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 (25-26, 62-59) at DELMARVA SHOREBIRDS (32-18, 80-39) Game: 122 (Road: 63 [30-32]) | August 14, 2019 | Arthur W. Perdue Stadium | Salisbury, Md. Radio: The Jock 1300 and 1340 AM - wvpower.com Airtime: 6:45 P.M. THE PITCHING MATCH-UP: RHP Devin Sweet (7-4, 2.89 ERA) vs. RHP Gray Fenter (6-2, 1.88 ERA) Sweet: Has won his last four decisions dating back to July 6 at Lexington Fenter: Boasts a 1.50 ERA in two games (one start) vs. WV; Has tossed 6 IP with 11 K and 0 BB POWER FALLS IN BACK-AND-FORTH AFFAIR 10-9: Julio Rodriguez smacked his first career grand slam and CURRENT ROAD TRIP tallied a career-high six RBI, but West Virginia dropped the middle match of their series with the Delmarva Shorebirds, Record: 4-2 Season Highs 10-9, Tuesday evening at Arthur W. Perdue Stadium. The Power got on the board first in the opening frame, as Ryan Batting Statistics Batting Statistics: Ramiz and Matt Sanders started the ballgame with back-to-back singles before Austin Shenton brought in a run on AVG: .228 (46-for-202) AVG: .362 (25-for-69) a groundout later in the stanza to make it 1-0. Delmarva answered immediately in the home half, taking advantage AB: 202 AB: 248 of a shaky Ryne Inman, who only lasted two-thirds of an inning and gave up three runs on one hit and five walks. RISP: 16-for-66 (.242) RISP: 17-for-35 (.486) However, West Virginia pounced right back in the second, with Ramiz plating a run on a base hit and Sanders working H: 46 High H: 60/Low H: 25 a walk to load the bases. Julio then blasted a ball to deep left-center to clear the bags, putting the Power up 6-3. Again, R: 26 High R: 29/Low R: 14 though, the Shorebirds came right back, posting four runs in the second against to snag a 7-6 edge. HR: 2 High HR: 6/Low HR: 1 Logan Rinehart BB: 26 BB: 29 Nick Horvath stroked his second homer in as many days in the fifth to extend the lead to 8-6, which then sparked SO: 41 High SO: 73/Low SO: 16 another West Virginia rally in the sixth. Charlie McConnell and Ramiz each earned a free pass, while Sanders snuck SB: 2 SB: 6 one through the legs of Adam Hall at shortstop to bring in a run. A wild pitch moved Ramiz and Sanders into scoring Defensive Statistics: Defensive Statistics: position for Julio, who laced a double into the left-field corner and tallied two more RBI for the prospect outfielder. W-L: 4-2 W-L: 3-4 Unfortunately, Delmarva was able to strike for two against Elias Espino in the seventh, and held on for the 10-9 win. ERA: 3.12 ERA: 2.60 Quality Starts: 2 Quality Starts: 4 Julio went 3-for-5 with six RBI on his grand slam and two-run double IP: 52.0 IP: 62.1 (2x) CAREER DAY FOR JULIOOOOOOOO: H: 52 High H: 69/Low H: 30 Tuesday, notching his 25th multi-hit (third on the team) and 13th multi-RBI (most on team) games of the year. Over R: 21 High R: 51/Low R: 12 his last 16 contests (going back to July 27), Julio is averaging .379 (25-for-66), the fourth-highest mark in the SAL, ER: 18 High ER: 45/ Low ER: 10 (Bobby Honeyman is first, .415) with four homers and 17 RBI, and has a hit in 14 of those 16 games, including seven SV/OPP: 2/2 SV/OPP: 2/2 (2 SV 2x) straight from August 1-8. The Mariners’ second-best prospect per MLB.com has eight multi-hit games during this run. BB: 15 High BB: 24/Low BB: 6 SO: 43 SO: 78 HOW GRAND IT IS: J-Rod drilled the Power’s fourth grand slam of the season Tuesday, joining Dean Nevarez (May HR: 3 High HR: 13/Low HR: 2 26 vs. Lexington, 8th), Jake Anchia (June 10 vs. Delmarva, 8th) and Ramiz (July 4 at Lexington, 13th). Julio’s slam Errors: 4 High Errors: 9/Low E: 1 is the first of his Minor League career, as well as West Virginia’s second on the road and first before the eighth inning. 