CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – The Charlottesville Tom Sox (14-11) will face the Harrisonburg (15-10) tonight at Veterans Memorial Park in Harrisonburg. 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 adults, $3 for college students, $2 for senior citizens (65+), and $1 for children 12 and under. All tickets can be purchased at the gate.
PROBABLE STARTERS
Charlottesville: RHP Marty Gair, UNC Wilmington (0-0, 4.32 ERA, 8.1 IP, 10 BB, 12 K)
Harrisonburg: RHP Jordan Armstrong, Auburn (0-0, 0.00 ERA, 4.0 IP, 0 BB, 4 K)
LEADING OFF
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The Tom Sox kick off a stretch of three-straight road games, traveling to Harrisonburg to face the Turks.
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Charlottesville will play the 300th game in the franchise’s history tonight.
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The Tom Sox have scored 15+ runs in back-to-back games after scoring in single digits in 11 straight.
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After sitting in last place on the league batting average leaderboard for much of the season, the Tom Sox are now fifth after the offensive explosion.
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Marty Gair will make his third start of the season, all against Harrisonburg. He has pitched five innings on the season against Harrisonburg, allowing all four of his earned runs, walking six, and striking out six.
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Tonight’s game is a rematch of Gair vs Armstrong from the last meeting on Thursday.
SERIES vs HARRISONBURG
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The Tom Sox and Turks will meet for the 43rd all-time meeting tonight and fifth this season.
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Charlottesville and Harrisonburg are knotted 2-2 this season. Each team has won the respective meetings at their home fields.
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The Tom Sox have a slight two-game edge in the all-time series courtesy of their last two home wins against the Turks.
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Three of the four games this season have ended in walk-off fashion.
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The ‘Sox delivered a walk-off blow to the Turks in the last meeting, 3-2. Garrett Spikes hit a single over the head of right fielder Mike Rosario in the bottom of the 10th to score Matthew Prevesk. The Tom Sox bullpen combined for seven scoreless innings, four hits, and 12 strikeouts.
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The Turks walked off the Tom Sox in the last meeting at Veterans Memorial Park, 1-0. Sam Schner was the hero, hitting a single to score Matthew Mamatas for the only run of the game. Evan Smith tossed a complete game 2-hitter for the Turks.
SOX ARE HOT!
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The Tom Sox offense has exploded over the last four games, scoring 42 runs. That’s good for just over 10 runs per game.
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Charlottesville is batting .371 over the 4-game win streak with 43 hits, 11 doubles, three home runs, and 31 walks to 18 strikeouts.
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The ‘Sox have scored 15+ runs in back-to-back games, both at home. They defeated Waynesboro 17-4 on Monday before shutting out Covington 16-0 last night.
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33 runs in back-to-back games is the most in team history.
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16 runs last night was the largest margin of victory in a single game in Tom Sox history. The 17 runs scored on Monday were the most ever at Charlottesville High School.
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Charlottesville’s batting average has jumped from last to fifth in the VBL over the last three days, and their OPS has shot from last to third.
DEFENSIVE PROWESS
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The Tom Sox have been one of the top defensive teams in the Valley League this summer.
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Charlottesville’s .973 fielding percentage and 23 errors both lead the Valley League.
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The ‘Sox have committed only one error over their last nine games.
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Kyle Edwards, Charlottesville’s starting shortstop, has only one error, as does infielder Gavin Abrams, who’s started 17 of 25 games.
CARTER’S HIT PARTY
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Carter Cunningham has been on a tear in the month of July.
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Cunningham is batting .600 during the six-game stretch with eight runs, 12 hits, two doubles, a home run, six RBI, and three walks.
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He has multiple hits in each of the last four games. He collected three hits in both ends of the doubleheader at Winchester and has two in each of the last two games.
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He’s scored seven runs over the last four games with four RBI and two doubles.
