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 (27-28) at ASHEVILLE TOURISTS (24-31) Game: 56 (Road: 28 [10-17]) | June 2, 2019 | McCormick Field | Asheville, N.C. Radio: The Jock 1300 and 1340 AM - wvpower.com Airtime: 1:45 P.M. THE PITCHING MATCH-UP: LHP Steven Moyers (3-4, 5.37 ERA) vs. RHP Ryan Feltner (3-4, 5.06 ERA) Moyers: Hurled six scoreless innings with four strikeouts against Asheville April 25 in Charleston Feltner: Held West Virginia to two runs on four hits over six innings with 8K April 26 in Charleston POWER SMACKED 16-1 SATURDAY: West Virginia’s offense was subdued for the second straight day, while Asheville’s offense went to work in the late innings, plating 14 runs from the fifth inning on in a 16-1 walloping of the CURRENT ROAD TRIP Power Saturday night at McCormick Field. The Tourists notched two in the third off Damon Casetta-Stubbs on an Record: 1-2 Season Highs Batting Statistics Batting Statistics: RBI groundout and a base hit from Danny Edgeworth, but West Virginia responded right back in the next frame. The AVG: .226 (21-for-93) AVG: .362 (25-for-69) first four batters reached against Alfredo Garcia, with J.R. Davis and Keegan McGovern singling before Onil Pena AB: 93 AB: 245 worked a walk to load the bases with nobody out. Bobby Honeyman then singled in Davis to cut the deficit in half, RISP: 5-for-23 (.217) RISP: 11-for-26 (.423) but the Power would leave the bases loaded from there. Asheville went back to work in the fifth, plating three runs in H: 21 High H: 60/Low H: 25 each of the next three frames before exploding for five in the eighth. The Tourists used four long balls over their final R: 10 High R: 29/Low R: 14 four offensive frames, as Edgeworth went deep in consecutive at-bats and Kyle Datres and Coco Montes homered for HR: 2 High HR: 5/Low HR: 1 the second straight game. BB: 5 BB: 29 SO: 27 High SO: 73/Low SO: 16 SB: 0 SB: 6 SWEET AS HONEY: Honeyman has really caught fire of late, hitting safely in 16 of his last 18 games (May 13-present). Defensive Statistics: Defensive Statistics: He is averaging .324 (22-for-68) with eight RBI and 12 runs in that span. Honeyman is currently riding a seven-game W-L: 1-2 W-L: 3-4 hitting streak as well, going back to May 24, his second streak of six games or more this season (8, May 13-20). ERA: 12.91 ERA: 2.60 Quality Starts: 1 Quality Starts: 2 BIG-INNING BLUNDERS: Asheville’s five-run eighth inning is the third big inning the Tourists have notched against IP: 23.0 IP: 62.1 West Virginia in this series (2nd inning, 7 runs and 6th inning, 5 runs, May 31). West Virginia has had 11 big innings H: 41 High H: 64/Low H: 48 R: 33 High R: 35/Low R: 15 posted against them this year, with eight of them coming on the road. ER: 33 High ER: 32/ Low ER: 15 SV/OPP: 0/0 SV/OPP: 1/1 MULTI-HIT MCCONNELL: Charlie McConnell went 2-for-4 with two doubles Saturday night, the Power’s only BB: 15 High BB: 22/Low BB: 13 two extra-base hits in the contest. McConnell now has 10 multi-hit games this season, third-most on the team (Joseph SO: 18 SO: 78 Rosa, 14 and Jarred Kelenic, 17). HR: 7 High HR: 6/Low HR: 2 Errors: 2 High Errors: 9/Low E: 1 ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE NUMBERS: The Tourists piled up 19 hits against West Virginia last night, the most hits the team has allowed in a game this season. The Power has not given up more than 19 hits in a contest since 2019 VS. TOURISTS 2014, when they surrendered 20 hits two times in the span of a week to the Delmarva Shorebirds (June 24) and the 6-4 Lakewood BlueClaws (June 30). Asheville’s 16 runs scored Saturday are the second-most West Virginia has conceded Date Location Result this season (Greensboro, 17, May 22). The Power has allowed 16+ runs in a single game just four times since 2012. April 18 Asheville 12-7, Win West Virginia has been outscored 30-2 overall in the last two days, and outhit 32 to 11. April 19 Asheville PPD to April 20 April 20 (1) Asheville 8-5, Loss (F/7) WE’RE ON TO THE SECOND HALF: The South Atlantic League’s Northern Division became a three-horse race last April 20 (2) Asheville 6-2 Win (F/7) night, as the Power was officially eliminated from playoff contention with their loss and Delmarva’s come-for-behind April 25 Charleston 5-1, Win 5-3 win over