Four former Generals picked in 2012 MLB Draft
Four former Waynesboro Generals were selected in the 2012 MLB Draft.
University of Virginia pitcher Shane Halley was taken by the Kansas City Royals in the 20th round. Halley was mainly a position player in his 2011 stint in Waynesboro, hitting .231 with two homers and eight runs batted in. Halley pitched three and two-thirds scoreless innings in relief, notching one save, in two appearances out of the Waynesboro bullpen.
Halley had a 9-2 record at UVa. in 2012 as a spot starter and long reliever. Read more
Braves dominate Generals, 6-1
Story by Chris Graham
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A season-high Mathers Park crowd watched Staunton take control of the rivalry game with Waynesboro with three unearned runs as the Braves coasted to a 6-1 win over the Generals Tuesday night.
The Generals took a 1-0 lead in the first when Grant Fillipitch singled to center off Staunton starter Logan Dodds to score Terrell Thompson from second. The Braves tied it at 1-1 in the third when Alex Guerra scored from third on a two-out wild pitch by Waynesboro starter Jeremy Fitzgerald.
Staunton broke it open in the fifth, scoring three runs with two out, the big blows coming on a throwing error by Jon Clinard that allowed Armani Johnson to score from second and a two-run single by Patrick Braswell that made it 4-1.
A two-out, two-run sixth-inning single by nine-hole hitter Evan Ashley, who entered the game hitting .111 on the season, made it 6-1 and chased Fitzgerald (1-3).
Dodds (2-1) pitched eight strong innings for the win, giving up a run on seven hits while striking out six.
The attendance of 645 was 250 higher than the second-most-attended home game of the 2010 season at Mathers Park – on July 2, when Waynesboro drew 395 fans to see the Generals take on the Rockbridge Rapids.
Fitzgerald pitches gem as Generals shut out Rapids
Story by Chris Graham
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Jeremy Fitzgerald pitched eight scoreless innings, and Cody Hudson had three hits and knocked in three runs, as Waynesboro won on the road at Rockbridge 5-0 Saturday night.
The game was shortened to eight innings by a thunderstorm that disrupted play in the top of the ninth inning.
Fitzgerald (1-1) held the Rapids in check all night long, giving up four hits and striking out four. The Generals offense pounded Rockbridge starting pitcher A.J. Holland (0-2) for 10 hits and five runs in five and a third innings.
Waynesboro got out early on Holland with two runs in the second highlighted by a triple from Hudson that scored Zephan Guyear. Hudson then came in on a two-out single by Alan Stoupa that made it 2-0.
A threespot in the sixth chased Holland with a two-run double by Hudson and a T.J. Kuban single padding the lead to 5-0.
