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 2019 WEST VIRGINIA POWER FINAL RECORDS, STATISTICS AND GAME NOTES RECORDS: First Half: 37-33/Second Half: 32-37/OVERALL: 69-70 Appalachian Power Park | Charleston, W. Va. POWER FLIRTS WITH NO-HIT BID IN FINALE: Juan Then fired five no-hit innings in his final start of 2019, LAST HOMESTAND (8/30-9/2) while the Power carried a no-hitter through 7.1 innings in a 2-0 win over the Greensboro Grasshoppers Monday afternoon, September 2, at Appalachian Power Park. Then struck out three batters and walked two over his five innings of work, Record: 2-2 Season Highs Batting Statistics: Batting Statistics: while Brendan McGuigan spun two hitless frames in relief to secure his first professional hold. Robert Winslow AVG: .213 (27-for-127) AVG: .274 (66-for-241) recorded the first out of the eighth before serving up a one-out triple that clanked off the center-field wall, but he and AB: 127 AB: 249 Elias Espino combined to secure the final six outs and preserve the shutout. West Virginia’s offense did all of its damage RISP: 9-for-23 (.391) RISP: 22-for-65 (.338) in the opening frame, as Bobby Honeyman and Dean Nevarez stroked back-to-back run-scoring doubles to give the H: 27 High H: 66/Low H: 15 Power a 2-0 lead they would not relinquish. R: 11 High R: 43/Low R: 20 HR: 1 High HR: 11/Low HR: 4 THE END OF THE ROAD: West Virginia concluded its campaign with a 69-70 record, the Power’s first losing season BB: 3 BB: 34 SO: 42 High SO: 78/Low SO: 35 since 2014, when they went 54-81. However, the team did secure a winning record at home (38-32) for the fourth SB: 0 SB: 6 time in the last five seasons (2017, 34-36). Conversely, West Virginia ended their road swing with a 31-38 mark, their Defensive Statistics: Defensive Statistics: first losing record on the road since 2016 (31-39). The Power’s 69 wins overall are the eighth-most by a West Virginia W-L: 2-2 W-L: 6-1 squad, while their .496 winning percentage is sixth-worst and their 21.5-game back finish is second-worst all-time ERA: 4.25 ERA: 1.93 (2012, -22.5 GB). The Power missed the playoffs for the fourth consecutive season. Quality Starts: 1 Quality Starts: 4 IP: 36.0 IP: 65.0 LUCKY 13: With West Virginia’s 2-0 win over Greensboro in the season finale, the team recorded its 13th shutout win H: 28 H: 88 R: 17 High R: 57/Low R: 16 of the year, tying the 2011 and 2016 squads for the most shutouts in a season in Power history. The team’s 13 blankings ER: 17 High ER: 48/Low ER: 12 were tied with the Peoria Chiefs and South Bend Cubs for the third-most shutouts across all of Low-A baseball. SV/OPP: 1/1 SV/OPP: 4/4 BB: 13 High BB: 25/Low BB: 14 PILING UP THE STRIKEOUTS: After the quartet of pitchers fanned eight Grasshoppers on the final day of the season, SO: 39 High SO: 79/Low SO: 40 West Virginia’s strikeout total settled at 1270, the most by a Power pitching staff in team history, and the first time they HR: 7 High HR: 10/Low HR: 3 had ever crossed the 1200-strikeout plateau. West Virginia had the seventh-most strikeouts in all of Low-A baseball. Errors: 2 High Errors: 11/Low E: 1 2019 VS. GRASSHOPPERS LOTS OF TURNOVER: The Power’s roster saw tons of movement in 2019, as 60 different players suited up for West Virginia this season. Over the last 15 years, 529 professionals have donned a West Virginia uniform and played in at least 6-15 one game for the Power. The team underwent 101 roster transactions this season, while 17 different members earned Date Location Result promotions to the High-A Modesto Nuts, including the top three prospects in the Mariners’ system, RHP Logan Gilbert May 3 Greensboro 3-2, Loss and OFs Jarred Kelenic and Julio Rodriguez. Gilbert and Kelenic both reached Double-A by the end of the season. May 4 Greensboro 6-3, Loss May 5 Greensboro 8-2, Loss May 6 Greensboro 6-3, Loss ALL-STAR CALIBER: West Virginia had four members named to the South Atlantic League Midseason All-Star May 21 Charleston 10-7, Loss team, RHPs Dayeison Arias, Clay Chandler and Bryan Pall and catcher Jake Anchia. The Power garnered four May 22 Charleston 17-7, Loss Midseason honorees for the fourth time in the last five seasons. The team has had four or more All-Stars in a year eight May 23 Charleston 6-5, Loss times in team history. Honeyman was the team’s lone