Dominion District Week of April 28

Cosby at JR is definitely rained out. I'm sure others will follow in that vein. It's still pouring.

In the first games of the week to actually get played:

L.C. Bird continued its hot streak into third place with a 7-4 win over Monacan. Jacob Karr homered for Bird and Andrew Deal threw another complete game for the W.

Blake Houser of Manchester shut out Midlothian for 4 innings and the Lancers finished the Trojans off in 5, 12-2.

James River struck for 5 runs in the 1st, and went on to win an easy 10-0, 5-inning game against Monacan Thursday afternoon. James River has only allowed 1 run in the past 3 games combined.

Midlothian junior Miles McQuaig threw a scare into Cosby, holding them scoreless for 4 innings, but Cosby scratched a run across in the 5th and got a homer from Tadd Bower in the 6th to escape with a 3-0 win. Hunter Ackerman threw 6 2/3 shutout innings, Ronnie Shaban got the save by notching a strikeout with the tying run at the plate.

This may have been the one chance James River had of someone else tagging a loss on Cosby to have a shot at putting 1st place at stake in Tuesday's coming makeup game. But Cosby dodged the bullet and maintains a 2-game lead in the standings.

Standings at week's end:

1. Cosby 7-0
2. James River 6-2
3. L.C. Bird 5-3
4. Manchester 4-3
5. Clover Hill 3-4
6. Monacan 1-7
7. Midlothian 1-8

Due to rain, most of the teams have at least one 3-game week coming up either this week or next week (the last week of the regular season). So we may see some upsets as teams are forced to go deep into their pitching. Cosby, Manchester and Clover Hill in particular have 5 district matchups they need to get done, so they can't hide their # 3 starter in a non-district game.

I heard Cosby cancelled their game with AAA Godwin this coming Monday but they played 2 games vs. single A Randolph Henry on Saturday. Godwin had 3 games this week just as Cosby does? Why would you play a single A school and not a quality AAA school like Godwin. Doesn't make sense to me.

I think the DH with Randolph-Henry was always on Cosby's schedule, though it may have been rained out and rescheduled from an earlier date. I have no knowledge of the other situation.

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Originally posted by Midlo Dad:
Standings at week's end:

1. Cosby 7-0
2. James River 6-2
3. L.C. Bird 5-3
4. Manchester 4-3
5. Clover Hill 3-4
6. Monacan 1-7
7. Midlothian 1-8

Due to rain, most of the teams have at least one 3-game week coming up either this week or next week (the last week of the regular season). So we may see some upsets as teams are forced to go deep into their pitching. Cosby, Manchester and Clover Hill in particular have 5 district matchups they need to get done, so they can't hide their # 3 starter in a non-district game.

i dont think cosby is concerned of hiding their number 3 if i remember correctly their number three has already faced a district opponent in monacan and held them to 0 runs in a 7 inning contest

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Originally posted by Midlo Dad:
I think the DH with Randolph-Henry was always on Cosby's schedule, though it may have been rained out and rescheduled from an earlier date. I have no knowledge of the other situation.

Why would one of the pre season favorites to win the state championship schedule that DH? What did they learn that will help them v. JR or Western Branch or Oakton ?

That #3 for Cosby would be soph Kyle McKay. A very good ballplayer and an even better young man. Best of luck to him in the future.