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 (3-4, 40-37) vs. KANNAPOLIS INTIMIDATORS (4-3, 32-43) Game: 78 (Home: 36 [21-14]) | June 27, 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: LHP Steven Moyers (6-4, 4.20 ERA) vs. RHP Jason Bilous (2-5, 2.98 ERA) Moyers: Has hurled five straight quality starts (May 28-current), allowing 9ER in 33.2 IP (2.41 ERA) Bilous: Allowed one run over two innings with three strikeouts May 12 in WV out of bullpen N-ROD AND DAVIS HOMER IN 9-2 LOSS: Nick Rodriguez and J.R. Davis each cranked their second home run LAST HOMESTAND (6/6-12) of the season, but the Greensboro Grasshoppers scored eight runs over their final three offensive innings to take the series finale, 9-2, Wednesday afternoon at First National Bank Field. The Grasshoppers got on the board first in the Record: 4-3 Season Highs Batting Statistics: Batting Statistics: second inning, as Michael Gretler plated a run after grounding into a double play. West Virginia answered in the fourth AVG: .192 (42-for-219) AVG: .266 (55-for-207) with N-Rod’s solo bomb to right-center, tying the game at one. Devin Sweet worked five solid innings in his third AB: 219 AB: 249 career Minor League start, but ran into trouble in the sixth, loading the bases with nobody out before being relieved RISP: 11-for-63 (.175) RISP: 15-for-46 (.326) by Dayeison Arias. Arias allowed two of his inherited runners to score, but settled in nicely after that, striking out H: 42 High H: 55/Low H: 42 the side to end the sixth. Greensboro then tacked on four more in the seventh against Ben Onyshko, while Kyle Hill R: 20 High R: 43/Low R: 20 ceded two runs in the eighth on Mason Martin’s 20th long ball of the season. Davis got one back in the eighth with HR: 4 High HR: 11/Low HR: 4 his homer to right-center, but Yerry De Los Santos silenced the Power in the ninth to close out the 9-2 win and give BB: 19 BB: 34 SO: 78 High SO: 78/Low SO: 53 the Grasshoppers a series victory. SB: 1 SB: 6 Defensive Statistics: Defensive Statistics: THE LONG BALL: With N-Rod and Davis’ homers Wednesday, the Power has now hit 65 home runs as a team, third- W-L: 4-3 W-L: 6-1 most in the league (Greensboro, 77 and Hickory, 85). Conversely, the pitching staff is tied with Asheville in giving up ERA: 4.33 ERA: 1.93 the second-most homers in the South Atlantic League (62). West Virginia has left the yard eight times in seven games Quality Starts: 3 Quality Starts: 3 (2x) at First National Bank Field this season. IP: 63.0 IP: 63.0 H: 59 H: 88 R: 28 High R: 57/Low R: 16 WELCOME BACK, JULIO: In his 14 games back since his return from the injured list June 10, Julio Rodriguez ER: 26 High ER: 48/Low ER: 12 has surged back onto the scene with the Power. The Mariners’ fourth-best prospect per Baseball America (fifth per SV/OPP: 4/4 SV/OPP: 4/4 MLB.com) is averaging .327 (17-for-52) over this 14-game span, the highest mark on the team. Since June 10, Julio BB: 21 High BB: 25/Low BB: 14 has posted two homers, eight RBI, eight runs scored and a .916 OPS, and has recorded a hit in 11 of those 14 contests. SO: 68 High SO: 79/Low SO: 62 HR: 7 High HR: 7/Low HR: 3 OH MY ONIL: Onil Pena posted the first two-homer game of his career along with a career-best six RBI Tuesday Errors: 1 High Errors: 11/Low E: 1 evening. The first baseman became the first Power slugger to notch a six-RBI night sinceDeon Stafford accomplished the feat August 11, 2018, at Rome. Pena is the fourth West Virginia batter to stroke two homers in a game, joining 2019 VS. INTIMIDATORS Dean Nevarez (April 26 vs. Asheville), Jarred Kelenic (April 27 vs. Asheville) and Jake Anchia (May 9, Game 1, 0-3 vs. Augusta). Pena also became the third Power batter to reach the 10-homer plateau this season (Kelenic, 11 and Date Location Result Anchia, 10). West Virginia had four batters reach double-digit homers in 2018 (Rodolfo Castro, Oneil Cruz, Calvin May 11 Charleston 10-7, Loss Mitchell and Stafford). The Dominican product’s previous career-high in RBI was four, which he set back on June May 12 Charleston 2-1, Loss 21, 2014, in the DSL. May 13 Charleston 6-2, Loss June 27 Charleston 7:05 p.m. WHAT A QUALITY GUY: Thursday starter Steven Moyers turned in his fifth consecutive quality start for the Power June 28 Charleston 7:05 