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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 (20-17) AT CHARLESTON RIVERDOGS (21-17) Game: 39 (Road: 19 [6-11]) | May 15, 2019 | Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park | Charleston, S.C. Radio: The Jock 1300 and 1340 AM - wvpower.com Airtime: 6:45 P.M. THE PITCHING MATCH-UP: RHP Ryne Inman (4-2, 3.38 ERA) vs. RHP Daniel Bies (2-1, 3.99 ERA) Inman: Has allowed 14 runs (seven earned) over his last three starts (11.2 IP) with 14K Bies: Gave up two runs on six hits over five innings against Columbia May 9 RIVERDOGS WALK IT OFF IN OPENER: Jake Anchia and Onil Pena smacked a pair of fourth-inning homers, CURRENT ROAD TRIP but West Virginia fell in walk-off fashion, 6-5, to the Charleston RiverDogs Tuesday evening at Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park. The RiverDogs tagged Clay Chandler for an early 1-0 lead on a lead-off home run from Brandon Lockridge in the Record: 0-1 Season Highs bottom of the first, but the Power responded right back in the top of the second.Ryan Ramiz and Bobby Honeyman Batting Statistics: Batting Statistics: AVG: .212 (7-for-33) AVG: .362 (25-for-69) started the frame with back-to-back doubles against Jio Orozco, with Honeyman’s plating Ramiz to tie the game at AB: 33 AB: 239 one. Honeyman would come around to score later in the frame on a wild pitch and a throwing error by catcher Mickey RISP: 1-for-4 (.250) RISP: 11-for-26 (.423) Gasper, vaulting West Virginia ahead, 2-1. Charleston answered with three runs in the third, capped by a two-run homer H: 7 High H: 46/Low H: 25 from former Mariners’ prospect Josh Stowers, his first of the season, to give the RiverDogs a 4-2 edge. However, Pena R: 5 High R: 20/Low R: 14 unleashed on the first pitch he saw in the fourth for a solo bomb, while Anchia snuck one inside the left-field foul pole HR: 2 High HR: 4/Low HR: 1 two batters later to tie the game at four. The Power took a short-lived lead at 5-4 in the fifth on Ramiz’s second double BB: 1 BB: 29 of the evening, scoring Jarred Kelenic all the way from first, but Charleston wasted no time getting it back in the home SO: 6 High SO: 73/Low SO: 16 SB: 0 SB: 6 half of the frame. Jefry Valdez and David Ellingson kept both teams at bay until the bottom of the ninth, when the Defensive Statistics: Defensive Statistics: RiverDogs managed to load the bases with one out. Ellingson then uncorked a wild pitch, allowing Lockridge to score W-L: 0-1 W-L: 3-4 the winning run. Orozco and Valdez set down the final 14 West Virginia batters following Ramiz’s fifth-inning double. ERA: 6.48 ERA: 2.60 Quality Starts: 0 Quality Starts: 1 ALMIGHTY ANCHIA: Anchia had been on quite the tear recently, averaging .391 (9-for-23) in his last six games IP: 8.1 IP: 62.1 with four homers and nine RBI. The backstop recorded his first career multi-home run game in Thursday’s twin bill H: 12 High H: 64/Low H: 48 opener, becoming the third Power batter to do so this season (Dean Nevarez, April 26 vs. Asheville and Kelenic, April R: 6 High R: 34/Low R: 15 ER: 6 High ER: 26/ Low ER: 15 27 vs. Asheville). Anchia is the first batter to homer in back-to-back at-bats since Trae Arbet on April 12, 2017, vs. SV/OPP: 0/0 SV/OPP: 1/1 Asheville. The Nova Southeastern product collected a career-best five RBI Thursday, the first West Virginia slugger to BB: 2 High BB: 22/Low BB: 13 accomplish the feat since Deon Stafford’s six-RBI effort August 11, 2018, at ROM. SO: 12 SO: 78 HR: 2 High HR: 5/Low HR: 2 OH MY ONIL: Pena drilled his fourth home run of the season in the fourth inning of Tuesday’s 6-5 loss to Charleston. Errors: 2 High Errors: 9/Low E: 1 That blast marked the second straight game that Pena has led off the fourth inning with a home run. The first baseman is the second Power batter to homer in consecutive games this season (Kelenic, April 26 and 27 against Asheville). 