Tom Sox Play Final Regular Season Game In Culpeper

Tom Sox Play Final Regular Season Game In Culpeper

Game Notes
July 22, 2025•5 min read

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. –The 2025 regular season ends with Tuesday night’s clash between the Charlottesville Tom Sox (20-17) and Culpeper Cavaliers (17-19).

Coverage: First pitch is set for 7 p.m. from Culpeper County High School. Viewers can head to the Tom Sox YouTube channel for our radio broadcast where Jeremy Rose and Landon Weaver will be on the call. The Cavaliers YouTube channel will have the livestream of tonight’s game. A link to the live stats is available on Pointstreak. The Tom Sox X account (@CvilleTomSox) will provide live updates.

Ticket Information: Admission to Culpeper games is $5 per adult, $3 for ages 12 and under, as well as 65 and over. Children 12 and under that are wearing their Little League uniform receive free admission. Tickets can be purchased at the gate.

PROBABLE STARTERS

Culpeper: RHP Benjy Tucker (Mercer)

Charlottesville: RHP Ian White Jr. (Indiana)

PLAYOFF SEEDING SET

  • With Monday night’s 3-1 loss to Staunton, the Tom Sox are officially locked into the three-seed in the South Division for the Valley League Playoffs

  • Charlottesville will host the six-seed Waynesboro Generals on Thursday at 7 p.m.

  • If the ‘Sox win Thursday’s first round matchup, they advance to the South Division Semifinals and will go on the road to take on the Staunton Braves

SWINGING A HOT BAT

  • Anderson French (Virginia Tech)and Will Jennewein (Sewanee)have each only played in a handful of games for the Tom Sox, but are both having great starts to their time in Charlottesville

  • French is 4-13 with two RBI and four walks, while Jennewein is 4-12 with three RBI, eight walks, and three stolen bases

  • Evan Taveras went 3-4 with three RBI in Sunday’s 14-4 win over Waynesboro, with two of his hits being home runs

  • Lee Sowers (North Carolina)is hitting .385 in the last five games

STARTING PITCHING DOMINANCE

  • Charlottesville’s starting pitchers have provided solid outings all season long

  • The 10 Tom Sox starters this summer have a 4.31 ERA and 128 strikeouts across 108.2 innings, while opposing hitters are posting just a .216 AVG against them

  • Tim Lawson (North Carolina)leads the Tom Sox in innings pitched (24.1), starts (9), and strikeouts (37)

SCOUTING THE CAVALIERS

  • Culpeper is locked into the four-seed in the South Division and will host the Covington Lumberjacks in the first round of the Valley League Playoffs on Thursday

  • The Cavaliers are coming off of a doubleheader sweep over Waynesboro, winning the first game, 12-2, and the second game, 7-3

  • Keeton Burroughs paces the Culpeper lineup with a .326 AVG, while Colby Motley leads the team with 21 RBI

  • Tonight’s starting pitcher, Benjy Tucker, has a 1-1 record and a 10.32 ERA across 11.1 innings

  • Charlottesville and Culpeper split their doubleheader last Thursday, with the Tom Sox winning game two, 5-4, on a walk-off RBI single by Lee Sowers

  • The ‘Sox lead the season series, 3-2, and the all-time series, 13-7

10TH SEASON OF TOM SOX BASEBALL

  • 2025 marks the tenth season of Charlottesville Tom Sox baseball

  • Since 2015, the team’s inaugural season, the ‘Sox have won four Valley League Championships, appeared in the championship series six times, and been a step in over 30 professional players journeys

  • Over the last decade, the Tom Sox have won 273 games, and have a winning percentage of .599

COACHES CORNER

  • Randy Tomlin, the reigning VBL South Division Coach of the Year, returns to Charlottesville for his second season at the helm of the Tom Sox

  • Tomlin became the third Tom Sox head coach to earn Coach of the Year honors, joining Corey Hunt (2017) and Kory Koehler (2021)

  • Tomlin led the ‘Sox to a 30-15 overall record in his first season, a league-best 26-13 regular season record, and the fourth Valley Baseball League Championship in team history

  • Tomlin is also the current head coach at Liberty Christian Academy

  • Under Tomlin, the Tom Sox finished top three in the VBL in batting average, runs scored, ERA and WHIP during the regular season

  • Randy’s son, Coy Tomlin, also returns for his second season as an assistant coach, where he will continue to bring infectious energy to the ballpark each night

  • Assistant coaches Thomas Abell, Jim Darin, Joey Davis (Hitting), and Chris Glaize (Pitching) round out the 2025 staff. Darin, previously on Corey Hunt’s staff from 2017-2019, rejoins the staff after three trips to the Valley League Championship

  • Davis, the hitting coach, a two-time World Series champion, spent 10 years as a major league scout for the Toronto Blue Jays, Philadelphia Phillies, and Atlanta Braves, and has previously coached at Berry College, St. Leo College, Western Kentucky, as well as both the Blue Jays and Phillies organizations

  • Glaize, the pitching coach, is currently the head coach at Brookville High School in Lynchburg, VA, and has previously served as an assistant coach for the Purcellville Cannons and Winchester Royals

A WINNING MODEL

  • The Tom Sox have been the Valley’s most successful team since winning their first title in 2017

  • The ‘Sox have appeared in all but one championship series since ‘17 (2021) and have won the league title in four of the last seven seasons

  • Prior to the start of the season, Charlottesville’s 190-99 record since the start of the 2017 season is the best in the VBL

  • Charlottesville’s six championship appearances and four titles since 2017 are both the most in the VBL over that span

  • The Tom Sox have won the league title in alternating seasons since 2017 (‘17, ‘19, ‘22 [2020 season cancelled], ‘24)

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