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Manny Rivera delivered Salem’s first quality start of the season, and three sacrifice flies produced all the offense the Red Sox needed in Sunday afternoon’s 3-1 triumph over the Myrtle Beach Pelicans at LewisGale Field. Jackie Bradley Jr. drove in a pair and key doubles from Michael Almanzar and Felix Sanchez—the eight and nine hitters,…
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The Richmond Flying Squirrels (6-5) claimed a four-game series win over the Altoona Curve (4-5) with a, 3-1, triumph in the series-finale in front of 7,691 at The Diamond on Sunday afternoon. Squirrels’ starter Justin Fitzgerald started with a pair of scoreless innings, and the Richmond offense staked him to the lead in the bottom…
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Robert Gallet pitched a complete game in a 5-1 victory over Guilford in the second game of a twinbill to salvage a split for the Eagles in Saturday’s doubleheader. Guilford took the opener 9-8 in 10 innings. Gallet set the tone by retiring the first eight batters he faced and then scattered nine hits the…
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Jacob Stallings hit a solo home run in the 10th inning to lift No. 8 North Carolina to a 2-1 win over the No. 23 Virginia baseball team Friday evening at Davenport Field. The UNC victory snapped UVa’s 15-game home winning streak. North Carolina upped its record to 25-9 (10-6 ACC), while Virginia slipped to…
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When I file my tax return and look at the amount of income tax I pay, I can’t help but think of those who don’t pay any taxes at all. Some of them—even though they make money during the year—not only pay nothing but actually get money back. According to one estimate, they cost every…
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The No. 23 Virginia baseball team scored 16 unanswered runs to climb out of an early four-run hole and defeat George Washington, 16-4, Wednesday evening at Davenport Field. UVa (23-10-1) captured its 15th-straight home victory. George Washington (12-20) scored four runs in the first inning, but UVa scored runs in each of the first four…
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VMI head basketball coach Duggar Baucom has received a contract extension through the 2016-2017 season, athletic director Donny White has announced. Baucom recently guided the Keydets in 2011-12 to their third winning season over the last four years and an appearance in the Big South Championship final game for the third time over the last…
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Jonathan Mason and Alex Nuttycombe belted homes and lefty Corey Armentrout silenced the Eastern Mennonite bats as Bridgewater College rolled to a 14-1 ODAC victory Wednesday afternoon. The Eagles took the lead with a run in the bottom of the first. With two outs, Bryan Sanderson walked and stole second. Andrew Hacker then stroked a…
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Third in a four-part series What can Washington do about the near-record gas prices that a lot of us fear will cripple the economic recovery that has been slow in arriving anyway? In the short term, U.S. Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., concedes, not much. “It’s not like America is paying a signficantly higher price for…
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The public is invited to the Art Opening this Friday, April 13 in the Staunton Augusta Art Center galleries at the Smith Center (20 S. New Street in historic Downtown Staunton). Drop by anytime between 5 and 7pm and meet painter/printmaker Ed Bordett. Bordett won Best in Show at Art in the Park in 2011…
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