Generals Shut Out Turks 5-0
Campbell Scholl tossed eight shutout innings in earning the win for Waynesboro.
Campbell Scholl pitched eight shutout innings while the offense put up five runs on eight hits as the Waynesboro Generals (27-11) topped the Harrisonburg Turks (26-14) 5-0 in another home victory Saturday evening.
Waynesboro now has a two game lead over the Turks in the South Division. The win puts the Generals just one win away from clinching the South Division title for the 2016 season.
Andrew Bullock drove in the first run of the game for the Generals with a sacrifice fly that scored Tracy Hadley and gave them a 1-0 lead. Then in the fifth inning, it was Hadley scoring again on an RBI groundout by Trey Stine that widened the lead to two runs.
The score held at 2-0 until the bottom of the eighth when Waynesboro pushed three runs across to extend the lead to 5-0. Tanner Poole scored the first run on a squeeze play, and Sam Palensky followed with a two-RBI single to score the fourth and fifth runs.
Scholl allowed just three hits and walked four batters in his eight innings of work. He now has a record of 2-0 in six starts and boasts an ERA of 1.04. Darren Kelly pitched the final inning while allowing just one hit and walking one batter.
Coach Williams’ Players of the Game: P Campbell Scholl (8.0 IP, 0 R, 3 H, 4 BB) and SS Brent Sakurai (2-2, 2 1B, BB, Sacrifice Bunt)
UP NEXT: The Generals will play a doubleheader at the Charlottesville Tom Sox Sunday, July 24th with the first game beginning at 6:00 pm.
Generals Top Turks at Home 10-3
Vince Braman had a strong eight inning start in the 10-3 victory over Harrisonburg.
The Waynesboro Generals (24-10) defeated the Harrisonburg Turks (23-12) Monday night at home by a score of 10-3.
The Generals scored their ten runs using eighteen hits where all but one starter had a base hit in the game. With the win, the Generals extend their South division lead to 1.5 games.
Harrisonburg struck first in the top of the first inning after back to back doubles put them ahead 1-0. The lead did not last long, though, as the Generals tied the game in the bottom of the inning. Tanner Poole led off with a single, and a misplay by the center fielder allowed him to advance to third. Sam Palensky drove him home with an RBI single to tie the game at 1 a piece.
Waynesboro would break the tie quickly in the bottom of the second, exploding for six runs to make it 7-1. After Eli Putnam reached on a single, Kyle Jackson hit an RBI triple to give the team a 2-1 lead. T.J. Condon followed with an RBI double to score Jackson to make it 3-1. Then, a throwing error by Harrisonburg pitcher Donte Lindsay on a Tanner Poole bunt allowed two more General runs to score. Trey Stine had an RBI single later in the inning and another misplay by the center fielder allowed another run to score stretching the lead to 7-1.
More Harrisonburg miscues would allow two more Waynesboro runs to score in the bottom of the third. A throwing error on a double play attempt allowed Brent Sakurai to score, and Stine delivered another RBI single to make the score 9-1.
Mason George would hit a two-run home run in the seventh for Harrisonburg to cut the lead to 9-3, and Charles Zaloumis delivered an RBI single in the eighth, making the final score 10-3.
Vince Braman had a strong start on the mound, going eight full innings while only allowing three runs on five hits. He walked two and struck out eight batters in earning the victory. Vazquez pitched a perfect ninth inning with one strikeout.
Coach Williams’ Player of the Game: SP Vince Braman (8.0 IP, 3 R, 5 H, 2 BB, 8 SO)
UP NEXT: The Generals are off on Tuesday before traveling to Covington Wednesday to face the Lumberjacks.
7/12 Game Against Harrisonburg Postponed
The Waynesboro Generals game scheduled for Tuesday, July 12 against the Harrisonburg Turks has been postponed. The game has been rescheduled to Monday, July 18 at 7:00 pm. Dupont Community Credity Union will sponsor the game, and it will be free admission to anyone wishing to attend.
Waynesboro Offense Shines in 13-8 Victory over Harrisonburg.
Sam Palensky was 2-4 with 2 RBIs in the Generals victory.
