Generals Advance to VBL Finals with 2-0 Win Over Covington
The Waynesboro Generals have advanced to the Valley League Championship after a 2-0 road victory over the Covington Lumberjacks. With the win, the Generals sweep the Lumberjacks in the South Division Championship series two games to zero.
Vince Braman pitched a complete game shutout, the second by a Generals’ pitcher this postseason, on his way to earning his sixth win in as many starts this summer.
The offense for the Generals was held mostly in check as the team was only able to muster two runs in the top of the seventh inning. After a single by Andrew Bullock and a double by Kyle Jackson, a wild pitch allowed Bullock to score the game’s first run. T.J. Condon followed with an RBI single, Waynesboro’s lone RBI on the night, to score Jackson and make it 2-0 Waynesboro. The slim two run lead would hold for the road team as they would escape with the game and series victory.
Braman held the Covington offense completely in check throughout the evening, allowing only five hits in the game. He also finished with just one walk and six performances in his dominating performance.
UP NEXT: The Generals await the winner of the North Division Championship series between Front Royal and Strasburg. Game 1 will take place the day after their series concludes.
Generals Beat Covington 9-1, Take 1-0 Series Lead
Kyle Jackson crushed two home runs and had four RBIs in the Game 1 victory.
The Waynesboro Generals topped the Covington Lumberjacks 9-1 in Game 1 of the VBL Semifinals Sunday evening to take a 1-0 series lead.
Waynesboro broke through early with four runs in the first inning as they took a 4-0 lead. Andrew Bullock started the scoring with a bases loaded sacrifice fly to score the first run of the game. Kyle Jackson then crushed a three-run home run to left field as the Generals took a four run lead. The home team was able to add one more in the second inning with Tanner Poole’s RBI single to take a 5-0 lead.
The scoring did not stop in the first two innings for the Generals, though, as they were able to push three more across in the third. T.J. Condon blasted a solo home run, scoring the first run, and Sam Palensky brought the next two home with a two-RBI double to make it 8-0 Waynesboro. Jackson added another home run in the fourth, this one a solo shot, giving the Generals a nine run lead.
The Lumberjacks were able to score one run in the top of the ninth, but that was all as the Generals would take Game 1 of the series 9-1.
Campbell Scholl got the ball to start the game and went five scoreless innings with three strikeouts. Tyler Elwer came on in relief for two innings, walked one batter, and struck out one as well. Tanner Kirby pitched the final two innings, giving up just the one run on three hits with a walk and a strikeout.
Coach Williams’ Player of the Game: RF Kyle Jackson (2-4, 2 HR, 4 RBI)
UP NEXT: Game 2 of the Semifinals will be in Covington on Monday evening, beginning at 7:00 pm.
