Waynesboro Falls at New Market 10-7
The Waynesboro Generals (26-11) came up short on the road against the New Market Rebels (16-23) Friday evening, losing 10-7.
The loss snapped a five game winning streak for the Generals and was only their second loss in their last ten ballgames.
New Market scored early in the bottom of the second to give them their first lead at 2-0. Waynesboro cut into the lead with one run in the third when Jorge Flores hit a solo home run.
The Generals would then take the lead in the top of the fourth as they put up three runs in the inning. Three RBI singles by Kyle Jackson, Flores, and Kirk Sidwell in the inning gave them a 4-2 lead heading into the bottom of the inning. The lead evaporated quickly as the Rebels would put up six runs in the bottom of the fourth to retake the lead at 8-4.
Each team put up two runs in the seventh inning. For the Generals, Tracy Hadley drove in a run with an RBI groundout, and Zach Sterry had an RBI single to cut into the deficit. New Market responded, however, after an RBI double and a sacrifice fly. Waynesboro would score one more run in the eighth inning after a Flores RBI putout, but could not push anymore across, losing by a final score of 10-7.
David Ehmen started and was the losing pitcher for Waynesboro after allowing eight runs on ten hits in his four innings of work. He struck out five and walked two. Merritt Huber pitched two innings of relief and gave up the other two runs while walking two batter and striking out one. Tyler Davis and Ivanniel Vazquez each pitched a scoreless inning of relief while Davis struck out one and walked two.
UP NEXT: The Generals will face the Harrisonburg Turks for the final time of the regular season Saturday night beginning at 7:00 pm at Kate Collins Field.
Waynesboro Generals get key road win, dispatching New Market, 6-3
Tyler Howe pitched six strong innings, and leadoff man Clayton Taylor had three hits for the Waynesboro Generals in a 6-3 win at New Market Thursday night in Valley League baseball action.
Howe (2-0, 1.59 ERA) gave up a run on four hits in six innings of work, striking out nine and walking two on 84 pitches, 55 for strikes.
Alex Mauricio earned his second save of the season with two and a third innings of scoreless relief, allowing one hit, with three strikeouts and no walks.
Waynesboro (9-12) jumped on top early, getting two runs in the first when Taylor scored on a wild pitch and Jonathan Camp followed with a sacrifice fly RBI that plated Michael Brosseau from third.
The Generals added two more in the second on a Stephen Pitarra RBI groundout and an error on a grounder off the bat of Kevin Phillips.
New Market (10-14) made it interesting in the seventh. Down 5-1, the Rebels got back into it with back-to-back RBI doubles by Lorenzo Wright and Nate Blanchard off reliever Connor Foltyn.
Mauricio came in and closed the door, getting Kevin Edwards to ground out to short and striking out Storm Edwards to end the seventh, pitching around a two-out double in the eighth and setting the Rebels down in order in the ninth.
A Jeremy Taylor RBI single in the eighth provided some important insurance for the Generals, now winners of two straight, and back out of the cellar in the South Division of the Valley League standings, at fourth place, six and a half games back of division leader Harrisonburg.
Rebels take nailbiter
New Market got what it needed with a first-and-third situation in the eighth. Waynesboro didn’t get what it wanted with its first-and-third situation in the ninth.
The Rebels got the go-ahead run on an eighth-inning sacrifice fly by Matt Ford, and Michael Davis grounded into a game-ending 4-6-3 double play to kill a Generals rally in the ninth in a 7-6 New Market win Tuesday night. Read more
Rebels blast Generals, 11-4
New Market took advantage of uncharacteristic wildness by Waynesboro pitchers, who issued 12 walks to Rebels hitters as New Market rolled to an easy 11-4 win.
Starter GJ Strauss (0-2) gave up six runs on three hits and six walks in an inning and a third. New Market led 7-0 heading into the bottom of the second and 11-1 in the fifth after scoring four runs off reliever Devin Smith.
Andrew Blackwell did his part to keep the game within some striking distance, posting three shutout innings and piling up six strikeouts.
The Generals mounted a brief rally in the seventh, scoring on an RBI single by Dykota Spiess, a sacrifice fly by Chase Worthington and a run-scoring double by MJ Sartin.
