Six Generals Named to All-Valley League Team, Sterry Named VBL MVP
Six Generals were named to the All-Valley League team, including Zach Sterry who was named Valley League MVP.
Six Waynesboro Generals have been honored as members of the All-Valley League Team that was announced Monday. Zach Sterry (1st Team), T.J. Condon (1st), Tanner Poole (1st), Vince Braman (2nd), Campbell Scholl (2nd), and Zach Neff (2nd) were the six players that represented Waynesboro on the team.
Sterry was also named the league MVP after the first baseman finished the year fourth in batting with a .350 average and leading the league in home runs (13), doubles (14), RBIs (41), and slugging percentage (.734).
Catcher T.J. Condon finished the year with a .307 batting average, 3 home runs, and 15 RBIs. He also committed only three errors behind the plate all season. Center Fielder Tanner Poole was second on the team with a .333 batting average and six home runs, while leading the team in runs scored (49), hits (52), triples (5), and stolen bases (21).
Starting pitcher Vince Braman was 5-0 in five starts during the summer and had a 3.37 ERA. Campbell Scholl, also a starting pitcher, was 2-0 in six starts and was tied for the league lead with a 1.04 ERA. Reliever Zach Neff was 4-1 in his eight appearances out of the bullpen with one save while also striking out 18 batters.
Waynesboro led all teams with six selections to the All-Valley League team, followed by the Strasburg Express with five.
Five Generals to Participate in Valley League All-Star Game
The Valley League All-Star rosters have been announced, and five Waynesboro Generals players will be representing the South Division on July 10th.
Pitchers Campbell Scholl and Ivanniel Vazquez will join the South pitching staff. Scholl leads the team in ERA with a 0.54 average in his three starts thus far. He has started three games going sixteen and two-thirds innings while only allowing one run on just five hits. His record stands at 1-0 with eleven walks and eleven strikeouts. Vazquez has appeared in relief six times for the Generals with a 1-1 record and a 2.45 ERA. In eleven innings, he has surrendered three runs with three walks and is second on the team with eighteen strikeouts.
Rounding out the Generals’ All-Stars are outfilders Tanner Poole and Eli Putnam along with first baseman Zach Sterry. Poole has been a dynamic player for Waynesboro at the top of the lineup while leading the team in batting average (.315), at bats (92), runs (18), hits (29), and stolen bases (14). He has also played a strong center field as Poole has not committed an error this season. Eli Putnam, despite some time spent on the disabled list, has also had a large impact offensively for the team. He is second on the team in both batting average at .303 and RBIs with fourteen. Sterry has also had an impact in the middle of the order. He leads the team and is tied for league lead with seven home runs on the season. Sterry is third on the team with a .291 batting average, and leads the team with seventeen RBIs.
Sterry will also participate in the Home Run Derby which is set to begin at 5:20 before the game.
The Valley-League All-Star Game will take place on Sunday July 10th beginning at 7:30 pm. Gates open for fans at 3:00 pm with opportunities for fans to take photos and receive autographs. The 60 yard dash contest and Home Run Derby will take place at 4:15 pm and 5:20 pm, respectively. Player introductions will begin at 7:15 pm.
Full Roster Here
Generals Fall at Home to Front Royal 7-3
The Waynesboro Generals (14-6) lost only their second home game of the season Tuesday night in a loss to the Front Royal Cardinals (12-9) 7-3.
Waynesboro put the first run on the board on a Zach Sterry sacrifice fly in the bottom of the third inning. The Cardinals did not allow the lead to last long, though, as in the top of the fourth they struck back for five runs to take a 5-1 lead. Joe Mundy’s two RBI single allowed the Cardinals to take the lead. Then, a single by Stephen Diaz, a triple by Zach Clark, and another single by Tanner Halstead all drove in runs to push the lead to four runs.
Back-to-back home runs by Clay Hunt and Josh Magee for Front Royals stretched the lead to 7-1 as the Front Royal offense carried the team in the middle innings.
The Generals would fight back scoring two runs in the bottom of the sixth inning. Zach Sterry doubled down the right field line, and Trey Stine drove him in with an RBI single to get one run back. Stine would then score after an error by the third baseman making the score 7-3. The score held at that margin for the rest of the game.
Sterry had a strong game at the plate after going two for two with a double and a single on the night. The first baseman was the only Waynesboro player with more than one hit in the game.
Tyler Davis started the game on the mound for the Generals going four innings allowing five runs on five hits with only two of the runs being earned. Despite not allowing a hit in the first three innings, Davis struggled in the fourth where he gave up all of his runs. He also finished with four strikeouts and two walks finishing with the loss. Brent Sasse tossed three innings of relief and allowed two runs on six hits. Tyler Elwer and Conner Loeprich each pitched one inning of scoreless relief.
Blake Whitney got the win for Front Royal after throwing six innings, allowing three runs on five hits, striking out six, and walking three.
UP NEXT: Waynesboro will travel to Winchester tomorrow, June 29 to face the Royals beginning at 7:00 pm.
