Harrisonburg got a big night from its 2021 James Madison players as the Turks won 7-4 on Monday at Waynesboro in Valley Baseball League action.
Liam McDonnell (James Madison) started on the mound for the Turks and allowed just one run in six innings before Logan McClure took over in the seventh.
Conor Hartigan had an RBI single as the Turks scored three runs in the top of the third to take a 3-0 lead and he finished with three hits. Hartigan announced last week he was transferring from JMU to Virginia Tech.
Jordan Sweeney (Rutgers) had two hits and drove in four runs for Harrisonburg. Waynesboro scored three runs in the last of the seventh to trim the lead to 7-4. The Turks are now 18-18 while Waynesboro is 18-20.
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A four-error, nine-run third inning was the centerpiece of Fredericksburg’s 13-2 loss at the hands of the Delmarva Shorebirds on Saturday night, the 11th loss in a row for the struggling FredNats to start the 2021 season.
The FredNats (0-11) managed only one hit against the Shorebirds (8-3), who won their fifth consecutive game.
Leif Strom (L, 0-3) allowed single runs in the first and second, thanks to an RBI double from Gunnar Henderson and a solo homer from Ramon Rodriguez. Henderson finished 3-for-5 with 4 RBI, giving him 13 RBI through the first five games in the series.