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 West Virginia Power (10-6) vs. ASHEVILLE TOURISTS (3-13) Game 17 (Home: 11) | April 22, 2018 | Appalachian Power Park | Charleston, WV Radio: The Jock 1300 and 1340 AM - wvpower.com Airtime: 1:45 P.M. PITCHING MATCHUP LHP Ike Schlabach (0-0, 5.91) vs. LHP Lucas Gilbreath (1-0, 8.18) Schlabach: Making second spot start for West Virginia in 2018 (L: 4IP, 5ER at HIC) Gilbreath: Earned first victory vs. ROM on 4/17: 4.1 IP, 1H, 5K in relief MITCHELL GOES OFF IN 13-2 WIN: Calvin Mitchell went 4-for-5 with four RBI and a pair of runs scored, tying CURRENT HOMESTAND his career highs in hits, RBI and runs scored, along with a triple as West Virginia’s offense posted 13 runs on 15 hits, including a seven-run eighth frame, to pummel the Asheville Tourists, 13-2, on Saturday afternoon at Appalachian Record: 3-0 Power Park. In the win, Braeden Ogle spun his second consecutive quality start with another six-inning, one-run gem Batting Statistics: while striking out a career-high eight batters, and the bullpen duo of and held steady AVG: .309 (30-for-97) Matt Seelinger Jacob Taylor AB: 97 over the final three frames to give the Power their fourth consecutive win, and seventh in their last eight games. In RISP: 13-for-35 (.371) the Power’s second seven-run inning of the year, they sent 11 men to the plate, with Dylan Busby bookending the H: 30 scoring with his second career home run and an RBI single in the frame. Rafelin Lorenzo also contributed a 3-for-4 R: 22 effort with three runs scored, whileMason Martin and Oneil Cruz drove in multiple runs as well. HR: 3 BB: 8 MASHING MITCHELL: Mitchell’s 4-for-5 effort with a triple and four RBI in Saturday’s game pushed his team- SO: 29 leading RBI total to 15 on the season, also the most in the Pirates system. Mitchell is currently riding a seven-game SB: 3 Pitching/Defensive Statistics: hitting streak and a nine-game on-base streak, with the latter dating back to April 12 when the Power opened up their W-L: 3-0 road schedule in Hickory. Over Mitchell’s seven-game stretch (April 14-current), the 2017 second-round selection ERA: 2.33 is boasting a .484 (15-for-31) clip with a home run and nine RBI, along with a 1.242 OPS. Due to this recent surge, Quality Starts: 3 Mitchell has upticked his season average to .371 and slugging percentage to .677, both of which are fourth-best in IP: 27.0 the South Atlantic League. His 15 RBI are third-best amongst league sluggers, while his 23 hits top the SAL and his H: 19 three triples rank tied for second. The Power outfielder’s .371 average is second-highest in the Pirates system, trailing R: 7 only Christopher Bostick (.378) of Indianapolis. Mitchell’s four RBI game was the second time a Power player drove ER: 7 Saves/Opportunities: 2/2 in four runs in a contest, as Cruz accomplished the feat on April 13 at Hickory. BB: 6 SO: 27 A QUALITY ROTATION: The Power rotation has come on strong over its last six games, with their last five starters, HR: 2 who had the opportunity to do so, turning in quality starts, while Evan Piechota spun a defacto quality outing after Errors: 3 relieving Sergio Cubilete in the first inning when he was struck by a line drive on April 17 against the RiverDogs. Counting Piechota’s six-inning relief gem, West Virginia’s rotation has gone 5-0 over its last six contests with a 1.50 2018 VS. TOURISTS ERA (6 ER/36 IP), giving up 23 hits and seven walks while collecting 37 strikeouts. MacGregor’s season ERA of 0.73 would lead all Pirates farmhands and sit at fourth-best in the South Atlantic League if he had enough innings 3-0 to qualify, while Piechota’s 1.29 mark ranks eighth. Ogle’s 3.00 ERA is the ninth-best among Pirates farmhands. Date Location Result April 19 Charleston 3-0, W BREAK OUT THE BROOMS: After taking the first three games of their series against the Asheville Tourists, West April 20 Charleston 6-5, W Virginia has the opportunity to go for their first series sweep of the season on Sunday afternoon. The Power have not swept a four-game series against an opponent since they broomed the Delmarva Shorebirds from August 3-6, 2017, April 21 Charleston 13-2, W at Appalachian Power Park. Last year, West Virginia swept away four different opponent (Delmarva, Lakewood, April 22 Charleston 2:05 p.m. Hickory and Lexington). July 27 Charleston 7:05 p.m. July 28 Charleston 6:05 p.m. ROLLING RIGHT ALONG: With their 13-2 win on Saturday, the Power claimed their first four-game win streak of July 29 Charleston 2:05 p.m. 2018, and their seventh win in their last eight games. Last year, West Virginia’s longest winning streak was an eight-game stretch from August 2-9, beginning with a series finale win in Lexington before sweeping Delmarva and Lakewood. THE PITCHING MATCHUP: LHP Ike Schlabach (0-0, 5.91 ERA) takes the hill for West Virginia on Sunday, as 2017 Results: the southpaw makes his second spot start at the Low-A level. In his previous start on 4/14 at Hickory, the Ohio native allowed 5 ER through 4 IP. Asheville counters with LHP Lucas Gilbreath (1-0, 8.18), making his first start of 2018. ASH 3-2 POWER POINTS: Over their last 10 games, the West Virginia bullpen has posted a 2.55 ERA (12ER/42.1 IP) with All-Time SAL Series: 49 strikeouts... The Power are 6-0 when their starter lasts six innings... West Virginia relievers have held the first batters they have faced in an outing to a .179 (5-for-28) clip thus far, with seven strikeouts... Cruz’s four home runs ASH 61-50 are the most amongst Pirates minor league sluggers, and rank fifth in the SAL (Juan Soto, HAG)... The Power’s 11- run margin of the victory marked their widest run differential in a win this season... West Virginia will play 12 of its next 15 games at Appalachian Power Park. POWER AT A GLANCE 2018 Quick Records ON THE AIR: West Virginia Power games can be heard on The Jock 1300 & 1340 AM in the Kanawha Valley, online Overall Record: 10-6 at wvpower.com and on the TuneIn Radio App. David Kahn and John Kocsis will handle play-by-play duties in 2018. First Half Record: 10-6 2018 SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE FIRST HALF STANDINGS Place: T-2nd Northern Division Southern Division GB: 2.0 W-L GB PCT W-L GB PCT Home: 6-4 Delmarva 12-4 -- .750 Augusta 10-6 -- .625 Kannapolis 10-6 2.0 .625 Columbia 10-6 -- .625 Away: 4-2 West Virginia 10-6 2.0 .625 Lexington 9-7 1.0 .563 Last 5 4-1 Greensboro 9-6 2.5 .600 Rome 9-7 1.0 .563 Last 10 7-3 Lakewood 8-8 4.0 .500 Charleston 7-9 3.0 .438 Hickory 6-9 5.5 .400 Asheville 3-13 7.0 .188 2018 Season Leaders Hagerstown 5-11 7.0 .313 Greenville 3-13 7.0 .188 Batting Avg: Mitchell - .371
Home Runs: Cruz - 4 PITCHING PROBABLES RBI: Mitchell - 15 Date Opponent/Time Power Starter vs. Opponent Stolen Bases: Sharpe - 4 4/23/18 Rome/7:05pm LHP Domingo Robles (1-1, 5.28) vs. RHP Jasseel De La Cruz (1-2, 0.64) Wins: Wallace/Ogle - 2 4/24/18 Rome/10:35am RHP Travis MacGregor (1-1, 0.73) vs. LHP Bruce Zimmermann (2-1, 4.50) ERA: MacGregor - 0.73 4/25/18 Rome/7:05pm RHP Gavin Wallace (2-0, 4.76) vs. RHP Huascar Ynoa (0-2, 10.38) Strikeouts: MacGregor - 20 4/26/18 Rome/7:05pm LHP Braeden Ogle (2-0, 3.00) vs. RHP Odalvi Javier (0-0, 1.93) Saves: Weiman - 2 TODAY’S STARTING PITCHER 30 | IKE SCHLABACH | LHP Height: 6-4 Weight: 219 DOB: December 27, 1996 Resides: Columbus, OH Acquired: Selected in the 19th round of the 2015 draft by PIT Drafted: 2015 (19th Round) 2018: 0-0/4G/1GS/5.91 ERA/10.2 IP/8 K/4 BB/1 HR/.289 2017: 6-4/14GS/2.83 ERA/70 IP/49 K/22 BB/5 HR/.205 Career Stats (4 Seasons): 7-12/35G/32GS/4.19 ERA/152.2 IP/96 K/54 BB/13 HR/.251 AVG 2018: Placed on West Virginia’s Opening Day roster... Made first two career appearances out of the bullpen in 2018, tossing 5.2 innings while striking out four and holding batters to a .200 average...
