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 (20-18) AT CHARLESTON RIVERDOGS (22-17) Game: 40 (Road: 20 [6-12]) | May 16, 2019 | Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park | Charleston, S.C. Radio: The Jock 1300 and 1340 AM - wvpower.com Airtime: 6:45 P.M. THE PITCHING MATCH-UP: RHP Damon Casetta-Stubbs (2-1, 6.75 ERA) vs. RHP Luis Gil (1-2, 1.00 ERA) Casetta-Stubbs: Gave up seven runs on eight hits over 4.1 innings vs. KAN May 11 Gil: Allowed three unearned runs over five innings with nine strikeouts vs. COL May 11 RIVERDOGS WALK IT OFF IN EXTRAS: West Virginia rallied from five runs down to tie it in the ninth, but CURRENT ROAD TRIP the RiverDogs were able to scratch across the winning run on a Josh Stowers RBI single in the 11th to win it, 7-6, Wednesday evening at Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park. The Power got the scoring going in the opening frame, with Jarred Record: 0-2 Season Highs Kelenic smoking an RBI single for a 1-0 lead. Charleston responded right back in the second, tagging Ryne Inman Batting Statistics Batting Statistics: AVG: .227 (17-for-75) AVG: .362 (25-for-69) for a pair of runs to take a 2-1 lead. The RiverDogs built up a five-run advantage with one in the third and fifth before AB: 75 AB: 239 plating two in the sixth to go up 6-1. However, West Virginia clawed back into it with two runs in the seventh on an RBI RISP: 6-for-22 (.273) RISP: 11-for-26 (.423) groundout from Cesar Izturis Jr. and a run-scoring single from Charlie McConnell, shrinking the deficit to 6-3. In H: 17 High H: 46/Low H: 25 the ninth, the Power capped their comeback effort with a three-run frame against Anderson Munoz, asNick Rodriguez R: 11 High R: 20/Low R: 14 brought in Onil Pena with a groundout, Dean Nevarez scored on a wild pitch and J.R. Davis blooped a single to center HR: 2 High HR: 4/Low HR: 1 that tied the game at six. Meanwhile, Devin Sweet contained the RiverDogs for the seventh and eighth, allowing just BB: 4 BB: 29 one hit, while Dayesion Arias stranded Stowers at third in the bottom of the ninth by striking out the side to send us SO: 14 High SO: 73/Low SO: 16 SB: 2 SB: 6 to extras. Neither team was able to scratch a run across in the 10th, and Aaron McGarity held West Virginia scoreless Defensive Statistics: Defensive Statistics: in the top of the 11th, while Charleston immediately moved their placed on runner to third on a sacrifice bunt for the W-L: 0-2 W-L: 3-4 second straight inning, and Stowers stroked his two-out game-winning knock to center field. ERA: 5.21 ERA: 2.60 Quality Starts: 0 Quality Starts: 1 OH MY ONIL: Pena has thrived in his first two games against the RiverDogs, going 3-for-6 with a home run, an RBI IP: 19.0 IP: 62.1 and three runs scored. The first baseman became the second Power batter to homer in consecutive games this season H: 19 High H: 64/Low H: 48 with his fourth-inning blast in the series opener Tuesday (Kelenic, April 26 and 27 against Asheville). The Dominican R: 13 High R: 34/Low R: 15 ER: 11 High ER: 26/ Low ER: 15 Republic native is also riding a season-long 11-game on-base streak, during which he is averaging .237 (9-for-38) with SV/OPP: 0/0 SV/OPP: 1/1 three homers, four RBI, two doubles, seven runs scored and eight walks. BB: 9 High BB: 22/Low BB: 13 SO: 25 SO: 78 ALMIGHTY ANCHIA: Jake Anchia had been on quite the tear recently, averaging .391 (9-for-23) in his last six HR: 2 High HR: 5/Low HR: 2 games with four homers and nine RBI. The backstop recorded his first career multi-home run game in Thursday’s twin Errors: 4 High Errors: 9/Low E: 1 bill opener, becoming the third Power batter to do so this season (Nevarez, April 26 vs. Asheville and Kelenic, April 27 vs. Asheville). Anchia is the first batter to homer in back-to-back at-bats since Trae Arbet on April 12, 2017, vs. 2019 VS. RIVERDOGS Asheville. The Nova Southeastern product collected a career-best five RBI Thursday, the first West Virginia slugger to accomplish the feat since Deon Stafford’s six-RBI effort August 11, 2018, at Rome. 0-2 Date Location Result PILING UP THE STRIKEOUTS: West Virginia’s pitching staff compiled 13 strikeouts Wednesday evening, fanning May 14 Charleston, SC 6-5, Loss double-digit batters for the 22nd time. Their season-high in strikeouts is 19, which they have accomplished twice (April May 15 Charleston, SC 7-6, Loss (F/11) 