit in the game.
Tyler Davis started the game on the mound for the Generals going four innings allowing five runs on five hits with only two of the runs being earned. Despite not allowing a hit in the first three innings, Davis struggled in the fourth where he gave up all of his runs. He also finished with four strikeouts and two walks finishing with the loss. Brent Sasse tossed three innings of relief and allowed two runs on six hits. Tyler Elwer and Conner Loeprich each pitched one inning of scoreless relief.
Blake Whitney got the win for Front Royal after throwing six innings, allowing three runs on five hits, striking out six, and walking three.
UP NEXT: Waynesboro will travel to Winchester tomorrow, June 29 to face the Royals beginning at 7:00 pm.
Generals Rout Front Royal 17-5
The Waynesboro Generals (14-5) used a huge ten run ninth inning to put away the Front Royal Cardinals on the road Monday night 17-5.
The Cardinals could not play clean baseball on the evening as the team committed five errors and allowed six unearned runs. The Generals offense exploded for the seventeen runs on eleven hits and capitalized on all Front Royal mistakes to win in convincing fashion.
Waynesboro took an early lead in the top of the first after a Tracy Hadley sacrifice fly scored Tanner Poole. The lead would last only until the bottom of the second when Front Royal put 2 runs on the board courtesy of a Joshua Magee two-RBI single.
A big top of the fourth inning would give the Generals a comfortable 6-2 lead after scoring five runs. Kyle Jackson delivered a bases loaded double to score the first two runs, and an error on the third baseman in the next at bat allowed two more runs to come home. Later in the inning, Charles Zaloumis produced an RBI single to left to give Waynesboro the four run lead.
Front Royal fought back with two runs in the sixth and both teams scored one run each in the seventh before Waynesboro blew the game open with a huge top of the ninth. An RBI single by Eli Putnam and a bases clearing, three-RBI double by Jackson scored the first four runs. Poole then drove in two with a single before the Cardinals’ misplays cost them. Sam Palensky would score on a passed ball and Poole on an error by the shortstop that allowed Zaloumis to advance to first. Trey Stine then hit a two-run home run to set the score at 17-5. The final four runs of the inning were all unearned.
Jackson had a terrific night at the plate going three for five with five RBIs that included the two doubles with the bases loaded. Putnam also had a strong showing in going three for six with one RBI.
Vince Braman picked up his second win as a General this summer allowing four runs on six hits with one walk and six strikeouts. Ivanniel Vazquez allowed the other run in one and one-third innings of work with three strikeouts. Conner Loeprich and Zach Neff combined to pitch the rest of the game scoreless.
UP NEXT: The Generals return home to face the Cardinals again on Tuesday night at 7:00 pm.
Generals Top Front Royal 4-3 in 12 Innings
Right Fielder Kyle Jackson was the hero for the Generals with the game winning sacrifice fly in the bottom of the 12th inning.
A sacrifice fly by Kyle Jackson in the bottom of the twelfth inning gave the Waynesboro Generals (8-3) a walk off win over the Front Royal Cardinals (5-6) by a score of 4-3.
Tanner Poole got the scoring started for the Generals with a solo home run in the bottom of the first inning to put Waynesboro up 1-0. Front Royal would respond, though in the bottom of the inning where an Emilio Abreu double play groundout with the bases loaded was able to push across one run to tie the game.
Poole would help the Generals reclaim the lead in the bottom of the second with an RBI single to score Sam Palensky who reached on a single of his own and advanced to third on a base hit by Charles Zaloumis.
T.J. Condon checked in with a solo home run of his home in the sixth inning, his second of the year, to widen the Waynesboro lead to 3-1.
Front Royal was able to battle back in the ninth inning to extend the game, however, as they put two runs across to tie the game. After a leadoff walk and an error by the third baseman Zaloumis, an errant throw by the catcher Condon allowed both runners to move into scoring positions. A single by Tyler Kaiser was able to score one run, but the second runner was cut down by right fielder Kyle Jackson at the plate. Following that play, though, Kevin Williams, Jr. came off the bench to double home the tying run.
The game would go three more innings into the twelfth before the Generals would walk off with the victory. The inning began with Poole’s fifth hit of the game in the form of a single to left. A balk by the Front Royal pitcher allowed Poole to advance to second before Brent Sakurai would move the runner over with a sacrifice bunt. Two intentional walks followed to Zach Sterry and Andrew Bullock to load the bases before Jackson drove in the winning run with his sacrifice fly.
Poole was an impossible out in the game going 5-5 with the solo home run and four singles with an intentional walk in addition to scoring the winning run.
Ivanniel Vazquez was the winning pitcher for Waynesboro after pitching the eleventh and twelfth innings for the Generals. Vazquez allowed no runs, no hits, and struck out four batters.
Generals starting pitcher Tyler Elwer went four full innings allowing just one run on four hits with one walk and one strikeout. David Ehmen came on in relief to toss two perfect innings with two strikeouts. Dylan Burns would follow Ehmen for his first appearance of the year and threw two innings of scoreless relief while giving up two hits with one strikeout. Tanner Kirby gave up the tying two runs after throwing two innings of relief allowing two hits with two strikeouts and one walk.
Jacob Ramos was the losing pitcher for the Cardinals after allowing the winning run.
Coach Williams Player of the Game: RF Kyle Jackson (Game Winning Sacrifice Fly)
UP NEXT: The Generals will hit the road for three straight beginning tomorrow night at Covington to face the Lumberjacks starting at 7:30 pm.
Cards drop Waynesboro, 9-3, end Generals’ season
Front Royal got to Waynesboro starter Chastin Akers early and cruised to a 9-3 win in the deciding Game 3 of the teams’ first-round Valley League playoff series on Saturday night.
