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 (27-32, 64-65) vs. LAKEWOOD BLUECLAWS (26-31, 55-72) Game: 130 (Home: 64 [33-30]) | August 23, 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 Matt Martin (0-0, 0.00 ERA) vs. LHP Manuel Silva (5-5, 4.01 ERA) Martin: Hurled first professional quality start (6 IP, 2H, 0R, 4K, BB) vs. HAG 8/17 in Low-A debut Silva: Allowed just one run on two hits over five innings 6/23 vs. WV (4 IP, 1H, 0R on 4/30 vs. WV) POWER PULLS AWAY LATE IN 6-1 WIN: After being held scoreless for 13 consecutive innings, West Virginia’s LAST HOMESTAND (8/15-18) offense came alive with six unanswered runs from the sixth to the eighth inning in a 6-1 win over the Charleston RiverDogs Thursday evening at Joseph P. Riley, Jr. Park. Josias De Los Santos worked around some early trouble in Record: 1-3 Season Highs Batting Statistics: Batting Statistics: the first two innings, issuing four walks but not allowing a hit to keep the RiverDogs off the scoreboard. Charleston AVG: .234 (29-for-124) AVG: .274 (66-for-241) managed to tally a run in the third, as Josh Breaux stroked a two-out homer to left to make it 1-0 RiverDogs. De Los AB: 124 AB: 249 Santos settled down after that, not allowing another hit through five innings of work while striking out seven men. RISP: 6-for-30 (.200) RISP: 22-for-65 (.338) Meanwhile, Yoendrys Gomez held the Power scoreless through five innings and conceded just one hit, a second-inning H: 29 High H: 66/Low H: 15 single to Nick Rodriguez. In the sixth, however, Manny Pazos worked a walk and quickly moved to second on Billy R: 9 High R: 43/Low R: 20 Cooke’s sacrifice bunt. Pazos shifted to third afterCaleb Ricca flew out to right, and then came in to score on Gomez’s HR: 2 High HR: 11/Low HR: 4 wild pitch to tie the game at one. Reeves Martin picked up a shutdown frame in the sixth with a pair of strikeouts, while BB: 12 BB: 34 SO: 36 High SO: 78/Low SO: 35 West Virginia’s offense kept on humming against the Charleston bullpen. Keegan Curtis took over in the seventh and SB: 3 SB: 6 immediately issued a leadoff double toMatt Sanders followed by a walk to Onil Pena. Charlie McConnell grounded Defensive Statistics: Defensive Statistics: into a fielder’s choice that put runners at the corners for N-Rod, who brought in a run with an infield single to third. W-L: 1-3 W-L: 6-1 Two batters later, Dean Nevarez singled to load the bases and Cooke got a free pass that brought in another run. In the ERA: 2.75 ERA: 1.93 eighth, N-Rod struck again with a sacrifice fly to right, andDeAires Moses ripped a two-run triple to right that plated Quality Starts: 3 Quality Starts: 4 two more runs. Elias Espino spun the final two frames and did not allow a hit, striking out two to secure the win. IP: 36.0 IP: 65.0 H: 27 H: 88 R: 16 High R: 57/Low R: 16 KEEPING IT WITHIN REACH: West Virginia’s bullpen was impressive throughout the entire Charleston series, ER: 11 High ER: 48/Low ER: 12 capping it off Thursday with four scoreless frames from Martin and Espino. The Power bullpen tallied 13.1 innings SV/OPP: 1/2 SV/OPP: 4/4 of work and surrendered just one earned run (0.68 ERA) on four hits over their three-game series in South Carolina. BB: 12 High BB: 25/Low BB: 14 SO: 31 High SO: 79/Low SO: 40 “DEAL”LOS SANTOS: De Los Santos has turned into one of the premier pitchers in West Virginia’s rotation, hurling HR: 1 High HR: 10/Low HR: 3 four quality starts in his last six outings. After giving up just one hit over five innings of work Thursday, De Los Santos Errors: 8 High Errors: 11/Low E: 1 holds a 2.60 ERA (10 ER/34.2 IP), the ninth-lowest ERA in the league in that span (July 25-Current), over his last six outings with 31 strikeouts compared to 13 walks. 