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 (18-22, 55-55) VS. GREENSBORO GRASSHOPPERS (21-18, 65-43) Game: 111 (Home: 55 [29-25]) | August 2, 2019 | Appalachian Power Park | Charleston, W.Va. Radio: The Jock 1300 and 1340 AM - wvpower.com Airtime: 6:45 P.M. THE PITCHING MATCH-UP: RHP Ryne Inman (7-7, 4.50 ERA) vs. RHP Alex Manasa (8-3, 3.43 ERA) Inman: Is 1-1 with a 3.60 ERA in two starts vs. GBO with 14 strikeouts over 10 innings Manasa: Is 3-0 with a 2.95 ERA in three starts with nine strikeouts over 18.1 innings J-ROD HOMERS IN 5- 2 LOSS: Julio Rodriguez slugged his ninth home run of the season, but West Virginia fell CURRENT HOMESTAND behind early and never recovered in a 5-2 loss to the Greensboro Grasshoppers Thursday evening at Appalachian Power Record: 0-2 Season Highs Park. Greensboro got on the board from the get-go, as Jonah Davis led off the ballgame with a solo homer againstNate Batting Statistics: Batting Statistics: Fisher to give the Grasshoppers a 1-0 lead. They would double their edge later in the frame on a Fabricio Macias RBI AVG: .194 (13-for-67) AVG: .266 (55-for-207) single. Greensboro pushed their lead to 3-0 in the second before the Power finally answered, pushing one across in the AB: 67 AB: 249 home half thanks to three consecutive singles, capped by Mike Salvatore’s run-scoring knock. Colin Selby held down RISP: 3-for-13 (.231) RISP: 15-for-46 (.326) West Virginia besides that, striking out nine and scattering just four hits over five innings of work. Meanwhile, Fisher H: 13 High H: 63/Low H: 15 buckled down to retire the last 10 men he faced through five frames as well.Reid Morgan spun a scoreless sixth and R: 6 High R: 43/Low R: 20 HR: 2 High HR: 11/Low HR: 4 seventh frame, but ran into trouble in the eighth after Jack Herman reached on a throwing error and Bae roped an RBI BB: 4 BB: 34 double to right. Benjmain Onyshko relieved Morgan, but could not contain his inherited runner, serving up a double to SO: 27 High SO: 78/Low SO: 35 Macias that plated Bae to make it 5-1 Grasshoppers. Julio’s homer inched the Power closer in the bottom of the stanza, SB: 0 SB: 6 but Yerry De Los Santos silenced West Virginia in the ninth, setting down the side in order to pick up his ninth save. Defensive Statistics: Defensive Statistics: W-L: 0-2 W-L: 6-1 HONEY BUNCHES OF HITS: Since the start of his season-long 18-game hitting streak July 3 (ended July 23), ERA: 4.50 ERA: 1.93 Bobby Honeyman has been one of the most consistent hitters in the South Atlantic League. He has reached base Quality Starts: 1 Quality Starts: 3 (3x) IP: 18.0 IP: 65.0 safely in 24 of his 25 games in that stretch, tied for the third-most games played by any slugger in the league (Terrin H: 15 H: 88 Vavra, 27, Asheville). In this span, Honeyman is averaging .371 (39-for-105), the second-highest mark in the league, R: 10 High R: 57/Low R: 16 with two homers, 14 RBI, 18 runs scored and just 12 strikeouts. The Stony Brook product is now in the midst of his ER: 9 High ER: 48/Low ER: 12 fourth hitting streak of six games or more this year, as well as West Virginia’s 15th overall. Honeyman is boasting a SV/OPP: 0/1 SV/OPP: 4/4 .500 (12-for-24) clip during his streak with one RBI and four multi-hit games. He extended his team-leading multi-hit BB: 7 High BB: 25/Low BB: 14 game total to 26 last night with a 2-for-3 evening and a run scored. SO: 12 High SO: 79/Low SO: 40 HR: 2 High HR: 10/Low HR: 3 SHENTON STRONG: Austin Shenton tallied his second straight multi-hit night with the Power Thursday, going Errors: 3 High Errors: 11/Low E: 1 2-for-4 with a double. The Mariners’ fifth-round selection has now reached base safely in 13 of his 15 games with West 2019 VS. GRASSHOPPERS Virginia, as well as 33 of his first 36 professional games. The newly-minted 29th-best prospect in the Mariners system per MLB.com is boasting a .309 average with five homers and 28 RBI between Everett and the Power. 