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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 (2-1) AT GREENVILLE DRIVE (1-2) Game: 4 (Road: 4) | April 7, 2019 | Fluor Field | Greenville, S.C. Radio: The Jock 1300 and 1340 AM - wvpower.com Airtime: 2:45 P.M. PITCHING MATCHUP LHP Oliver Jaskie (0-0, 0.00 ERA) vs. RHP Chris Machamer (0-0, 0.00 ERA) Jaskie: Went 4-8 with a 6.60 ERA in 18 games (16 starts) with Clinton in 2018 Machamer: Went 1-2 with a 2.60 ERA in 10 starts over 34.2 IP with Lowell in 2018 POWER OUTLASTS DRIVE SATURDAY: In a game that saw four lead changes, including two over the final three CURRENT ROAD TRIP innings, West Virginia got the last laugh as they used a two-run eighth to overtake the Drive for good, 6-5, and claim a two-to-one series lead Saturday night at Fluor Field at The West End. The Power got on the board in the first thanks Record: 2-1 Season High Statistics to a rough outing from Drive starter Yasel Santana, who allowed two runs on one hit and four walks before departing Batting Statistics: Batting: AVG: .152 (21-for-104) AVG: .000 after recording only one out in the inning. West Virginia extended its lead an inning later, as Julio Rodriguez blistered AB: 104 AB: 0 a baseball off the shortstop’s glove to plate a third run. However, Greenville answered in the home half, tallying four RISP: 3-for-34 (.088) RISP: 0-for-0 (.000) runs against Power hurler Ryne Inman, who ceded four straight hits in the frame, the only four he would allow all H: 21 H: 0 game. Inman ultimately would last four innings and strike out a Power-starter season-high seven men while walking R: 9 R: 0 two. He would leave the game with a no-decision, though, as Manny Pazos bailed out the starter by tying the game HR: 1 HR: 0 at four in the top of the fifth with his first South Atlantic League hit, an opposite-field single. The Drive pushed back BB: 18 BB: 0 in front in the seventh, but West Virginia broke through in the eighth against Yorvin Pantoja and Alex Demchak, as SO: 28 SO: 0 SB: 2 SB: 0 Onil Pena doubled in Rodriguez and Joseph Rosa brought home Pena on an RBI fielder’s choice for the decisive run. Defensive Statistics: Defensive: W-L: 2-1 W-L: 0-0 THAT’S JUST FILTHY: West Virginia’s pitching staff combined to strike out 19 Greenville batters last night, with ERA: 1.63 ERA: 0.00 Inman setting down seven Drive hitters and the bullpen taking care of the other 12. The Power pitching staff had not Quality Starts: 0 Quality Starts: 0 combined to strike out more than 19 batters in a game since April 9, 2017, when they fanned 20 Rome Braves. In that IP: 27.2 IP: 00.0 game, Luis Escobar retired 12 batters via the K in his Power debut, while Matt Frawley and Dylan Prohoroff locked H: 17 H: 0 up the other eight victims. The Power record for most strikeouts in a single game is 24, set back on May 24, 2013. R: 8 R: 0 ER: 5 ER: 0 SV/OPP: 1/1 SV/OPP: 0/0 MORE ON THE K’S: Those 19 strikeouts West Virginia compiled last night are tied for the most by a team in a single BB: 9 BB: 0 game in 2019 across all of Minor League Baseball. The Clearwater Threshers (Phillies’ High-A Florida State League SO: 36 SO: 0 affiliate) were the first team to hit the benchmark this year, doing so on April 5 against the Dunedin Blue Jays. The most HR: 0 HR: 0 punch outs a Major League team has recorded this year is 18 (Detroit Tigers vs. the New York Yankees on April 3). Errors: 6 Errors: 0 THE UNTOUCHABLES: West Virginia’s bullpen has been downright dominant to start the year, and last night was 2019 VS. DRIVE no exception. Jamal Wade earned the win in his full-season debut, striking out a career-best eight batters over three sterling innings of work, while Bryan Pall made his first professional appearance and struck out the side. Dayeison 2-1 Arias finished off the night by picking up the Power’s first save of the season, and the 10th of his career, after tossing a Date Location Result scoreless ninth. All in all, the Power pen worked five innings and scattered one run on three hits while fanning 12 men, April 4 Greenville 1-0, Win maneuvering their combined ERA to a miniscule 0.61 mark (14.2 IP/1 ER) through three games. April 5 Greenville 3-2, Loss April 6 Greenville 6-5, Win MULTI-HIT MADNESS: Five Power players collected multi-hit games last night, as Rodriguez and Rosa both posted April 7 Greenville 3:05 P.M. their second multi-hit affairs of the season, while Pazos, Pena and