Career: Made 14 starts, including five quality starts, for the Black Bears in 2017 and recorded a career-best 6-4 record and a 2.83 ERA over 70 innings with 49 strikeouts while holding opponents to a .205 batting average, third-best among New York- Penn League arms and first among the starters… Earned a 2017 NYPL Mid-Season All-Star nod… Struck out a career-high six batters on August 9 against Brooklyn... Went 1-6 with a 5.22 ERA in 13 starts for rookie-level Bristol over 60.1 innings... Shifted his secondary pitch in 2016 from a change-up to a slider, picked up fastball velocity and changed his leg kick to become more repeatable… Posted 0-2 record with a 5.40 ERA in GCL in 2015... Became the first student picked in the MLB draft from Timber Creek High School… Boasted a 5-1 record with a 1.98 ERA during his junior season.
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2018 DAY-BY-DAY STATISTICS
DATE OPP. DEC. IP H R ER HR K BB Notes 4/19 ASH ND 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 12 pitches (10 for strikes) 4/14 @HIC(GS)ND 4.0 8 7 5 0 2 2 First start at the Low-A level 4/10(Gm2) LWD ND 3.2 2 1 1 1 4 0 Struck out a season-high four batters in relief 4/5 GVL ND 2.0 2 1 1 0 0 2 First career MiLB relief appearance
2018 Power Highs: CG: IP: K: BB: H: R: ER: Win Streak: Losing Streak: 0 4.0 (4/14) 4 (4/10) 2 (2x, last: 4/14) 8 (4/14) 7 (4/14) 5 (4/14) None None
Career Highs: CG: IP: K: BB: H: R: ER: W Streak: L Streak: 1 (8/4/17) 6.0 (5x, last 8/30/17) 6 (8/9/17) 4 (2x, last 8/25/17) 8 (2x, last 4/14/18) 7 (4/14/18) 5 (2x, last 4/14/18) 2 (7/17-7/23/17) 1 (4x, last 8/9/17) CAREER VS. TOURISTS W-L ERA IP H R ER HR K BB Notes 0-0 0.00 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 First start against the Asheville Tourists in his career 2018 Game Notes & Information POWER BULLPEN 37 | BLAKE CEDERLIND | RHP | 4SFB, SLID, CHANG 26 | JOEL CESAR | RHP | 4SFB, CHANGE, SLIDER 2018: Named to West Virginia’s Opening Day Roster... Earned W on 4/14 at HIC... 2018: Named to West Virginia’s Opening Day Roster... Tossed 2.1 shutout Career: Spent first full season with the Power in 2017, making 25 APP and innings on 4/11 vs. LWD... seven starts while striking out 55 batters in 58 innings… Posted a sterling Career: Appeared in 22 games with the Black Bears in 2017, converting 3.21 April ERA over 14 innings… Spun a career-high five innings at Lexing- seven of his eight save opportunities… Held batters to a .165 clip against ton on July 4 while only allowing four hits… Started six games with rookie- him while registering 27 strikeouts to 18 walks over 27.0 innings... Convert- level Bristol in 2016 and did not allow a run in three of those starts… Tossed ed both of his save opportunities in September while striking out four batters 15.1 innings in July and wrung up 13 batters... Pirates fifth-round selection and not allowing a run during the month… Transitioned from a starter to the in 2016 from Merced College (CA)... Originally selected by Minnesota in the closer role between 2016 and 2017… Played in the DSL in 2016, but started 22nd round of the 2015 Draft, but did not sign. just two games before getting injured and missing the rest of the campaign. Last 5 Outings Last 5 Outings Date Opp Dec IP H ER BB K Date Opp Dec IP H ER BB K 4/18 @CSC H,1 1.2 2 0 1 3 4/18 @CSC ND 0.1 0 2 4 0 4/14 @HIC W (1-1) 2.0 1 0 0 3 4/11 LWD ND 2.1 0 0 1 2 4/11 LWD ND 1.0 0 0 1 1 4/8 GVL ND 2.0 4 2 2 2 4/6 GVL L (0-1) 1.0 4 2 0 2
38 | ADAM OLLER | RHP | 4SFB, SINK, SLID, CHANG 35 | EVAN PIECHOTA | RHP | 4SFB, SLID, CHANGE 2018: Named to West Virginia’s Opening Day Roster...Retired 4 batters on 2018: Named to West Virginia’s Opening Day Roster... Tied career-high in 4/5 vs. GVL... Earned win on 4/10 vs. LWD... Picked up save on 4/19 vs. Ks with 7 during 4/8 spot start vs. GVL... Earned the save on 4/13 at HIC... ASH with 2 perfect innings... Career: Held opponents to a .189 AVG in 2017, fourth-lowest in NYPL… Career: Ranked second in the APP in ERA (2.75) and WHIP (1.10) over Did not allow ER over first 12.1 IP… Went 5-2 with a 1.01 road ERAin 16 games (seven starts) in 2017 ... Collected a career-high seven strike- 2017... Tabbed as 2017 Mid-Season All-Star... Had career-high 10 Ks on outs on August 8 and August 24, 2017, against the Danville Braves and 9/2/17 vs. AUB to earn POTW...Won Southland Conf. POTY in 2016 at NW Elizabethton, respectively… Did not give up a run during his first 12.2 St (LA)… Uncle, Greg Koch, was inducted into NFL HOF after 11 years as career innings... Won 25 games during career at Madonna University… OL (GB, MIN, MIA)… Interested in being a vet after baseball. Played at Comerica Park in Michigan HS BSB Coaches’ All-Star Game. Last 5 Outings Last 5 Outings Date Opp Dec IP H ER BB K Date Opp Dec IP H ER BB K 4/19 ASH S (1) 2.0 0 0 0 2 4/17 @CSC ND 6.0 2 0 0 7 4/14 @HIC ND 3.0 5 4 1 2 4/13 @HIC S (1) 3.0 3 1 2 3 4/10 LWD W (1-0) 3.0 2 2 1 3 4/8 GVL (start) W (1-0) 5.0 7 1 0 7 4/5 GVL ND 2.1 2 0 0 4
30 | IKE SCHLABACH | LHP | 4SFB, 2SFB, CH, SLID 31 | MATT SEELINGER | RHP | 4SFB, CURV, CH 2018: Named to West Virginia’s Opening Day Roster... Struck out 4 on 4/10 vs. 2018: Promoted to Power roster on 4/18 from GCL... Earned save in Low-A debut LWD... on 4/18 at CSC... Career: Made 14 starts for the Black Bears in 2017 and recorded a career- Career: Did not allow a run in his first 10 appearances, which spanned 13 in- best 6-4 record and a 2.83 ERA over 70 IP with 49 Ks while holding op- nings… Had a 0.55 ERA against RHH versus a 3.29 ERA vs. LHH… Became the ponents to a .205 average, third-best among NYPL arms and first among first baseball player drafted from Farmingdale State College… Went 4-1 with a the starters… Earned a 2017 NYPL Mid-Season All-Star nod… Struck out a 1.39 ERA as a senior… Led conference with 69K and .159 BAA while topping the career-high six batters on 8/9 vs. Brooklyn... Went 1-6 in 13 starts for Bristol team with 51.2 innings… Tabbed as the Skyline Conference Pitcher of the Year in over 60.1 IP... Became first student drafted from Timber Creek HS when he 2016… Coached by former Pirate Keith Osik (played w/ PIT ‘96-02)... Dad didn’t was selected in 19th round of the 2015 MLB Draft. allow him to pitch from age 13-16, so played SS and OF until junior year of HS. Last 5 Outings Last 5 Outings Date Opp Dec IP H ER BB K Date Opp Dec IP H ER BB K 4/19 ASH H (1) 1.0 1 0 0 2 4/21 ASH ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 4/14 @HIC(start) ND 4.0 8 5 2 2 4/18 @CSC S,1 1.0 1 0 1 1 4/10 LWD ND 3.2 2 1 0 4 4/5 GVL ND 2.0 2 1 2 0
18 | JACOB TAYLOR | RHP | 4SFB, CURVE, CHANGE 44 | BLAKE WEIMAN | RHP | 4SFB, SLIDER, CHANGE 2018: Named to West Virginia’s Opening Day Roster... Set down all nine batters he 2018: Named to West Virginia’s Opening Day roster... Earned save on 4/10 vs. faced on 4/16 at CSC to earn first career save... LWD... Started year with 10.2 scoreless innings before allow HR in 9th on 4/20. Career: Selected in the fourth round of the 2015 draft out of Pearl River CC before Career: Had 10 scoreless IP to begin career, striking out 13 while holding having Tommy John surgery after just two innings in the GCL... Posted an 0-6 record batters to a .167 AVG… Notched a 2-0 record with a 3.27 ERA with 13 Ks and an 8.35 ERA with rookie-level Bristol in 2017 over 12 appearances (nine starts), while holding batters to a .143 AVG in June... Concluded three-year Kansas surrendering a .329 average to opposing batters... Went 0-2 in four starts in the GCL career with an 11-1 record/2.38 ERA… Finished 2017 with 5-1 record and in 2016 over 9.1 innings, but held batters to a .182 clip against him... Made one start 2.80 ERA, leading Kansas bullpen with 55 Ks… Became 27th Jayhawk with the Black Bears, going 1.2 innings and allowing six runs on five hits. drafted in top 10 rounds. Last 5 Outings Last 5 Outings Date Opp Dec IP H ER BB K Date Opp Dec IP H ER BB K 4/21 ASH ND 2.0 2 1 1 2 4/20 vs. ASH S (2) 3.0 3 2 0 4 4/16 @CSC S (1) 3.0 0 0 0 5 4/17 @CSC ND 2.0 1 0 0 4 4/11 LWD L (0-1) 1.0 1 0 0 1 4/12 @HIC ND 3.0 3 0 0 2 4/8 GVL ND 2.0 3 2 2 2 4/10 LWD S(1) 1.0 0 0 0 2 4/6 GVL ND 2.2 3 0 0 3 2018 Game Notes & Information POWER BATTERS
