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 (7-5) VS. LAKEWOOD BLUECLAWS (3-10) Game: 13 (Home: 6) | April 17, 2019 | Appalachian Power Park | Charleston, W.Va. Radio: The Jock 1300 and 1340 AM - wvpower.com Airtime: 10:15 A.M. PITCHING MATCHUP RHP Ryne Inman (1-0, 3.60 ERA) vs. RHP Francisco Morales (0-0, 4.91 ERA) Inman: Hurled quality start in home opener Thursday, April 11, vs. Augusta Morales: Gave up two runs on four hits over three innings April 12 at Delmarva CHANDLER, KELENIC HEADLINE 7-1 WIN: Clay Chandler turned in his second consecutive quality start and CURRENT HOMESTAND Jarred Kelenic tallied four hits as the Power blasted the Lakewood BlueClaws, 7-1, Tuesday evening at Appalachian Power Park. Chandler worked six innings of shutout baseball, ceding just two hits and walking four batters while striking Record: 4-1 Season Highs out three. Meanwhile, West Virginia’s offense provided him with plenty of run support, as continued his hot Batting Statistics: Batting Statistics: Onil Pena AVG: .270 (47-for-174) AVG: .000 (0-for-0) streak at the plate with an RBI double in the third to give the Power a 1-0 lead. The team exploded for four more in the AB: 174 AB: 0 fourth as nine men came to the plate, with Cesar Izturis Jr. and Pena each delivering the big blows. Izturis Jr. blooped RISP: 14-for-58 (.241) RISP: 0-for-0 (.000) a two-run double into shallow left, while Pena sliced a single into the outfield that plated a pair to make it 5-0 West H: 47 H: 0 Virginia. Jake Anchia padded the lead with a run-scoring knock in the seventh, while Kelenic capped off his fine evening R: 21 R: 0 at the dish with an RBI double in the eighth. Devin Sweet and Dayeison Arias worked the final three innings, ceding HR: 2 HR: 0 two hits while striking out six batters. West Virginia claimed its third win in a row and its second straight series victory. BB: 16 BB: 0 SO: 45 SO: 0 SB: 3 SB: 0 QUALITY CLAY: Chandler spun the Power’s fourth quality start of the season Tuesday evening, as well as his second Defensive Statistics: Defensive Statistics: of the year. During those two quality outings, Chandler has surrendered just one earned run on seven hits over 12 innings W-L: 4-1 W-L: 0-0 of work with eight strikeouts, good enough for a 0.75 ERA. The Paducah, Kentucky, native hurled eight quality starts ERA: 2.11 ERA: 0.00 in 2018 with the Clinton LumberKings, including five in the second half. West Virginia’ starters have thrown four Quality Starts: 3 Quality Starts: 0 quality starts in their last six outings (Ryne Inman, April 11 vs. Augusta and Steven Moyers, April 13 vs. Augusta). IP: 47.0 IP: 0.0 H: 26 H: 0 : Kelenic has busted of his road woes in a major way in the first five games R: 15 R: 0 KELENIC STARTING TO KELE-CLICK ER: 11 ER: 0 of this homestand against Augusta and Lakewood, averaging .550 (11-for-20) with a home run, four doubles and six SV/OPP: 1/1 SV/OPP: 0/0 RBIs. The Mariners’ second-best prospect per MLB.com and Baseball America stroked his first South Atlantic League BB: 18 BB: 0 home run Friday, blasting one 369 feet to right-center field in the fifth inning for his seventh career Minor League SO: 63 SO: 0 homer, and his first since August 23, 2018. He recorded his first two RBI of the season and posted West Virginia’s third HR: 3 HR: 0 three-hit game of the year Thursday. Most recently, Kelenic posted his first career four-hit game April 16, going 4-for-4 Errors: 4 Errors: 0 with two doubles, two runs scored and an RBI. The Wisconsin native has a multi-hit or multi-RBI game in four of these five games, as well as a five-game hitting streak that began April 11. Kelenic’s recent surge has pushed his average 2019 VS. BLUECLAWS up 209 points (.289). Prior to this homestand, Kelenic was mired in an 0-for-11 slump after starting the year 2-for-25. 