Annual All-Star (third base). He snagged his second Year-End May 24 Charleston 7-5, Loss All-Star selection, as he was named to the Northwest League’s Postseason All-Star squad in 2018. Honeyman is the June 24 Greensboro 7-3, Loss third Power player ever to be named an Annual All-Star at 3B, joining Mat Gamel (2006) and Taylor Green (2007). June 25 Greensboro 12-6, Win June 26 Greensboro 9-2, Loss July 12 Greensboro 9-7, Win THE STAR OF THE SECOND HALF: Honeyman was the most consistent hitter in the South Atlantic League in the July 13 Greensboro 10-8, Win second half. The 2018 29th round selection boasted the best clip in the league (and third-best across all of Class A and July 14 Greensboro 12-9, Loss Class A+ baseball) since July 3, averaging .341 clip (62-for-182) with two homers and 24 RBI. He also had a hit in 38 of July 31 Charleston 5-4, Loss his final 47 games. Honeyman collected his 33rd multi-hit game of the season in the season finale, the most on the team. August 1 Charleston 5-2, Loss August 2 Charleston 8-5, Win SURGING SANDERS: Matt Sanders put together quite the stretch run for West Virginia as well. The infielder hit August 30 Charleston 11-1, Loss August 31 Charleston 3-1, Loss safely in 26 of his last 32 contests and averaged .315 (39-for-124), the sixth-best mark in the SAL in that stretch (July September 1 Charleston 7-3, Win 28-end of season), with four homers and 13 RBI. Sanders tied Onil Pena for the team lead with three homers and led September 2 Charleston 2-0, Win the squad with 11 RBI in the month of August. He was the only active Power hitter to have an average above .300 2018 Results: 3-3 (.302) in the season’s penultimate month. All-Time SAL Series: Series tied at 100-100 POWER POINTS: Charlie McConnell did not committed an error in 82 consecutive games to close out the season POWER AT A GLANCE (dating back to 5/15 at CSC)... West Virginia is 11-4 all-time in regular season finales, including 7-1 at home (four-game 2019 Season Leaders (Active Only) winning streak) and 3-0 vs. GBO... The Power finished the year with 103 homers, third-most by a West Virginia team Batting Avg: Bobby Honeyman - .278 (2007, 128 and 2010, 105)... Devin Sweet had the third-best ERA in the league since he became a starter on June 16 (2.59). Home Runs: Onil Pena - 15 2019 SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE SECOND HALF STANDINGS RBI: Onil Pena - 60 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 42-27 -- .609 *Augusta 41-29 -- .586 *Hickory 42-27 -- .609 Asheville 39-31 ELIM .557 Innings: Ryne Inman - 126.1 Kannapolis 36-34 ELIM .514 Charleston 36-33 ELIM .522 ERA: Josias De Los Santos - 4.97 Greensboro 35-34 ELIM .507 Rome 35-35 ELIM .500 Strikeouts: Ryne Inman - 146 Hagerstown 35-35 ELIM .500 *Lexington 31-38 ELIM .449 West Virginia 32-37 ELIM .464 Columbia 28-42 ELIM .400 Saves: Bryan Pall - 6 Lakewood 29-39 ELIM .426 Greenville 24-44 ELIM .353 PITCHING PROBABLES Date Opponent/Time Probable Pitchers (Away vs. Home) END OF REGULAR SEASON 2019 Game Notes & Information POWER VS. THE SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE 2019 VS. BRAVES 2019 VS. BLUECLAWS 2019 VS. CRAWDADS 4-4 13-4 4-5 Date Location Result Date Location Result April 15 Charleston 5-4, Win (F/11) Date Location Result July 26 Rome 5-4, Loss (F/10) April 16 Charleston 7-1, Win June 3 Hickory 7-2, Loss July 27 Rome 8-6, Loss April 17 Charleston 7-1, Win June 4 Hickory 4-2, Win July 28 Rome 6-1, Win April 30 Lakewood 2-0, Win May 1 Lakewood 2-1, Win June 5 Hickory 5-1, Loss July 29 Rome 4-3, Win (F/10) May 2 Lakewood 10-0, Loss August 3 Charleston 7-2, Win June 20 Lakewood 5-4, Loss (F/10) July 1 Charleston 4-1, Loss August 4 Charleston 7-2, Loss June 21 Lakewood 1-0, Win (F/10) July 2 Charleston 1-0, Win June 22 Lakewood 3-2 Win July 3 Charleston 4-3, Win August 5 Charleston 5-2, Win June 23 Lakewood 7-4, Loss August 6 Charleston 8-6, Loss August 8 Lakewood 3-0, Win July 23 Hickory 5-4, Loss August 9 Lakewood 3-1, Win July 24 Hickory 2-1, Loss 2018 Results: Auugst 10 Lakewood 7-1, Loss August 11 Lakewood 6-1, Win July 25 Hickory 3-2, Win Series tied 6-6 August 23 Charleston 1-0, Win August 24 Charleston 5-2, Win August 25 Charleston 6-4, Win 2018 Results: All-Time SAL Series: WV 12-7 Rome leads 46-40 2018 Results: 4-4 2019 VS.