
Nathan Kirby update: UVA coach Brian O’Connor expects ace to be available in Omaha
It’s looking more and more likely that All-America lefty ace Nathan Kirby will be available for Virginia in Omaha next weekend in the 2015 College World Series.

It’s looking more and more likely that All-America lefty ace Nathan Kirby will be available for Virginia in Omaha next weekend in the 2015 College World Series.

The following highway work is scheduled, weather permitting, in the Culpeper District during the upcoming week.

There is a good chance that average U.S. gas prices will drop soon due to stabilizing crude oil costs and as refineries complete seasonal maintenance, which would result in the cheapest summertime gas prices since 2009.

Robert Galligan was on the verge of being the Charlottesville Super Regional MVP. The Maryland lefty came out of the bullpen with one out in the first and his Terps down 2-1, and with seven and two-thirds innings of scoreless relief, Galligan had his team on the verge of evening the series without having to tap deeper into its pen.

Maryland baseball coach John Szefc and players Robert Galligan and Anthony Papio talk with reporters after the Terps’ 5-4 loss to UVA in Game 2 of the Charlottesville Super Regionals.

Ernie Clement (Fr., Rochester, N.Y.) hit a two-run, walk-off single to cap a three-run ninth-inning rally that gave the Virginia baseball team a 5-4 victory over Maryland Saturday afternoon at Davenport Field in Game 2 of the NCAA Charlottesville Super Regional. The hit punched the Cavaliers’ fourth trip to the College World Series as UVa won the first two games to clinch the best-of-three series.

UVA left fielder Kevin Doherty watched Maryland coach John Szefc give the signal to closer Kevin Mooney. Four. Mooney was to intentionally walk Joe McCarthy with two outs in the eight inning, runners on second and third, the Terps up one, to get to Doherty, who had gone 0-for-3 on the day against Maryland starter Mike Shawaryn, and had looked ugly on a pair of strikeouts.

UVA baseball coach Brian O’Connor and players Kevin Doherty, Kenny Towns and Connor Jones talk with reporters after the Cavs’ 5-3 win over Maryland in Game 1 of the 2015 Charlottesville Super Regional.

Maryland baseball coach John Szefc and players LaMonte Wade and Mike Shawaryn talk with reporters after the Terps’ 5-3 loss to UVA in Game 1 of the Charlottesville Super Regional.

Did you ever doubt that UVA was going to come back and win Friday’s Game 1 in the Charlottesville Super Regional? Probably. But the Cavs didn’t, and that’s all that matters.
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