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.
Rally falls short for Waynesboro in 15-12 loss
Story by Chris Graham
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Waynesboro rallied late to cut an early eight-run Winchester lead to two, but that was as close as the Generals would get in a 15-12 road loss Thursday night.
Starting pitcher Michael Reed (0-3) was touched up for eight runs, all earned, in the first, but Waynesboro was able to get the margin down to 13-11 in the seventh when Grant Fillipitch homered to left field.
A two-run Cody Gaskill homer in the eighth off Generals closer Andrew Blackwell made it 15-11 Winchester. Drew Turocy singled home Jon Clinard from second with two outs in the ninth to make it 15-12, but Cody Hudson struck out swinging to end it.
Fillipitch, Turocy and Zephan Guyear all had three hits for Waynesboro, and T.J. Kuban had a three-run double in the sixth that was a big part of the rally that got Waynesboro back into the game.
Agony! Royals beat Generals in 13-inning heartbreaker
Story by Chris Graham
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Raymond Church hit his first home run of the season in the top of the 13th inning to lift Winchester to a wild 7-6 win over Waynesboro at Mathers Park.
Church hit his homer off reliever Drew Turocy (0-2) with two outs in the 13th. The Generals had a golden opportunity to win in the bottom of the 12th when they loaded the bases with two outs, but a sinking liner to right-center off the bat of Grant Fillipitch landed in the glove of Winchester rightfielder Tim Cross to end that threat.
Waynesboro battled back from an early 6-1 deficit with the big hit being a two-out, two-run double in the seventh by Zephan Guyear that made it 6-4 Winchester.
It was 6-5 in the ninth when the Generals loaded the bases with nobody out. Reliever Dylan Ward struck out Cody Hudson to get a big first out in the inning, but Alan Stoupa tied it with a sacrifice fly to center that scored Turocy and made it 6-6.
The Waynesboro bullpen was big in the comeback as well, giving up just two runs in eight and two-thirds innings.
Stephen Cooke (1-1) picked up the win with three innings of one-hit relief out of the Royals bullpen.
Braves take Generals, 10-2
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Staunton rode a strong pitching performance by Logan Dodd and a pair of big innings at the plate to a 10-2 win over Waynesboro Tuesday night at John Moxie Memorial Stadium.
Dodd (1-1) allowed two runs on nine hits while striking out eight in seven innings. The Braves took control with a four-run third that was highlighted by a two-run homer by Todd Brazeal off Generals starter Brian Atkins (1-1).
A fivespot in the eighth off reliever Justin Thompson, making his first appearance of the season for Waynesboro, broke the game open.
Waynesboro got two hits each from Jon Clinard, Zephan Guyear, Grant Fillipitch and Cody Hudson.
Fitzgerald pitches gem as Generals shut out Rapids
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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.
Generals roll over Rebels, 11-3
Story by Chris Graham
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Mike Hernandez pitched seven strong innings, and the offense put up 17 hits and scored in five consecutive innings, as Waynesboro posted an 11-3 win over New Market Friday night at Mathers Park at Kate Collins Field.
Hernandez (2-1) improved to 2-0 against the Rebels in 2010. He pitched eight innings of one-hit baseball against New Market in the Generals’ season opener on June 5. Win #2 over New Market was impressive in a different way, with Hernandez scattering nine hits while giving up three runs (two earned) and striking out nine.
Greg Smith struck out four in two hitless innings to close things out for Waynesboro.
Zephan Guyear and Drew Turocy each had three hits to pace the Generals offense.
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
