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WEST VIRGINIA POWER GAME NOTES South Atlantic League - Class-A affiliate of the Pittsburgh Pirates since 2009 - 601 Morris St. Suite 201- Charleston, WV 25301 - 304-344-2287 - www.wvpower.com - Media Contact: David Kahn LEXINGTON LEGENDS (4-8, 41-39) VS. West Virginia POWER (8-4, 45-33) Game: 79 (Home: 42) | July 4, 2018 | Appalachian Power Park | Charleston, WV Radio: The Jock 1300 and 1340 AM - wvpower.com Airtime: 6:45 P.M. PITCHING MATCHUP RHP Carlos Hernandez (4-3, 4.31 ERA) vs. LHP Domingo Robles (6-4, 3.20 ERA) Hernandez: Currently 2-0 with a 4.91 ERA in three starts against the Power in 2018 Robles: Leads the Power with eight quality outings over a team-high 15 starts HAILING AT TWILIGHT’S LAST GLEAMING: Calvin Mitchell’s three-run homer headlined a five-run seventh LAST HOMESTAND (6/24-29) inning for West Virginia, lifting the Power to an 8-3 win over the Hagerstown Suns in the series finale Tuesday evening at Historic Municipal Stadium. With and aboard, Mitchell unloaded on a pitch from Record: 3-2 Oneil Cruz Fabricio Macias Batting Statistics: Carlos Pena and deposited it over the right-center field fence to give West Virginia its first lead of the night at 6-3. AVG: .209 (29-for-139) Later in the inning, Kyle Watson and Lolo Sanchez added a pair of RBI singles to cap the five-run frame. Travis AB: 139 MacGregor looked solid in his return from the disabled list, tossing five innings and allowing three runs (one earned) RISP: 7-for-29 (.241) on five hits while striking out six and walking one.Ike Schlabach earned the win in relief with two scoreless innings, H: 29 while Matt Seelinger spun the final two frames and fanned three while ceding just one hit. The Power plated their first R: 16 run in the third on Macias’ RBI single to left, cutting the then-deficit in half at 2-1. West Virginia would tie the ballgame HR: 2 BB: 15 at three in the sixth with a pair of runs on Ben Bengtson’s run-scoring single and a bases-loaded walk to Watson. SO: 45 SB: 7 BROAD STRIPES, BRIGHT STARS: With his seventh-inning single Tuesday, Sanchez extended his on-base streak Pitching/Defensive Statistics: to 11 games. Sanchez’s streak dates back to June 21, the first day of the second half. During this span, Sanchez is W-L: 3-2 averaging .353 (12-for-34) with a home run, seven RBI and a .950 OPS. The Dominican native has a new career-high ERA: 2.63 in stolen bases after swiping 14 bags a year ago with the GCL Pirates. His 16 stolen bases are tied for sixth-best in the Quality Starts: 3 South Atlantic League. Over 161 career MiLB games, Sanchez has 34 stolen bases in 56 tries (61 percent success rate). IP: 41.0 H: 35 R: 12 FIREWORKS: Mitchell crushed his eighth home run of the season Tuesday, second-most on the team to Cruz (10). ER: 12 He had not homered since June 1 at Greensboro. The Rancho Bernardo High School product also tallied his 20th Saves/Opportunities: 3/4 multi-hit game and eighth multi-RBI effort of the season, both sitting behind just Cruz for most on the team (24 multi- BB: 16 hit games, 12 multi-RBI contests). Mitchell recorded his fifth game with three RBI or more in his professional career. SO: 37 HR: 2 BOMBS BURSTING IN AIR: Mitchell’s homer was West Virginia’s 58th of the season, tied with Lakewood for Errors: 2 sixth-most in the South Atlantic League. Only Asheville (87), Lexington (85), Hickory (70), Augusta (62) and Delmarva (59) have more homers than the Power and BlueClaws in 2018. Every active Power batter has at least one home run 2018 VS. LEGENDS this season except for Jesse Medrano, Macias and Raul Siri, all of whom joined the team within the month of June. 6-6 Date Location Result HAPPY 4TH: Watson worked four walks in Tuesday’s series finale with Hagerstown and still managed to go 1-for-1 April 27 Lexington 6-0, W with two RBI and a stolen base. With those four walks, Watson became the first Power batter to register four free passes April 28 Lexington 4-2, W April 29 Lexington 9-4, L in a game since Mitchell Tolman accomplished the feat on August 25, 2016, against Lexington at Appalachian Power May 17 Charleston 3-2, W Park. Tolman did not record an at-bat, but did notch an RBI in the effort. Watson’s four walks also helped West Virginia May 18 Charleston 6-0, L set a