COLONIALS WIN, RANGERS LOOK TO EVEN UP SERIES

The Colonial Heights Colonials baseball team picked up a much needed win last night beating the Varina Blue Devils 11-0 at Shepherd Stadium in day 2 of the Colonial Heights Baseball Invitational.  The Colonials racked up 12 hits in the win and 7 of those hits were for extra bases including 4 doubles, 2 triples and 1 HR and got a very strong pitching performance in the win.  The Colonials will face Monacan tomorrow night in the final game of the Invitational.  The Virginia baseball team picked up another shutout win yesterday beating Radford 12-0, the Cavs will return home today to face the Richmond Spiders.  The New York Rangers will be looking to even up there series at 2 games a piece when they face the Capitals at Madison Square Garden.  My allergies really have been bothering me the last few days and with all the high winds they are calling for today I am sure they will acting up today.  MICKEY

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Today's Birthdays: Retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens is 91. Actor Leslie Phillips is 87. Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kan., is 75. Actor George Takei is 74. Singer Johnny Tillotson is 72. Actor Ryan O'Neal is 70. Bluegrass singer-musician Doyle Lawson (Quicksilver) is 67. Rock musician Craig Frost (Grand Funk; Bob Seger's Silver Bullet Band) is 63. Actor Gregory Itzin (iht-zihn) is 63. Actress Jessica Lange is 62. Actress Veronica Cartwright is 62. Actor Clint Howard is 52. Actor Crispin Glover is 47. Actor Andy Serkis is 47. Country singer Wade Hayes is 42. Actor Shemar Moore is 41. Rock musician Mikey Welsh is 40. Actress Carmen Electra is 39. Reggae singer Stephen Marley is 39. Rock musician Marty Crandall (The Shins) is 36. Actor Joey Lawrence is 35. Country musician Clay Cook (Zac Brown Band) is 33.