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 (2-3) AT LEXINGTON LEGENDS (2-2) Game: 6 (Road: 6) | April 9, 2019 | Whitaker Bank Ballpark | Lexington, KY Radio: The Jock 1300 and 1340 AM - wvpower.com Airtime: 6:45 P.M. PITCHING MATCHUP RHP Logan Gilbert (0-0, 0.00 ERA) vs. LHP Austin Cox (first start) Gilbert: Hurled four shutout innings in professional debut April 4 at Greenville Cox: Went 1-1 with a 3.78 ERA in nine starts with the Burlington Royals in 2018 POWER STYMIED IN OPENER AT LEXINGTON: Ryne Ogren hit his first home run of the season andSteven CURRENT ROAD TRIP Moyers struck out a career-high eight batters over five innings of work in his first start, but the Power was otherwise subdued by the pitching tandem of Jonathan Bowlan and Tyler Gray, as Lexington claimed a 6-1 win in the series opener Record: 2-3 Season High Statistics Monday night at Whitaker Bank Ballpark. Moyers set down the first six batters he faced, but the Legends posted a big Batting Statistics: Batting: AVG: .216 (38-for-176) AVG: .000 third inning, tallying five runs on five consecutive hits and a wild pitch to go up 5-0. Ogren would cut into that deficit AB: 176 AB: 0 with his fifth-inning solo shot to left-center, but Lexington responded with a run of their own in the home half of the RISP: 6-for-52 (.115) RISP: 0-for-0 (.000) inning to hold their five-run lead.Ben Onyshko relieved Moyers in the sixth and hurled another three scoreless frames, H: 38 H: 0 scattering three hits to keep the Legends at bay. Bowlan earned the win after tossing a career-high six innings and striking R: 15 R: 0 out a career-high nine batters, while Gray picked up his first save with three spotless frames in his Lexington debut. HR: 2 HR: 0 BB: 23 BB: 0 : extended his season-opening hitting streak to five SO: 48 SO: 0 POSSESSED LIKE THE SALEM WITCHES Julio Rodriguez SB: 2 SB: 0 games by beating out an infield single in his first at-bat. Rodriguez added another single in the sixth, upping his team- Defensive Statistics: Defensive: best average to .476 (10-for-21) with three doubles, three RBI and an OPS of 1.119. The Dominican native also posted W-L: 2-3 W-L: 0-0 his fourth-multi hit game of the season, most on the team. The 18-year-old is the third player in Power history to start ERA: 3.18 ERA: 0.00 the season with at least a five-game hitting streak.Tito Polo has the longest such stretch, opening the 2016 campaign Quality Starts: 0 Quality Starts: 0 with a 10-game hitting streak from April 7-18, where he compiled a .348 (16-for-46) clip with a home run and six RBI. IP: 45.1 IP: 00.0 Jodaneli Carvajal also notched a five-game hitting streak from April 5-9, 2012, boasting a .421 (8-for-19) stroke with 5R. H: 38 H: 0 R: 20 R: 0 ER: 16 ER: 0 OK, NOW YOU’RE JUST SHOWING OFF (THE RINGS): Joseph Rosa also continued his banner start to the SV/OPP: 1/1 SV/OPP: 0/0 2019 season, going 1-for-3 with a second-inning base knock to push his hitting streak to four games. He and Rodriguez BB: 19 BB: 0 are the only two Power players to reach base in all five games this season. Rosa is averaging .438 (7-for-16) after going SO: 56 SO: 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 HR: 0 HR: 0 the second-most walks on the team (5), with Jarred Kelenic leading the way with six. Errors: 6 Errors: 0 2019 VS. LEGENDS TIME TO MAKE MORE K-METER GRAPHICS: Moyers set a new career-high with eight strikeouts in his season debut last night. The southpaw became the second Power hurler to notch a new career-best in strikeouts this season, with 0-1 Jamal Wade fanning eight Greenville Drive batters over three innings on April 6 as part of a team-high 19-strikeout Date Location Result performance. Moyers and Wade are tied for the fifth-highest strikeout total in the South Atlantic League (3 players with April 8 Lexington 6-1, Loss 10). Over their first five games, West Virginia has struck out 56 batters, leading the SAL by four strikeouts (Columbia, 52). April 9 Lexington 7:05 P.M. April 10 Lexington 10:35 A.M. NOT A LOT OF CAMERA WORK TO DO: West Virginia’s bullpen has been quite stellar to start the year. For the May 25 Charleston 6:05 P.M. May 26 Charleston 2:05 P.M. second straight outing, Onyshko strung together a career-high three scoreless innings of relief, holding Lexington off the May 27 Charleston 2:05 P.M. scoreboard while striking out three batters. After five games, West Virginia’s bullpen is hoisting a 1.11 mark (24.1 IP/3 May 28 Charleston 7:05 P.M. ER), with six relievers still possessing spotless ERAs. Elias Espino and Wade are the only ones to give up earned runs. July 4 Lexington 7:05 P.M. July 5 Lexington 7:05 P.M. YUP, IT’S STILL BROKEN: The Power has not been able to convert very well with runners in scoring position in July 6 Lexington 6:35 P.M. 2019. Following a 3-for-17 effort with 12 men left on base Sunday, West Virginia now holds a .118 (6-for-51) clip with July 7 Lexington 2:05 P.M. 42 men left on base. The Power’s RISP mark is the eighth-lowest average in Minor League Baseball (Rochester Red August 26 Lexington 7:05 P.M. August 27 Lexington 7:05 P.M. Wings, MIN Triple-A, 0-for-17), as well as second-lowest in the South Atlantic League (Columbia, .089, 4-for-45). August 28 Lexington 12:05 P.M. August 29 Lexington 7:05 P.M. A RATHER UNORGANIZED SCHEDULE: West Virginia concludes its opening seven-game road swing with a three-game series in Kentucky to renew their rivalry with the Lexington Legends. The Power and Legends will meet 15 2018 Results: 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). LEX 11-7 All-Time Series: GOT WRECKED LIKE TEXAS TECH: Last night, West Virginia’s pitching staff allowed several season-high WV 149-128 numbers, as Lexington put together a six-run, 12-hit performance in a 6-1 win. The Power surrendered six runs for the second straight game, while the opponent’s 12 hits was the most given up by West Virginia so far this season. POWER AT A GLANCE POWER POINTS: Ogren’s home run was the fourth of his career, and the Power’s second one of the season... West 2019 Season Leaders Virginia turned its fourth double play of the season yesterday, as well as played their second straight errorless game. Batting Avg: Rodriguez - .476 With no miscues Monday, the Power has raised its fielding percentage to .968, seventh-best in the South Atlantic League. Home Runs: Honeyman/Ogren - 1 2019 SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE FIRST HALF STANDINGS RBI: 3 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: Sweet/Wade - 1 Greensboro 3-1 -- .750 Charleston 3-1 -- .750 Hickory 3-1 -- .750 Asheville 2-2 1.0 .500 ERA: 8 players - 0.00 Kannapolis 3-1 -- .750 Augusta 2-2 1.0 .500 Strikeouts: Moyers/Wade - 8 Delmarva 2-1 0.5 .667 Greenville 2-2 1.0 .500 Lakewood 2-3 1.5 .400 Lexington 2-2 1.0 .500 Saves: Arias - 1 West Virginia 2-3 1.5 .400 Columbia 2-3 1.5 .400 Hagerstown 1-4 2.5 .200 Rome 1-4 2.5 .200 This Date in Power History (2017) Luis Escobar made his Power debut PITCHING PROBABLES against the Rome Braves, tossing five Date Opponent/Time Power Starter vs. Opponent innings and striking out a career-high 4/10/18 @Lexington/10:35 AM RHP Clay Chandler (0-0, 0.00 ERA) vs. RHP Charlie Neuweiler (0-0, 3.60 ERA) 12 batters in a 2-1, 11-inning loss to the 4/11/18 Augusta/7:05 PM TBD vs. RHP Ryne Inman (0-0, 9.00 ERA) Braves. Escobar would go on to set a 4/12/18 Augusta/7:05 PM TBD vs. RHP Elias Espino (0-0, 4.50 ERA) new Power single-season record with 4/13/18 Augusta/2:05 PM TBD vs. LHP Steven Moyers (0-1, 10.80 ERA) 168 strikeouts over 131.2 innings in 2017. 2019 Game Notes & Information TONIGHT’S STARTING PITCHER 51 | LOGAN GILBERT | RHP | 0-0, 0.00 ERA, 1G, 1GS Height: 6-6 Weight: 225 DOB: May 5, 1997 Resides: Winter Park, Florida Acquired: 1st round selection in the 2018 draft (Stetson) Drafted: 1st Round (14th overall), SEA 2019: 0-0/1G/1GS/0.00ERA/4.0IP/5K/1BB/0HR/.154 2018: DID NOT PITCH DUE TO INJURY Career Stats (1 Season): 0-0/1G/1GS/0.00 ERA/4.0 IP/5 K/1 BB/0 HR/.154 AVG Currently: Making his professional debut on Opening Day 2019 • Ranked as the Mariners’ 6th-best prospect per MLB.com and Baseball America • Hurled four shutout innings in pro debut April 4 at Greenville • Career: • Spent all of 2018 season on injured list due to toe surgery and a viral infection • Ranks in top 10 all-time at Stetson in several categories (ERA - 2.48, 2nd), (K - 313, 4th), (W - 23, 10th) • First Stetson hurler to ever win back-to-back Atlantic Sun Conference Pitcher of the Year Awards (2017 and 2018) • Led D-1 in strikeouts in 2018 with 143, setting a new Stetson single-season record • One of many Stetson alumni in professional baseball, including Corey Kluber and Jacob deGrom THE REPERTOIRE 4SFB SLID CURV CHNG 2019 DAY-BY-DAY STATISTICS (GAMES STARTED ONLY) 2019 Power Highs CG....................................................0 DATE OPP.