Frederick, Md. –– A trio of base-running blunders erased the Potomac Nationals only real scoring chances on Monday night in Frederick, and cost them in a 2-0 loss to the Keys in front of 3,266 at Harry Grove Stadium.
Justin Bloxom was picked off at first base to end the game in the ninth inning – a frame in which the Nats put the tying runs aboard with no outs.
Police say the 10 and 12-year-old boys were assaulted at 12:06 p.m. Friday while they were on the bus parked at Independent Hill School at 14800 Joplin Road, police said.
The driver resigned after four years on the job, said Prince William County Public Schools spokesman Ken Blackstone.
A strong line of severe thunderstorms containing winds of 60 mph or more were indicated moving north east at 20 mph, according to the National Weather Service.
The main line of strong storms are moving through the Fredericksburg area, but are expected to move north as the evening progresses.
North Stafford, Va. –– Fire and rescue crews pulled a man from an overturned U-Haul this afternoon on U.S. 1.
The Democrat has served the Neabsco District, which includes much of Dale City, for 28 years.
Though the average tax bill will go up over the next year, Jenkins says he’s worked over the years to lower taxes, built new schools, add officers to the county’s police department and helped to build sidewalks from his distort to Manassas.
Dale City, Va. –– Retired Washington Redskins linebacker Ken Harvey has some advice to share with parents and young people Monday night.
About 9 p.m. Friday, Stafford sheriff’s deputies were called to a CVS Pharmacy on Garrisonville Road (Va. 610) by an employee who said he had fake order for a prescription.
A call from the pharmacy to the doctor’s office listed on the order also revealed the order was fake, and that’s when deputies posted outside the pharmacy and waited for the suspect to return, said Stafford sheriff’s spokesman Bill Kennedy.
Sandy Leon got the Nationals (14-22) on the board in the second inning, with some help from Steven Souza’s speed. After Souza walked with one out, he stole first base when Matusz paid him no mind. After J.P. Ramirez flied out to center for the second out, Souza also took off with a 1-2 pitch to Leon. Leon lined it to left field, scoring Souza and staking the Nats to a 1-0 lead.
Matusz, the Orioles’ ace, made his first rehab start recovering from a ribcage injury. He went four innings, threw the prescribed 60 pitches, and found a nice groove. He allowed one earned run on two hits, with a pair of strikeouts and two walks.
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