Greenville in South Carolina. West Virginia has not made the playoffs since 2015, when they posted a April 26 Charleston 4-3, Win league-best 87-52 record and won the second-half title with a 50-20 mark. April 27 Charleston 5-1, Win April 28 Charleston 8-2, Loss A MONTH TO FORGET: West Virginia was happy to see the month of May come to a close, as the team posted a May 30 Asheville 8-3, Win 10-20 record this past month, the most losses of any team in the SAL. The Power also recorded a .224 average, the May 31 Asheville 14-1, Loss fourth-worst mark in the league, and a 5.44 ERA, the highest ERA of all Sally League staffs. West Virginia had not June 1 Asheville 16-1, Loss dropped 20 games in a single month since May 2012, when they put up an identical 10-20 record, while the pitching staff June 2 Asheville 2:05 p.m. has not held a higher monthly ERA since April 2012, as the arms slotted in a 5.80 earned run average over 24 games. 2018 Results: DOMINANT DAYEISON: Dayeison Arias shut down the last major Tourists rally in the seventh Thursday night, 5-2 entering with runners at the corners and two down with Asheville’s hottest hitter in Terrin Vavra at the dish. The reliever induced a groundout and cruised through the other three batters he faced in the eighth. Arias has not allowed an earned All-Time SAL Series: run in his last 11 appearances (April 25-present), during which he has thrown 17 innings, ceded just six hits and struck ASH leads 67-58 out 21 batters compared to four walks. Only one other pitcher in the SAL has a spotless ERA with at least that many innings under their belt in this span, Kannapolis starter Johan Dominguez (21 innings, six games, four starts). POWER POINTS: Sunday starter Steven Moyers is coming off his sixth quality start of the year last time out against POWER AT A GLANCE Lexington. Those six quality starts are tied with Clay Chandler for the most on the team... West Virginia went 1-for-9 2019 Season Leaders (Active Only) with runners in scoring position, stranding seven men on base... McGovern is 3-for-8 (.375) in his first two games in a Batting Avg: Joseph Rosa - .273 Power uniform... Johnny Slater became the third position player to head to the mound for West Virginia this season. Home Runs: Anchia/Pena - 7 2019 SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE FIRST HALF STANDINGS RBI: Onil Pena - 26 Northern Division Italics=Eliminated from Playoffs Southern Division Italics=Eliminated from Playoffs Stolen Bases: McConnell/Rosa - 5 * = Divison; & = Wild Card W-L GB PCT * = Division Winner W-L GB PCT Wins: Chandler/Inman - 5 Delmarva 42-12 -- .778 Charleston 29-26 -- .527 Greensboro 36-18 6.0 .667 Lexington 26-28 2.5 .481 ERA: Clay Chandler - 3.31 Hickory 35-20 7.5 .636 Augusta 26-29 3.0 .473 Strikeouts: Ryne Inman - 63 West Virginia 27-28 ELIM .491 Rome 26-29 3.0 .473 Hagerstown 25-30 ELIM .455 Asheville 24-31 5.0 .436 Saves: Arias/Pall - 2 Kannapolis 24-31 ELIM .436 Greenville 24-31 5.0 .436 Lakewood 18-36 ELIM .333 Columbia 21-34 8.0 .382 This Date in Mariners History (1987) Using their number one pick overall in PITCHING PROBABLES the draft, the Seattle Mariners select Ken Date Opponent/Time Probable Pitchers (Away vs. Home) Griffey, Jr. “Junior” spends 13 seasons 6/3/19 @Hickory/6:30PM RHP Deivy Florido (2-1, 3.26 ERA) vs. TBD with Seattle, posting a .292 average 6/4/19 @Hickory/6:30PM RHP Clay Chandler (5-2, 3.31 ERA) vs. TBD with 417 homers and 1216 RBI in 1685 6/5/19 @Hickory/10:30AM RHP Ryne Inman (5-4, 4.44 ERA) vs. TBD games. Griffey was named the 1997 AL 6/6/19 Greenville/7:05PM TBD vs. RHP Damon Casetta-Stubbs (2-4, 8.15 ERA) MVP, and is a 2016 Hall of Fame inductee 2019 Game Notes & Information TODAY’S STARTING PITCHER 17 | STEVEN MOYERS | LHP | 3-4, 5.37 ERA, 10G, 10GS Height: 6-0 Weight: 190 DOB: September 27, 1993 Resides: Sharon, Connecticut Acquired: Signed as a non-drafted free agent June 22, 2016 Drafted: N/A 2019: 3-4/10G/10GS/5.37ERA/57.0IP/60K/9BB/5HR/.299 2018: 4-2/26G/7GS/3.78ERA/83.1IP/61K/16BB/8HR/.268 Career Stats (4 Seasons): 11-11/76G/23GS/4.33 ERA/241.1 IP/189 K/50 BB/21 HR/.277 AVG Currently: • Struck out a then-career-high eight batters in Power debut April 8 at Lexington • Recorded career highs in innings (7) and strikeouts (9) April 13 vs.