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The Harrisburg Senators (38-41) outlasted the Richmond Flying Squirrels (39-37), 6-5, in 13 innings on Wednesday night at Metro Bank Park. The Squirrels had essentially run out of pitching after using seven hurlers when the game ultimately ended.
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JMU Director of Athletics Jeff Bourne announced on Tuesday the appointment of Marlin Ikenberry as head coach of the James Madison baseball program, naming Ikenberry the sixth skipper in program history.
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The University of Virginia won 67 percent of its intercollegiate athletic contests in 2014-15 to win the 37th annual Virginia Sports Information Director’s Association Division I All-Sport championship.
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The Richmond Flying Squirrels (39-35) snapped a 29-inning scoreless drought to score twice in the seventh inning and stun the New Britain Rock Cats (41-35), 2-1, on Monday night at New Britain Stadium.
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Qore Systems LLC will invest $12.8 million to relocate from Arizona and establish its first Virginia operation in Highlands Business Park, owned and operated by Smyth County and Washington County.
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Secretary of Health and Human Resources William A. Hazel, Jr., M.D. announced the appointment of the Certificate of Public Need (COPN) Work Group.
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Winston-Salem used a five-run second inning to jump on top of the Hillcats early and held off a late comeback to take the second game of the series, 6-4.Mitch Brown recorded a season-high six strikeouts, but earned the loss after allowing six runs on four hits at Calvin Falwell Field Friday night.
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Over the past 20 years, the American government has spent millions of dollars sending representatives to United Nations climate change conferences. While the public are advised to walk, bicycle, and take the bus more to cut back on greenhouse gas emissions, hundreds of civil servants have enjoyed tax payer funded flights to exotic locations across the globe to take part in U.N. negotiations to ‘save the climate.’
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Governor McAuliffe announced today that the Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) will award five $50,000 high school innovation planning grants to divisions that have proposed bold, innovative programs aimed at building the workforce of the 21stcentury.
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Four pitchers including lefty Adalberto Mejia combined as the Richmond Flying Squirrels (38-31) to blank the Trenton Thunder (37-34), 4-0, on Tuesday night at The Diamond. The meeting was the first between the two teams this season and marked the fifth staff shutout for Richmond.
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