CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – The Charlottesville Tom Sox (19-7) will take their 4-game win streak on the road to face the Harrisonburg Turks (11-12) at Veterans Memorial Park. It will be broadcast live on the Turks Facebook page. First pitch is set for 7:30 P.M.
Coverage: Viewers can head to the Turks 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 Turks games is $5 for an adult, $3 for college students (with presented I.D.), $2 for senior citizens (65 and older), and $1 for kids 12 and under. Tickets can be purchased at the admission gate.
PROBABLE STARTERS
Charlottesville: RHP Jacob Haney (0-0, 2.76 ERA, 13.0 IP, 5 BB, 18 K)
Harrisonburg: RHP Garret Simpson (0-0, 2.64 ERA, 17.0 IP, 4 BB, 17 K)
LEADING OFF
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Charlottesville and Harrisonburg will meet for the fifth time this season, and their final meeting in Harrisonburg.
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Charlottesville’s 19-7 record is tied for the best in the VBL (Woodstock).
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The Tom Sox won their first ever July 4 game yesterday, winning 7-4 on 7/4 against the Generals.
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Tom Sox pitchers have struck out double-digit batters in 5 of the last 8 games, and 2-straight. They have struck out double-digit Turks in every meeting this season.
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Kameron Guidry upped his on-base streak to 11 games yesterday, the longest on the team.
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Garrett Spikes has homered in 2-straight games. No Tom Sox player has ever homered in 3-straight.
SERIES vs HARRISONBURG
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The Tom Sox have won 4 of the 5 meetings against the Turks this season, with 3 of the 4 being in Harrisonburg.
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Harrisonburg is 1 of 2 teams (New Market) that owns an all-time series lead over Charlottesville.
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Each of the last two meetings has been decided by four runs.
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The Tom Sox can clinch the season series against the Turks with a win tonight.
LAST TIME OUT
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The Tom Sox won 7-4 on 7/4 to win their first ever July 4 game against the Generals.
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After a stagnant first 2 innings, Charlottesville came to life in the third off singles from Logan Amiss and Wyatt Langford. Each would later add another RBI.
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Garrett Spikes hit a 2-run home run in the 5th, his second-straight game with a long ball.
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Christian Worley struck out 9 Generals in a career-high 5 innings, the second-most strikeouts by a Tom Sox pitcher this season (Dillon Janac, 10).
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The Tom Sox scored in every inning from the 3rd to the 6th.
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Noah Overton threw a career-high 4 innings in relief, collecting his first save of the season.
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Logan Amiss collected 3 hits, his second-straight multi-hit effort against the Generals.
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All but one Tom Sox starter reached base in the game.
TEAM TRENDS
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The ‘Sox offense has scored 7.1 runs/game in wins and 3.1 in losses. They also have double the amount of walks per game in wins.
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17 of Charlottesville’s 26 games have been decided by 3 or more runs.
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Two of the four 1-run games have been walk-off wins.
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10 active players have reached base in 5+ straight games at some point this season.
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Tom Sox batters are batting .253 with runners on base and .289 with runners in scoring position.
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The Tom Sox have boosted their team average by 15 points over the last 8 games.
PLAYER NOTES
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Kam Guidry leads the team with an 11-game on-base streak, which is tied for the longest this season (Gehrig Ebel). He is batting .324 during the streak with three multi-hit games.
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Since his 3-for-4 day against Winchester, Wyatt Langford is batting .360 with 3 doubles, 2 triples, and a home run. He has walked 7 times over that span.
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Since being moved to the leadoff spot on June 24, Gehrig Ebel has reached base 42% of the time with 12 walks.
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Logan Amiss leads the ‘Sox with a .375 average and 4 doubles over the last 11 games. His 8 RBI are second on the team over that span and his .516 OBP leads the team.
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Trevor Candelaria has reached base in 12-straight games that the Tom Sox have won, batting .300 in those contests.
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Brady Kirtner’s 28 strikeouts are tied for 6th in the VBL, while Dillon Janac’s 26 are tied for 10th and Christian Worley’s 25 are tied for 12th.
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Cole Foster’s 26 games are tied for the most of any player in the VBL.
HEY NOW, YOU’RE AN ALL-STAR
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Five Tom Sox players and Head Coach Kory Koehler were named VBL All-Stars on Monday.
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Wyatt Langford was named an all-star at first base. Langford leads the ‘Sox with a .338 average and .932 OPS.
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Cole Foster was named an all-star at shortshop. Foster is the only Tom Sox player to play in every game and leads the team with seven doubles and 17 runs scored.
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Virginia Tech righties Brady Kirtner and Christian Worley were named all-stars. Each of the hurlers bring in sub-2 ERAs and an opponent BA under .160. They rank 1st & 3rd on the team in strikeouts, respectively.
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Rice right-hander Dillon Janac was named an all-star. Janac is 2nd on the team with 26 punchouts, including 10 against Strasburg. He has not allowed an earned run and struck out 16 over his last two outings (10 IP).
Head Coach Kory Koehler was named the South Division manager, courtesy of having the best record in the division through July 4. He is the second Tom Sox manager to coach the game.
