Generals win at Haymarket
Story by Chris Graham
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A four-run fifth gave Waynesboro the lead, and a four-run ninth provided the final cushion in a 9-3 win at first-place Haymarket Saturday night.
The Senators had jumped out to a 3-0 lead with a three-run fourth off Generals starter Taylor Sandefur (5-0), but Waynesboro rallied in the fifth with an inning highlighted by a two-run triple by Cody Hudson, an RBI sac fly by Zephan Guyear and an RBI bases-loaded walk by Terrell Thompson.
A Guyear RBI single that plated Drew Turocy made it 5-3 in the sixth, which is where things stood until the ninth, when the Waynesboro offense erupted for four more runs with RBI singles by Thompson, Jon Clinard and Grant Fillipitch and an RBI sac fly by Hudson.
Sandefur went seven innings and gave up three runs on seven hits while striking out five.
Turocy had a 4-for-6 night at the plate, and catcher Alan Stoupa was 3-for-5 with a run scored.
Hudson, Sandefur, Thompson, Turocy named to All-Star Game
Story by Chris Graham
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Four Generals will represent Waynesboro in the 2010 Valley League All-Star Game set for Sunday night in Harrisonburg.
Austin Peay freshman Cody Hudson, Western Carolina freshman Taylor Sandefur, Patrick Henry Community College sophomore Terrell Thompson and Akron junior Andrew Turocy were selected for the game, the league announced on Wednesday.
Hudson, a 5-11, 183-pounder from Germantown, Tenn., is hitting .329 with a .422 on-base percentage and .424 slugging percentage with 15 RBI and team highs in runs (23) and stolen bases (nine).
Hudson is second in the league in runs scored and tied for fifth in the league in stolen bases.
Sandefur, a 6-2, 245-pounder from Mechanicsville, has a sterling 4-0 record and 2.09 ERA in nine appearances on the mound, including five starts, with 41 strikeouts in 38 and a third innings pitched. The league is hitting .232 against him in 2010.
The four wins posted by Sandefur ties him for the league lead in that category. His 41 strikeouts and 38 and a third innings pitched are second each in those categories, and his 2.09 ERA is fourth in the league overall.
Thompson, a 5-7, 160-pound Waynesboro native, is hitting .345 with a .435 on-base percentage and .448 slugging percentage with 12 runs scored and three outfield assists, including two assists that cut down opposing runners trying to score.
Turocy, a 6-3, 190-pounder from Canfield, Ohio, is hitting .354 with a .417 on-base percentage and .422 slugging percentage with 15 RBI, a team-leading 34 hits, four stolen bases and three outfield assists.
The 34 hits is second in the league in that category.
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.
Generals, Sandefur, coast in win at Harrisonburg
Story by Chris Graham
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A bases-clearing double by Jon Clinard provided the early fireworks, and Taylor Sandefur made it stand up with a dominating performance on the mound, as Waynesboro coasted to a 9-3 victory at Harrisonburg Saturday night.
Sandefur (4-0) struck out nine Turks in seven innings while allowing three runs on seven hits. He was staked to an early 1-0 lead when Grant Fillipitch tripled with two outs in the first and came around to score on an RBI single by Drew Turocy.
Harrisonburg tied it at 1-1 in the third on a sacrifice fly by Bobby Brown that scored Emilio Pagan. Waynesboro answered with four in the fourth, all with two out. With two out and nobody on, T.J. Kuban worked a walk on a full-count pitch, then Alan Stoupa singled. The inning was extended when an apparent inning-ending ground ball off the bat of Colin Harrington was bobbled by Harrisonburg shortstop Joe Huber, loading the bases. Terrell Thompson was hit with the next pitch by Turks starter Aaron Luchterhand (3-2) to make it 2-1 Waynesboro. Clinard lined a 1-0 pitch down the leftfield line to clear the bases and make it 5-1.
Sandefur took control from there, allowing a twospot in the Turks fifth but putting up goose eggs in the sixth and seventh before handing the game over to the Generals bullpen. Justin Thompson and Andrew Blackwell put up scoreless innings in the eighth and ninth, respectively, to close the game out.
The win was the third in a row for the Generals, who have off-days on Sunday and Monday before returning to action at home on Tuesday against the Staunton Braves. We’ll bring you the action with a live webcast from Mathers Park beginning at 7 p.m.
Bradshaw dominates in 5-2 Waynesboro win
Story by Chris Graham
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Daniel Bradshaw had no doubts that he would be back on the mound for the ninth inning. He had some convincing to do as far as manager Derek McDaniel was concerned.
“I was at 92 pitches. I wanted to go back out there. Coach said if somebody gets on base that he was going to come and get me,” said Bradshaw, who worked around a two-out ninth-inning throwing error to finish out the complete-game 5-2 Waynesboro victory over Rockbridge Friday night at Mathers Park.
Bradshaw (1-0) was masterful – giving up three hits and two runs, one earned, while striking out six Rapids batters. He was staked to a 2-0 first-inning lead when the Generals played small ball to the limits. Leadoff man Terrell Thompson walked and advanced to second on a passed ball by catcher Dillon Way, then scored one out later when Way threw behind Thompson at second on an attempted pickoff that went wild into centerfield.
Another walk, to cleanup hitter Drew Turocy, was followed by a Turocy stolen base, then a strikeout by Cody Hudson that could have ended the inning but didn’t when Hudson reached first on a wild pitch on strike three. With Zephan Guyear at the plate, Hudson was caught in a rundown on a pickoff throw by starting pitcher Chris Zbin (1-3), but Hudson stayed alive in the pickle long enough to allow Turocy to steal home and make it 2-0.
Bradshaw made the early lead stand up.
“Going out there with the lead makes it easier. Your goal out there is just to throw strikes and get ground balls,” Bradshaw said.
Three broken Rapids bats won’t show up in the scorebook with the six K’s, but they were evidence that Bradshaw had his hard sinker working its magic.
“The sinker was definitely on. I threw some backdoor curveballs to their lefthanded hitters. I had everything working for me tonight,” Bradshaw said.
Generals rally to knock off Senators
Story by Chris Graham
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A two-out, two-strike, two-run double by Waynesboro shortstop Zephan Guyear broke a 5-all seventh-inning tie as the Generals rallied for a 7-5 win over the Haymarket Senators at Mathers Park Sunday night. Read more
