
Lynchburg drops Sunday matinee to Wilmington
Luis Lugo came off the disabled list and struck out five over three innings, but the Lynchburg Hillcats bats were silent in the early going in a 4-2 loss to the Blue Rocks on Sunday afternoon.

Luis Lugo came off the disabled list and struck out five over three innings, but the Lynchburg Hillcats bats were silent in the early going in a 4-2 loss to the Blue Rocks on Sunday afternoon.

Tyler Zombro pitched eight of nine innings for his seventh win of the year as the George Mason baseball team (22-25-1) came away with an 8-3 victory over La Salle (22-26-1) in the series finale on Sunday.

The UVA baseball team earned a series win over Duke with a 4-2 win Sunday afternoon in front of 4,118 fans on Senior Day at Davenport Field. The win moves Virginia into 10th place in the conference, a half-game ahead of idle Wake Forest, with one weekend to go in ACC play. The top 10 teams in the conference qualify for this month’s ACC Tournament in Durham.

Average gas prices have moved higher for 23 consecutive days (up 27 cents per gallon), due to higher crude oil costs and a number of refinery issues. Friday’s national average gas price of $2.66 per gallon represents the most expensive average price of the year.

The American Farm Bureau Federation is encouraging farmers across the country to speak out in favor of biotechnology through a just-launched advocacy campaign.

Home runs from Will Connerley and David Geary backed a complete game from Andrew Woods as the VMI Keydets defeated the UNCG Spartans, 8-2, in the middle game of a Southern Conference series Saturday night in Lexington, Va.

Freshman second baseman Kyle McPherson went 2-for-4 with a double and a pair of RBIs on Saturday night, but a late, two-run home run gave Hofstra an 8-6 win over the James Madison baseball team in Colonial Athletic Association action at Eagle Field at Veterans Memorial Park.

The Richmond Flying Squirrels (9-17) won their sixth consecutive ballgame, 3-1, over the Bowie Baysox (17-12) in front of 9,307 at The Diamond on Saturday night.

U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (D-W.Va.) asked 174 Washington and Lee University School of Law graduates to remember the importance of community, lawyers and the pursuit of happiness as they embarked on their careers.

On Tuesday, May 12, young political leaders will host the first Down with Debt fundraiser to prepare for political action and raise awareness about the crisis of student debt.
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