2019 VS. RIVERDOGS 1-5 SURGING SANDERS: Sanders continued his consistent month of August for West Virginia Thursday night, notching Date Location Result his 11th multi-hit performance with the Power and scored twice in the final matchup with the RiverDogs. The infielder May 14 Charleston, SC 6-5, Loss has hit safely in 20 of his last 23 contests and is boasting a .312 (29-for-93) clip with three homers and nine RBI May 15 Charleston, SC 7-6, Loss (F/11) during that time period. Sanders is tied for the team lead with three homers and eight RBI in the month of August with May 16 Charleston, SC 5-0, Loss Pena, and is one of three active Power hitters to have an average above .300 (.316) in the season’s penultimate month. August 20 Charleston, SC 5-3, Loss August 21 Charleston, SC 1-0, Loss MAGIC MARTIN: Friday starter Matt Martin was brilliant in his Low-A debut for West Virginia, only allowing August 22 Charleston, SC 6-1, Win three total baserunners on two hits and a walk while striking out four men August 17 vs. Hagerstown. He turned in three 1-2-3 innings and needed just 84 pitches to get through his six innings of work and record his first pro quality start. 2018 Results: Across his time between Everett and the Power, the Florida Southern College product has fanned 39 batters compared Charleston 6-5 to just 16 walks over 46 innings of work. All-Time SAL Series: SWEET PROMOTED: During the Power’s middle match against the RiverDogs Wednesday evening, the Seattle Mariners announced that RHP Devin Sweet had been promoted to the High-A Modesto Nuts. Sweet leaves the South Charleston leads 64-47 Atlantic League with a 7-5 record and a 3.06 ERA, fourth-best in the SAL, as well as 131 strikeouts in 108.2 innings of work. He is one of four Power pitchers with more than 100 strikeouts and innings pitched in a single season (Clay Chandler, Ryne Inman and Steven Moyers), the most by a Power pitching staff in team history. Sweet etched his way into the West Virginia record books July 28, becoming the first pitcher to hurl a nine-inning complete game in Power history when he held the Rome Braves to one run and struck out a career-best 12 men at State Mutual Stadium. POWER POINTS: McConnell has not committed an error in 73 consecutive games (dating back to May 15 at Charleston)... West Virginia snapped a streak of seven straight defeats in Charleston, S.C., with its win Thursday night... West Virginia’s elimination number stands at one with 11 games to go, with seven against Northern Division opponents... POWER AT A GLANCE The Power went 3-for-9 with runners in scoring position Thursday, stranding six men on base... Moses stroked his 2019 Season Leaders (Active Only) second triple since joining West Virginia, and the 10th of his Minor League career (118 games)... N-Rod collected his Batting Avg: Bobby Honeyman - .273 eighth multi-hit game of the season and seventh multi-RBI affair...Bobby Honeyman is hitless over his last 15 at-bats. Home Runs: Onil Pena - 15 2019 SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE SECOND HALF STANDINGS RBI: Onil Pena - 56 Northern Division Italics=Eliminated from Playoffs Southern Division Italics=Eliminated from Playoffs Stolen Bases: Charlie McConnell - 11 * = Division; & = Wild Card W-L GB PCT * = Division Winner W-L GB PCT Wins: Ryne Inman - 8 Delmarva 37-21 -- .638 Asheville 34-25 -- .576 Hickory 35-23 2.0 .601 Augusta 32-27 2.0 .542 Innings: Ryne Inman - 121.2 Greensboro 30-28 7.0 .517 Charleston 30-29 4.0 .508 ERA: Josias De Los Santos - 4.42 Hagerstown 29-30 8.5 .492 Rome 30-29 4.0 .508 Strikeouts: Ryne Inman - 136 Kannapolis 28-31 9.5 .475 Columbia 26-33 8.0 .441 West Virginia 27-32 10.5 .458 Lexington 25-34 9.0 .424 Saves: Bryan Pall - 6 Lakewood 26-31 10.5 .456 Greenville 21-37 12.5 .362 This Date in Power History (2007) Stephen Chapman records his 21st and PITCHING PROBABLES 22nd HRs with the Power in a 12-5 win vs. Date Opponent/Time Probable Pitchers (Away vs. Home) LEX, becoming just the second 20-homer 8/24/19 Lakewood/6:05PM RHP Kevin Gowdy (0-5, 4.83) vs. TBD member in Charleston baseball history, 8/25/19 Lakewood/2:05PM LHP Taylor Lehman (2-0,1.37 ERA) vs. RHP Evan Johnson (0-4, 5.26 ERA) surpassing Jason Parsons (20, 1997) 8/26/19 @Lexington/7:05PM RHP Juan Then (0-1, 1.50 ERA) vs. TBD for the single-season record, as he would 8/27/19 @Lexington/7:05PM RHP Josias De Los Santos (4-7, 4.42 ERA) vs.