VIRGINIA TAKES GAME 1 AGAINST UC IRVINE

The Virginia baseball team picked up 6-0 win over UC Irvine in game 1 of there best of 3 series yesterday to take a 1-0 series lead heading into this afternoons game.  Even though Danny Hultzen didn't have his best stuff he was good enough to keep the Anteaters bats offense off balance before the rain delay before getting into some trouble in the 6th before having Cody Winiarski come in a get a pitchers best friend a double play to get out of trouble.  Winiarski come in and pitched the final 3.2 innings allowing just 1 hit, the big blow offensively for the Cavaliers was a Jared King 3 run HR.  In other NCAA baseball action yesterday both North Carolina and Vanderbilt punched there ticket to this years College World Series.  The other winners yesterday were Texas A&M, California, South Carolina, Mississippi State, and Texas.  Kurt Busch captured his 2nd pole in as many weeks at Pocono edging Paul Menard for the top spot, I think today's race is going to be another fuel mileage run and I think Dale Jr. will be in the mix again. We got a pretty good gully washer here in Colonial Heights along with a pretty good lightning storm as well, the two rain-gauges that I saw online both registered over 1.25 inches. MICKEY

“Well that was a really really good team playing really really well and it wasnʼt much of a contest. They were as advertised and I think our best chance was if lightning were to blow up the stadium.” UC Irvine Coach Mike Gillespie

Today's Birthdays: Banker/philanthropist David Rockefeller is 96. Former President George H.W. Bush is 87. Singer Vic Damone is 83. Songwriter Richard Sherman is 83. Actor-singer Jim Nabors is 81. Jazz musician Chick Corea is 70. Sportscaster Marv Albert is 70. Singer Roy Harper is 70. Rock singer Reg Presley (The Troggs) is 70. Pop singer Len Barry is 69. Rock singer-musician John Wetton (Asia, King Crimson) is 62. Rock musician Bun E. Carlos (Cheap Trick) is 60. Country singer-musician Junior Brown is 59. Singer-songwriter Rocky Burnette is 58. Actor Timothy Busfield is 54. Singer Meredith Brooks is 53. Actress Jenilee Harrison is 53. Rock musician John Linnell (They Might Be Giants) is 52. Rapper Grandmaster Dee (Whodini) is 49. Actress Paula Marshall is 47. Actress Frances O'Connor is 44. Actor Jason Mewes is 37. Blues musician Kenny Wayne Shepherd is 34. Actor Wil Horneff is 32. Singer Robyn is 32. Country singer Chris Young is 26. Actor Ryan Malgarini is 19.