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WEST VIRGINIA POWER GAME NOTES South Atlantic League - Class-A affiliate of the Seattle Mariners since 2019 - 601 Morris St. Suite 201- Charleston, WV 25301 - 304-344-2287 - www.wvpower.com - Media Contact: David Kahn WEST VIRGINIA POWER (4-6, 41-39) vs. KANNAPOLIS INTIMIDATORS (6-4, 34-44) Game: 81 (Home: 39 [22-16]) | June 30, 2019 | Appalachian Power Park | Charleston, W.Va. Radio: The Jock 1300 and 1340 AM - wvpower.com Airtime: 1:45 P.M. THE PITCHING MATCH-UP: RHP Ryne Inman (7-5, 4.50 ERA) vs. RHP Davis Martin (4-7, 6.27 ERA) Inman: Fired six innings and allowed four runs on six hits with 7K at Greensboro June 26 in last start Martin: Gave up seven unearned runs over six innings against West Virginia May 11 KANNAPOLIS OUTSLUGS WHEELERS SATURDAY: Despite a pair of mashed doubles from Onil Pena in CURRENT HOMESTAND a 2-for-3 effort, the Charleston Wheelers fell to the Kannapolis Intimidators, 6-4, Saturday evening at Appalachian Power Park. Just like Friday, Kannapolis got on the board in the first inning with a solo home run, this time from Alex Record: 1-2 Season Highs Batting Statistics: Batting Statistics: Destino, who clubbed one out with two down to give the Intimidators a 1-0 lead. In true replicating fashion, the Wheelers AVG: .168 (16-for-95) AVG: .266 (55-for-207) responded with two in the home half, as Bobby Honeyman ripped an RBI double and David Sheaffer picked up an AB: 95 AB: 249 RBI groundout to put Charleston in front 2-1. Kannapolis fired back in the third with two down in the inning, as Lenyn RISP: 7-for-22 (.318) RISP: 15-for-46 (.326) Sosa scored on an inside-the-park home run when his line drive to Julio Rodriguez got lost in the sun and sailed right H: 16 High H: 55/Low H: 42 past him all the way to the wall. Destino followed up with his second home run in as many at-bats, blasting one 424 feet R: 12 High R: 43/Low R: 20 to right-center field for a 3-2 Intimidators lead. The Wheelers would volley back once more, notching two in the fourth HR: 2 High HR: 11/Low HR: 4 in Sam Long’s final frame, with Pena scalding an RBI double to left andUtah Jones lacing a run-scoring knock there BB: 10 BB: 34 SO: 30 High SO: 78/Low SO: 53 as well, pushing Charleston ahead 4-3. However, Kannapolis would get the last laugh, as Romy Gonzalez knotted the SB: 0 SB: 6 game at four with his RBI double in the sixth, ending Clay Chandler’s night, before the Intimidators took the lead for Defensive Statistics: Defensive Statistics: good with two in the seventh. Ben Onyshko took care of the final 1.1 innings, allowing just one walk. W-L: 1-2 W-L: 6-1 ERA: 4.82 ERA: 1.93 CHI, CHI, CHI, CHIA: Jake Anchia extended his hitting streak to eight games last night with his fourth-inning Quality Starts: 1 Quality Starts: 3 (2x) single. The Power backstop’s eight-game stretch dates back to the start of the second half (June 20), during which he is IP: 28.0 IP: 63.0 averaging .281 (9-for-32) with two homers and seven RBI. Anchia is tied with Honeyman for the third-longest hitting H: 30 H: 88 R: 16 High R: 57/Low R: 16 streak for West Virginia this season (Pena and Cesar Izturis Jr., 9 games and Jarred Kelenic, 18 games). ER: 15 High ER: 48/Low ER: 12 SV/OPP: 0/0 SV/OPP: 4/4 SEEING DOUBLE: Pena has been a doubles machine for the Power this season. After ripping two more last night, BB: 10 High BB: 25/Low BB: 14 the first baseman now has 19 on the year, the most he has had in any season in the Minor Leagues. His 19 two-baggers SO: 31 High SO: 79/Low SO: 62 lead the team and are tied with Lexington’s Michael Gigliotti and Hagerstown’s Jacob Rhinesmith for eighth-most HR: 5 High HR: 7/Low HR: 3 in the South Atlantic League. The Dominican Republic product is also tied with Greensboro’s Rodolfo Castro for the Errors: 4 High Errors: 11/Low E: 1 sixth-most extra-base hits in the SAL (29). Pena posted his 12th multi-hit game of the season yesterday, and his eighth of the two-hit variety. The slugger has tied his season-highs in homers (10, also in 2017) and RBI (40, also in 2015). 