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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 (17-20, 54-53) at ROME BRAVES (19-18, 49-57) Game: 108 (Road: 56 [25-30]) | July 29, 2019 | State Mutual Stadium | Rome, GA Radio: The Jock 1300 and 1340 AM - wvpower.com Airtime: 12:40 P.M. THE PITCHING MATCH-UP: RHP Evan Johnson (0-1, 2.70 ERA) vs. LHP Dilmer Mejia (5-2, 2.71 ERA) Johnson: Held Hickory to one run on three hits over 5.2 innings with five strikeouts July 24 Mejia: Has posted a 2-1 record with a 3.99 ERA since becoming a starter for the Braves June 22 SWEET FIRES COMPLETE GAME IN 6-1 WIN: Devin Sweet hurled the first-ever nine-inning complete game CURRENT ROAD TRIP in Power history, and West Virginia scored four runs over the final three frames to cruise to a 6-1 win over the Rome Record: 2-4 Season Highs Braves Sunday afternoon at State Mutual Stadium. The Power struck first in the third inning, asMatt Sanders stroked Batting Statistics Batting Statistics: a one-out single and Julio Rodriguez blasted a two-run homer to give West Virginia a 2-0 lead. Meanwhile, Sweet AVG: .234 (49-for-209) AVG: .362 (25-for-69) dominated the Braves early on, retiring the first six men he faced. Jeremy Fernandez and Braulio Vasquez laced back-to- AB: 209 AB: 245 back singles to start the third, but Sweet buckled down to then set down the next 11 batters. Drew Campbell broke that RISP: 12-for-45 (.267) RISP: 17-for-35 (.486) up with a solo homer in the sixth that just got over the fence to close the lead to 2-1, but the Power’s offense responded H: 49 High H: 60/Low H: 25 in true form the next inning. Ryan Ramiz came through with an RBI double to plate Manny Pazos and extend West R: 24 High R: 29/Low R: 14 Virginia’s lead to 3-1. Bobby Honeyman provided some insurance in the next frame, ripping a run-scoring double to HR: 4 High HR: 6/Low HR: 1 BB: 15 BB: 29 right-center before coming home on a wild pitch later in the inning. Ramiz pushed the Power’s final run across in the ninth SO: 47 High SO: 73/Low SO: 16 with his second consecutive RBI double, and Sweet finished off his incredible effort with a strikeout of Griffin Benson. SB: 1 SB: 6 Defensive Statistics: Defensive Statistics: COMPLETELY SWEET: Sweet worked his name into the Power record books for the second straight start, registering W-L: 2-4 W-L: 3-4 the first nine-inning complete game in Power history Sunday. Sweet’s performance outlastedBrian Leach for the longest ERA: 2.92 ERA: 2.60 start in team history, who had previously hurled 8.2 innings in 2009. The right-hander is the third West Virginia starter Quality Starts: 3 Quality Starts: 4 to pitch into the ninth inning this year, joining Clay Chandler and Steven Moyers, who each tossed 8.1 innings in their IP: 52.1 IP: 62.1 H: 49 High H: 69/Low H: 30 longest outings with the Power. Sweet is the 14th pitcher in the South Atlantic League to twirl a complete game this R: 23 High R: 51/Low R: 12 season (third of the nine-inning variety), and the third member of West Virginia’s staff (Chandler andRyne Inman, both ER: 17 High ER: 45/ Low ER: 10 seven innings). Since converting to a starter June 16, he is 3-2 with a 2.41 ERA, the fifth-best qualified ERA in the SAL SV/OPP: 1/2 SV/OPP: 2/2 in that span, along with 62 strikeouts in 56 innings of work. He now has the lowest qualified ERA (3.04) on the Power. BB: 9 High BB: 24/Low BB: 6 SO: 60 SO: 78 DON’T FORGET ABOUT THE Ks: In the midst of his complete game gem, Sweet struck out a career-best 12 batters HR: 3 High HR: 13/Low HR: 2 over his 104 pitches (80 for strikes). His 12-strikeout performance is the most by any West Virginia pitcher this year, Errors: 4 High Errors: 9/Low E: 1 as well as their fifth double-digit strikeout game, and the second for Sweet (July 6 at Lexington, 10 strikeouts). Only 2019 VS. BRAVES one other Power pitcher in team history has fanned more batters in a start, when Tyler Glasnow struck out 13 men on August 22, 2013, over five hitless innings against the Charleston RiverDogs. 