Generals get win in first game of Sunday doubleheader
Chastin Akers picked six strong innings in his first start of the Valley League season, and Waynesboro got the win in the first of two on Sunday, knocking off Covington, 6-4.
Akers (1-0) gave up three runs on seven hits in his second appearance of the season. The 6-7 lefty from Concord got some help early as the Generals scored three runs in the bottom of the first aided by a pair of Covington errors, including one on a one-out grounder by Drew Turocy that allowed Colin Harrington and Cody Hudson to score.
Chase Worthington had a pair of sacrifice-fly RBIs for Waynesboro, which had already clinched a playoff berth on Saturday night when Woodstock lost to Winchester.
The win pushes Waynesboro for the moment into fifth place a half-game ahead of idle Harrisonburg.
The Generals host Staunton at 7 p.m. in their regular-season home finale.
Story by Chris Graham. Chris can be reached at freepress2@ntelos.net.
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Generals split pair in Covington
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Jaryd Summers was solid in his first start for Waynesboro, pitching five shutout innings in an 8-0 win for the Generals, who split a doubleheader with Covington Friday night. The Lumberjacks took game two of the doubleheader by a 4-2 final.
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Another rainout
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Tuesday night’s game between the Waynesboro Generals and the Covington Lumberjacks has been postponed due to rain and forecasts of possibly heavy rain in the area ongoing through the evening.
No makeup date has yet been set for the game.
Generals get second in a row
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A pair of RBI singles by Drew Turocy and seven quality innings from Taylor Sandefur highlighted an 11-7 win by the Waynesboro Generals over the Covington Lumberjacks Sunday night.
WaynesboroGenerals.com has the story.
‘Jacks romp, 14-5
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Hoo, boy, that was ugly. Six Waynesboro errors led to eight unearned Covington runs that the Lumberjacks used as the foundation to their 14-5 shellacking of the Generals Wednesday night at Mathers Park.
WaynesboroGenerals.com has the story.
VMI assistant named manager of Covington Lumberjacks
VMI assistant baseball coach James Conrad has been named the head coach of the Covington (Va.) Lumberjacks of the Valley Baseball League for the upcoming season.
Conrad is in his first season with the Keydets, where he coaches first base and works primarily with the outfielders. A 2007 graduate of Lafayette, Conrad was a three-time All-Patriot League player for the Leopards and was named the conference’s Scholar Athlete of the Year as a senior. In 2007, Conrad ranked third in the nation with 49 stolen bases and led the Leopards to a League Championship and a berth in the Charlottesville Regional, where the center fielder was named to the All-Regional Team. Read more