5 | BEN BENGTSON | INF | R/R Current Hitting Streak: 1 Longest 2018 Hitting Streak: 1 2018: Named to West Virginia’s Opening Day Roster... Doubled and tripled in G1 of a DH vs. LWD on 4/10... Last Game: 1-4, 2R, K Current Series: 1-4, 2R, K Career: Drove in 11 of his 20 RBI in August of 2017…Launched his first professional home run on July 16, 2017... Averaged .323 with 36 RBI and an .880 OPS in 44 games Last Series: 0-3, BB, 2K during his junior season... Went 4-for-4 with six RBI at Arizona on March 12, 2017… Was named Last HR: a member of the New England Intercollegiate Baseball Association (NEIBA) All-New England First Team in 2017 and the America East All-Conference First Team in 2016 and 2017… His 51 RBI in 2016 On-Base Streak (Long): 3, 4/14-current led the America East Conference... Tallied two grand slams on May 14, 2016, versus University of Career Highs: Massachusetts-Lowell... Named Concord Monitor Player of the Year, USA Today’s New Hampshire H: 3 (2x, last 7/13/17) Shortstop of the Year and All-State First Team in 2014 after breaking a high school record with a .526 R: 2 (6x, last 4/21/18) batting average. HR: 1 (4x, last 8/28/17) RBI: 3 (3x, last 8/28/17) SB: 1 (2x, last 8/23/17) K: 3 (6x, last 8/26/17) 28 | DYLAN BUSBY | INF | R/R Current Hitting Streak: 1 Longest 2018 Hitting Streak: 3 2018: Named to West Virginia’s Opening Day Roster... Went 2-3 with a 2B, career-high 3 runs and an RBI in Last Game: 2-5, HR, 2 RBI, R, 3K game two of a DH vs. GVL on 4/8... Reached base in nine consecutive games from 4/9 to 4/16, going 9-for-30 Current Series: 2-12, HR, 2RBI, R, BB, 6K (.300) in that stretch with two 2B, three RBI and nine walks... Stroked second career HR in 8th on 4/21 vs. ASH Last Series: 1-8, BB, 2K Career: Ended 2017 on a six-game hitting streak, going 7-26 (.269)…Smashed his only professional Last HR: 4/21 vs. ASH home run on September 5 against Williamsport... Named to the 2017 College World Series All- Tournament and 2016 and 2017 ACC Championship All-Tournament Teams... Finished Florida State On-Base Streak (Long): 1, 4/21 career with 38 home runs, 165 RBI and a .556 slugging percentage… First FSU player ever with three- (9, 4/6-4/16) Career Highs: plus RBI in five consecutive games… Paced Noles in 2016 in homers (14) and triples (5) while recording H: 2 (5x, last 9/5/17) 23 multi-hit games and 16 multi-RBI games…Most Outstanding Player at the Tallahassee Regional, R: 3 (4/8/18) posting a .417 stroke and 1.118 SLG... Selected for the Florida Athletic Coaches Association Baseball HR: 1 (2x, 4/21/18) Classic after his senior season and earned First Team All-Area... Father, Wayne, played six years in RBI: 2 (4x, last 4/21/18) White Sox and Cubs systems. SB: 2 (8/8/17) K: 4 (7/14/17) 14 | RODOLFO CASTRO | INF | S/R Current Hitting Streak: 0 Longest 2018 Hitting Streak: 5 2018: Named to West Virginia’s Opening Day Roster... Mired in an 0-for-12 slump with 5K since 4/18... Last Game: DNP Current Series: 0-8, 5K Career: Played for the GCL Pirates in 2017, posting a .277/.344/.479 slash line in 53 games... Notched a multi-home run game on August 1 against the GCL Yankees with two long balls and four RBI... Put Last Series: 3-11, RBI, 3K together an eight-game hitting streak from August 3-11, 2017, averaging .408 (11-for-27) in that stretch... Last HR: Hit .321 with RISP (18-for-56) with two homers and 27 RBI... Batted .271 in 56 games for the DSL Pirates in 2016 with two home runs and 29 RBI... Began the 2017 season on an eight-game hitting On-Base Streak (Long): (5, 4/11-4/17) streak, stroking a .517 clip over that stretch... Slammed his first home run on June 30 against the GCL Career Highs: Yankees... Tallied a trio of three hit games, including a two-double effort on June 11… Finished the H: 4 (7/20/17) months of June and August hitting over .300 in 18 games apiece... Signed as an international free agent R: 4 (8/13/16) out of the Dominican Republic at the age of 16. HR: 2 (8/1/17) RBI: 4 (8/1/17) SB: 1 (6x, last 8/23/17) K: 3 (4x, 4/20/18) 7 | ONEIL CRUZ | INF | L/R Current Hitting Streak: 2 Longest 2018 Hitting Streak: 2 2018: Named to West Virginia’s Opening Day Roster... Hit first home run of season on 4/10 vs. LWD in G1 of a DH... Last Game: 1-5, 2B, 2RBI, R, 3K Slugged a pair of home runs along with a career-high four RBI on 4/13 at HIC... Had two homers and 5 RBI with four Current Series: 3-10, HR, 5RBI, 2R, BB, SB, 4K runs scored over three-game set in Hickory from April 12-14... Clubbed the decisive 2R-HR on 4/20 vs. ASH Last Series: 2-8, RBI, R, 3K Career: Entered 2018 as the Pirates’ 14th-best prospect according to MLB.com... Traded along with Last HR: 4/20 vs. ASH RHP Angel German to the Pirates in exchange for LHP Tony Watson from the Dodgers on July 31, 2017… Rated as the best infield arm in the Pirates system after the 2017 season by Baseball America… On-Base Streak (Long): 2, 4/20-current (5,4/10-4/14) Went 5-5 with a home run, a double and three RBI on July 20, 2017, for the Great Lake Loons against Career Highs: Cedar Rapids… Hit .240 for Great Lakes prior to trade with eight home runs and 36 RBI over 89 games... Was H: 5 (7/20/17) rated as the 21st overall prospect in the Dodgers system at the time of the trade... Went 3-4 with a home run and R: 3 (5x, last 4/13/18) three RBI in his Power debut against Delmarva on August 5... Had a season-high four hits on June 11 HR: 2 (4/13/18) and August 15… Played for the DSL Dodgers in 2016, his first professional season, batting .294 over 55 RBI: 4 (4/13/18) SB: 2 (2x, last 4/12/17) games with 23 RBI... Signed as a non-drafted free agent on July 2, 2015. K: 6 (7/4/17) 16 | RAFELIN LORENZO | C | R/R Current Hitting Streak: 1 Longest 2018 Hitting Streak: 2 2018: Named to West Virginia’s Opening Day Roster... Socked back-to-back HRs with Kyle Watson on 4/8 vs. Last Game: 3-4, 3R, RBI GVL in G2 of a DH in the 3rd inning... Tied career-high with 3 runs scored on 4/21 vs. ASH... Current Series: 3-4, 3R, RBI Career: Claimed by the Indianapolis Indians off of waivers from the Hudson Valley Renegades (Tampa Bay, Last Series: 0-4, K short-season A) in December 2017... Averaged a .299 clip in 27 road games compared to a .194 clip in 24 Last HR: 4/8 vs. GVL (Game 2) home contests, including a doubles differential of +12 on the road in 2017… Homered, doubled and drove in three RBI on July 19 against the Vermont Lake Monsters... Posted a .207 average with rookie-level Princeton On-Base Streak (Long): 1, 4/21 (3, 4/6-4/10) in 2016, collecting 18 RBI in 35 games... Named a Mid-Season All-Star in the DSL in 2014 after hitting .305 Career Highs: with four homers and 27 RBI in 28 games... Signed by the Tampa Bay Rays in 2013 at the age of 16 as a H: 4 (7/16/14) RBI: 4 (8/6/14) non-drafted free agent. R: 3 (3x, last 4/21/18) SB: 1 (6x, last 8/27/17) HR: 1 (12x, last 4/8/18) K: 4 (6/25/16)
2018 Game Notes & Information POWER BATTERS 23 | MASON MARTIN | OF | L/R Current Hitting Streak: 2 Longest 2018 Hitting Streak: 4 2018: Named to West Virginia’s Opening Day Roster... Collected Power’s first HR of season on 4/8 vs. GVL... Last Game: 2-5, 2B, 3 RBI Tied career-high with 3 RBI on 4/21 vs. ASH... Current Series: 4-12, 2R, 2 2B, 4RBI, BB, K Career: Ranked 26th on MLB.com’s 2018 Preseason Top 30 Pirates Prospects list…Won 2017 GCL Last Series: 2-11, 2B, RBI, BB, 5K MVP and Postseason All-Star accolades… Led the GCL in on-base percentage (.457) and OPS (1.087), Last HR: 4/14 at HIC with the latter marking the third highest in the GCL’s 52-year history… Averaged .413 with seven home runs and 15 RBI in 14 games in July... Recorded his first career multi-home run game on July 20 against On-Base Streak (Long): 2, 4/20-current (6, 4/5-4/10) the GCL Blue Jays…Had a 13-game hitting streak from July 14-August 2, boasting a 20-44 (.455) clip Career Highs: with 13 extra-base hits… Named a 2017 Baseball America Rookie All-Star... Listed as Baseball H: 4 (7/17/17) America’s 19th-best first base prospect heading into the 2017 draft… Committed to Gonzaga before R: 5 (5x, last 8/23/17) signing with the Pirates… Soared to a .507 average with five homers and 30 RBI in his senior season at HR: 2 (7/20/17) Southridge (WA) High School, collecting Mid-Columbia Conference First-Team honors. RBI: 3 (2x, last 4/21/18) SB: 1 (2x, last 9/2/17) K: 3 (7x, last 4/17/18) 34 | CAL MITCHELL | OF | L/L