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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 (29-30) VS. GREENVILLE DRIVE (25-34) Game: 60 (Home: 29 [17-11]) | June 6, 2019 | Appalachian Power Park | Charleston, W.Va. Radio: The Jock 1300 and 1340 AM - wvpower.com Airtime: 6:45 P.M. THE PITCHING MATCH-UP: RHP Damon Casetta-Stubbs (2-4, 8.15 ERA) vs. RHP Thad Ward (4-2, 2.02 ERA) Casetta-Stubbs: Has dropped each of his last four decisions (32 ER/25.1 IP; 11.39 ERA) Ward: Has given up just two runs on nine hits over 12 innings with 13 strikeouts in 2GS vs. WV SLATER HOMERS IN 5-1 LOSS: Johnny Slater launched his first home run of the season, but West Virginia’s LAST HOMESTAND (5/21-28) offense was otherwise subdued in a 5-1 loss in the series finale against the Hickory Crawdads Wednesday morning at L.P. Frans Stadium. Ryne Inman and Tyree Thompson each hurled four shutout frames before the offenses got going Record: 3-5 Season Highs Batting Statistics: Batting Statistics: in the fifth, as Slater led off the inning with his dinger. Hickory responded in the home half with a pair of homers from AVG: .209 (52-for-249) AVG: .266 (55-for-207) Jose Almonte and Kole Enright to make it 2-1 Crawdads. They would tack on three runs of insurance in the seventh, AB: 249 AB: 249 knocking Inman out of the game. Overall, Inman notched a career-best 6.1 innings while allowing five runs (three RISP: 15-for-46 (.326) RISP: 15-for-46 (.326) earned) on seven hits and picking up five strikeouts in his fourth quality start of the year.Devin Sweet relieved Inman H: 52 High H: 55/Low H: 47 in the seventh and fired the final 1.2 innings, only ceding a double to the first batter he faced before settling in. Grant R: 43 High R: 43/Low R: 28 Anderson, who was on the Power’s Opening Day roster before being traded to the Texas Rangers April 2, collected a HR: 11 High HR: 11/Low HR: 4 three-inning save, his fifth of the season in nine opportunities. BB: 26 BB: 34 SO: 75 High SO: 74/Low SO: 53 SB: 4 SB: 6 THE LONG BALL: Slater’s home run is the Power’s 50th of the season, fourth-most in the South Atlantic League Defensive Statistics: Defensive Statistics: behind Charleston (51), Greensboro (63) and Hickory (68). Only 19 of West Virginia’s homers have come on the road W-L: 3-5 W-L: 6-1 this season, which is surprisingly seventh-most in the league. Slater had not homered since August 3, 2017, after missing ERA: 7.20 ERA: 1.93 the entire 2018 season due to a torn left Achilles tendon. The Michigan product now has six career MiLB long balls. Quality Starts: 2 Quality Starts: 3 IP: 69.0 IP: 63.0 PENA POWER: Onil Pena had a very solid road trip with the Power, hitting safely in four of the seven games he H: 88 H: 88 R: 57 High R: 57/Low R: 16 played in. On the road swing, he averaged .286 (6-for-21) with two homers, four RBI and four runs scored. The first ER: 48 High ER: 48/Low ER: 12 baseman’s eight dingers are tied with Jake Anchia for the most on the current roster, with five of them coming on the road. SV/OPP: 0/0 SV/OPP: 2/2 (2x) BB: 25 High BB: 25/Low BB: 14 QUALITY ROTATION: Following back-to-back double-digit drubbings at the hands of the Asheville Tourists on May SO: 62 High SO: 79/Low SO: 62 31 and June 1, West Virginia’s rotation has really turned things around. Three of the last four starters have hurled quality HR: 6 High HR: 7/Low HR: 3 outings, including South Atlantic League Midseason All-Star Clay Chandler, who tossed the second-longest start in Errors: 11 High Errors: 11/Low E: 4 Power history Tuesday night with an 8.1-inning gem against Hickory. In those three games (June 2, 4-5), Chandler, Inman and Steven Moyers have combined to concede eight earned runs over 22.1 innings, good for a 3.22 ERA, with 2019 VS. DRIVE 13 Ks. Inman now has three quality starts in his last four outings, while Moyers has four in his last five and is tied with 4-4 Chandler for the most on the team this season