2019 VS. RIVERDOGS With Anchia and Pena’s dingers, West Virginia now has 31 home runs as a team, tied with Charleston for the third-most in the league, with the Greensboro Grasshoppers and Hickory Crawdads leading the way with 42 home runs each. 0-1 Date Location Result PILING UP THE STRIKEOUTS: West Virginia’s pitching staff compiled 12 strikeouts Tuesday evening, fanning May 14 Charleston, SC 6-5, Loss double-digit batters for the 21st time. Their season-high in strikeouts is 19, which they have accomplished twice (April 6 May 15 Charleston, SC 7:05 p.m. at Greenville and April 15 vs. Lakewood). The Power’s 380 total strikeouts are third-most in the South Atlantic League. May 16 Charleston, SC 7:05 p.m. August 20 Charleston, SC 7:05 p.m. A CRACKED MOLD: Chandler did not have his best stuff Tuesday evening, but still managed to grit his way through August 21 Charleston, SC 7:05 p.m. six innings for the fourth straight start. Though he did not register a quality start for the fourth straight outing, he still August 22 Charleston, SC 7:05 p.m. struck out at least five batters for the fourth consecutive game. Chandler also saw his no-walk streak broken in the fifth, snapping a span of 32.1 innings where the Kentucky native did not issue a free pass (dating back to April 16 vs. LWD). 2018 Results: Charleston 6-5 BY THE SLIMMEST OF MARGINS: West Virginia dropped its sixth game by one run this season, moving their record to 7-6 in one-run contests in 2019. The Power has played the sixth-most one-run games in the South Atlantic League All-Time SAL Series: (Greenville, 19, 8-11). However, West Virginia does hold the fifth-best winning percentage in one-run affairs at .538. Charleston leads 60-46 FLOURISHING FLORIDO: Deivy Florido has been an immediate bright spot for West Virginia since joining the Power May 6 from Extended Spring Training. In his spot start May 9 against the Augusta GreenJackets in game two of a twin bill, Florido dazzled for 5.1 innings, giving up just one run on five hits while striking out five batters. The 18-year-old made his first relief appearance with the Power Monday, twirling a scoreless sixth frame and ceding just one hit. Overall, Florido is 1-0 with a 1.42 ERA, six strikeouts and no walks in two games with West Virginia. ROAD WOES: West Virginia has dropped its last six games on the road, dating back to May 2 in Lakewood, when the BlueClaws thumped the Power, 10-0. West Virginia now holds a 6-11 road mark, the fifth-worst winning percentage away POWER AT A GLANCE from their friendly confines. The Power has not lost more than six road games since an eight-game stretch 7/13-7/26/18. 2019 Season Leaders (Active Only) Batting Avg: Jarred Kelenic - .316 POWER POINTS: Chandler allowed a career-high nine hits Tuesday... West Virginia went 1-for-4 with RISP Tuesday. Home Runs: Jarred Kelenic - 7 2019 SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE FIRST HALF STANDINGS RBI: Jarred Kelenic - 21 Northern Division Italics=Eliminated from Playoffs Southern Division Italics=Eliminated from Playoffs Stolen Bases: Jarred Kelenic - 6 * = Divison; & = Wild Card W-L GB PCT * = Division Winner W-L GB PCT Wins: Chandler/Inman - 4 Delmarva 27-7 -- .794 Charleston 21-17 -- .553 Hickory 25-12 3.5 .676 Augusta 19-18 1.5 .514 ERA: Clay Chandler - 1.65 Greensboro 23-12 4.5 .657 Lexington 17-20 3.5 .459 Strikeouts: Clay Chandler - 47 West Virginia 20-17 8.5 .541 Rome 17-21 4.0 .447 Kannapolis 18-18 10.0 .500 Asheville 14-23 6.5 .378 Saves: Arias/Pall - 2 Hagerstown 17-20 11.5 .459 Greenville 14-23 6.5 .378 Lakewood 12-24 16.0 .333 Columbia 13-25 8.0 .342 This Date in Power History (2010) West Virginia outlasts the Hagerstown PITCHING PROBABLES Suns, 7-6, in 10 innings, with Zachary Date Opponent/Time Probable Pitchers (Away vs. Home) Foster earning the win after tossing two 5/16/19 @Charleston/7:05PM RHP Damon Casetta-Stubbs (2-1, 6.75 ERA) vs. RHP Luis Gil (1-2, 1.00 ERA) scoreless innings of relief. However, the 5/17/19 @Greenville/7:05PM LHP Steven Moyers (2-3, 4.39 ERA) vs. TBD Power has faced much misfortune on 5/18/19 @Greenville/7:05PM RHP Josias De Los Santos (0-2, 7.30 ERA) vs. TBD this date since then, as the team has not 5/19/19 @Greenville/3:05PM RHP Clay Chandler (4-1, 1.65 ERA) vs. TBD won on May 15th since this game (0-7). 2019 Game Notes & Information TONIGHT’S STARTING PITCHER 15 | RYNE INMAN | RHP | 4-2, 3.38 ERA, 7G, 7GS 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: 4-2/7G/7GS/3.38ERA/32.0IP/46K/13BB/2HR/.188 2018: 4-10/25G/25GS/4.57ERA/112.1IP/117K/44BB/11HR/.249 Career Stats (5 Seasons): 15-24/72G/65GS/4.35 ERA/312.1 IP/314 K/121 BB/26 HR/.251 AVG Currently: Has allowed 14 runs (seven earned) over his last 11.2 innings (two starts) with 14 strikeouts • Spun first quality start of season 4/11 vs.