Ryan Ramiz, each collected their first hits of the May 17 Greenville 7:05 P.M. season while notching multi-hit games as well. Rodriguez is the lone Power player to have hit safely in all three games. May 18 Greenville 7:05 P.M. May 19 Greenville 3:05 P.M. ONE-RUN FUN: All three games of the Power’s 2019 season thus far have been decided by one run. Last year, West May 20 Greenville 7:05 P.M. Virginia did not fare so well in one-run contests, posting a 16-26 record (.381), the third-lowest winning % in the league. June 6 Charleston 7:05 P.M. West Virginia and Greenville are the only two teams in MiLB who have had their first three games decided by one run. June 7 Charleston 7:05 P.M. June 8 Charleston 6:05 P.M. 404 ERROR MESSAGE: The Power committed two more errors in last night’s win over the Drive, upping their season June 9 Charleston 2:05 P.M. total to six through three games. West Virginia now possesses a .946 fielding percentage, tied for second-worst in the SAL. 2018 Results G-VILLE HISTORY: West Virginia holds a 18-19 all-time record inside Greenville’s friendly confines. The club will Series tied 2-2 make one more trip to Fluor Field in 2019, dialing up a four-game series from May 17-20, while the Drive comes to All-Time SAL Series Appalachian Power Park for four games from June 6-9. The 12 head-to-head 2019 games will be the most in series history. WV leads 42-34 THE GOLDEN PIG: Following their series finale with Greenville, West Virginia heads to Kentucky to renew their rivalry with the Lexington Legends. The Legends took the series convincingly last season, claiming 11 of the 18 match- ups, including five of the six games played in the second half. The Power and Legends will meet 15 times this season. POWER AT A GLANCE 2019 Season Leaders POWER POINTS: West Virginia went 2-for-19 with runners in scoring position last night, stranding 14 men on base. Batting Avg: Rosa - .444 They have started the season 3-for-34 (.088) with RISP, the second-lowest mark in the SAL (Columbia, 0-for-18 in 3G). Home Runs: Honeyman - 1 2019 SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE FIRST HALF STANDINGS RBI: Honeyman - 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 Hickory 3-0 -- 1.000 Asheville 2-1 -- .667 Delmarva 2-1 1.0 .667 Charleston 2-1 -- .500 ERA: 8 players - 0.00 Greensboro 2-1 1.0 .667 Augusta 1-2 1.0 .333 Strikeouts: Wade - 8 Kannapolis 2-1 1.0 .667 Columbia 1-2 1.0 .333 West Virginia 2-1 1.0 .667 Greenville 1-2 1.0 .333 Saves: Arias - 1 Hagerstown 1-2 2.0 .333 Lexington 1-2 2.0 .333 Lakewood 0-3 2.0 .000 Rome 1-2 2.0 .333 This Date in Power History (2005) The Power played their first game PITCHING PROBABLES under their new moniker, falling 9-1 at Date Opponent/Time Power Starter vs. Opponent Hagerstown. Mark Rogers took the ball 4/08/18 @Lexington/7:05 PM LHP Steven Moyers vs. TBD on Opening Day, allowing six runs over 4/09/18 @Lexington/7:05 PM RHP Logan Gilbert (0-0, 0.00 ERA) vs. TBD three innings of work. Rogers became 4/10/18 @Lexington/10:35 AM RHP Clay Chandler (0-0, 0.00 ERA) vs. TBD the 17th former Power player to make his 4/11/18 Augusta/7:05 PM TBD vs. RHP Ryne Inman (0-0, 9.00 ERA) MLB debut on September 10, 2010 (MIL). 2019 Game Notes & Information TODAY’S STARTING PITCHER 26 | OLIVER JASKIE | LHP | 0-0, 0.00 ERA, First Start Height: 6-4 Weight: 215 DOB: November 17, 1995 Resides: Ada, Michigan Acquired: Selected in the 6th round of the 2017 draft by Seattle Drafted: 2017 Draft (6th Round) 2019: 0-0/0G/0GS/0.00ERA/0.0IP/0K/0BB/0HR/.000 2018: 4-8/18G/16GS/6.60ERA/76.1IP/77K/49BB/7HR/.301 Career Stats (2 Seasons): 4-9/31G/26GS/6.67 ERA/106.2 IP/110 K/62 BB/12 HR/.310 AVG Currently: • • • Career: • Posted his best monthly 2018 ERA in April (2.00) in 4GS; Placed on temporary inactive list from 7/17-End of Season • Hurled career-high seven innings April 23, allowing just five hits and striking out three in his third start with Clinton • Debuted with Everett in 2017, going 0-1 with a 6.82 ERA in 13 games, 10 starts; Built his way up to 4 IP twice at EOY • Named All-Big Ten/All-Mideast Region First Team in 2017; Tied Michigan single-season strikeout record with 119 in 2017 • Struck out career-high 14 batters in complete-game shutout of Ohio State 5/5/17; Led Michigan with 8 wins in 2017 THE REPERTOIRE 4SFB SLID CHNG 2019 DAY-BY-DAY STATISTICS (GAMES STARTED ONLY) 2019 Power Highs CG....................................................0 DATE OPP.