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For his second straight start, Mike Augliera authored seven scintillating scoreless innings. Unlike last time, the Sox gave him enough support for the righthander to pick up the victory.
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With two outs in the bottom of the 11th and the tying run at second base, Salem lefty Robby Scott was halted in his pursuit of victory. Deep in the outfield, a skunk sneaked on to the field and strolled on the warning track. After a brief pause (the skunk was shooed off the field by the bold Hillcats groundskeeper), Scott induced a game-ending ground out to give the Red Sox a surprisingly sweet 5-4 triumph in 11 innings.
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As the bus started rolling for Chantilly on Friday afternoon, no one aboard really knew what lay in store for them on this trip. The young men had looked up the word “cotillion” a handful of times, watched videos from previous events, learned ballroom dance steps from FMS Supermom, Mrs. Wright, and Fishburne’s Ms. Byrne, and painstakingly memorized rules for proper silveware usage.
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U.S. Sens. Tim Kaine and Mark Warner along with U.S. Reps. Robert Hurt, and Morgan Griffith, today introduced the Commonsense Permitting for Job Creation Act in both houses of Congress.
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U.S. Sen. Mark Warner applauded the House of Representatives’ passage today of his bipartisan Government Customer Service Improvement Act, which was sponsored by U.S. Reps. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) and Michael McCaul (R-Texas).
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After a night of missed chances, the Salem Sox finally capitalized to produce a 6-5 walk-off victory in the bottom of the tenth against Potomac.
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Virginia men’s tennis standout Jarmere Jenkins and North Carolina women’s soccer star Crystal Dunn have earned the top honors bestowed upon ACC athletes for 2012-13 in voting by the Atlantic Coast Sports Media Association (ACSMA).
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The Hillcats beat the Frederick Keys 6-1 tonight behind an outstanding performance from starter Greg Ross. He threw seven scoreless innings, and retired the last five batters he faced. Elmer Reyes broke the game open in the sixth inning with a three-run triple, leading the Hillcats to a series opening victory.
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Left-hander Edwin Escobar turned in his finest performance in the Eastern League, leading the Richmond Flying Squirrels (50-58) to a 2-0 win over the Akron Aeros (53-55) on Sunday afternoon at Canal Park. The Squirrels salvaged a split of the four-game series as Escobar turned in 7 1/3 shutout innings for the win.
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The Shenandoah Valley friends of lieutenant governor candidate E.W. Jackson will host a “God & Country” benefit dinner for Jackson at 6:30 p.m., Monday, July 29, at JMU’s Festival Conference and Student Center. The public is invited.
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