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D’ville Deltas pummel Pandas, survive Sharks

Deltaville Deltas slugger Jacob Houston crushes a triple in the 5th inning of the Deltas’ win against the Richmond Trash Pandas. He also hit his third home run of the season in Saturday night’s win, and is leading the Deltas with a .467 (14-for-30) batting average this season. (Photo by Stephen Blue

The Deltaville Deltas came up big on the road last week in Richmond, taking out the Richmond Trash Pandas by the score of 14-0, before surviving a close home matchup with the Chesapeake Sharks in an 8-6 game on Saturday night in Deltaville.

With the wins, Deltaville moves to 8-2 overall on the season, with a 7-2 mark in league play. They sit 1.5 games ahead of the Richmond River Dogs in the east division of the Richmond NABA standings.

This week, the Deltas travelled to Richmond to take on the defending league champions, Richmond El Heaters – results were not available at press time. On Saturday, the Deltas host the River Dogs in a key matchup that will be pivotal in determining the playoff seedings in August. First pitch Saturday night is 7:30pm…

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Stephen Blue
Stephen Blue
Stephen Blue is assistant coach of the Deltaville Deltas, and manages the team's statistics and media. He first played at Deltaville Ballpark as a Little Leaguer in 1991, and joined the Deltas as a player in 2004.