Dominion District Week of April 21

Cosby shut out Monacan with their # 3 pitcher, Kyle McKay, going the distance. Ryan Parker went 3-4 with 2 doubles and 4 RBI and Tadd Bower homered for the Titans.

Monacan has been in a tailspin, especially since losing their best pitcher, Jake Tuzzo, whose cheek was broken and lacerated by a line drive to the face. Good news to report, though, Tuzzo was in uniform yesterday to support his teammates and the word is he's in good spirits and has suffered no vision issues at all. We look forward to a strong senior season from Jake.

Monacan could have fallen all the way into last place had Midlothian not yielded a 6-run 5th inning to L.C. Bird, which won 7-2 behind another strong outing from Andrew Deal. Bird climbed into 3rd place after a poor district season start.

James River had an easy day of it at Monacan, winning 8-1 as Monacan dropped its 5th straight district game after winning its opener. With its two top starting pitchers out with season-ending injuries, the rest of the season looks like tough sledding for the Chiefs. Ryan Oliver actually threw well today, and suffered some from lack of support on both offense and defense. Ian Harvey had 3 RBI for James River as he, Eamon Schwartz and Jack Cleary all had 2 hits with a double apiece. Austin Stadler got back on the beam, hurling 6 2-hit innings with 9 K's for the W.

Monacan's slide still hasn't quite taken it all the way to last place, though, because Midlothian got absolutely shelled by Cosby, 15-2. Five different Titans homered in the 5-inning route and Hunter Ackerman pitched a complete game with no earned runs allowed, although he did struggle with his control a bit.

Can anyone beat Cosby? We await Tuesday's matchup at James River, probably the last shot of anyone pinning a regular season loss on the Titans.

Standings at week's end:

1. Cosby 6-0
2. James River 5-2
3. L.C. Bird 4-3
4. Manchester 3-3
5. Clover Hill 3-4
6. Monacan 1-5
7. Midlothian 1-6

as for the game on tuesday will the game be played on james rivers new field, is it ready?

Almost but not quite. You can see the new field, but they'll play on the old one.