
Carolina sweeps doubleheader with Salem Red Sox
Erik Gonzalez led Carolina with five hits in two Mudcat victories, while the Salem Red Sox mustered five total hits as a team in a pair of setbacks.

Erik Gonzalez led Carolina with five hits in two Mudcat victories, while the Salem Red Sox mustered five total hits as a team in a pair of setbacks.

Virginia House of Delegates Speaker William J. Howell (R-Stafford), Majority Leader Kirk Cox (R-Colonial Heights), Caucus Chairman Timothy D. Hugo (R-Fairfax) and Majority Whip Jackson Miller (R-Manassas) sent a letter Tuesday to U.S. Sen. Mark Warner urging the senator to denounce Gov. Terry McAuliffe’s decision to hold the state budget hostage to Medicaid expansion.

For their spring show, The Wilson Memorial High School Hornet Players will present the farcical comedy, Kiss and Tell, by Fredrick Hugh Herbert, produced with special permission from Dramatist Play Services, Inc.

Brandon Angus tripled home the go-ahead run in the 16th inning, giving the VMI Keydets a lead they would not reliquish en route to a 4-2 win over the High Point Panthers in Big South action Sunday in High Point, N.C.

JMU rallied from a two-run deficit in the ninth inning on a tying two-run double from senior second baseman Conner Brown (Richmond, Va./Godwin) and redshirt sophomore Kyle Weston(Penn Laird, Va./Spotswood) singled in the winning run for a 9-8 win over William and Mary after dropping the first game of a doubleheader 13-5 on Saturday at Eagle Field at Veterans Memorial Park.

The Potomac Nationals (5-4, 3-2) bested the Carolina Mudcats (5-4, 3-2) in Game Two of their four-game set on Saturday evening at Pfitzner Stadium by the final score of 3-1 thanks to a solid starting pitching performance by winning pitcher, RHP Pedro Encarnacion (1-0) and excellent P-Nats’ bullpen work.

The Potomac Nationals (4-4, 2-2) outlasted the Carolina Mudcats in the series opener to earn a 4-2 win on Friday night at Pfitzner Stadium handing the visitors their first loss of the season on the road.

After scoring just a total of five runs in four games against Salem in the opening series of the season, the Myrtle Beach Pelicans offense awakened on Friday night in a 7-5 win over the Red Sox in front of 5,605 fans at LewisGale Field.

The Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services urges residents to help stop the threat that invasive plants and pests pose to the state’s agricultural and natural resources.

The Waynesboro Police Department has made a significant arrest in a multi-state crime spree involving larcenies of thousands of dollars of property from vehicles in smash and grab thefts.
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