1-2 Date Location Result HONEY BUNCHES OF HITS: Since the start of his season-long 18-game hitting streak July 3 (ended July 23), July 26 Rome 5-4, Loss (F/10) Honeyman has been one of the most consistent hitters in the South Atlantic League. He has reached base safely in 22 of his 23 games in that stretch, tied for the second-most games played by any slugger in the league (Terrin Vavra, July 27 Rome 8-6, Loss 24, Asheville). In this span, Honeyman is averaging .364 (36-for-99), the fifth-highest mark in the league, with two July 28 Rome 6-1, Win homers, 14 RBI, 15 runs scored and just 10 strikeouts. The Stony Brook product put together his 25th multi-hit game July 29 Rome 1:00 p.m. of the season Sunday afternoon, the most on the team. August 3 Charleston 6:05 p.m. August 4 Charleston 2:05 p.m. THE SLUMP BUSTER: Before hitting the road for Hickory, Jake Anchia was mired in a 2-for-31 slump with 18 August 5 Charleston 7:05 p.m. strikeouts and just one RBI going back to July 7. However, the Power backstop seems to have found his groove away August 6 Charleston 12:05 p.m. from Appalachian Power Park, going 4-for-16 with five RBI and two runs scored across his five games this trip. THE LONG BALL: Julio’s bomb in the third inning marked West Virginia’s 88th home run of the season, third-most 2018 Results: in the South Atlantic League (Greensboro, 106 and Hickory, 121). The Power has hit 40 of their 88 homers away from Series tied 6-6 Appalachian Power Park, the fifth-highest away long ball total in the league (Hickory, 46). All-Time SAL Series: WELCOME BACK BRYAN!: Prior to Sunday’s game, the Seattle Mariners announced the RHP Bryan Pall had been Rome leads 44-37 activated off the injured list. Pall rejoined the Power’s bullpen after missing 12 games, during which the team went 5-7 and the staff posted a 4.15 ERA. Before Pall was sidelined, he was 1-0 with a 2.45 ERA and six saves in 23 games in his first active professional season after missing two years due to Tommy John surgery. RHPJ.T. Salter was promoted back to High-A Modesto after not making an appearance during his three days with West Virginia. POWER POINTS: Charlie McConnell has not committed an error in 54 consecutive games (May 15 at Charleston)... POWER AT A GLANCE Onil Pena has three hits in his last 31 at-bats with 19 strikeouts, though he did stroke his first triple of the season 2019 Season Leaders (Active Only) Saturday (eighth of his Minor League career)... Ramiz posted his 21st multi-hit game of the season... The Power did Batting Avg: Bobby Honeyman - .273 not walk a batter in a game for the 14th time this season... West Virginia went 2-for-8 with RISP, stranding seven men. Home Runs: Anchia/Pena - 12 2019 SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE SECOND HALF STANDINGS RBI: Onil Pena - 48 Northern Division Italics=Eliminated from Playoffs Southern Division Italics=Eliminated from Playoffs Stolen Bases: Charlie McConnell - 9 * = Division; & = Wild Card W-L GB PCT * = Division Winner W-L GB PCT Wins: Ryne Inman - 7 Delmarva 25-12 -- .676 Augusta 21-16 -- .568 Hickory 24-12 0.5 .667 Asheville 19-18 2.0 .514 Innings: Ryne Inman - 108.0 Greensboro 19-17 5.5 .528 Rome 19-18 2.0 .514 ERA: Devin Sweet - 3.04 Kannapolis 18-19 7.0 .486 Lexington 16-20 4.5 .444 Strikeouts: Ryne Inman - 120 Hagerstown 17-19 7.5 .472 Greenville 16-21 5.0 .432 West Virginia 17-20 8.0 .459 Charleston 15-22 6.0 .405 Saves: Dayesion Arias - 9 Lakewood 15-20 9.0 .429 Columbia 15-22 6.0 .405 PITCHING PROBABLES Date Opponent/Time Probable Pitchers (Away vs. Home) 7/30/19 OFF DAY 7/31/19 Greensboro/7:05PM TBD vs. RHP Josias De Los Santos (2-6, 5.22 ERA) 8/1/19 Greensboro/7:05PM TBD vs. LHP Nate Fisher (0-0, 7.71 ERA) 8/2/19 Greensboro/7:05PM TBD vs. RHP Ryne Inman (7-7, 4.50 ERA) 2019 Game Notes & Information TODAY’S STARTING PITCHER 2 | EVAN JOHNSON | RHP | 0-1, 2.70 ERA, 2G, 2GS (With West Virginia) Height: 5-11 Weight: 190 DOB: January 17, 1997 Resides: Ames, Iowa Acquired: Signed as a non-drafted free agent on 6/14/19 Drafted: N/A 2019: 0-2/8G/5GS/3.90ERA/27.2IP/31K/12BB/1HR/.173 Career Stats (1 Season): 0-2/8G/5GS/3.90 ERA/27.2 IP/31 K/12 BB/1 HR/.173 AVG Currently: Promoted to the Power July 15 from Short-Season Everett • Fired three scoreless innings and struck out four batters in pro debut June 16 with Everett • Made one spot start with High-A Modesto, allowing four runs on four hits, but struck out career-best five men Career: Signed as a non-drafted free agent on June 14, 2019 (Creighton University) • Went 9-2 with a 3.26 ERA in 17G/14GS over 77.1 IP in final season at Creighton; Allowed just a .197 average against him • Eliminated the defending national champion Oregon State Beavers in NCAA Regional (5.1 IP, 1R in defining game) • Also pitched in Big East Final win over Xavier, fanning nine batters in 9-8 victory • Added 15 lbs in summer with St.