Current Hitting Streak: 7 Longest 2018 Hitting Streak: 7 2018: Named to West Virginia’s Opening Day Roster... Clubbed first HR of season, 2R shot, on 4/8 vs. GVL Last Game: 4-5, 3B, 4 RBI, 2R in Game 1 of DH... Opened the season on a six-game hitting streak from April 5-10, going 6-19 (.316) in that Current Series: 8-13, HR, 8RBI, 3B, 4R, 2 2B, 2K stretch... Stroked a 3R-HR on 4/19 vs. ASH... Riding a seven-game hitting streak since 4/14, averaging .484... Last Series: 5-13, 2B, RBI, 2K Career: Entered 2018 as the Pirates’ 16th-best prospect according to MLB.com… Smashed his first Last HR: 4/19 vs. ASH career home run on June 28 against the GCL Braves… Drove in a career-high four runs on August 26 against GCL Yankees East... Committed to the University of San Diego, but chose to sign with PIT… On-Base Streak (Long): 9 (4/12-current) Finished his senior year at Rancho Bernardo (CA) High School with a .369 batting average, 11 home Career Highs: runs and 34 RBI… Was the second high school player in his area selected in draft after Michael Mercado H: 4 (2x, last 4/21/18) (Tampa Bay, 40th)... Ranked as 78th (BA), 79th (MLB) and 23rd-best prospect (Keith Law) heading in R: 2 (6x, last 4/21/18) 2017... Attended same school as current Pirate Trevor Williams, Rangers lefty Cole Hamels and former HR: 1 (5x, last 4/19/18) big leaguer Hank Blalock… Coached by Sam Blalock, Hank’s uncle, who has had 24 players drafted in RBI: 4 (2x, last 4/21/18) 42 years… Father pitched at Fresno State. SB: 1 (2x, last 8/26/17) K: 3 (4/12/18) 3 | RYAN PEURIFOY | OF | R/R Current Hitting Streak: 3 Longest 2018 Hitting Streak: 3 2018: Named to West Virginia’s Opening Day roster... Pitched a scoreless eighth on 4/12 at HIC... Last Game: 1-4, R, K Current Series: 1-4, R, K Career: Hit .305 with 23 RBI and 10 doubles in 36 games in the Appalachian League with rookie-level Bristol in 2017... Recorded 10 multi-hit games for Bristol in 2017... Drove in four RBI twice, on July 13 Last Series: 2-3, 2 2B and August 13... Drafted in the 38th round of the 2017 draft out of Georgia Tech... Collected 19 career Last HR: outfield assists at Georgia Tech, second-most all-time among outfielders in program history... Averaged .295 in his senior season as a Yellow Jacket with seven home runs, more than his first three seasons in On-Base Streak (Long): 3, 4/14-current Atlanta combined and 33 RBI... Compiled a .237 stroke in his junior season with 10 doubles and 24 RBI, Career Highs: including a .326 mark in conference play that paired with 18 RBI... Led Georgia Tech with a .324 average H: 3 (4x, last 8/26/17) as a sophomore in 2014... Played with former Power player Arden Pabst at Georgia Tech... Appeared R: 2 (4x, last 4/8/18) in 50 games as a rookie at GT, hitting .296... Earned NCAA Oxford All-Regional Team honors in 2014... HR: 1 (2x, last 8/13/17) Named Offensive MVP at Starr’s Mill HS in 2011 and 2013, graduating with school records in career hits RBI: 4 (2x, last 8/13/17) SB: 2 (8/22/17) and RBI, as well as single-season hits, doubles and triples. K: 3 (8/27/17) 24 | LOLO SANCHEZ | OF | R/R Current Hitting Streak: 0 Longest 2018 Hitting Streak: 4 2018: Named to West Virginia’s Opening Day Roster... Went 2-for-4 with two 2Bs on 4/8 vs. GVL in Game 1... Last Game: DNP Hit an inside-the-park home run on 4/10 vs. LWD in Game 1 of a doubleheader... Cracked a pair of doubles and Current Series: 0-5, 2R, 2BB, K two RBI on 4/16 at Charleston... Last Series: 4-13, R, 3 RBI, 2 2B, BB, 3K Ranked as the Pirates 10th-best prospect according to MLB.com and Baseball America, the Career: Last HR: 4/10 vs. LWD in Game 1 latter of which listed Sanchez as a “Breakout Prospect” for 2018… Reached base safely in 26 consecutive games from July 29 to the end of the season, tied for second-longest in the league… On-Base Streak (Long): 5, 4/16-current Compiled a .297 batting average (11-37) over an eight-game hitting streak from August 4-15, (7, 4/6-4/12) including two of his four home runs... Launched his first career home run on June 30, 2017… Career Highs: Registered a career-best four hits twice on July 12 and July 24 against GCL Yankees West and the H: 4 (2x, last 7/24/17) GCL Tigers, respectively… Spent 2016 in the DSL, averaging .235 with 10 RBI over 45 games. R: 3 (4x, last 8/23/17) Personal: Was top Pirates international signing in 2015 when he signed on July 2 out of the Dominican HR: 1 (5x, last 4/10/18) RBI: 2 (7x, last 4/16/18) Republic at 16 years old for $450,000… Birth name is Kevin Bryan Sanchez. SB: 2 (2x, last 7/19/17) K: 3 (4/11/18) 27 | CHRIS SHARPE | OF | R/R Current Hitting Streak: 0 Longest 2018 Hitting Streak: 3 2018: Named to West Virginia’s Opening Day Roster... Launched a solo HR to lead off the 4th on 4/8 vs. GVL Last Game: 0-2, 2R, 2BB, K in Game 1... Swiped a pair of bases on 4/13 at HIC... Posted a career-best four hits with a 3B and three runs Current Series: 3-8, 3R, 2BB, 3K on 4/14 at HIC... Went 6-for-8 with a triple and two RBI over the three-game set in Hickory from 4/12-4/14... Last Series: 2-9, 2RBI, 3R, 2BB, 2K Career: Recorded a 12-game hitting streak form August 3-19, stroking a .340 (16-for-47) clip with six Last HR: 4/8 vs. GVL (Game 1) RBI and a .926 OPS... Selected in 14th round in 2017 out of UMass-Lowell, becoming the 21st player drafted in program history and highest River Hawk drafted since Jack Leathersich (2011, fifth round)... On-Base Streak (Long): 4 (4/18-current) (6, 4/10-4/16) Baseball America ranked him as 34th-best prospect in NE heading into draft... Posted a .338/.432/.685 Career Highs: slash line with seven HR/25 RBI as a SOPH at UMass-Lowell... Registered a 20-game on-base streak H: 4 (4/14/18) RBI: 4 (7/23/17) before an injury sidelined him till after the draft... Also played football at Burlington HS. R: 3 (4/14/18) SB: 2 (4/13/18) HR: 1 (4x, 4/8/18) K: 3 (5x, 4/12/18) 2018 Game Notes & Information POWER BATTERS 22 | DEON STAFFORD | C | R/R Current Hitting Streak: 1 Longest 2018 Hitting Streak: 3 2018: Named to West Virginia’s Opening Day Roster... Drove in the game-winning run in the eighth inning of Last Game: DNP game one of a doubleheader against Greenville on 4/8 with a sacrifice fly... Smacked the go-ahead two-run Current Series: 3-6, 2B, R, BB, K double in WV’s seven-run ninth inning comeback win on 414 at HIC... Posted the Power’s first three-hit game of the season on 4/20 vs. ASH... Last Series: 4-10, 3R, 2B, 3K Last HR: Career: Batted .280 in 45 games for the Black Bears in 2017 with four home runs and 28 RBI... Aver- aged .308 with three home runs and 18 RBI in 19 games in July… Put together an eight-game hitting On-Base Streak (Long): 8, 4/8-current streak from July 18-31, stroking a .421 (16-38) clip over that stretch and ending the streak with five Career Highs: consecutive multiple-hit games… Collected a career-high four RBI on July 25 against Batavia… Ended H: 3 (5x, last 4/20/18) the season on a seven-game hitting streak from August 23 to September 5, boasting a .267 (8-for-30) R: 3 (4/14/18) stroke... Averaged .288 with eight homers and 22 RBI in 2017 while posting a league-best .464 OBP for HR: 1 (4x, last 7/30/17) St. Joseph’s… Became the first Hawk to earn All-Conference honors in three different seasons… Led RBI: 4 (7/25/17) Atlantic-10 in average (.395), HR (18) and runs (57) in 2017… Ended 2016 garnering Louisville Slugger SB: 1 (3x, last 8/20/17) K: 4 (7/28/17) All-American Third Team, ECAC D-I, A-10 and Philadelphia Big 5 Baseball Player of the Year honors, while placing as a semi-finalist for the 2016 Johnny Bench Award… Had a three home run game (the first in St. Joseph’s history) against Richmond on March 26, 2016, before repeating the performance on May 13 against Fordham to become the only D-I player in 2016 to have multiple three home run games… Compiled a 15-game hitting streak from April 10-May 7… Reached base safely in the final 32 games of the season… Captured 2015 Louisville Slugger Freshman All-America (first at St. Joseph’s in 22 years), NECBL Rookie of the Year and St. Joseph’s Rookie of the Year honors… Led the team in average (.341) and doubles (19) in 2015... Selected by the Pirates in the fifth round of the 2017 draft… Became St. Joseph’s highest drafted player since John DelMonte (fourth round, 1979).
