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 (20-23, 57-56) VS. ROME BRAVES (21-22, 51-61) Game: 114 (Home: 58 [31-26]) | August 5, 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 Josias De Los Santos (2-6, 5.06 ERA) vs. RHP Alan Rangel (9-5, 4.51 ERA) De Los Santos: Allowed three runs on four hits over 5.2 innings with four strikeouts 7/31 vs. GBO Rangel: Lasted just one inning and gave up two runs on three hits in last start 7/31 at Hagerstown PENA HOMERS IN 7-2 LOSS: Onil Pena blasted a solo homer in the ninth inning, but West Virginia was outslugged CURRENT HOMESTAND by the Rome Braves, 7-2, Sunday afternoon at Appalachian Power Park. Rome struck first in the opening frame, as Record: 2-3 Season Highs Greg Cullen stroked a two-out RBI single to make it 1-0 Braves. Evan Johnson rebounded to toss a scoreless second Batting Statistics: Batting Statistics: inning, but Rome managed to extend their lead in the third thanks to Griffin Benson’s two-run double, another two-out AVG: .261 (43-for-165) AVG: .266 (55-for-207) knock, to push their cushion to 3-0. Johnson worked his way through five innings, allowing three runs on four hits, AB: 165 AB: 249 before ceding way to Kyle Hill. However, Hill struggled in his outing and only recorded one out while surrendering RISP: 16-for-41 (.390) RISP: 15-for-46 (.326) three runs and leaving the bases loaded for Benjamin Onyshko. The southpaw struck out Benson and got a lineout H: 43 High H: 63/Low H: 15 from Jeremy Fernandez to wiggle out of the frame, and continued to roll from there. Onyshko rattled through the final R: 23 High R: 43/Low R: 20 HR: 5 High HR: 11/Low HR: 4 3.2 innings and coughed up just three hits while striking out a career-high eight batters. The Power finally snapped the BB: 18 BB: 34 shutout in the eighth inning, as Jake Anchia drove in a run on a fielder’s choice. Pena’s solo shot brought West Virginia SO: 49 High SO: 78/Low SO: 35 within five, but Jose Montilla closed out the ninth to cap a three-inning save, his fourth of the season. SB: 0 SB: 6 Defensive Statistics: Defensive Statistics: HONEY BUNCHES OF HITS: Since the start of his season-long 18-game hitting streak July 3 (ended July 23), W-L: 2-3 W-L: 6-1 Bobby Honeyman has been one of the most consistent hitters in the South Atlantic League. He has reached base safely ERA: 4.00 ERA: 1.93 in 26 of his 27 games in that stretch, tied for the third-most games played by any slugger in the league (Terrin Vavra, Quality Starts: 2 Quality Starts: 3 (3x) IP: 45.0 IP: 65.0 29, Asheville). In this span, Honeyman is averaging .384 (43-for-112), the second-highest mark in the league, with H: 44 H: 88 two homers, 18 RBI, 20 runs scored and just 12 strikeouts. The Stony Brook product is now in the midst of his fourth R: 24 High R: 57/Low R: 16 hitting streak of at least eight games or more this year, as well as West Virginia’s ninth overall. Honeyman is boasting ER: 20 High ER: 48/Low ER: 12 a .516 (16-for-31) clip during his streak with five RBI and six multi-hit games. SV/OPP: 0/1 SV/OPP: 4/4 BB: 16 High BB: 25/Low BB: 14 SHENTON STRONG: Austin Shenton extended his hitting streak with the Power to six games with his 1-for-4 SO: 41 High SO: 79/Low SO: 40 afternoon yesterday. During this stretch, Shenton is averaging .375 (9-for-24) with two homers and nine RBI. The HR: 4 High HR: 10/Low HR: 3 Mariners’ fifth-round selection has now reached base safely in 16 of his 18 games with the Power, as well as 36 of his Errors: 8 High Errors: 11/Low E: 1 first 39 professional games. The newly-minted 29th-best prospect in the Mariners system per MLB.com is boasting a 2019 VS. BRAVES .313 average with six homers and 33 RBI between Short-Season Everett and West Virginia. 