2019 VS. SHOREBIRDS Rodriguez now has 10 homers on the year, the fourth Power player to record double-digit long balls in 2019 (Onil Pena, 15; Anchia, 12; Jarred Kelenic, 11). West Virginia’s 98 home runs are the fourth-highest total by a Power team in club 5-7 history (2007, 128). Julio also recorded the team’s second six-RBI night of the year (Pena, June 25 at Greensboro). Date Location Result June 10 Charleston 5-4, Win NO DOG DAYS FOR RAMIZ: Since June 30, Ramiz has really found his stroke at the plate, boasting a .318 (48-for- June 11 Charleston 1-0, Win 151) clip, the seventh-best average in the South Atlantic League in that span, over 37 games with four homers and 19 June 12 Charleston 1-0, Win RBI. The Seton Hall product has 16 multi-hit games during this stretch, upping his season total to 27, second-most on July 9 Charleston 9-0, Loss the team (Honeyman, 30), and has raised his overall batting average 47 points from .197 to .244. July 10 Charleston 7-2, Loss July 11 Charleston 10-7, Loss (F/10) FIRING BLANKS: Following a very rough stretch for Benjamin Onyshko when he allowed 11 earned runs over nine July 18 Charleston 5-2, Loss innings of work (11.00 ERA) from July 13-27, the southpaw reliever has settled into a nice rhythm. He has not given July 19 Charleston 9-5, Loss up an earned run in his last seven innings, and has struck out 11 batters compared to just one walk. July 20 Charleston 12-10, Win July 21 Charleston 3-2, Loss (F/11) DOMINANT DAYEISON: Dayeison Arias has really turned it on over his last few outings, spinning seven consecutive August 12 Delmarva 4-2, Win hitless innings with 11 strikeouts dating back to July 25. The right-hander’s 13 saves are the most by a West Virginia August 13 Delmarva 10-9, Loss reliever since Nick Neumann recorded a Power-franchise record 17 saves in 19 opportunities in 2015. His 13 saves August 14 Delmarva 7:05 P.M. are also third-most in the South Atlantic League (Jesus Tona, Augusta, 16) and in the Mariners’ system (Art Warren, Double-A Arkansas, 15). Arias has only allowed an earned run in six of his 38 total appearances, and the Power have 2018 Results won the last nine games he has appeared in. The righty has recorded the last six saves for West Virginia. WV won 4-3 HONEY BUNCHES OF HITS: Honeyman went 2-for-5 with an RBI and a run scored Sunday, collecting his 30th All-Time SAL Series multi-hit game of the season, which leads all Power sluggers. Over his last 33 games, Honeyman is boasting a .366 (48- WV leads 102-94 for-131) clip, second-best in the SAL, with two homers and 21 RBI. He also has notched a hit in 29 of those 33 contests. DOWN THE DIVISION-HEAVY STRETCH: West Virginia is in the midst of a division-heavy run in August, POWER AT A GLANCE playing 14 of 18 games against the Northern Division. Following this stretch, which concludes after a four-game set 2019 Season Leaders (Active Only) with Hagerstown this weekend in Charleston, the Power will play seven of their final 14 games against divisional foes. Batting Avg: Bobby Honeyman - .281 West Virginia is 5-4 during this division gauntlet, but 29-34 overall and 16-20 in the second half. Home Runs: Onil Pena - 15 2019 SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE SECOND HALF STANDINGS RBI: Onil Pena - 55 Northern Division Italics=Eliminated from Playoffs Southern Division Italics=Eliminated from Playoffs Stolen Bases: Charlie McConnell - 10 * = Division; & = Wild Card W-L GB PCT * = Division Winner W-L GB PCT Wins: Ryne Inman - 8 Delmarva 32-18 -- .640 Asheville 28-23 -- .549 Hickory 29-21 3.0 .580 Augusta 28-23 -- .549 Innings: Ryne Inman - 121.2 Greensboro 27-23 5.0 .540 Charleston 26-25 2.0 .510 ERA: Devin Sweet - 2.98 Kannapolis 25-26 7.5 .490 Rome 26-25 2.0 .510 Strikeouts: Ryne Inman - 136 West Virginia 25-26 7.5 .490 Columbia 23-28 5.0 .451 Hagerstown 24-27 8.5 .471 Lexington 21-30 7.0 .412 Saves: Dayesion Arias - 13 Lakewood 21-28 10.5 .429 Greenville 19-31 8.5 .380 PITCHING PROBABLES Date Opponent/Time Probable Pitchers (Away vs. Home) 8/15/19 Hagerstown/7:05PM RHP Jackson Rutledge (1-0, 2.70 ERA) vs. RHP Evan Johnson (0-3, 3.86 ERA) 8/16/19 Hagerstown/7:05PM LHP Jackson Stoeckinger (1-2, 3.60 ERA) vs. RHP Josias De Los Santos (4-6, 4.67 ERA) 8/17/19 Hagerstown/6:05PM TBD vs. LHP Nate Fisher (0-1, 5.33 ERA) 8/18/19 Hagerstown/2:05PM RHP Jake Irvin (6-7, 4.04 ERA) vs.