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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 (3-3) AT LEXINGTON LEGENDS (2-3) Game: 7 (Road: 7) | April 10, 2019 | Whitaker Bank Ballpark | Lexington, KY Radio: The Jock 1300 and 1340 AM - wvpower.com Airtime: 10:15 A.M. PITCHING MATCHUP RHP Clay Chandler (0-0, 0.00 ERA) vs. RHP Charlie Neuweiler (0-0, 3.60 ERA) Chandler: Allowed two unearned runs over five innings in first start April 5 at GRV Neuweiler: Tossed five innings and gave up two runs on three hits vs. DEL April 4 WEST VIRGINIA BLANKS LEXINGTON TUESDAY: Logan Gilbert dominated in his second career start, tossing CURRENT ROAD TRIP five scoreless innings and ceding just one hit while striking out a career-high nine batters. Meanwhile, West Virginia’s offense provided him with plenty of run support, as the Power claimed a 4-0 win Tuesday evening at Whitaker Bank Record: 3-3 Season High Statistics Ballpark. Gilbert set down the first nine men he faced and only allowed two runners to reach base against him, picking Batting Statistics: Batting: AVG: .206 (43-for-209) AVG: .000 up his first career victory.Onil Pena drove in the team’s first run in the fourth, doubling inJulio Rodriguez, while Cesar AB: 209 AB: 0 Trejo smacked a three-run homer in the sixth to put the game out of reach. David Ellingson and Bryan Pall spun the RISP: 7-for-57 (.123) RISP: 0-for-0 (.000) final four innings, scattering two hits and one walk while striking out five to finish off the Power’s second shutout win. H: 43 H: 0 R: 19 R: 0 I’D BE FIRST TO LIKE THIS TWEET: Rodriguez extended his season-opening hitting streak to six games by HR: 3 HR: 0 stroking a single to center in the fourth inning. Rodriguez also reached base twice more via a pair of walks, upping BB: 25 BB: 0 his team-best average to .478 (11-for-23) with three doubles, three RBI and an OPS of 1.147. The 18-year-old is the SO: 57 SO: 0 SB: 2 SB: 0 second player in Power history to start the season with at least a six-game hitting streak. Tito Polo had the only longer Defensive Statistics: Defensive: stretch in 2016, posting a 10-game hitting streak from April 7-18 with a .348 (16-for-46) clip, a home run and six RBI. W-L: 3-3 W-L: 0-0 ERA: 2.65 ERA: 0.00 JUST AS GOOD AS THAT FIRST SIP OF MOUNTAIN DEW: Joseph Rosa also continued his banner start to the Quality Starts: 0 Quality Starts: 0 2019 season, going 1-for-4 with a sixth-inning double to push his hitting streak to five games. He and Rodriguez are IP: 54.1 IP: 00.0 the only two Power players to reach base in all six games this season. Rosa is averaging .400 (8-for-20) after going H: 41 H: 0 0-for-3 in the season opener Thursday, and is tied for the team lead with three RBI. The switch-hitter has also worked R: 20 R: 0 ER: 16 ER: 0 the second-most walks on the team (five), withJarred Kelenic leading the way with six. SV/OPP: 1/1 SV/OPP: 0/0 BB: 20 BB: 0 TIME TO UPDATE THE XML FILE AGAIN: Gilbert notched a new career-high in strikeouts Tuesday night, SO: 70 SO: 0 fanning nine Lexington Legends over his five innings of work. He became the second straight Power pitcher to set a HR: 0 HR: 0 new career high in strikeouts, and the third overall in 2019, as Steven Moyers set down eight men in his season debut Errors: 8 Errors: 0 Monday night and Jamal Wade also struck out eight Greenville Drive batters over three innings on April 6. With his nine-strikeout performance Tuesday, Gilbert moved into the South Atlantic League lead with his 14 total strikeouts. Over 2019 VS. LEGENDS their first six games, West Virginia has struck out 70 batters, leading the SAL by nine Ks (Lakewood/Lexington, 61). 1-1 Date Location Result THEY SEEM TO HAVE FOUND THE SCRIPT: West Virginia’s bullpen has been quite stellar to start the year. April 8 Lexington 6-1, Loss Ellingson and Pall each tossed two scoreless innings in relief of Gilbert Tuesday, with Pall setting a new career-high in April 9 Lexington 4-0, Win innings pitched during his second pro outing. After six games, the Power’s bullpen is hoisting a 0.95 mark (28.1 IP/3 April 10 Lexington 10:35 A.M. ER), with six relievers still possessing spotless ERAs. Elias Espino and Wade are the only ones to give up earned runs. May 25 Charleston 6:05 P.M. May 26 Charleston 2:05 P.M. May 27 Charleston 2:05 P.M. WELL, THAT FIXED EVERYTHING: Trejo blasted his first career home run Tuesday night 378 feet to left-center, a May 28 Charleston 7:05 P.M. three-run bomb that put the game out of reach. West Virginia has