Waynesboro beat visiting Harrisonburg 5-1 Tuesday night in Valley Baseball League action.
The Generals (24-11) have won four straight games and seven of their last nine to clinch a playoff spot.
The Turks (24-13) drop to two games back of Waynesboro in the loss column in the VBL South Division standings.
Thomas Smith put Harrisonburg up 1-0 with an RBI triple in the top of the first inning, but that's the only run Eric Stout allowed on the mound for the Generals in seven innings of work. The Butler Bulldog gave up three hits and three walks with five strikeouts to improve to 4-1 this summer.
Brandon Murray tied the game in the third inning with a solo home run to right.
In the fifth inning, with the bases loaded and no outs, Jacob Hoyle hit a grand slam homer to right to put the Generals up 5-1.
Waynesboro hosts Rockbridge Wednesday night at 7:00.
Harrisonburg hosts Staunton Wednesday night at 7:30.
The Braves snapped a six-game losing streak Tuesday with an 11-6 win at New Market.
Staunton (17-21) scored twice in four innings (first, fifth, seventh, and eighth) and three runs in the fourth inning.
Phil Lipari went 4-for-6 with three runs in the win.
Fort Defiance High School grad Blake Sipe and Ryan Stephens each had two hits and two runs for the Braves.
Jermaine Berry drove in three runs on a 2-for-5 night.
