
AAA: Gas price increases slow in time for Memorial Day
The unofficial start of summer is here, and gas prices are at their lowest point at the Memorial Day holiday in five years.

The unofficial start of summer is here, and gas prices are at their lowest point at the Memorial Day holiday in five years.

The Potomac (18-22-Overall, 10-10-Home) offense exploded in the series finale, defeating the Carolina Mudcats (19-18-Overall, 6-10-Road) 11-1 to earn their first series sweep of 2015 while banging out 11 hits in support of RHP John Simms, who earned his first win of the campaign.

The P-Nats (17-22-Overall, 9-10-Home) plated the go-ahead run in the bottom of the seventh inning and closed out their second consecutive one-run win in the 4-3 victory that clinched the series against the Carolina Mudcats (19-17-Overall, 6-9-Road) at Pfitzner Stadium on Wednesday night.

The ridiculously overhyped circus that is the NFL Draft is in the rearview mirror. Free agency is mostly wrapped up. A lot of changes will still come, but teams look more like they will next season than they have at any point up until now. That means that this is a good time to look at NFL season win totals for some nice betting value. (All odds are from Bovada):

Miami scored seven runs in the eighth inning to rally from a three-run deficit and top the UVA baseball team, 9-5, Wednesday afternoon in pool play at the ACC Baseball Championship at Durham Bulls Athletic Park in Durham, N.C.

The Erie SeaWolves (15-24) rode five unearned runs to a, 5-2, victory over the Richmond Flying Squirrels (15-22) on Wednesdaymorning at Jerry Uht Park. T

The University of Virginia Board of Visitors approved an extension of President Teresa A. Sullivan’s employment contract on Tuesday during a special meeting in Charlottesville.

Behind a one-hit shutout from right-hander Josh Sborz (Jr., McLean, Va.), the UVA baseball team blanked Georgia Tech, 11-0, Tuesday in the opening game of the 2015 ACC Baseball Championship at Durham Bulls Athletic Park in Durham, N.C. The game concluded after seven innings because of the tournament’s 10-run mercy rule.

Gas prices continue to climb, with the busy Memorial Day weekend just one week away. The national average price of gasoline (through Friday) had increased for 29 of the previous 32 days to $2.69 per gallon. Drivers are paying three cents more per gallon than one week ago and 30 cents more per gallon than one month ago.

WWE champ Seth Rollins, as expected, retained, and U.S. champ John Cena, as expected, won his I Quit match with Rusev, who as expected didn’t quit, but was quit for by his manager, Lana. So WWE Payback was predictable. It was also still very entertaining.
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