now homered in back-to-back games for the first time July 4 Lexington 7:05 P.M. all season, with Trejo recording the Power’s third long ball of the year, tied for fifth-best in the league with Delmarva, July 5 Lexington 7:05 P.M. Greensboro and Hagerstown (Asheville, 8). The Greensboro resident also posted the team’s first three-RBI game of 2019. July 6 Lexington 6:35 P.M. July 7 Lexington 2:05 P.M. 404 ERROR MESSAGE: Manny Pazos committed a pair of errors in West Virginia’s 4-0 win over the Legends Tuesday, August 26 Lexington 7:05 P.M. August 27 Lexington 7:05 P.M. snapping a two-game team errorless streak. West Virginia has a .964 fielding percentage, tied for ninth-best in the SAL. August 28 Lexington 12:05 P.M. August 29 Lexington 7:05 P.M. GOODBYE FOR NOW: The Power returns home Thursday to begin their 2019 home schedule with a seven-game homestand against the Augusta GreenJackets and Lakewood BlueClaws from April 11-17. West Virginia will play 14 2018 Results: home games in April, which includes a seven-game set against Columbia and Asheville from April 22-28. LEX 11-7 LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU A LOT THIS YEAR: West Virginia concludes its opening seven-game road All-Time Series: swing with the series finale in Kentucky against the rival Lexington Legends. The Power and Legends will meet 15 WV 150-128 times this season, with 11 of them at Whitaker Bank Ballpark. West Virginia plays the Southern Division in all but four games in the first month of the season, with all four games coming against the Lakewood BlueClaws (April 15-17, 29). POWER AT A GLANCE POWER POINTS: The Power is the only team in the South Atlantic League with two shutout wins this year. West 2019 Season Leaders Virginia had 11 shutout victories in 2018... The Power turned their fifth double play of the season to end Tuesday’s game... Batting Avg: Rodriguez - .478 Gilbert has not allowed a run over his first nine professional innings... West Virginia was 10-17 in day games last year. Home Runs: 3 players - 1 2019 SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE FIRST HALF STANDINGS RBI: 5 players - 3 Northern Division Italics=Eliminated from Playoffs Southern Division Italics=Eliminated from Playoffs Stolen Bases: Kelenic/Rosa - 1 * = Divison; & = Wild Card W-L GB PCT * = Division Winner W-L GB PCT Wins: 3 players - 1 Hickory 5-1 -- .833 Asheville 4-2 -- .667 Delmarva 3-1 1.0 .750 Greenville 3-2 0.5 .600 ERA: 8 players - 0.00 Kannapolis 3-2 1.5 .600 Charleston 3-3 1.0 .500 Strikeouts: Gilbert - 14 Greensboro 3-3 2.0 .500 Augusta 2-3 1.5 .400 Lakewood 3-3 2.0 .500 Columbia 2-3 1.5 .400 Saves: Arias - 1 West Virginia 3-3 2.0 .500 Lexington 2-3 1.5 .400 Hagerstown 1-5 4.0 .167 Rome 1-4 2.5 .200 This Date in Power History (2014) The Power celebrated their 10th Opening PITCHING PROBABLES Day at Appalachian Power Park. The Date Opponent/Time Power Starter vs. Opponent team fell 2-0 to the Lexington Legends. 4/11/18 Augusta/7:05 PM TBD vs. RHP Ryne Inman (0-0, 9.00 ERA) The Legends scored both runs on an 4/12/18 Augusta/7:05 PM TBD vs. RHP Elias Espino (0-0, 4.50 ERA) eighth-inning, two-run homer by Fred 4/13/18 Augusta/2:05 PM TBD vs. LHP Steven Moyers (0-1, 10.80 ERA) Ford, while Luis Rico and Andrew 4/14/18 Augusta/2:05 PM TBD vs. RHP Logan Gilbert (1-0, 0.00 ERA) Edwards held the Power to five hits. 2019 Game Notes & Information TODAY’S STARTING PITCHER 25 | CLAY CHANDLER | RHP | 0-0, 0.00 ERA, 1G, 1GS Height: 6-3 Weight: 180 DOB: April 27, 1994 Resides: LaCenter, Kentucky Acquired: Signed as a non-drafted free agent June 29, 2017 Drafted: Undrafted 2019: 0-0/1G/1GS/0.00ERA/5.0IP/2K/0BB/0HR/.167 2018: 9-4/27G/19GS/3.89ERA/136.2IP/101K/33BB/20HR/.238 Career Stats (3 Seasons): 9-7/42G/28GS/3.74 ERA/190.0 IP/154 K/45 BB/25 HR/.239 AVG Currently: • • • Career: Joined Shae Simmons as only other former Redhawk in Mariners organization at time of signing • Spent all of 2018 with Low-A Clinton, topping Mariners’ hurlers in wins while sitting 4th in ERA (10th in MWL) • Spun eight quality starts in 2018 with the LumberKings (five of them coming in 2H, including 7 IP scoreless on 7/20/18) • Five of first six pro outings were out of pen, became starter 7/29/17 and made 8 starts in first pro year (0-3, 3.72 ERA) • Went 12-8 in two seasons at Southeast Missouri State, tossing 181.2 IP and striking out 160 compared to 43 walks • 2yrs at Wabash Valley College (14-15); Also played BKB Ballard Memorial HS, holds school record for 3pt shots and pts.