p.m. Saturday evening against Lakewood, as well as his seventh in his last eight outings. With that quality outing, Moyers June 29 Charleston 6:05 p.m. posted his 10th quality start of the year, the most among the Power’s pitching staff. In his last five starts, the left-hander June 30 Charleston 2:05 p.m. has given up nine earned runs over 33.2 innings of work, good for a 2.41 ERA, with 29 strikeouts. The University of Rhode Island product has hurled at least six innings in 11 of his 14 starts this season, and has only ceded more than 2018 Results: three runs in four of them. Moyers is second in the South Atlantic League in innings pitched (85.2) and strikeouts (88). Kannapolis 7-1 ALL-STAR ARIAS: Despite letting two of his inherited runners score, Arias struck out the side Wednesday afternoon All-Time SAL Series: in his lone inning of work and extended his streak of not allowing an earned run to 21.2 innings across 18 appearances. In this stretch, the South Atlantic League Midseason All-Star has finished 11 games and picked up one hold and three Kannapolis leads 74-72 saves. He has fanned 30 batters compared to seven walks while only surrendering three unearned runs on nine hits and holding opposing hitters to a .125 average against him. No other pitcher in the South Atlantic League who has thrown as many innings as Arias has holds a spotless ERA during this time frame. Arias has appeared in 25 games this season for the Power, the sixth-most appearances in the SAL. POWER POINTS: Onyshko saw his streak of 6.2 scoreless innings snapped Wednesday... West Virginia went 0-for-3 with runners in scoring position, stranding four men on base... Julio swiped his first base of the season, and the 11th of his Minor League career (11-for-14 overall)... Sheaffer did not reach base in a game for the first time with the Power, POWER AT A GLANCE going 0-for-4 with three strikeouts... N-Rod homered for the first time since May 21, also against Greensboro. However, 2019 Season Leaders (Active Only) that long ball marked his first home run as a position player, as he was designated as the pitcher when he went deep Batting Avg: Joseph Rosa - .242 previously... Davis left the yard for the first time since May 30 at Asheville... Anchia sports a five-game hitting streak. Home Runs: Anchia/Pena - 10 2019 SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE SECOND HALF STANDINGS RBI: Onil Pena - 38 Northern Division Italics=Eliminated from Playoffs Southern Division Italics=Eliminated from Playoffs Stolen Bases: Charlie McConnell - 8 * = Division; & = Wild Card W-L GB PCT * = Division Winner W-L GB PCT Wins: Chandler/Inman - 7 Delmarva 6-1 -- .857 Greenville 5-2 -- .714 Hickory 6-1 -- .857 Augusta 4-3 1.0 .571 Innings: Clay Chandler - 88.1 Kannapolis 4-3 2.0 .571 Columbia 4-3 1.0 .571 ERA: Clay Chandler - 3.87 Greensboro 3-4 3.0 .429 Charleston 3-4 2.0 .429 West Virginia 3-4 3.0 .429 Rome 3-4 2.0 .429 Strikeouts: Inman/Moyers - 88 Hagerstown 2-5 4.0 .286 Asheville 2-5 3.0 .286 Saves: Dayeison Arias - 5 Lakewood 2-5 4.0 .286 Lexington 2-5 3.0 .286 This Date in Mariners History (1999) In front of 56,530 fans, the Mariners beat PITCHING PROBABLES the Rangers, 5-2, in the 1,765th and last Date Opponent/Time Probable Pitchers (Away vs. Home) major league game at the Kingdome. The 6/28/19 Kannapolis/7:05PM RHP Johan Dominguez (3-3, 2.05 ERA) vs. RHP Deivy Florido (2-3, 4.89 ERA) contest features a three-run homer by Ken 6/29/19 Kannapolis/6:05PM LHP Sam Long (3-1, 3.79 ERA) vs. RHP Clay Chandler (7-4, 3.87 ERA) Griffey, Jr., who makes an astounding 6/30/19 Kannapolis/2:05PM RHP Davis Martin (4-7, 6.27 ERA) vs. RHP Ryne Inman (7-5, 4.50 ERA) over-the-fence catch to rob Juan 7/1/19 Hickory/7:05PM TBD vs. RHP Devin Sweet (3-3, 3.31 ERA) Gonzalez of a three-run round-tripper. 2019 Game Notes & Information TONIGHT’S STARTING PITCHER 17 | STEVEN MOYERS | LHP | 6-4, 4.20 ERA, 15G, 14GS 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: 6-4/15G/14GS/4.20ERA/85.2IP/88K/13BB/6HR/.283 2018: 4-2/26G/7GS/3.78ERA/83.1IP/61K/16BB/8HR/.268 Career Stats (4 Seasons): 14-11/81G/27GS/4.07 ERA/270.0 IP/217 K/54 BB/22 HR/.274 AVG Currently: Has hurled five straight quality starts (May 28-Current) • Recorded career highs in innings (7) and strikeouts (9) April 13 vs.