2 | KYLE WATSON | OF | R/R Current Hitting Streak: 1 Longest 2018 Hitting Streak: 2 2018: Named to West Virginia’s Opening Day roster... Stroked back-to-back HRs with Rafelin Lorenzo in G2 Last Game: 1-5, R of a DH on 4/8 vs. GVL in the 3rd inning... Went 2-for-5 with a HR, 3B, 3 RBI and 2R on 4/14 at HIC, including Current Series: 2-12, 2B, R, 3K a ninth-inning blast that was part of the Power’s seven-run inning... Last Series: 1-9, RBI, 2R, 2BB, 4K Selected in the 37th round of the 2017 draft out of Ole Miss... Hit. 224 in 40 games with rookie- Career: Last HR: 4/14 at HIC level Bristol in 2017, notching 14 RBI as wel as a .338 on-base percentage, mostly thanks to 21 walks in 155 plate appearances... Smacked a three-run home run against the Pulaski Yankees on August 13— On-Base Streak (Long): 1, 4/21 his first career shot--along with a career-high three RBI... Stroked a .258 clip in 18 road games along (6, 4/13-4/19) with a .372 on-base percentage, which was 67 points higher than his on-base percentage at home... Career Highs: Fared well with two outs, posting a .295/.426/.455 slash line in 44 at-bats... Sported a .221 career H: 2 (6x, last 4/14/18) average through three years at Ole Miss, along with four homers, 16 doubles and 29 RBI... Named to R: 2 (6x, last 4/14/18) the 2016 All-Tournament Team during the NCAA Oxford Regional... Made 38 starts as a freshman in HR: 1 (3x, last 4/14/18) RBI: 3 (3x, last 4/14/18) 2015, where he scored 34 runs, third-most on the Rebels... Registered a .345 career batting average at SB: 1 (5x, last 8/29/17) DeSoto Central High School, where he also played football during his freshman year... Father, Bart, was a K: 4 (7/30/17) golfer.
2018 Game Notes & Information SEASON BATTING STATISTICS Multi-Hit Game Hit streaks of six games or more Player 2H 3H 4H 5H 6H T Player Games Start End H AB Avg. HR RBI Bengtson 1 0 0 0 0 1 Busby 3 0 0 0 0 3 Mitchell 6 4/5 4/10 6 19 .316 1 3 Castro 3 0 0 0 0 3 Mitchell 7 4/14 15 31 .484 1 9 Cruz 3 0 0 0 0 3 Lorenzo 0 1 0 0 0 1 Active Longest Martin 3 0 0 0 0 3 Mitchell 6 0 1 0 0 7 Peurifoy 1 0 0 0 0 1 Sanchez 2 0 0 0 0 2 Sharpe 2 0 1 0 0 3 Stafford 3 1 0 0 0 4 Watson 3 0 0 0 0 3 TOTALS 30 2 2 0 0 34
Multi-RBI Games Power Designated Hitters Player 2RBI 3RBI 4RBI 5RBI 6+RBI T Batter Starts Rec H AB Avg. 2B 3B HR RBI Bengtson 1 0 0 0 0 1 Bengtson 4 2-2 1 13 .077 0 0 0 0 Busby 1 0 0 0 0 1 Busby 2 2-0 0 6 .000 0 0 0 0 Castro 1 1 0 0 0 2 Mitchell 1 0-1 1 2 .500 0 0 0 0 Cruz 1 1 1 0 0 3 Peurifoy 2 1-1 2 5 .400 2 0 0 0 Lorenzo 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sanchez 1 1-0 0 5 .000 0 0 0 0 Martin 2 2 0 0 0 4 Watson 6 4-2 4 22 .182 1 1 1 4 Mitchell 2 0 1 0 0 3 0 0-0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Peurifoy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Sanchez 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0-0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Sharpe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Stafford 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0-0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Watson 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0-0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 TOTALS 11 6 7 0 0 24 0 0-0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 TOTALS 8 53 .151 3 1 1 4 HOME RUNS/ WALK-OFFS Home Run Log Player HR Home Road Solo 2R 3R GS NoOut 1Out 2Out 7th/later Last HR Bengston 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Busby 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4/21 vs. ASH Castro 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Cruz 4 2 2 2 1 1 0 0 2 2 2 4/20 vs. ASH Lorenzo 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4/8 vs. GVL Martin 3 2 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 4/14 at HIC Mitchell 3 2 1 0 2 1 0 1 2 0 0 4/19 vs. ASH Peurifoy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sanchez 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 4/10 vs. LWD Sharpe 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4/8 vs. GVL Stafford 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Watson 2 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 4/14 at HIC
TOTAL 16 11 5 6 7 3 0 3 7 6 4
Home Runs by Ballpark HR Games Walk-off wins/losses Appalachian Power Park 11 10 Date Opponent Batter Play Inning Score 4/8 (Gm1) Greenville Deon Stafford Sacrifice Fly 8th 8-7 (F/8) Arthur W. Perdue Stadium (DEL) 0 0 FirstEnergy Park (LWD) 0 0 First National Bank Field (GBO) 0 0 Fluor Field (GRV) 0 0 Intimidators Stadium (KAN) 0 0 Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park (CSC) 0 3 L.P. Frans Stadium (HIC) 5 3 McCormick Field (ASH) 0 0 Municipal Stadium (HAG) 0 0 Spirit Communications Park (COL) 0 0 SRP Park (AUG) 0 0 State Mutual Stadium (ROM) 0 0 Whitaker Bank Ballpark (LEX) 0 0
2018 Game Notes & Information SEASON PITCHING/CATCHING STATISTICS Saves: Starter-Reliever Breakdown (First Half) Pitcher(#) Date Opp. Rec IP H ER BB SO ERA Weiman (1) 4/10 LWD Starters 7-3 71.0 86 34 20 74 4.31 Piechota (1) 4/13 @HIC Relievers 3-3 65.0 57 26 20 73 3.60 Taylor (1) 4/16 @CSC TOTAL 10-6 136.0 143 60 40 147 3.97 Seelinger (1) 4/18 @CSC Oller (1) 4/19 vs. ASH Starter/ Reliever Breakdown (Second Half) Weiman (2) 4/20 vs. ASH Rec IP H ER BB SO ERA Blown Saves: Starters 0-0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.00 Pitcher(#) Date Opp. Relievers 0-0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.00 TOTAL 0-0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Starter/ Reliever Breakdown (Overall) Record by Relief Appearance: Rec IP H ER BB SO ERA Pitcher Rec Streak Starters 7-3 71.0 86 34 20 74 4.31 Bengtson 0-1 L1 Relievers 3-3 65.0 57 26 20 73 3.60 Cederlind 2-2 W2 TOTAL 10-6 136.0 143 60 40 147 3.97 Cesar 2-1 W1 Oller 3-1 W3 Peurifoy 0-1 L1 Piechota 1-1 L1 Prohoroff 1-2 L1 Catcher’s Box Schlabach 1-2 W1 Rec IP SB SBA CS PCT PB E Seelinger 2-0 W2 Lorenzo 3-3 49.0 6 10 4 40% 4 2 Taylor 3-1 W2 Stafford 7-3 87.0 15 17 2 12% 2 2 Weiman 2-3 W1 TOTAL 10-6 136.0 21 27 4 15% 6 4
Starting Pitcher Log Pitcher GS Team Record SB/SBA(%) Support QS K/9 Cubilete 2 0-2 0/0 (0%) 0 (0.0) 0 3.9 MacGregor 3 1-2 2/3 (67%) 5 (1.7) 1 14.6 Ogle 3 3-0 5/7 (71%) 16 (5.3) 2 9.6 Piechota 1 1-0 1/1 (100%) 9 (9.0) 0 12.6 Robles 3 1-2 1/1 (100%) 6 (2.0) 1 9.4 Schlabach 1 1-0 2/2 (100%) 6 (6.0) 0 5.8 Wallace 3 3-0 3/3 (100%) 14 (4.7) 2 6.4
