
Cueto dominant, Reds make it five in a row over Nats, win 5-0
Johnny Cueto shut out the Nats on two hits, and the Cincinnati Reds defeated Washington for the fifth straight time in 2015, by a final of 5-0 Tuesday night at Nationals Park.

Johnny Cueto shut out the Nats on two hits, and the Cincinnati Reds defeated Washington for the fifth straight time in 2015, by a final of 5-0 Tuesday night at Nationals Park.

Governor Terry McAuliffe spoke at today’s opening session of the Walmart Manufacturing Summit to an audience that included suppliers who do business with the retailer.

The 2015 Valley League All-Star game on Sunday, July 12, showcases the league’s rising collegiate stars in an annual event attended by baseball fans and Major League Baseball scouts alike at James Madison University’s Eagle Field at Veterans Memorial Park in Harrisonburg.

Staunton author Chris Cleary wrote for the Virginia Quarterly Review and cofounded the Midsummer Players, a theater group that provided free summer Shakespeare productions on the UVA grounds.

In the finale of a three-game home series on Monday night against the Wilmington Blue Rocks (45-36 Overall, 17-24 Road, 7-4 Second-Half), the Potomac Nationals (40-41 Overall, 23-18 Home, 7-4 Second-Half) were edged 2-1 in 10 innings on a solo home run off the bat of Blue Rocks C Cam Gallagher swatted over all three tiers of signage in left field at Pfitzner Stadium.

The Richmond Flying Squirrels (43-38) completed a three-game sweep of the Akron RubberDucks (43-41) with a, 5-2, victory in the series finale at The Diamond on Monday night. The series was the first between the two clubs this season.

Preliminary reports indicate the July 4 holiday weekend experienced the fewest fatal traffic crashes since 2002. A total of four fatal crashes have been reported for the three-day holiday weekend.

On Thursday, July 9 at noon, Virginia Historical Society president emeritus Charles F. Bryan Jr. will deliver a Banner Lecture entitled “The History Crisis in America: Myth and Reality” and will launch his new book,Imperfect Past: History in a New Light.

Jordan Zimmerman was dominant in seven solid innings, leading the Washington Nationals to a 3-1 win over the defending World Series champion San Francisco Giants Sunday night, completing a three-game weekend sweep.

The Nats beat up Giants ace and World Series hero Madison Bumgarner in a 9-3 Washington win on Saturday, but it wasn’t all good news at Nationals Park.