
Two-out trauma: Nats down Sox 5-2
Potomac delivered countless clutch hits on Monday night, gathering all five of their runs with two outs to defeat the Salem Sox 5-2.

Potomac delivered countless clutch hits on Monday night, gathering all five of their runs with two outs to defeat the Salem Sox 5-2.

In April 2012, USA TODAY published a series entitled “Ghost Factories,” a report on an investigation into lead contaminated soil in hundreds of neighborhoods around the U.S. where lead factories once operated. The investigation addressed the lack of action taken by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to test and clean up these sites despite having been warned in 2001 about the dangerous levels of lead contamination around the areas of these old facilities.

Chris Dillow of Waynesboro, Va., weighed a five-bass limit totaling 15 pounds, 5 ounces Saturday to win the Walmart Bass Fishing League Shenandoah Division event on the James River. For his victory, Dillow earned $6,046.

The Hillcats lost to the Potomac Nationals 6-1 tonight. Williams Perez matched career-highs in innings pitched (7) and strikeouts (8), and only allowed one run, but suffered the loss for the ‘Cats.

The Lynchburg Hillcats picked up their fifth walk-off win of the season with a 4-3 extra-inning win over the Potomac Nationals Thursday night at City Stadium.

Four well-known leaders from Northern Virginia endorsed Terry McAuliffe for governor this week, citing his commitment to finding mainstream, bipartisan solutions to growing and diversifying Virginia’s economy.

One day after mustering just three hits in a 3-0 setback, the Salem Sox pounded 15 hits and scored a baker’s dozen to surpass the Keys 13-9.

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.

Gov. Bob McDonnell said Tuesday that loans made to his wife and his family business by Star Scientific CEO Jonnie Williams have been repaid.

Matt Rauh worked out of a bases loaded jam in the first inning, and Potomac pitching cruised the rest of the way en route to a 3-0 shutout over the Salem Sox on Tuesday afternoon at Pfitzner Stadium.
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