Coming off a heartbreaking loss on Thursday in which the team needed to rally in the ninth inning to tie the game, the Covington Lumberjacks bats were awake all game long as the team snapped its six-game losing streak by defeating the Staunton Braves 14-4.
As the offense exploded with 14 runs scored, the team collected a season-high 17 hits. The teams previous high for hits was 16 which came during an 8-7 home loss on June 10th against the Harrisonburg Turks.
The Lumberjacks had five players with two or more hits.
Leading the way for the team was Michael Pavelchak (4-for-5), who led the team with a four-hit performance along with three runs scored. Cooper George (3-for-5) and Bradke Lohry (3-for-6), each had a three-hit game, while George led the team with two RBI’s.
While the offense scored a ton of runs and put a lot of hits on the stat sheet, the team only collected four RBI’s as the Braves committed five errors that resulted in six unearned runs.
Richard Long (1-0), picked up the win for the Lumberjacks as he allowed three runs (one earned) on six hits, while walking two and striking out one in five innings pitched. Jack Carver (S, 1), picked up his first save of the season after working four relief innings where he gave up one run (unearned) on three hits, walked three, and struck out seven.
After allowing the games first run in the bottom of the first inning, the Lumberjacks caught a pair of breaks in the top of the second inning after a wild pitch and fielding error resulted in three runs to score which put the team in front 3-1.
Leading 6-3, the Lumberjacks added four runs in the sixth and two runs in the seventh innings to take a 12-3 lead. In the sixth inning, Pavelchak, provided the team with an RBI single, while the Lumberjacks scored two of there other runs in the inning thanks in large part to two errors committed by the Braves defense. George and Nate Stocum (1-for-5), each had RBI’s in the seventh.
The 14 runs scored by the Lumberjacks were the most the team has scored so far this season. It was also the first time in 10 games that the team has scored 10 or more runs.
Friday, June 17
Lumberjacks at Braves
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
CL 0 3 0 1 2 4 2 0 2 14 17 3
SB 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 4 9 5
Lumberjacks Batting
Batter AB H RBI R W SO
Stocum 5 1 0 0 0 1
Pajer 0 0 0 0 1 0
Lohry 6 3 0 2 0 2
Ketzner 4 2 1 3 2 0
George 6 3 2 2 0 2
Hudler 6 1 0 0 0 2
Castillo 6 2 0 0 0 1
Breen 4 1 1 2 2 1
Rodriguez 4 0 0 2 2 1
Pavelchak 5 4 0 3 1 0
TOTAL 46 17 4 14 8 10
Braves Batting
Batter AB H RBI R W SO
Snider 4 0 0 2 1 1
Rodriguez 5 0 0 0 0 1
Delossantos 4 2 1 1 1 1
Carlone 5 2 1 0 0 2
Bennett 4 2 0 0 1 0
Peterson 3 0 0 0 0 0
West 2 0 0 0 0 2
Seibert 4 2 0 1 1 1
Goolsby 4 1 0 0 0 0
Painter 2 0 1 0 1 0
TOTAL 37 9 3 4 5 8
Lumberjacks Pitching
Pitcher IP H R ER BB S0
Long (W) 5 6 3 1 2 1
Carver (S) 4 3 1 0 3 7
TOTAL 9 9 4 1 5 8
Braves Pitching
Pitcher IP H R ER BB SO
Yerby (L) 4 3 4 2 4 5
Stively 1 3 4 3 1 0
Dressler 1.2 6 4 2 2 1
Fischer 2.1 5 2 1 1 4
TOTAL 9 17 14 8 8 10
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After snapping their six-game losing streak by putting up a season-high 14 runs on the scoreboard, the Covington Lumberjacks went backwards instead of forwards as the team surrendered a season-high 13 runs in a 13-1 loss to the Harrisonburg Turks.
The Turks scored eight of their 13 runs through the first two innings as the team jumped on the Lumberjacks with four runs in each of the first and second innings.
Bradley Bott provided the Turks with a two-run single in the first inning along with a sacrifice fly out from Seaver King.
In the second inning, Jaylon Lee, who was one of four Turks with a multiple RBI game, put the Turks ahead 6-0 following his two-run single. The Turks would add two more in the inning to take an 8-0 lead.
One day after providing a season-high 17 hits, the Lumberjacks bats just went cold as the team managed to collect three hits in the loss to the Turks.
The Lumberjacks lone run came in the seventh inning when Bradke Lohry (0-for-3) walk with the bases loaded.
Nate Stocum (1-for-3), Michael Pavelchak (1-for-3), and Gavin Bard (1-for-4), each had a hit for the Lumberjacks.
The team looks to bounce back this evening on the road against the Front Royals Cardinals. This will be the first meeting this season between the two teams.
The team has a scheduled day off tomorrow, but are back on the diamond in Harrisonburg on Tuesday, when they play at Veterans Park against the Turks. The last time the Lumberjacks were in Harrisonburg, the team defeated the Turks 3-2 on June 6th. Overall this season, the Turks are 2-1 against the Lumberjacks.
Saturday, June 18
Turks at Lumberjacks
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
HT 4 4 0 0 5 0 0 13 11 1
CL 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 3
Turks Batting
Batter AB H RBI R W SO
Schner 4 2 2 2 1 0
Farris 2 1 0 3 2 0
Stadler 1 0 0 0 0 0
King 5 2 3 1 0 0
Ficca 3 0 0 1 2 1
Lee 4 2 3 2 1 1
Vern 2 1 1 1 1 0
Smith 2 0 0 0 0 1
Bott 1 1 2 1 2 0
Rosario 2 0 0 0 0 1
Warden 3 1 0 0 0 2
Perez 1 0 0 0 0 0
Mamatas 3 1 0 2 1 0
TOTAL 33 11 11 13 10 6
Lumberjacks Batting
Batter AB H RBI R W SO
Stocum 3 1 0 0 0 1
Rodriguez 1 0 0 0 0 0
Baird 4 1 0 0 0 1
Lohry 3 0 1 0 1 1
George 4 0 0 0 0 0
Arnold 2 0 0 0 0 1
Ketzner 1 0 0 0 0 0
Wickeri 1 0 0 0 1 0
Castillo 2 0 0 0 0 2
Bogan 0 0 0 1 1 0
Piulats 1 0 0 0 1 0
Schroeder 0 0 0 0 1 0
Pavelchak 3 1 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 25 3 1 1 5 6
Turks Pitching
Pitcher IP H R ER BB S0
Kleinfelter (W) 6.1 3 1 1 4 5
Carter 0.2 0 0 0 1 1
TOTAL 7 3 1 1 5 6
Lumberjacks Pitching
Pitcher IP H R ER BB SO
Lowder (L) 1.1 4 6 6 3 1
Wall 2.2 3 3 2 4 2
Schneider 2 3 4 2 2 0
Millett 1 1 0 0 1 3
TOTAL 7 11 13 10 10 6