Relief Pitcher Effectiveness Pitcher IR IRS % Scored Holds 1st batters Bengtson 0 0 0% 0 0-1 Cederlind 3 2 67% 1 0-4, 3K Cesar 1 0 0% 0 0-2, BB Oller 1 1 100% 0 2-4 Peurifoy 0 0 0% 0 0-1, K Piechota 2 1 50% 0 1-2, 3B Prohoroff 0 0 0% 0 0-3 Schlabach 3 2 66% 1 0-2, BB, K Seelinger 0 0 0% 0 1-2 Taylor 0 0 0% 0 0-2, K, BB Weiman 2 0 0% 0 1-5, K
Totals 13 6 46% 2 5-28, 0 HB, 3 BB, 0 2B, 1 3B, 0 HR, 7 K
2018 Game Notes & Information POWER SEASON BY THE NUMBERS Score by Inning 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15+ TOTAL Power 10 8 21 8 8 12 4 10 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 91 Opponent 11 11 12 8 12 5 14 1 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 80 Margin of W 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Power 3 1 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Opponent 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Starts by Field Position Record when CATCHER: LEFT FIELD: Record when Stafford (7-3) Mitchell (3-4) Power score Lorenzo (3-3) Sharpe (7-2) Opponent score 0: 0-1 0: 1-0 1: 0-1 FIRST BASE: CENTER FIELD: 1: 1-1 2: 0-3 Martin (10-6) Sanchez (7-6) 2: 1-0 Peurifoy (3-0) 1-0 3: 1-1 SECOND BASE: 3: 4: 0-0 Castro (7-4) RIGHT FIELD: 4: 2-2 5: 2-0 Watson (3-2) Sharpe (3-3) 5: 2-0 6: 2-0 Peurifoy (0-2) 6: 0-1 7: 0-0 SHORTSTOP: Mitchell (7-1) 7: 1-0 Cruz (9-5) 0-1 8: 2-0 Castro (1-1) DESIGNATED HITTER: 8: 9: 0-0 Watson (4-2) 9: 0-0 10: 1-0 THIRD BASE: Bengtson (2-2) 10: 0-0 11: 0-0 Busby (7-5) Peurifoy (1-1) 11: 1-0 12: 0-0 Watson (2-0) Busby (2-0) 12: 0-0 Bengtson (1-1) Mitchell (0-1) 13: 1-0 Sanchez (1-0) 13: 0-0 14: 0-0 14: 0-0 15: 1-0 15: 0-1 16: 0-0 16: 0-0 17: 0-0 17: 0-0 18: 0-0 18: 0-0 19: 0-0 19: 0-0 20: 0-0 20: 0-0
Starts by Batting Order FIRST: CLEANUP: SEVENTH: Sanchez (8-6) Cruz (2-2) Watson (2-1) Castro (1-0) Martin (4-1) Peurifoy (1-1) Sharpe (1-0) Stafford (4-2) Lorenzo (2-1) Castro (0-1) Martin (1-1) SECOND: Cruz (4-1) Castro (0-1) FIFTH: Bengtson (0-1) Cruz (1-2) Stafford (0-1) Mitchell (9-3) Martin (2-2) EIGHTH: Castro (4-0) Martin (0-1) THIRD: Mitchell (1-1) Bengtson (3-2) Busby (8-5) Watson (0-2) Peurifoy (3-2) Stafford (1-0) Cruz (2-0) Watson (4-1) Martin (1-1) Busby (1-0) NINTH: SIXTH: Sharpe (9-5) Mitchell (0-2) Lorenzo (1-1) Castro (3-3) Martin (2-0) Watson (3-0) Stafford (2-0) Lorenzo (0-1)
2018 Game Notes & Information POWER SEASON BREAKDOWNS HIGHS AND LOWS POWER RECORD WHEN MISCELLANEOUS Overall record: 10-6 Winning streak: 4 (April 18-current) Day game: 4-1 Losing streak: 3 (April 10-April 12) Night game: 6-5 Home W streak: 3 (2x; last April 19-current) Doubleheaders: 3-1 Home L streak: 2 (2x, last April 10-April 11) Extra innings: 1-1 Road W streak: 3 (April 13-April 16) Score first: 8-1 Allow first run: 2-5 Road L streak: 1 (2x, last April 17) * Lead after 6 innings: 6-0 Winning margin: 11 (4/21 vs. ASH) * Trail after 6 innings: 1-3 Losing margin: 13 (4/10 vs. LWD, Game 2) * Tied after 6 innings: 0-2 Longest game, innings: 10 (4/11 vs. LWD) * Scheduled nine inning games only Longest game, time: 3:23 (4/14 at HIC) Starter goes 6+ 6-0 Longest 9-inning game: 3:23 (4/14 at HIC) Starter goes 7+ 0-0 Shortest 9-inning game: 2:28 (4/17 at CSC) Starter goes 8+ 0-0 Largest home crowd: 2,842 (4/5 vs. GVL) Games decided in last at-bat: 3-2 Smallest home crowd: 543 (4/8 vs. GVL) One-run games: 3-2 Largest road crowd: 5,578 (4/17 at CSC) Come-from-behind wins: 3 Smallest road crowd: 2,626 (4/12 at HIC) vs. RHP Starters: 10-4 vs. LHP Starters: 0-2 TEAM BATTING Most runs scored: 15 (4/14 at HIC) Commit an error: 8-5 Most runs, inning: 7 (2x; last 8th, 4/21 vs. ASH) No errors: 2-1 Commit multiple errors: 4-4 Most hits: 15 (2x, last 4/21 vs. ASH) Power hit a home run: 8-1 Fewest hits: 3 (4/5 vs. GVL) No home runs: 2-5 Most doubles: 4 (4/20 vs. HIC) Outhit opponent: 7-1 Most triples: 3 (2x, last: 4/14 at HIC) Outhit by opponent: 3-5 Most home runs: 3 (2x, last 4/10 vs. LWD, Game 1) Hits are even: 0-0 Most walks: 7 (2x, last 4/13 at HIC) Most strikeouts: 18 (4/11 vs. LWD) vs. NL affiliates: 4-2 Most stolen bases: 3 (2x, last 4/18 at CSC) vs. AL affiliates: 6-4 Most runners LOB: 12 (4/16 at CSC) Most DPs hit into: 2 (4/20 vs. ASH) White jerseys: 3-1 Gray jerseys: 3-1 TEAM PITCHING/FIELDING Black jerseys: 2-2 Runs allowed: 15 (4/10 vs. LWD, Game 2) Throwback jerseys: 2-2 Runs, inning: 5 (7th, 4/10 vs. LWD, Game 2) Camo jerseys: 0-0 Hits allowed: 14 (2x, last: 4/14 at HIC) Charity jerseys: 0-0 Hatfield jerseys: 0-0 Fewest hits allowed: 4 (2x, last 4/19 vs. ASH) Strikeouts: 17 (4/6 vs. GVL) Walks: 6 (4/18 at CSC) Home runs allowed: 2 (2x, last 4/20 vs. ASH) Opponent Rec. Home Road Most errors: 5 (4/6 vs. GVL) Delmarva Shorebirds 0-0 0-0 Most errors by opponent: 4 (4/19 vs. ASH) Greensboro Grasshoppers 0-0 0-0 Most DPs turned: 3 (4/5 vs. GVL) Hagerstown Suns 0-0 0-0 0-0 Hickory Crawdads 2-1 0-0 2-1 Kannapolis Intimidators 0-0 0-0 0-0 INDIVIDUAL BATTING: Runs scored: 3 (4x, last Stafford/Sharpe, 4/14 at HIC) Lakewood BlueClaws 1-2 1-2 0-0 Hits: 4 (2x, last Calvin Mitchell, 4/21 vs. ASH) vs. Northern 3-3 1-2 2-1 Doubles: 2 (4x, last: Calvin Mitchell, 4/20 vs. ASH) Triples: 1 (8x, Calvin Mitchell, 4/21 vs. ASH) Asheville Tourists 3-0 3-0 Home runs: 2 (Oneil Cruz, 4/13 at HIC) Augusta Greenjackets 0-0 0-0 0-0 RBI: 4 (2x; last Calvin Mitchell, 4/21 vs. ASH) Charleston RiverDogs 2-1 0-0 2-1 Stolen bases: 2 (Chris Sharpe, 4/13 at HIC) Columbia Fireflies 0-0 0-0 0-0 Hitting streak: 7 (Mitchell, 2x, 4/14-current) Greenville Drive 2-2 2-2 Lexington Legends 0-0 0-0 0-0 Rome Braves 0-0 0-0 0-0 INDIVIDUAL PITCHING Innings, starter: 6.0 (6x, last: Braeden Ogle, 4/21 vs. ASH) vs. Southern 7-3 5-2 2-1 Innings in relief: 6.0 (Evan Piechota, 4/17 at CSC) Days Rec. Months Rec. Strikeouts: 12 (Travis MacGregor, 4/6 vs. GVL) Monday 1-0 April 10-6 Walks: 4 (2x, last: Joel Cesar, 4/18 at CSC) Tuesday 1-2 May 0-0 Home runs allowed: 2 (Gavin Wallace, 4/13 at HIC) Wednesday 1-1 June 0-0 Thursday 1-2 July 0-0 Friday 2-1 Aug. 0-0 Saturday 2-0 Sept. 0-0 Sunday 2-0
