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The Nationals (59-68-Overall, 30-32-Home, 26-31-Second Half) and the Keys (61-67-Overall, 28-37-Road, 29-29-Second Half) traded shutout victories in the twin bill with Frederick picking up a Game One 4-0 win and Potomac coming back with a Game Two 7-0 win on Tuesday night at Pfitzner Stadium.
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Kevin Heller launched a two-run homer in the first inning, but that’s all the offense the Salem Red Sox could muster as they fell to the Lynchburg Hillcats 4-2 on Tuesday night at LewisGale Field.
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Augusta Free Press editor Chris Graham joins host Jim Bresnahan on WREL-1450 in Lexington, Va., to talk sports. The segment covers the efforts of the Washington Nationals and Baltimore Orioles to play their ways into the 2015 pennant races in the American League and National League, and offers a quick glimpse into the preparations of UVA and Virginia Tech for their 2015 college football season openers.
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Passengers departing Norfolk, Va., can sleep a little longer as the weekday departure for Northeast Regional Train 84 from the city moves to 6:10 a.m. beginning on Aug. 31.
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Jim Webb, in 1979, wrote a magazine piece titled “Women Can’t Fight” addressing the role of women in combat. Now running for the Democratic Party presidential nomination, Webb would like you to know that he didn’t write the headline.
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Founded in 2002, AugustaFreePress.com readership continues to grow to levels well beyond our local and statewide competitors.
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Michael Peoples pitched seven scoreless innings as Lynchburg shut out Potomac 2-0 in the series finale on Sunday afternoon at City Stadium. The win was the 10th of the season for Peoples.
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Former Virginia U.S. Sen. Jim Webb hasn’t seen his presidential campaign catch fire yet, to say the least. He was asked in an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union” about two campaigns that have caught fire: Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Bernie Sanders.
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A trio of pitchers for the Potomac Nationals (58-66-Overall, 29-35-Road, 25-29-Secon Half) allowed just two runs to the first place Lynchburg Hillcats (64-61-Overall, 33-28-Home, 31-24-Second Half), as the P-Nats defeated the ‘Cats 4-2 to even the series at a win apiece at Calvin Frawley Field on Saturday night.
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When Dickson Despommier’s book The Vertical Farm: Feeding the World in the 21st Century was first published, there were no vertical farms. Now, it’s an exciting movement in U.S. food production, providing pesticide-free leafy greens and herbs to a fast-growing population.
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