3-3 HOMER HAPPY: Pena’s bomb in the first inning marked West Virginia’s 94th home run of the season, third-most in Date Location Result the South Atlantic League (Greensboro, 110 and Hickory, 124). The Power has hit 53 of their 94 homers at Appalachian July 26 Rome 5-4, Loss (F/10) Power Park, the third-highest home long ball total in the league (Hickory, 76). The 2019 West Virginia squad has the fifth-most homers a Power team has posted in team history. West Virginia’s highest home run total since becoming the July 27 Rome 8-6, Loss Power is a whopping 128 dingers in 2007. July 28 Rome 6-1, Win July 29 Rome 4-3, Win (F/10) RIP ROARING RAMIZ: Ryan Ramiz has been on a tear since July 4, when he launched a go-ahead grand slam in August 3 Charleston 7-2, Win the 13th inning in Lexington to silence the Legends. Since that ballgame, the New Jersey native is averaging .339 (37- August 4 Charleston 7-2, Loss for-119), the sixth-best average in the SAL in that span, with three homers, 14 RBI and 18 runs scored, as well as hits August 5 Charleston 7:05 p.m. in 22 of those 25 games. He posted his 12th multi-hit game during this stretch last night, as well as his 25th overall, August 6 Charleston 12:05 p.m. second-most on the team to Honeyman. SURGING SANDERS: With his 2-for-5 effort Sunday, Matt Sanders extended his hitting streak to seven games. 2018 Results: During this streak that dates back to July 28, Sanders has a .345 (10-for-29) average with a homer and two RBI. The Series tied 6-6 infielder has posted back-to-back multi-hit games, as well as six overall with West Virginia. Thanks to this recent surge, Sanders has raised his average with the Power from .255 to .293. In 18 games with West Virginia, the former Troy All-Time SAL Series: hurler has two homers and nine RBI. Rome leads 45-39 OH MY ONSYHKO: Onyshko turned in a brilliant performance Sunday afternoon, collecting a career-best eight strikeouts while recording his second-longest outing of the season (4.2 innings, May 8 vs. Augusta). After allowing 11 earned runs over a nine-inning stretch from July 13 to 27, the Stetson product has not conceded an earned run over his last five innings of work. Onyshko tiedJamal Wade (4/6 at GRV) for the most strikeouts in an outing by a reliever this year. POWER AT A GLANCE POWER POINTS: Charlie McConnell has not committed an error in 58 consecutive games (May 15 at Charleston)... 2019 Season Leaders (Active Only) The Power went 2-for-7 with RISP, stranding 10 men on base... West Virginia committed a season-high five errors Batting Avg: Bobby Honeyman - .282 Sunday, the first time they have made five miscues since July 4, 2018... Pena homered for the first time since July 14. Home Runs: Onil Pena - 13 2019 SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE SECOND HALF STANDINGS RBI: Bobby Honeyman - 50 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 27-15 -- .643 Augusta 25-18 -- .581 Hickory 26-16 1.0 .619 Asheville 24-19 1.0 .558 Innings: Ryne Inman - 112.0 Greensboro 23-19 4.0 .548 Rome 21-22 4.0 .488 ERA: Devin Sweet - 3.04 Kannapolis 22-21 5.5 .512 Charleston 20-23 5.0 .465 Strikeouts: Ryne Inman - 124 Hagerstown 20-22 7.0 .476 Columbia 18-25 7.0 .419 West Virginia 20-23 7.5 .465 Greenville 17-25 7.5 .405 Saves: Dayesion Arias - 10 Lakewood 18-23 8.5 .439 Lexington 16-26 8.5 .381 PITCHING PROBABLES Date Opponent/Time Probable Pitchers (Away vs. Home) 8/6/19 Rome/12:05PM RHP Jose Olague (9-6, 3.72 ERA vs. LHP Nate Fisher (0-1, 6.91 ERA) 8/7/19 OFF DAY 8/8/19 @Lakewood/7:05PM RHP Ryne Inman (7-7, 4.74 ERA) vs. TBD 8/9/19 @Lakewood/7:05PM RHP Devin Sweet (6-4, 3.04 ERA) vs. TBD 2019 Game Notes & Information TONIGHT’S STARTING PITCHER 28 | JOSIAS DE LOS SANTOS | RHP | 2-6, 5.06 ERA, 17G, 12GS Height: 6-2 Weight: 175 DOB: July 29, 1999 Resides: San Juan De La Maguana, D.R. Acquired: Signed as an international free agent on 4/15/18 Drafted: N/A 2019: 2-6/17G/12GS/5.06ERA/74.2IP/58K/28BB/6HR/.261 2018: 3-3/14G/6GS/4.63ERA/44.2IP/29K/14BB/1HR/.269 Career Stats (2 Seasons): 5-9/31G/18GS/4.90 ERA/119.1 IP/87 K/42 BB/7 HR/.264 AVG Currently: Spun third career quality start against Hickory July 25 (6 IP, 4H, 2R, 5K) • Hurled quality start with career-high nine strikeouts in loss vs.