2-0 Date Location Result POWERFUL PENA: Pena has been absolutely unstoppable over this homestand. Last night, the Power infielder went April 15 Charleston 5-4, Win (F/11) 3-for-4 with two doubles and three RBI, notching his second three-hit game of the season and first three-RBI affair. April 16 Charleston 7-1, Win Pena is hitting .421 (8-for-19) during the team’s opening home stretch with four doubles, six RBI and a run scored. April 17 Charleston 10:35 a.m. April 30 Lakewood 6:35 p.m. May 1 Lakewood 6:35 p.m. GOING STREAKING: With last night’s 7-1 win, West Virginia has now won three games in a row for the first time in May 2 Lakewood 6:35 p.m. 2019, signaling the beginning of the team’s first true winning streak. The Power’s longest winning streak of the season June 20 Lakewood 7:05 p.m. in 2018 came during the team’s final home stretch, as they strung seven wins together to put themselves in playoff June 21 Lakewood 7:05 p.m. contention until the final day. West Virginia’s first win streak of at least three games in 2018 came during the team’s June 22 Lakewood 7:05 p.m. first homestand as well, April 8-10, against the Greenville Drive and Lakewood BlueClaws. June 23 Lakewood 1:05 p.m. August 8 Lakewood 7:05 p.m. August 9 Lakewood 7:05 p.m. PILING UP THE STRIKEOUTS: The Power struck out nine more batters Tuesday evening, updating their season Auugst 10 Lakewood 7:05 p.m. total to 141, which is third-most in the South Atlantic League (Charleston RiverDogs and Delmarva Shorebirds, 143). August 11 Lakewood 1:05 p.m. Three of West Virginia’s five starters are amongst the top 11 strikeouts leaders in the league, with Logan Gilbert in August 23 Charleston 7:05 p.m. third (22) Moyers tied for 10th (17) and today’s starter, Inman, tied for 15th (15). West Virginia’s arms have compiled August 24 Charleston 6:05 p.m. 63 strikeouts during the first five games of this homestand. August 25 Charleston 2:05 p.m. THAT’S SOME SWEET RELIEF: West Virginia’s bullpen has really shined in the first two games of this series. 2018 Results: 4-4 On Monday, four relievers combined to take care of the last six innings and only allowed two hits and one earned All-Time SAL Series: run while striking out 11 batters. Last night, Sweet and Arias handled the final three frames and coughed up just two WV leads 107-90 hits while fanning six batters. Overall, the Power’s bullpen has posted a 2.15 ERA through the team’s first 12 games. POWER POINTS: Kelenic’s 10 walks are tied for second-most in the league with Delmarva’s Cadyn Grenier (Kyle POWER AT A GLANCE Gray, 12, Charleston RiverDogs)... West Virginia went 5-for-13 with runners in scoring position last night, stranding nine 2019 Season Leaders men on base... Kelenic swiped his second bag of the year last night, tied with Cesar Trejo for most on the team... Sweet Batting Avg: Rodriguez - .355 is one of four Power relievers that have still not given up an earned run (Sal Biasi, Nolan Hoffman and Ben Onyshko). Home Runs: 5 players - 1 2019 SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE FIRST HALF STANDINGS RBI: Onil Pena - 9 Northern Division Italics=Eliminated from Playoffs Southern Division Italics=Eliminated from Playoffs Stolen Bases: Kelenic/Trejo - 2 * = Divison; & = Wild Card W-L GB PCT * = Division Winner W-L GB PCT Wins: 9 players - 1 Delmarva 10-1 -- .909 Lexington 7-5 -- .583 Hickory 9-3 1.5 .750 Augusta 6-5 0.5 .545 ERA: 4 players - 0.00 West Virginia 7-5 3.5 .583 Asheville 6-7 1.5 .462 Strikeouts: Logan Gilbert - 22 Greensboro 6-7 5.0 .462 Charleston 6-7 1.5 .462 Hagerstown 6-7 5.0 .462 Columbia 5-7 2.0 .417 Saves: Dayeison Arias - 2 Kannapolis 4-7 6.0 .364 Greenville 5-7 2.0 .417 Lakewood 3-10 8.0 .231 Rome 5-7 2.0 .417 This Date in Power History (2017) West Virginia lambasts the Hickory PITCHING PROBABLES Crawdads, 19-3, in a game where seven Date Opponent/Time Probable Pitchers (Away vs. Home) of the nine starters recorded multi-hit and 4/18/19 @Asheville/7:05 PM LHP Oliver Jaskie (0-0, 10.38 ERA) vs. LHP Alfredo Garcia (0-1, 7.27 ERA) multi-RBI games. The Power’s 19-run 4/19/19 @Asheville/7:05 PM LHP Steven Moyers (1-1, 4.50 ERA) vs. RHP Riley Pint (0-1, 13.50 ERA) output marked the most the team had 4/20/19 @Asheville/1:05 PM RHP Logan Gilbert (1-0, 0.64 ERA) vs. RHP Ryan Feltner (0-2, 6.35 ERA) scored in club history since their club OFF DAY record of 24 runs vs.