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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 (30-31) VS. GREENVILLE DRIVE (26-35) Game: 62 (Home: 31 [18-12]) | June 8, 2019 | Appalachian Power Park | Charleston, W.Va. Radio: The Jock 1300 and 1340 AM - wvpower.com Airtime: 5:45 P.M. THE PITCHING MATCH-UP: RHP Josias De Los Santos (0-3, 3.81 ERA) vs. RHP Chris Machamer (1-2, 5.09 ERA) De Los Santos: Has only allowed two earned runs over his last 16 innings pitched with 13 Ks Machamer: Held the Power to one run on four hits over five innings with two strikeouts 4/7 in GRV MOYERS STIFLES DRIVE IN 4-2 WIN: Steven Moyers fired seven strong innings and Nick Rodriguez went CURRENT HOMESTAND 3-for-4 to help the Power double up the Greenville Drive, 4-2, Friday evening at Appalachian Power Park. Moyers retired the first six batters he faced before Greenville got to him in the third, plating a run on a Jonathan Ortega RBI Record: 1-1 Season Highs Batting Statistics: Batting Statistics: single for a 1-0 edge. West Virginia answered in the sixth against Chase Shugart, with Ryan Ramiz igniting the frame AVG: .227 (15-for-66) AVG: .266 (55-for-207) with a leadoff double. Rodriguez moved Ramiz to third base on a fielder’s choice andKeegan McGovern drove him AB: 66 AB: 249 home with a double to right to tie the game at one. The Power pounced on reliever Hunter Haworth in the seventh, RISP: 5-for-24 (.208) RISP: 15-for-46 (.326) tallying three runs on a pair of RBI singles from McGovern and Rodriguez and a fielder’s choice groundout by Onil H: 15 High H: 55/Low H: 47 Pena. Benjamin Onyshko notched a hitless eighth to pave the way for David Ellingson, who had to battle through a R: 7 High R: 43/Low R: 28 rough ninth to close out the game. The Georgetown product served up a one-out homer to Alan Marrero and allowed the HR: 1 High HR: 11/Low HR: 4 go-ahead run to climb aboard, but he set down Tyler Esplin on a groundout to short to pick up his third save of the year. BB: 3 BB: 34 SO: 22 High SO: 74/Low SO: 53 SB: 0 SB: 6 SWEET AS HONEY: Since May 13, Bobby Honeyman has become one of the hottest hitters in the South Atlantic Defensive Statistics: Defensive Statistics: League. In that 23-game stretch, Honeyman has hit safely in 19 of those contests while posting a .299 average with W-L: 1-1 W-L: 6-1 one homer and 11 RBI. His .299 clip is tied for 13th-best in the league and the highest on the Power in this span. ERA: 4.00 ERA: 1.93 Honeyman has also compiled two eight-game hitting streaks since mid-May, posting one from May 13-20 and May Quality Starts: 1 Quality Starts: 3 24-June 2 with identical .344 averages. IP: 18.0 IP: 63.0 H: 14 H: 88 R: 9 High R: 57/Low R: 16 A QUALITY GUY: Moyers turned in his third consecutive quality start for West Virginia last night, as well as his ER: 8 High ER: 48/Low ER: 12 fifth in his last six outings. With his quality outing yesterday, Moyers surpassed Clay Chandler for the most quality SV/OPP: 1/1 SV/OPP: 2/2 (2x) starts among the Power’s pitching staff with eight. In his last three starts, the left-hander has given up seven earned BB: 9 High BB: 25/Low BB: 14 runs over 20.2 innings of work, good for a 3.05 ERA, with 14 strikeouts. His eight punchouts last night were one shy SO: 23 High SO: 79/Low SO: 62 of his career high, which he has accomplished twice this season (April 13 vs. Augusta and May 17 at Greenville). HR: 2 High HR: 7/Low HR: 3 Errors: 1 High Errors: 11/Low E: 4 MASHING MCGOVERN: McGovern has become a lethal part of West Virginia’s lineup over his first eight games with the team. The University of Georgia product has hit safely in each of his last five games, and has reached base 2019 VS. DRIVE safely in all eight contests he has played in (only one without a hit). The slugger has a .310 average with one homer and four RBI thus far in his short stint with the Power. 