The Generals trailed 2-0 after one, but had a chance in the third to make it a game when a two-out walk to Chase Worthington loaded the bases for T.J. Kuban. Kuban flied out to deep right to leave the bases loaded, and Front Royal seized control with a threespot in the bottom of the third that knocked out Akers (1-1).
Waynesboro left 12 runners on base for the game.
First-team All-Valley outfielder Drew Turocy had three hits for Waynesboro.
The loss ends Waynesboro’s 2010 season.
Generals win, force deciding game in playoff series
Story by Chris Graham
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Tim Leather had a rocky top of the first in his first start of the season, but after getting out of the bases-loaded, one-out jam with no damage, Leather was dominant, pitching seven scoreless innings to push Waynesboro to a 4-3 win over Front Royal in Game 2 of the teams’ first-round playoff series Friday night.
The win means there will be a deciding Game 3 Saturday night in Front Royal. First pitch in Bing Crosby Stadium is at 7:30 p.m.
Leather (1-0) also had to work his way out of a second-and-third, one-out situation in the third, striking out Cardinals’ cleanup hitter James Roche and getting Pete Greskoff to fly out to right. The Generals then put up a threespot in the bottom of the third, getting a leadoff single by Colin Harrington, a base on balls issued by Front Royal starter Ricky Ott (2-3) to Cody Hudson, and a wild RBI single by Grant Fillipitch that scored Harrington from second. On that play, Cards’ centerfielder Will Walsh tried to throw Hudson out at third base, but the ball hit Hudson on his slide into the bag and got away from third baseman Steve Rogers. Hudson scored, and Rogers’ throw home also got away from catcher Andy Drexel, allowing Fillipitch to advance to third, where he scored when Drew Turocy hit a sacrifice fly to left.
The Generals made it 4-0 in the fourth on another sac-fly RBI, this one off the bat of Harrington, scoring designated hitter Haskell Fink.
Leather handed a 4-0 lead to the bullpen in the eighth, but Front Royal got to the first man out of the pen, Zach McElroy, getting back-to-back doubles by Roche and Greskoff and an RBI groundout by A.J. Albee to make it 4-3 Waynesboro. Mark Lamm got the final two outs of the eighth, then closer Andrew Blackwell pitched a scoreless ninth, getting Matt Holland to fly out to Hudson in left to end it.
Generals fall in Game 1, 6-2
Story by Chris Graham
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A two-RBI Alan Stoupa single gave Waynesboro a 2-1 sixth-inning lead, but Front Royal responded with four in the bottom of the sixth, the big blow a two-out, three-run homer by Sean Jamieson, and the Royals took Game 1 of the teams’ Valley League first-round playoff series, 6-2, Tuesday night.
Jarryd Summers (2-2) took the loss for Waynesboro, giving up five runs, one earned, on four hits. An error by shortstop Chase Worthington on a grounder by Cardinals cleanup hitter James Roche that came after a leadoff single by Matt Holland helped open the way for the Jamieson homer, which followed an RBI single by Pete Greskoff, a sacrifice bunt by Andy Drexel and a strikeout of A.J. Albee.
Blake Ford (3-3) got the win for Front Royal, giving up two runs on nine hits in six and two-thirds innings.
Game 2 of the Front Royal-Waynesboro playoff series is set for Wednesday at 7 p.m. at Mathers Park at Kate Collins Field in Waynesboro.
Waynesboro splits with Harrisonburg, earns #5 seed in playoffs
Story by Chris Graham
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A seven-run fourth rallied Waynesboro from a 4-1 deficit in game two of a doubleheader at Harrisonburg and earned the Generals a split with the Turks on Monday.
The split gives Waynesboro the #5 seed in the Valley League playoffs, which get going Tuesday night with the Generals traveling to Front Royal to take on the fourth-seeded Cardinals in Game 1 of a best-of-three first-round series.
Waynesboro got complete-game seven-inning efforts from a pair of pitchers making their first starts of the season, Drew Turocy, who took the tough-luck 1-0 loss in Game 1 on Monday against the Turks, and Devin Smith, who shut out Harrisonburg in the final four innings after giving up three in the first and a single run in the third.
Turocy, the Generals’ starting centerfielder most of the season, keyed the seven-run fourth-inning rally in Game 2 with a three-run homer to right field, his first homer of the season, and the first homer by a General other than Grant Fillipitch, who finished the regular season with six home runs in 2010.
Turocy (0-2) lost Game 1 despite giving up just one run on seven hits in six innings of work. Turocy struck out four and did not issue a walk in the effort.
Smith (1-1) gave up four runs on six hits in seven innings pitched in Game 2. Smith struck out three and walked one.
The split of the doubleheader left Waynesboro and Harrisonburg tied for fifth in the league standings with identical 22-22 records. Waynesboro earned the #5 seed by virtue of their 3-2 advantage over Harrisonburg in their head-to-head series in 2010.
#4 seed Front Royal finished a game ahead of the two teams with a 23-21 record. The Cards and the Generals split their season series at 2-2. Front Royal won the first two matchups between the teams, 3-2 in 11 innings on June 15 in Front Royal and 8-5 on June 29 in Waynesboro, and Waynesboro winning the final two, 9-6 at Front Royal on July 15 and 4-3 in Waynesboro on July 28.
Game 1 of the Waynesboro-Front Royal playoff series is set for 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at Bing Crosby Stadium in Front Royal.
Game 2 will be played at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Mathers Park at Kate Collins Field in Waynesboro.
Game 3, if necessary, would be played on Thursday at 7:30 p.m. at Front Royal.
