Last weekend was one of improvement for the Deltaville Deltas. Consecutively, they lost, tied, and won their three game series, capping the weekend with a ninth-inning comeback victory on Sunday afternoon against the Richmond El Heaters.
Thursday night’s loss to the Mechanicsville 101s was not a league contest. The team sits with a record of 2-1-1 overall, and 1-0-1 in league play, in a tie for third place in the National Adult Baseball Association Richmond league.
Deltaville returns home on Saturday night for a July 4 showdown with the Tappahannock Tides at 7:30. On Monday, the Deltas travel back to Richmond for a 7 p.m. matchup with the Richmond Mets.
Mechanicsville 11, Deltas 2
Jason Wood stymied the hot-hitting Mechanicsville 101s for three innings of relief work, striking out six in the process.
The Deltas got off to a hot first-inning start, but the pitchers of the Mechanicsville 101s doused the home team’s bats for the final eight innings and cruised to an 11-2 victory over Delt...