June 2012
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Rockbridge tops Staunton, 8-5
The Rockbridge Rapids won their fourth home game in a row when the Staunton Braves made the trek to Lexington last night.
The Rapids led the game for good after a four run fifth inning put them on top 7-4.
The Braves threatened two times in the remaining four innings, including scoring a run in the top of the seventh. The Rapids responded in the bottom of the...
2012 MLB Draft
Rockbridge Rapids, new and old, have found themselves drafted in this years’ MLB draft.
Most recently 2012 Rapid Tyler Smith signed with the Texas Rangers last week. For the Rapids, Smith pitched 11.2 innings, accumulating an earned run average of just 1.54 with a 1-0 average. This past year Smith, a sophomore, pitched in 13 games for USC Sumter. Over the course of the...
Rapids extend win streak
The Rockbridge Rapids extended their win streak to three in a row with a win over the Winchester Royals 6-3 at home on Sunday.
Earning the win for the Rapids was Heath Gray, now 2-0. Gray gave up three runs while pitching eight innings.
Leading the way for the Rapids at the plate was right fielder Andrew Barna. Barna went 3 for 4 at the plate with three RBI,...
Rapids win in dramatic fashion
The Rockbridge Rapids won last night over the Front Royal Cardinals, 5-2, thanks to Garrett Furr’s walkoff home run in extras.
Furr came in to pinch hit for Eric Renegar in the bottom of the tenth with one out and men on first and third. Facing Cards’ pitcher Jake McWhirter, Furr launched a pitch over the left field fence above the Domino’s sign at Cap’n Dick Smith Field....
Rapids lose five of seven
In the past week and a half of Valley League Baseball play, the Rockbridge Rapids won just two of their seven games played.
The Rapids started off the streak with a heartbreaking loss to the New Market Rebels on June 14th. In their second meeting of the season the Rapids were leading 3-0 entering the bottom of the seventh. Starting pitcher Jeremy Jansen gave up two runs in the bottom of the...
Rapids lose a tight one with the Rebels
In their second meeting of the season the Rapids led over the Rebels for a majority of the game but fell 4-3.
The Rapids scored one run in the first, fifth, and seventh innings each.
Rockbridge starting pitcher Jeremy Jansen gave up just four hits before the New Market was able to strike back in the bottom of the seventh.
The Rebels were able to score two...
Rapids split doubleheader with Jacks
The Rockbridge Rapids lost the first game of the double header on Wednesday 17-2.
The game opened up looking like it was going to be a tightly contested battle. The Jacks score one in the first frame before the Rapids came back to tie it up in the bottom of the second inning.
The Jacks blew the game open with a seven run third inning. The Rapids were never able to recover. Center fielder Alex...
Furr Rapids' Player of the Week
Outfielder Garrett Furr of Gold Hill, N.C. has named the South Region player of the week in Virginia’s Valley Baseball League.
Furr is ranked first in the league in RBI with 10 and slugging percentage with .793. Furr additionally is ranked second in batting average (.517), hits (15), and on-base percentage (.533).
We were able to catch up with him...
Rapids edge Jacks, 6-5
Rockbridge Rapids’ pitcher Ryan Jones entered a pitcher’s duel against Covington Jacks’ pitcher Dylan Stoops that lasted four innings. The hot hitting Rapids were held to just one hit over the opening four innings. Jones kept the Rapids in the game by keeping the Jacks to just one hit over the same time span.
The game opened up when the Rapids struck first off of a home...
Rapids fall to Turks, 6-5
The Rockbridge Rapids were able to get three runs on eight hits off of Harrisonburg Turk starting pitcher Mike Kraft during the first six innings but it was not enough to bring them to victory.
For just the second time all season the Rapids did not score first. The Turks scored three runs in the second inning. Rapids’ starting pitcher Tyler Broome hit the leadoff batter,...
Rapid's win two in a row at home
Rockbridge Rapids’ starting pitcher Heath Gray pitched six innings of scoreless baseball to earn the team’s fourth win of the season on Friday night against the Staunton Braves.
The Rapids continued to give the offensive support that they have been giving their pitchers all season. They scored three quick runs in the first before scoring again in the second, sixth,...
Rockbridge wins home opener
(The Rapids celebrating their home opener victory against New Market)
The Rockbridge Rapids continued to put huge numbers on the scoreboard Thursday night when they defeated the New Market Rebels.
For the third game in a row the Rapids scored eight or more runs, resulting in an 8-4 victory.
The Rapids struck first with a four run...
Rapid's lose in extras
The Rockbridge Rapids fell to the Waynesboro Generals on Wednesday, 10-9 in 10 innings.
The Rapids took an early 2-0 by scoring one in both the first and second innings. Tracy scored on a single by left fielder Cody Dolan in the first and shortstop Brody Greer scored on a single by second baseman Chandler Smetana single. Smetana had two more RBI on the game on four hits.
Waynesboro closed the...
Rapids' Winning Weekend Away From Home
The Rapids enter their first home game of the season after their unfortunate home opener rainout and 2 wins on the road.
The Rapids were slated to play New Market in their season opener when the day long drizzling turned into a thunderstorm a little bit more than two hours before game time.
(Players laying out the tarp over the field)
The Rapids proved over the next two games that it was not a...
