CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – The Charlottesville Tom Sox (11-5) will face the Staunton Braves (6-12) for Bark in the Park Night at Charlottesville High School. Fans are encouraged to bring their four-legged friends to the ballpark. It will be broadcast live on the Tom Sox Facebook page. First pitch is set for 7 P.M.
Coverage: Viewers can head to the Tom Sox Facebook Page to watch tonight’s game. A link to the live stats is available on Pointstreak. The Tom Sox Twitter account (@CvilleTomSoxVBL) will provide live updates.
Ticket Information: Admission to all Tom Sox games in 2021 is free, courtesy of Carter Bank & Trust. Parking is available at a first-come, first-served basis in the CHS upper, lower, and student lots.
PROBABLE STARTERS
Staunton: LHP Chris Widger – Rowan (0-0, 3.00 ERA, 6.0 IP, 0 BB, 4 K)
Charlottesville: LHP Noah Overton – UNCW (0-0, 4.32 ERA, 8.1 IP, 8 BB, 10 K)
LEADING OFF
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The Tom Sox and Braves will meet for the sixth time this season and second this week.
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The Tom Sox got back on the winning side of things last night, taking down Covington 3-1.
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Charlottesville’s 3.27 ERA and .188 opponent BA lead the VBL.
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After going 7-1 in their first 8 games, the ‘Sox are 4-4 in their last 8.
SERIES vs STAUNTON
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The ‘Sox and Braves will meet for the sixth time this season. They meet 8 total times this summer, with the final 2 set to be played in July.
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Tonight’s game will be the final between the 2 teams in Charlottesville this season.
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The Tom Sox lost their first regular season game to the Braves since June 2019 Monday, falling 7-3 in Staunton.
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Monday’s loss broke a 6-game win streak by the ‘Sox in the series. Since the regular season loss, Charlottesville had won 8 of the last 9 games against Staunton – the only loss coming in the 2019 playoffs.
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Charlottesville is 8-1 against the Braves in the last 9 meetings in Charlottesville.
LAST TIME OUT
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Charlottesville defeated Covington for the fourth time this season, limiting the Lumberjack offense to 1 run in a 3-1 win.
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The Tom Sox held their opponent to 1 run for the third time this season.
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Tom Sox pitchers struck out 12 batters, the 9th time this season Charlottesville pitchers have struck out double-digit batters.
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Every ‘Sox starter reached base, with 6 of the 9 recording a hit.
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Chase Centala was lights-out out of the bullpen, striking out 8 batters in 3.2 scoreless innings.
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Gehrig Ebel delivered the big strike on the offensive side, hitting a 2-run double in the 5th to give Charlottesville the initial 2-0 advantage.
TEAM TRENDS
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The ‘Sox offense has scored 6.7 runs/game in wins and 1.8 in losses. They also have double the amount of walks per game in wins.
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10 of Charlottesville’s 16 games have been decided by 3 or more runs.
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Two of the three 1-run games have been walk-off wins.
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8 players have reached base in 5+ straight games at some point this season. Gehrig Ebel leads the team with an active 10-game streak.
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Tom Sox batters are batting .222 with runners on base and .276 with runners in scoring position.
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The Tom Sox have stolen 1 or fewer bases in 4 of their last 5 games. They had only 2 such games entering that stretch.