Returning home Thursday night, the Waynesboro Generals (17-9) beat their division rival Harrisonburg Turks (19-9) by a score of 13-8.
The Generals put up thirteen runs for the second consecutive evening in addition to thirteen hits.
Harrisonburg would put the first run on the board after a solo home run by Jason Serchay in the top of the third.
Waynesboro would claim their first lead of the game in the bottom of the third inning, though. After a walk and a single by Zach Sterry, Trey Stine drove in the team’s first run with a sacrifice fly. Andrew Bullock drove in the second run of the inning with an RBI single as the Generals took a 2-1 lead.
The Generals’ bats came alive in the bottom of the fifth inning, as well, putting up three runs. Palensky got the scoring started with an RBI single. Sterry followed with a double off the right field wall that would score two more runs and make the score 5-1.
Waynesboro broke the game open in the bottom of the sixth with seven runs tacked on as the team fully batted around the lineup. T.J. Condon began the scoring with an RBI double that would make the score 6-1. An infield single by Palensky and a bases loaded hit batsmen would each score one run to give the Generals a seven run lead. Then, Trey Stine would unload the bases with a Grand Slam to make the score 12-1. Kirk Sidwell would add another run with a solo home run in the seventh as Waynesboro continued to pour it on the visiting Turks.
Harrisonburg would not go quietly at the end, however, with two runs in the eighth and five runs in the top of the ninth. The deficit would prove to be too much, though, as the Generals hung on for a 13-8 victory.
The newly-made All-Star Campbell Scholl started on the mound for Waynesboro going three full innings in a short start. He gave up only one run on the solo shot in the third and finished with two strikeouts. Brent Sasse earned the win in his relief appearance throwing four scoreless innings with two strikeouts and one walk. Ivanniel Vazquez pitched one inning giving up two runs, and Conner Loeprich gave up five runs pitching the ninth. Vazquez had one walk while Loeprich had one walk with two strikeouts.
Coach Williams’ Player of the Game: Sam Palensky (2-4, 2 RBIs, 3 runs scored)
UP NEXT: The Generals will face the Charlottesville Tom Sox at home Friday, evening July 8, beginning at 7:00 pm.
Waynesboro Drops Fourth Straight in Loss at Harrisonburg
For the fourth straight game, the Waynesboro Generals (14-9) could find the win column after losing to the Harrisonburg Turks (17-7) 9-8.
Harrisonburg walked off in the bottom of the ninth when Tripp Shelton singled home the go-ahead run. The win was the Turks’ second walk-off win against the Generals this season.
Waynesboro broke through early in the top of the first after scoring one run when Tracy Hadley hit an RBI single to score Brent Sakurai from second. Zach Sterry helped the team score two more runs in the third when he hit his sixth home run of the year, a two-run shot, put the team up 3-0 early.
The Turks pushed one run across in the bottom of the third, but the Generals quickly answered in the top of the fourth when T.J. Condon also crushed a two-run home run. The Turks had a big fourth inning as well, however, as they scored five runs in the frame to gain their first lead at 6-5.
Harrisonburg put two more on the board in the bottom of the fifth, but the Generals would have an answer later in the game. In the top of the seventh, Waynesboro scored three times to tie the game at 8 runs each. An error by the right fielder allowed Sakurai and Sterry to score, and Trey Stine drove Eli Putnam in with an RBI single. The Turks would then end the game with the walk-off single in the bottom of the ninth.
Both Sterry and Stine had big nights at the plate for the Generals. Sterry was one for three with the home run and two RBIs while Stine went three for four with one RBI.
Tyler Howe started for Waynesboro and had a rough outing on the mound. He pitched five full innings while giving up eight runs on ten hits with three walks and four strikeouts. Merritt Huber pitched two innings of scoring relief before Ivanniel Vazquez earned the loss in the final one and two-thirds innings.
The loss put the Generals two and a half games behind the Turks for the South Division lead.
UP NEXT: The Generals will not play again until July 4 when the travel to Charlottesville to take on the Tom Sox.