with seven each. Date Location Result April 4 Greenville 1-0, Win (F/10) MIRED IN A TOUGH STRETCH: After posting the second-best record in team history through 24 games in April April 5 Greenville 3-2, Loss (17-7), the Power has gone 12-23 and been one of the worst teams, statistically speaking, across all of Minor League April 6 Greenville 6-5, Win Baseball. Since May 1, West Virginia’s team ERA is 5.52, the worst mark in MiLB from the Double-A level down, while April 7 Greenville 6-5, Loss (F/10) their 23 losses are tied for fifth-most and are the most in the SAL and their 12 wins are the lowest in the league. The May 17 Greenville 10-4, Win Power’s .224 average in this span is tied with Hagerstown for second-lowest in the Sally League during this murky stretch. May 18 Greenville 4-1, Win May 19 Greenville 8-4, Loss CHECKING THEM OFF ONE BY ONE: Once West Virginia concludes its four-game set with the Greenville Drive May 20 Greenville 4-0, Loss Sunday afternoon, they will be finished with their season series with the Drive. By the end of the first half, the Power will June 6 Charleston 7:05 P.M. have completed their season series with three Southern Division foes, as they have already wrapped up their seven games June 7 Charleston 7:05 P.M. with Augusta and 10 contests against Asheville. The Power played 21 of their first 24 games outside of their division. June 8 Charleston 6:05 P.M. June 9 Charleston 2:05 P.M. ALL-STAR ARIAS KEEPS DOMINATING: Dayeison Arias has been the best bullpen arm for West Virginia in 2019. The reliever secured the Power’s 11th save of the season Tuesday night with his two-thirds of an inning in relief of Chandler. Currently, Arias has not allowed an earned run in his last 12 appearances (April 25-present), during which 2018 Results he has thrown 17.2 innings, ceded just seven hits and struck out 21 batters compared to four walks. No other SAL Series tied 2-2 pitcher currently holds a spotless ERA with that many innings pitched over this stretch. Overall, Arias is 0-1 with a All-Time SAL Series 1.46 ERA over a team-high 19 appearances with 32 strikeouts in 24.2 innings and a .161 batting average against him. WV leads 44-37 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 half playing seven of their final 11 games against Northern Division foes, with all of those contests coming against teams POWER AT A GLANCE the Power has not faced yet this season (Hagerstown and Delmarva). 2019 Season Leaders (Active Only) Batting Avg: Joseph Rosa - .269 POWER POINTS: The Power did not walk a batter for the 7th time... Sweet has not allowed a run in 6 of his last 8G. Home Runs: Anchia/Pena - 8 2019 SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE FIRST HALF STANDINGS RBI: Onil Pena - 29 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 44-14 -- .759 Charleston 32-27 -- .542 Greensboro 38-20 6.0 .655 Lexington 29-29 2.5 .500 ERA: Clay Chandler - 3.18 Hickory 37-22 7.5 .627 Augusta 29-30 3.0 .492 Strikeouts: Ryne Inman - 68 West Virginia 29-30 ELIM .492 Rome 26-32 5.5 .448 Hagerstown 26-33 ELIM .441 Asheville 25-34 7.0 .424 Saves: Dayeison Arias - 3 Kannapolis 26-33 ELIM .441 Greenville 25-34 7.0 .424 2019 Mariners Draft Recap (Day 3) Round 11: C Carter Bins Round 27: P Brock Minich Lakewood 21-37 ELIM .362 Columbia 23-35 8.5 .397 Round 12: CF Antoine Mistico Round 28: C Anthony Lepre Round 13: P Reid Morgan Round 29: SS Utah Jones Round 14: SS Patrick Frick Round 30: SS Cody Grosse Round 15: P Anthony Tomczak Round 31: P Jacob Meador PITCHING PROBABLES Round 16: P Logan Rinehart Round 32: CF Jackson Tate Round 17: P Dutch Landis Round 33: P Jarod Bayless Date Opponent/Time Probable Pitchers (Away vs. Home) Round 18: P Tyler Driver Round 34: 3B Christia Encarnacion-Strand Round 19: P Travis Kuhn Round 35: C Dominic Tamez 6/7/19 Greenville/7:05PM RHP Chase Shugart (1-0, 2.61 ERA) vs. LHP Steven Moyers (4-4, 5.15 ERA) Round 20: LF Cade Marlowe Round 36: P C.J.