2019 VS. INTIMIDATORS 1-5 GOOD RIDDANCE: West Virginia and Kannapolis will play for the final time this season in Sunday’s series finale, Date Location Result with the Intimidators already clinching the season series with their win Friday night. Through the first six games of May 11 Charleston 10-7, Loss this series, the Power is averaging a measly .174 stroke with 57 strikeouts in 190 at-bats (30%), while the Intimidators May 12 Charleston 2-1, Loss boast a .289 average versus West Virginia’s staff. Honeyman has the best average among active Power bats against May 13 Charleston 6-2, Loss Kannapolis, hitting .286 with three RBI after partaking in all six games. The ERA difference is quite drastic too, with June 27 Charleston 4-3, Win (F/10) West Virginia holding a 5.40 mark and the Intimidators nursing a 1.67 earned run average. June 28 Charleston 7-4, Loss June 29 Charleston 6-4, Loss DIVISION-HEAVY STRETCH WINDING DOWN: After playing just 27 games against Northern Division foes in the June 30 Charleston 2:05 p.m. first half (13-14), the Power has opened the second half of the season with 14 consecutive contests within their division that will wrap up at the end of this homestand following a three-game stint with the Hickory Crawdads. Overall, West 2018 Results: Virginia is 17-20 against the Northern Division this season, one of four teams with a sub-.500 divisional record across Kannapolis 7-1 the Northern Division team slate (Hagerstown, 19-36; Kannapolis, 18-28; and Lakewood, 12-28). All-Time SAL Series: THE WRONG KIND OF LONG BALL: Though the Power has been a home run-heavy team in 2019, their pitching staff has also been susceptible to the big fly. Following the three homers by Kannapolis yesterday, West Virginia’s arms Kannapolis leads 76-73 have coughed up 67 long balls, tied with the Greensboro Grasshoppers for the most in the league. The Intimidators have cranked five home runs in this series, as well as nine overall across the first six games of the season series. GETTING BACK ON TRACK: Following an 0-for-8 showing over his last two games, Sheaffer found his footing with a base hit and an RBI Saturday night against Kannapolis. The utility man has reached base safely in eight of his 10 games with West Virginia since joining the team June 13 from Triple-A Tacoma, and is averaging .351 with a home run, six RBI and seven extra-base hits, along with a 1.009 OPS. POWER AT A GLANCE POWER POINTS: After allowing one earned run or less in six of his first seven starts, Chandler has conceded more than 2019 Season Leaders (Active Only) three earned runs in six of his last nine outings... Ryan Ramiz’s 40 walks are tied for fourth-best in the South Atlantic Batting Avg: Bobby Honeyman - .240 League with Rome’s Greg Cullen and Delmarva’s Cadyn Grenier... The Power went 4-for-12 with RISP Saturday night. Home Runs: Jake Anchia - 11 2019 SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE SECOND HALF STANDINGS RBI: Onil Pena - 40 Northern Division Italics=Eliminated from Playoffs Southern Division Italics=Eliminated from Playoffs Stolen Bases: Charlie McConnell - 8 * = Division; & = Wild Card W-L GB PCT * = Division Winner W-L GB PCT Wins: Chandler/Inman - 7 Delmarva 8-2 -- .800 Augusta 6-4 -- .600 Hickory 8-2 -- .800 Rome 6-4 -- .600 Innings: Clay Chandler - 94.0 Kannapolis 6-4 2.0 .600 Charleston 5-5 1.0 .500 ERA: Clay Chandler - 4.02 Greensboro 5-5 3.0 .500 Columbia 5-5 1.0 .500 West Virginia 4-6 4.0 .400 Greenville 5-5 1.0 .500 Strikeouts: Steven Moyers - 95 Hagerstown 3-7 5.0 .300 Asheville 3-7 3.0 .300 Saves: Dayeison Arias - 5 Lakewood 3-7 5.0 .300 Lexington 3-7 3.0 .300 PITCHING PROBABLES Date Opponent/Time Probable Pitchers (Away vs. Home) 7/1/19 Hickory/7:05PM TBD vs. RHP Devin Sweet (3-3, 3.31 ERA) 7/2/19 Hickory/7:05PM TBD vs. LHP Steven Moyers (6-4, 4.03 ERA) 7/3/19 Hickory/7:05PM TBD vs. RHP Josias De Los Santos (0-5, 5.36 ERA) 7/4/19 @Lexington/7:05PM RHP Clay Chandler (7-4, 4.02 ERA) vs. TBD 2019 Game Notes & Information TODAY’S STARTING PITCHER 15 | RYNE INMAN | RHP | 7-5, 4.50 ERA, 16G, 16GS Height: 6-5 Weight: 215 DOB: May 13, 1996 Resides: Atlanta, Georgia Acquired: Selected in the 15th round of the 2015 draft by Seattle Drafted: 2015 Draft (15th Round) 2019: 7-5/16G/16GS/4.50ERA/80.0IP/88K/30BB/11HR/.223 2018: 4-10/25G/25GS/4.57ERA/112.1IP/117K/44BB/11HR/.249 Career Stats (5 Seasons): 18-27/81G/74GS/4.47 ERA/360.1 IP/356 K/138 BB/35 HR/.250 AVG Currently: • Spun first quality start of season 4/11 vs.