First game of series: 3-2 Last game of series: 2-1 Rubber game: 1-1 Travel day: 0-1 Getaway day: 1-0 After a day off: 0-0 Series won/loss/split: 3-1-1 2018 Game Notes & Information POWER TRANSACTIONS First Half Date Player To From Action April 4/05 Opening Day Roster Announced 4/18 Dylan Prohoroff Disabled List West Virginia Power Placed on seven-day disabled list (retro to 4/16) 4/18 Matt Seelinger West Virginia Power GCL Pirates Promoted to the Power’s active roster from the GCL 4/20 Sergio Cubilete Disabled List West Virginia Power Placed on seven-day disabled list (retro to 4/18) 4/20 Hunter Stratton West Virginia Power West Virginia Black Bears Promoted to the Power’s active roster from WVBB
CURRENT POWER DISABLED LIST 45 - Sergio Cubilete (7-Day DL, retro to 4/18); 49 - Dylan Prohoroff (7-Day DL, retro to 4/16) 2018 Game Notes & Information THE LAST TIME IT HAPPENED... Category: Most Recent (Previous if known) BATTING Four-Hit Game:...... Calvin Mitchell, 4/21/18 vs. ASH (Chris Sharpe, 4/14/18 at HIC) Five-Hit Game:...... Daniel Arribas, 5/28/16 vs. COL (Jerrick Suiter, 8/05/15 vs. GRV) Three Doubles in a Game:...... Trae Arbet, 7/22/17 vs. LEX (Elvis Escobar, 8/08/15 @ ASH) Two Triples in a Game:...... Logan Hill, 7/22/16 vs. CSC (Michael Fransoso, 8/16/14 @ LEX ) Had at least a 10-game hitting streak:...... Carlos Munoz, 12- 7/09/17 - 7/22/17 (Adrian Valerio, 11- 5/20/17 - 6/13/17) Had at least a 15-game hitting streak:...... JaCoby Jones, 17 games, 6/20/14 - 7/17/14 (Reese McGuire- 19 games, 5/07/14 - 5/30/14) Had at least a 20-game hitting streak:...... Harold Ramirez, 23 games, 6/05/14 - present (Starling Marte, 22 games, 7/09/09-8/09/09) Hit for the Cycle:...... Eric Fryer, 8/09/08 vs. HIC 1st inning lead-off HR:...... Adrian Valerio, 8/25/17 vs. HAG (Adrian Valerio, 8/04/17 vs. DEL) Inside-the-Park HR:...... Lolo Sanchez, 4/10/18 vs. LWD (Game 1) (Casey Hughston, 7/14/16 vs. AUG) Back-to-Back HR...... Kyle Watson and Rafelin Lorenzo, 4/8/18 vs. GVL (Game 2) (Adrian Valerio & Ty Moore, 6/22/17 vs. LEX) Two-Home Run Game:...... Oneil Cruz, 4/13/18 at HIC (Adrian Valerio, 6/22/17 vs. LEX) Grand Slam:...... Clark Eagan, 5/21/17 @ COL (Alexis Bastardo, 4/17/17 @ HIC)(Carlos Munoz, 4/16/17 @ LEX ) Homered in consecutive games:...... Adrian Valerio, 8/03 & 8/04 vs. DEL(Calrk Eagan, 7/24/17 & 7/25/17 vs. LEX) Homered in three straight games:...... Adrian Valerio, 6/22/17 - 6/24/17-2 vs. LEX (JaCoby Jones, 7/4/14 - 7/6/14 @ GBO) Homered in four straight games: ...... Eric Avila, 8/16/12- 8/19/12 @ KAN (Caleb Gindl, 8/19/08-8/22/08 vs. ASH) Walk-off home run: ...... Garrett Brown, 8/25/17 vs. HAG (Ryan Nagle, 8/10/16 vs. GBO) Four-Run Game:...... Yoel Gonzalez, 8/02/17 @ LEX (Albert Baur, 7/10/17 @ ROM ) Five-Run Game:...... Brent Brewer, 4/18/08 @ ASH (Mat Gamel, 6/16/06 vs. HIC) Five-RBI Game:...... Trae Arbet, 8/02/17 @ LEX (Carlos Munoz, 7/10/17 @ ROM) Six-RBI Game:...... Chase Simpson, 8/05/15 vs. GRV (Barrett Barnes, 6/22/13 vs LWD) Seven-RBI Game:...... Carlos Munoz, 6/01/16 vs. LWD (Edwin Espinal, 8/28/14 @ LEX) West Virginia Scores 10 Runs (Game):...... 13, 4/21/18 vs. ASH (15, 4/14/18 at HIC) West Virginia Scores 10 Runs (Inning):...... 10, 7/22/17 vs. LEX (10, 7/17/08 vs. COL ) West Virginia Scores 15+ Runs (Game):...... 15, 4/14/18 at HIC (16, 7/22/17 vs. LEX) Opponent Scores 10 Runs (Game):...... 11, 4/14/18 at HIC (15, 4/10/18 vs. LWD (Game 2)) Opponent Scores 10 Runs (Inning):...... 10, 8/26/09 @ BG (12, 6/06/09 @ KAN) Opponent Scores 15+ Runs (Game):...... 15, 4/10/18 vs. LWD (Game 2) (15, 4/5/13 vs. ASH)
PITCHING Threw a complete game shutout:...... Luis Escobar, 9/02/17 @ DEL (6-0 in Five Innings) (Mike Wallace, 8/30/17-2 @ LWD (2-0)) Threw a no-hitter:...... Stephen Tarpley- 7/07/15 vs DEL (6 Innings)(Jake Burnette, Jose Regalado & Eric Dorsch- 4/15/15-1 vs. HAG) Threw a one-hitter:...... Luis Escobar, 9/02/17 @ DEL (6-0 in Five Innings) (JT Brubaker & Tate Scioneaux, 4/22/16-2 @ LEX) Threw a one-hitter- 9 Innings:...... John Kuchno, Lance Breedlove & Jhondaniel Medina, 8/14/13 vs. GBO (Kyle McPherson & Ryan Kelly, 5/25/10 vs. LEX) Threw a two-hitter:...... Mike Wallace, 8/30/17-2 @ LWD (Eduardo Vera, 8/23/17-1 vs. CSC) Threw a complete game:...... Luis Escobar, 7 innings, 9/02/17 @ DEL (Mike Wallace, 7 innings, 8/30/17-2 @ LWD) Threw a shutout:...... Travis MacGregor, Ike Schlabach, & Adam Oller vs. ASH, 4/19/18 (Luis Escobar, 9/2/17 @ DEL (5IP)) Threw a nine-inning shutout:...... Travis MacGregor, Ike Schlabach, & Adam Oller vs. ASH, 4/19/18 (Luis Escobar, Jordan Jess, Julio Eusebio, 7/17/17 vs. GBO) Had double-digit strikeouts:...... Travis MacGregor, 12, 4/6/18 vs. GVL (Luis Escobar, 11, 4/14/17 @ LEX) Position Player Pitched:...... Ryan Peurifoy - 4/12/18 @ HIC (Ben Bengtson - 4/10/18 vs. LWD (Game 2))
MISCELLANEOUS 1-0 Final Score:...... 4/17/18 Loss at CSC (4/21/17 Loss vs. LWD/8/06/16 Win @ DEL) No-hit by Opponent:...... 3-0 vs. KAN on 6/03/14 (Five Innings) (1-0 @ HAG on 6/19/05) Back-to-Back Shutout wins:...... 7/13/16 & 7/14/16 vs. AUG (7/12/16 & 7/13/16 vs. AUG) Back-to-Back Shutout losses:...... 6/26/17 & 6/27/17 @ AUG (7/03/13 @ HAG & 7/04/13 vs LEX) Four Game Series Sweep:...... 8/3/17-8/6/17 vs. DEL (7/22/17-7/25/17 vs. LEX) Four Game Sweep by Opponent:...... 4/07/17-1 - 4/09/17 vs. ROM (5/12/16 - 5/15/16 @ LWD) Five Game Series Sweep:...... 6/25/15-6/29/15 vs. GBO (9/01/11-9/05/11 @ DEL) Five Game Sweep by Opponent:...... 4/19/11-4/23/11 @ KAN Hit into triple play:...... Wyatt Mathisen, 2nd Inning, 4/06/14 @ LEX (1-6-3-2) (Jodaneli Carvajal, 3rd Inning on 4/19/12 @ CSC) Ejected Player:...... Garrett Brown- 2nd Inning, 9/01/17 @ DEL by Brandon Blome (Victor Fernandez - 7th Inning, 8/21/17 @ GVL by John Benken) Ejected Staff:...... Wyatt Toregas - 8th inning, 6/06/17 vs. DEL by Jude Koury (Brian Esposito - 8th inning, 7/02/16 vs. COL by Mike Rains)
2018 Game Notes & Information AROUND THE PIRATES SYSTEM
THE PARENT CLUB AND ITS AFFILIATES TODAY’S GAME
PITTSBURGH PIRATES (MLB) WHERE THEY STAND: 12-9, 3rd Place, NL Central (0.5 GB) 1:35 P.M. at LAST NIGHT’S RECAP: Philadelphia used a three-run sixth and Philadelphia Phillies eighth to mow down Pittsburgh despite a home run from S. Rodriguez and Corey Dickerson’s 2-for-4 day at the dish.
