The NRV Tigers walloped Short Pump Bandits 9-0 in their first scheduled game for the last weekend of the summer travel baseball. Unfortunately, the Tigers couldn’t defeat the weather as their last two games both got postponed.

In their win, they got a great effort on the mound from Daniel Cook. He allowed just four hits, struck eight and walked three. He went two for two at the plate, scoring two runs and knocking in two. He also got support from Tristan Shrewsbury. Shrewsbury had a sac fly and hit a two run-scoring single, for his three RBIs. Andrew Neighbors had two RBIs with a single in the third inning. Fort Chiswell’s Leighton Dunford knocked in a run as did Carter Plunkett. Plunkett also scored twice, with a walked and single.

The final two Tiger games both got rained out. Coach Todd Davis said, “I thought Daniel ( Cook) pitched really well for us today. He also hit the ball as did a couple other of our guys.” When asked about this being the end of the summer travel ball, Coach Davis replied,” We had a very successful summer. I’m proud of how all the players performed. We are losing some extremely talented players off of this squad and they going to further their education and playing careers. I wish them all the very best.”

The Tigers finished with a record of 10-2-2. They had four games postponed due to rain, making the weather one of their toughest opponents.