6 at Greenville and April 15 vs. Lakewood). The Power’s 393 total strikeouts are third-most in the South Atlantic May 16 Charleston, SC 7:05 p.m. League, but sit just three behind the leaders, Charleston and Kannapolis. August 20 Charleston, SC 7:05 p.m. August 21 Charleston, SC 7:05 p.m. BY THE SLIMMEST OF MARGINS: West Virginia dropped its seventh game by one run this season, moving their August 22 Charleston, SC 7:05 p.m. record to 7-7 in one-run contests in 2019. The Power has played the sixth-most one-run games in the South Atlantic League (Greenville, 20, 9-11). However, West Virginia is tied for the fourth-best winning percentage in one-run affairs at .500. 2018 Results: Charleston 6-5 DOMINANT DAYEISON: Though Arias was saddled with the loss last night, he tossed 2.2 solid innings, giving up just one hit and striking out four. Arias spun 2.2 innings for the second time in his career, while his four punchouts set All-Time SAL Series: a new season-high. The reliever has not allowed an earned run in his last eight appearances, spanning 12.2 innings. Charleston leads 61-46 During that stretch, he has struck out 17 batters compared to just three walks. Arias has only ceded an earned run in three of his team-high 15 appearances. RODRIGUEZ STARTING TO ROLL: Rodriguez has reached base safely in eight of his last nine games, dating back to May 5. In that span, the infielder has posted a .310 (9-for-29) clip with three RBI, two runs scored and two doubles. ROAD WOES: West Virginia has dropped its last seven road games, dating back to May 2 in Lakewood, when the BlueClaws thumped the Power, 10-0. West Virginia holds a 6-12 road mark, the fourth-worst winning percentage away from their friendly confines. The Power has not lost more than seven road games since an eight-game stretch 7/13-7/26/18. POWER AT A GLANCE 2019 Season Leaders (Active Only) POWER POINTS: West Virginia is 1-14 when allowing six or more runs in a game... The Power dropped their fourth Batting Avg: Jarred Kelenic - .314 game of the year when outhitting their opponent (14-4)... West Virginia dropped to 16-6 when scoring first in a game. Home Runs: Jarred Kelenic - 7 2019 SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE FIRST HALF STANDINGS RBI: Jarred Kelenic - 22 Northern Division Italics=Eliminated from Playoffs Southern Division Italics=Eliminated from Playoffs Stolen Bases: Jarred Kelenic - 6 * = Divison; & = Wild Card W-L GB PCT * = Division Winner W-L GB PCT Wins: Chandler/Inman - 4 Delmarva 28-8 -- .778 Charleston 22-17 -- .564 Hickory 25-13 4.5 .658 Augusta 19-19 2.5 .500 ERA: Clay Chandler - 1.65 Greensboro 24-13 4.5 .649 Lexington 18-20 3.5 .474 Strikeouts: Ryne Inman - 52 West Virginia 20-18 9.0 .526 Rome 18-21 4.0 .462 Kannapolis 18-19 10.5 .486 Greenville 15-23 6.5 .395 Saves: Arias/Pall - 2 Hagerstown 17-21 12.0 .447 Asheville 14-24 7.5 .368 Lakewood 13-24 15.5 .351 Columbia 14-25 8.0 .359 This Date in Power History (2016) Alen Hanson becomes the 50th former PITCHING PROBABLES Power player to debut in the bigs. The Date Opponent/Time Probable Pitchers (Away vs. Home) Pirates defeated the Braves, 8-5, at PNC 5/17/19 @Greenville/7:05PM LHP Steven Moyers (2-3, 4.39 ERA) vs. TBD Park, while Hanson was used as a pinch- 5/18/19 @Greenville/7:05PM RHP Josias De Los Santos (0-2, 7.30 ERA) vs. TBD hitter for pitcher Jon Niese in the sixth. 5/19/19 @Greenville/3:05PM RHP Clay Chandler (4-1, 1.65 ERA) vs. TBD Hanson struck out swinging in his lone 5/20/19 @Greenville/7:05PM RHP Ryne Inman (4-2, 3.65 ERA) vs. TBD plate appearance vs. Williams Perez. 2019 Game Notes & Information TONIGHT’S STARTING PITCHER 22 | DAMON CASETTA-STUBBS | RHP | 2-1, 6.75 ERA, 4G, 4GS Height: 6-4 Weight: 200 DOB: July 27, 1999 Resides: Vancouver, Washington Acquired: Selected in the 11th round of the 2018 draft by Seattle Drafted: 2018 Draft (11th Round) 2019: 2-1/5G/4GS/5.95ERA/19.2IP/15K/3BB/2HR/.300 2018: 0-2/6G/5GS/13.50ERA/6.2IP/7K/4BB/0HR/.429 Career Stats (2 Seasons): 2-3/11G/9GS/7.86 ERA/26.1 IP/22 K/7 BB/2 HR/.339 AVG Currently: Added to Power roster April 24 from High-A Modesto • Made one start with the Modesto Nuts, going 2.1 innings and allowing four unearned runs on April 11 in full-season debut • (Fastball touches as high as 97 and has some sink to it, while slider flashes plus stuff) • Fired five no-hit innings in Power debut April 24 vs.