Generals Drop Season Opener in Extra Innings
Jason Scheray hit a walk-off single in the bottom of the tenth to score Mason George as the Harrisonburg Turks handed the Waynesboro Generals a loss to open up the 2016 season.
After entering the ninth down one run, Waynesboro first baseman Zach Sterry hit a solo home run to tie the game at 3. Eli Putnam scored on a wild pitch later in the inning to give the Generals a 4-3 lead heading into the bottom of the ninth. A Ty Comer double, and a sacrifice fly by Tripp Shelton would tie the game at 4, however, and send the game into extra innings where the Turks would prevail.
Harrisonburg started off the scoring with one run in the bottom of the second after an RBI single, but the Generals would respond with two runs in the top of the third. Sam Palensky scored after a bases loaded walk and Cory Alexander II came home off a sacrifice fly by Putnam. Two runs in the bottom of the sixth gave the Turks the lead until the Generals tied the game in the ninth.
Tyler Davis got the start for Waynesboro and pitched five innings allowing one run on four hits and striking out nine batters. Tyler Elwer came in for relief and went two and one-third giving up two runs on four hits. Christian Cok was tagged with the loss after going two and one-third and allowing two runs.
Sterry led the Generals on offense as he went one for three with one HR, two RBIs, as well as one stolen base. Eli Putnam was one for three as well and had the Generals only other RBI. Alexander II was one for four with a run scored.
UP NEXT: In their home opener, the Generals take on the defending champion Strasburg Express Thursday night.
Here we go again: Waynesboro upsets Harrisonburg, wins Valley League playoff series
For the second time in three seasons, the Waynesboro Generals completed a shocking first-round playoff upset of a higher-seeded Harrisonburg Turks team.
Matt Horkey was solid into the seventh, and Alex Mauricio and Frankie Romano closed things down in the latter innings, pushing Waynesboro to a 3-2 win over the Turks Friday night.
The win sends the Generals to the second round of the 2015 Valley League playoffs against the winner of the Staunton-Covington series.
Horkey (4-1, 2.60 ERA) had a shutout into the seventh, when Harrisonburg finally broke through with a pair of runs, on a solo homer by Kameron Esthay and an RBI triple by Shane Billings.
Mauricio struck out Steven McLean to end that threat, then struck out Esthay with the bases loaded and two down in the eighth to put out that fire.
Romano (1-1, 0.49 ERA) notched his sixth save with a 1-2-3 ninth.
Waynesboro got on the board in the fourth on an RBI single by Joseph Estrada, then added two more in the fifth on an RBI double by Clayton Taylor and an RBI single by Jonathan Camp.
Horkey’s final pitching line had him going six and two-thirds innings, giving up two runs on eight hits, striking out two and walking one.
Tucker McCoy (3-2, 3.52 ERA) took the loss for the Turks, giving up three runs, two earned, on nine hits in five innings of work.
All square: Waynesboro forces deciding Game 3 with 5-4 win over Turks
An RBI bunt by Jeremy Taylor brought home the tie-breaking run for Waynesboro in the bottom of the seventh, and the Generals held on from there to post a 5-4 Game 2 win over the Harrisonburg Turks on Thursday.
The victory forces a deciding Game 3 in the teams’ Valley League first-round playoff series Friday in Harrisonburg.
Harrisonburg had just tied the score with a nerve-wracking four-run rally in the top of the seventh. Kameron Esthay hit a sacrifice fly to get the Turks on the board. Shane Billings followed with a two-run double that made it 4-3 Waynesboro.
A Steven McLean RBI groundout tied the score at 4-4, but Generals reliever Jamal Wilson got out of the inning without any further damage.
Kevin Phillips led off Waynesboro’s half of the seventh with a walk, then reached second on a wild pitch. A one-out single by Jonathan Camp put runners on the corners, and Taylor followed with the sacrifice that scored Phillips from third.
Clayton Taylor was 2-for-4 with a pair of runs batted in for Waynesboro. Jeremy Taylor was 1-for-3 with two RBI.
Chris Cook was 2-for-4 with two runs scored, and Phillips was 0-for-1 officially, but he reached base three times on walks, and scored three runs.