new season-high in walks with nine. The Power is 3-9 overall on Independence Day, including a 3-4 mark at May 19 Charleston 6-4, L May 20 Charleston 7-6, L (F/7) home. West Virginia and Lexington have squared off four times on America’s birthday, with Lexington holding a 3-1 May 29 Lexington 12-6, L advantage (WV won 9-5 in 2005 at home). The Power’s last July 4 win came in a 5-1 triumph over Delmarva in 2015. May 30 Lexington PPD to 5/31 May 31 (G1) Lexington PPD to 6/5 May 31 (G2) Lexington Cancelled BROTHERS IN ARMS: Prior to Tuesday’s game, Gavin Wallace earned a promotion to the Class A-Advanced June 5 (G1) Charleston 7-4, L (F/7) Bradenton Marauders for the first time in his career. Gavin joins his brother,Mike Wallace, on the same team for the June 5 (G2) Charleston 10-1, W (F/7) first time since 2015, when Gavin was a freshman at Fairfield University in Connecticut. Wallace leaves West Virginia June 6 Charleston 5-3, W June 7 Charleston 5-1, W as one of the most consistent pitchers in the Power’s rotation, going 6-2 over 14 starts, with seven of them registering July 4 Charleston 7:05 PM as quality outings, while posting a 3.69 ERA across 75.2 innings pitched. Wallace spun six innings or more in nine of July 5 Charleston 7:05 PM his 14 trips to the hill and allowed more than three earned runs just twice (6/12 at Augusta and 7/2 at Hagerstown). July 6 Charleston 7:05 PM July 19 Lexington 7:05 PM July 20 Lexington 7:05 PM PROOF THROUGH THE NIGHT: With six more solid innings last Friday against Hickory, Wednesday starter July 21 Lexington 6:35 PM Domingo Robles notched his team-leading eighth quality start of the season. The Dominican native has seven quality July 22 Lexington 2:05 PM starts in his last 10 outings, including four consecutive in May and back-to-back efforts in June. Robles retired the last 11 men he faced in Friday’s outing. The lefty leads the team in ERA (3.20), which is fourth-best in the Pirates system, 2017 Results: WV 13-12; All-Time Series: WV 148-122 and strikeouts (63). Robles is 1-2 with a 2.81 ERA in four starts against Lexington, striking out 13 over 16 innings. OUR FLAG IS STILL THERE: With their win the series opener Saturday against Hagerstown, the Power finished POWER AT A GLANCE the month of June with a 19-8 record, the best June record in Power history (2005-present). West Virginia’s previous 2018 Quick Records best record in June was 18-9 in both 2007 and 2008. The Power sat atop or near the top of the SAL in a few categories Overall Record: 45-33 in June (Saves: 12, 1st; ERA: 3.21, 3rd; Stolen Bases: 22, T-2nd; Runs Per Game: 5.0, 3rd). Second Half Record: 8-4 2018 SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE SECOND HALF STANDINGS Place (Second Half): T-1st Northern Division Italics=Eliminated from Playoffs Southern Division Italics=Eliminated from Playoffs GB (Second Half): 0.0 * = First Half Winner W-L GB PCT * = First Half Winner W-L GB PCT Home: 21-20 *Lakewood 8-4 -- .667 Charleston 8-3 -- .727 West Virginia 8-4 -- .667 Asheville 7-4 1.0 .636 Away: 24-13 Delmarva 7-6 1.5 .538 Columbia 7-5 1.5 .583 Last 5 3-2 Hickory 7-6 1.5 .538 *Rome 6-7 3.0 .462 Greensboro 6-6 2.0 .500 Greenville 5-8 4.0 .385 Last 10 6-4 Kannapolis 6-7 2.5 .462 Lexington 4-8 4.5 .333 2018 Season Leaders Hagerstown 3-9 5.0 .250 Augusta 4-9 5.0 .308 Batting Avg: Mitchell - .305 Home Runs: Cruz - 10 PITCHING PROBABLES RBI: Cruz - 48 Date Opponent/Time Power Starter vs. Opponent Stolen Bases: Sanchez - 16 7/5/18 Lexington/7:05 p.m. LHP Garrett Davila (3-4, 4.28 ERA) vs. RHP Max Kranick (1-3, 3.51 ERA) Wins: Wallace/Robles - 6 7/6/18 Lexington/7:05 p.m. RHP Charlie Neuweiler (0-0, 0.00 ERA) vs. RHP Hunter Stratton (3-3, 5.51 ERA) ERA: Robles - 3.20 7/7/18 Hagerstown/6:05 p.m. TBD vs. TBD Strikeouts: Robles - 63 7/8/18 Hagerstown/2:05 p.m. TBD vs. TBD Saves: Seelinger - 7 TONIGHT’S STARTING PITCHER 25 | DOMINGO ROBLES | LHP Height: 6-1 Weight: 197 DOB: April 29, 1998 Resides: Santiago de los Imbert, D.R. Acquired: Signed as a non-drafted free agent on July 2, 2014 Drafted: Undrafted 2018: 6-4/15G/15GS/3.20ERA/78.2IP/63K/16BB/6HR/.244 2017: 4-8/14GS/4.83 ERA/69 IP/51 K/16 BB/5 HR/.265 Career Stats (4 Seasons): 15-20/53G/49GS/4.00 ERA/252.0 IP/176 K/56 BB/18 HR/.264 AVG 2018: Placed on West Virginia’s Opening Day roster..