INDIANAPOLIS INDIANS (Triple-A) WHERE THEY STAND: 7-6, 2nd Place, IL West (3.5 GB) 1:35 P.M. vs. LAST NIGHT’S RECAP: The Indians posted a six-run third inning Charlotte Knights with six consecutive two-out hits to sail past Charlotte 7-2. Coley: 5IP, 2ER, 3K, Win; J. Luplow: 2-for-3, RBI, Run
ALTOONA CURVE (Double-A) WHERE THEY STAND: 8-6, 3rd Place, Eastern League West (2.0 GB) 2:00 P.M. vs. LAST NIGHT’S RECAP: Jason Martin was a triple shy of the cycle Richmond and Mitch Keller spun seven innings of three-run ball with seven Flying Squirrels strikeouts as the Curve pushed past Richmond 7-6 on Saturday.
BRADENTON MARAUDERS (A-Advanced) WHERE THEY STAND: 10-6, 2nd Place, FSL South (3.0 GB) 1:00 P.M. vs. LAST NIGHT’S RECAP: Tyler Gaffney and Adrian Valerio both Fort Myers Miracle launched solo home runs while Cam Vieaux tossed five scoreless innings to a 5-3 Marauders win over Fort Myers.
WEST VIRGINIA BLACK BEARS (Short-Season A) WHERE THEY STAND: 0-0, 1st Place, NYPL Pinckney (- GB) Season starts LAST NIGHT’S RECAP: June 15
BRISTOL PIRATES (Rookie Advanced) WHERE THEY STAND: 0-0, 1st Place, APP West (- GB) Season starts LAST NIGHT’S RECAP: June 19
GCL PIRATES (Rookie) WHERE THEY STAND: 0-0, 1st Place, GCL Northeast (- GB) Season starts LAST NIGHT’S RECAP: June 18
*Bold/Italic: Denotes Current Power Player* PIRATES ORGANIZATIONAL LEADERS Batter: Christopher Bostick (.378, IND) Pitcher: Dario Agrazal (1.00, ALT) Team Batting: Indianapolis, AVG: .262 HR: Oneil Cruz (4, WVP) Wins: Scooter Hightower (3, BRD) HR: 1, RBI: 47, H: 107, R: 50, SB: 7-of-10 RBI: Calvin Mitchell (15, WVP) Saves: Hellweg/Agustin (3, IND/BRD) Team Pitching: Altoona, W-L: 8-6 SB: Sharpe/Reyes (4, WVP/BRD) Strikeouts: Kingham/Brubaker (21, IND/ALT) ERA: 2.86, Saves: 5, Strikeouts: 116, SHO:1
2018 Game Notes & Information POWER GAME LOG Date Opp. W/L Score Winning Pitcher Losing Pitcher Save Rec Pos GB Attn. Time 4/05 GVL L 8-1 Diaz (1-0) Robles (0-1) 0-1 T-4 1.0 2,842 2:41 4/06 GVL L 4-2 Reyes (1-0) Cederlind (0-1) 0-2 T-5 2.0 999 2:43 4/07 GVL Postponed to 4/8 due to heavy snow fall in Charleston....DH to be played Sunday. 4/08 GVL (GM 1) W 8-7(F/8) Prohoroff (1-0) Nail (0-1) 1-2 ------2:52 4/08 GVL (GM 2) W 10-3(F/7) Piechota (1-0) Duron (0-1) 2-2 4th 2.0 543 2:22 4/09 LWD Postponed to 4/10 due to unfavorable field conditions....DH to be played Tuesday. 4/10 LWD (GM 1) W 8-5(F/7) Oller (1-0) Brogdon (0-1) Weiman (1) 3-2 ------2:18 4/10 LWD (GM 2) L 15-2(F/7) Parkinson (1-0) Cubilete (0-1) 3-3 4th 3.0 666 2:31 4/11 LWD L 4-3 (F/10) Russ (1-0) Taylor (0-1) Dohy (2) 3-4 T-4th 4.0 2038 2:41 4/12 @ HIC L 6-2 Eubanks (1-1) MacGregor (0-1) 3-5 5th 4.0 2626 2:46 4/13 @ HIC W 6-4 Wallace (1-0) Casanova (0-1) Piechota (1) 4-5 T-4th 4.0 2925 3:02 4/14 @ HIC W 15-11 Cederlind (1-1) Zawadzki (0-1) 5-5 T-4th 3.0 3113 3:23 4/15 @ HIC Postponed to 6/8 due to inclement weather...DH to be played on Friday, June 8 at 5:00 p.m. 4/16 @ CSC W 5-1 Ogle (1-0) Ramos (1-1) Taylor (1) 6-5 4th 2.5 2983 2:44 4/17 @ CSC L 1-0 Whitlock (1-1) Cubilete (0-2) Wivinis (4) 6-6 T-4th 4.0 3063 2:28 4/18 @ CSC W 5-4 Robles (1-1) Garcia, R. (0-1) Seelinger (1) 7-6 T-3rd 4.0 5578 2:43 4/19 ASH W 3-0 MacGregor (1-1) Schilling (1-1) Oller (1) 8-6 T-3rd 3.0 733 2:32 4/20 ASH W 6-5 Wallace (2-0) Gaddis (0-1) Weiman (2) 9-6 T-3rd 2.0 1245 2:37 4/21 ASH W 13-2 Ogle (2-0) Sanots (0-3) 10-6 T-2nd 2.0 2121 2:48 4/22 ASH 4/23 ROM 4/24 ROM 4/25 ROM 4/26 ROM 4/27 @ LEX 4/28 @ LEX 4/29 @ LEX 4/30 OFF DAY 5/01 AUG 5/02 AUG 5/03 AUG 5/04 HIC 5/05 HIC 5/06 HIC 5/07 HIC 5/08 OFF DAY 5/9 @ HAG 5/10 @ HAG 5/11 @ HAG 5/12 @ LWD 5/13 @ LWD 5/14 @ LWD 5/15 @ LWD 5/16 OFF DAY 5/17 LEX 5/18 LEX 5/19 LEX 5/20 LEX 5/21 @ COL 5/22 @ COL 5/23 @ COL 5/24 @ COL 5/25 KAN 5/26 KAN 5/27 KAN 5/28 KAN 5/29 @ LEX 5/30 @ LEX 5/31 @ LEX 6/01 @ GBO 6/02 @ GBO 6/03 @ GBO 6/04 OFF DAY 6/05 LEX 6/06 LEX 6/07 LEX 6/08 @ HIC 6/09 @ HIC 6/10 @ HIC 6/11 @ AUG 6/12 @ AUG 6/13 @ AUG 6/14 @ AUG 6/15 DEL 6/16 DEL 6/17 DEL
End of First Half
6/19 ALL-STAR GAME GREENSBORO, NC FIRST NATIONAL BANK FIELD
2018 Game Notes & Information POWER GAME LOG Date Opp. W/L Score Winning Pitcher Losing Pitcher Save Rec Pos GB Attn. Time 6/21 @ HIC 6/22 @ HIC 6/23 @ HIC 6/24 LWD 6/25 LWD 6/26 LWD 6/27 HIC 6/28 HIC 6/29 HIC 6/30 @ HAG 7/01 @ HAG 7/02 @ HAG 7/03 @ HAG 7/04 LEX 7/05 LEX 7/06 LEX 7/07 HAG 7/08 HAG 7/09 HAG 7/10 OFF DAY 7/11 @ HIC 7/12 @ HIC 7/13 @ HIC 7/14 DEL 7/15 DEL 7/16 DEL 7/17 DEL 7/18 OFF DAY 7/19 @ LEX 7/20 @ LEX 7/21 @ LEX 7/22 @ LEX 7/23 @ KAN 7/24 @ KAN 7/25 @ KAN 7/26 @ KAN 7/27 ASH 7/28 ASH 7/29 ASH 7/30 @ COL 7/31 @ COL 8/01 @ COL 8/02 AUG 8/03 AUG 8/04 AUG 8/05 AUG 8/06 OFF DAY 8/07 @ GBO 8/08 @ GBO 8/09 @ GBO 8/10 @ ROM 8/11 @ ROM 8/12 @ ROM 8/13 @ ROM 8/14 OFF DAY 8/15 COL 8/16 COL 8/17 COL 8/18 CSC 8/19 CSC 8/20 CSC 8/21 CSC 8/22 OFF DAY 8/23 @ ROM 8/24 @ ROM 8/25 @ ROM 8/26 @ ROM 8/27 HAG 8/28 HAG 8/29 HAG 8/30 HAG 8/31 @ CSC 9/01 @ CSC 9/02 @ CSC 9/03 @ CSC
End of 2018 Regular Season
2018 Game Notes & Information