5-5 Date Location Result SAVE ME: Though it was not a clean outing, Ellingson racked up his third save in as many tries with West Virginia April 4 Greenville 1-0, Win (F/10) in last night’s 4-2 win over Greenville. The Power reliever has notched saves in back-to-back appearances (June 2 at April 5 Greenville 3-2, Loss Asheville), as well as secured three of the team’s last four saves. As a group, West Virginia’s bullpen now has 13 saves on April 6 Greenville 6-5, Win the year, tied with Hagerstown for the third-lowest total in the South Atlantic League (Greenville, 12 and Lakewood, 11). April 7 Greenville 6-5, Loss (F/10) May 17 Greenville 10-4, Win FINDING HIS FOOTING: Saturday starter Josias De Los Santos has slipped into a nice groove in the South Atlantic May 18 Greenville 4-1, Win League over his last four appearances (three relief outings, one start). Since May 18, the 19-year-old has tossed 16 May 19 Greenville 8-4, Loss innings (four straight four-inning outings) and ceded just two earned runs, equating to a 1.13 ERA. De Los Santos has May 20 Greenville 4-0, Loss allowed just eight hits and three walks while striking out 13 batters in this stretch. June 6 Charleston 7-3, Loss June 7 Charleston 8-3, Win MIRED IN A TOUGH STRETCH: After posting the second-best record in team history through 24 games in April June 8 Charleston 6:05 P.M. (17-7), the Power has gone 13-24 and been one of the worst teams, statistically speaking, across all of Minor League June 9 Charleston 2:05 P.M. Baseball. Since May 1, West Virginia’s team ERA is 5.43, the second-worst mark in MiLB from the Double-A level down (Salem Red Sox, High-A, 5.59 ERA), while their 24 losses are tied for fourth-most and their 13 wins are tied for 2018 Results 10th-lowest. The Power’s .224 average in this span is eighth-lowest in Minor League Baseball as well. Series tied 2-2 All-Time SAL Series DIVISIONAL STRETCH TO FINISH: Despite not being in the playoff hunt, the Power has the chance to play spoiler for those teams still fighting for the first half Northern Division playoff spot. West Virginia closes out the first WV leads 45-38 half playing seven of their final nine games against Northern Division foes, with all of those contests coming against teams the Power has not faced yet this season (Hagerstown and Delmarva). POWER AT A GLANCE POWER POINTS: The Power struck out 10 batters last night, piling up double-digit strikeouts for the 29th time this 2019 Season Leaders (Active Only) season... Rodriguez slotted in his first three-hit game of the season, as well as his fourth-multi-hit game with West Batting Avg: Joseph Rosa - .264 Virginia... The Power went 3-for-17 with runners in scoring position (.176) Friday night, stranding eight men on base. Home Runs: Anchia/Pena - 8 2019 SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE FIRST HALF STANDINGS RBI: Onil Pena - 31 Northern Division Italics=Eliminated from Playoffs Southern Division Italics=Eliminated from Playoffs Stolen Bases: McConnell/Rosa - 5 * = Divison; & = Wild Card W-L GB PCT * = Division Winner W-L GB PCT Wins: Clay Chandler - 6 Delmarva 45-15 -- .750 Charleston 33-28 -- .541 Greensboro 39-22 6.5 .639 Lexington 31-29 1.5 .517 ERA: Clay Chandler - 3.18 Hickory 38-22 7.0 .633 Augusta 30-30 2.5 .500 Strikeouts: Steven Moyers - 71 West Virginia 30-31 ELIM .492 Rome 26-34 6.5 .433 Hagerstown 27-34 ELIM .443 Asheville 26-35 7.0 .426 Saves: Arias/Ellingson - 3 Kannapolis 26-34 ELIM .433 Greenville 26-35 7.0 .426 Lakewood 23-38 ELIM .377 Columbia 23-36 9.0 .390 This Date in Power History (2018) With their 4-0 and 2-0 wins vs. HIC, the PITCHING PROBABLES Power posted back-to-back shutout wins Date Opponent/Time Probable Pitchers (Away vs. Home) for the first time since July 12-14, 2016, 6/9/19 Greenville/2:05PM RHP Brayan Bello (2-5, 8.37 ERA) vs. RHP Clay Chandler (6-2, 3.18 ERA) when WV recorded three consecutive 6/10/19 Delmarva/7:05PM TBD vs. RHP Ryne Inman (5-5, 4.42 ERA) against Augusta. The Power also notched 6/11/19 Delmarva/7:05PM TBD vs. RHP Damon Casetta-Stubbs (2-5, 8.22 ERA) consecutive two-hitters for the first 6/12/19 Delmarva/7:05PM TBD vs. LHP Steven Moyers (5-4, 4.77 ERA) time in team history (2005-present). 2019 Game Notes & Information TONIGHT’S STARTING PITCHER 28 | JOSIAS DE LOS SANTOS | RHP | 0-3, 3.81 ERA, 7G, 4GS Height: 6-2 Weight: 175 DOB: July 29, 1999 Resides: San Juan De La Maguana, D.R.