3-13 Date Location Result CLUTCH GENE: Julio blasted his third homer in four games Thursday night, connecting for his fifth home run at May 3 Greensboro 3-2, Loss May 4 Greensboro 6-3, Loss Appalachian Power Park and ninth overall this season. Five of his nine dingers have come in the seventh inning or later. May 5 Greensboro 8-2, Loss The Mariners’ second-best prospect per MLB.com possesses the second-most homers among active Power players, May 6 Greensboro 6-3, Loss trailing only Jake Anchia and Onil Pena, who each have 12 long balls. May 21 Charleston 10-7, Loss May 22 Charleston 17-7, Loss HOMER HAPPY: Julio’s bomb in the eighth inning marked West Virginia’s 91st home run of the season, third-most in May 23 Charleston 6-5, Loss the South Atlantic League (Greensboro, 108 and Hickory, 123). The Power has hit 50 of their 91 homers at Appalachian May 24 Charleston 7-5, Loss Power Park, the third-highest home long ball total in the league (Hickory, 76). The 2019 West Virginia squad has the June 24 Greensboro 7-3, Loss June 25 Greensboro 12-6, Win sixth-most homers a Power team has posted in team history. West Virginia’s highest home run total since becoming June 26 Greensboro 9-2, Loss the Power is a whopping 128 dingers in 2007. July 12 Greensboro 9-7, Win July 13 Greensboro 10-8, Win RIDICULOUS REID: Morgan had a career evening last night in his fifth appearance with West Virginia. The former July 14 Greensboro 12-9, Loss Gamecock dialed up a career-high 2.2 innings and struck out a career-best four batters while only ceding one hit. The July 31 Charleston 5-4, Loss right-hander has now only allowed an earned run in three of his first 13 Minor League outings (twice with the Power). August 1 Charleston 5-2, Loss Overall, Morgan is 1-1 with a 2.45 ERA and 16 strikeouts compared to four walks over his 18.1 innings of work. August 2 Charleston 7:05 p.m. August 30 Charleston 7:05 p.m. August 31 Charleston 6:05 p.m. A BLURRED FOCUS: West Virginia finished the month of July with a 13-15 record, their second sub-.500 monthly September 1 Charleston 2:05 p.m. mark this season (May, 10-20). The Power’s monthly numbers for July present a fuzzy picture of the team, as West September 2 Charleston 2:05 p.m. Virginia posted the league’s fourth-worst average at .238, but scored the second-most runs per game (5.1). Additionally, 2018 Results: 3-3 the Power’s pitching staff compiled the third-highest ERA at 4.39, but fanned the most batters in the month with 275. All-Time SAL Series: Greensboro leads 98-97 West Virginia’s bullpen also locked down nine saves, tied for the second-best mark in July. POWER AT A GLANCE POWER POINTS: Charlie McConnell has not committed an error in 57 consecutive games (May 15 at Charleston)... 2019 Season Leaders (Active Only) Pena has just four hits in his last 39 at-bats (.103 average) with 22 strikeouts... West Virginia went 2-for-8 with runners Batting Avg: Bobby Honeyman - .277 in scoring position, stranding eight men on base... Salvatore committed just his second professional error in 26 games. Home Runs: Anchia/Pena - 12 2019 SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE SECOND HALF STANDINGS RBI: Onil Pena - 48 Northern Division Italics=Eliminated from Playoffs Southern Division Italics=Eliminated from Playoffs Stolen Bases: Charlie McConnell - 9 * = Division; & = Wild Card W-L GB PCT * = Division Winner W-L GB PCT Wins: Ryne Inman - 7 Delmarva 26-13 -- .667 Augusta 23-17 -- .575 Hickory 25-14 1.0 .641 Asheville 22-18 1.0 .550 Innings: Ryne Inman - 108.0 Greensboro 21-18 5.0 .538 Rome 20-20 3.0 .500 ERA: Devin Sweet - 3.04 Hagerstown 19-20 7.0 .487 Charleston 17-23 6.0 .425 Strikeouts: Ryne Inman - 120 Kannapolis 19-20 7.0 .487 Columbia 16-23 6.5 .410 West Virginia 18-22 8.5 .450 Greenville 16-23 6.5 .410 Saves: Dayesion Arias - 10 Lakewood 17-21 8.5 .447 Lexington 16-23 6.5 .410 PITCHING PROBABLES Date Opponent/Time Probable Pitchers (Away vs. Home) 8/3/19 Rome/6:05PM RHP Odalvi Javier (3-7, 3.56 ERA) vs. RHP Devin Sweet (5-4, 3.04 ERA) 8/4/19 Rome/2:05PM LHP Dilmer Mejia (5-2, 2.70 ERA) vs. RHP Evan Johnson (0-1, 3.77 ERA) 8/5/19 Rome/7:05PM RHP Alan Rangel (9-5, 4.51 ERA) vs.