WEST VIRGINIA POWER GAME NOTES South Atlantic League - Class-A affiliate of the Pittsburgh Pirates since 2009 - 601 Morris St. Suite 201- Charleston, WV 25301 - 304-344-2287 - www.wvpower.com - Media Contact: David Kahn West Virginia POWER (7-2, 44-31) AT HAGERSTOWN SUNS (1-8, 28-49) Game: 76 (Road: 35) | July 1, 2018 | Historic Municipal Stadium | Hagerstown, MD Radio: The Jock 1300 and 1340 AM - wvpower.com Airtime: 1:45 P.M. PITCHING MATCHUP RHP Cody Bolton (3-0, 1.03 ERA) vs. RHP Kyle Johnston (1-2, 3.15 ERA) Bolton: Making first career start against HAG; Struck out 5 over 6 IP vs. LWD on 6/25 Johnston: Tossed 2.2 scoreless innings against West Virginia on 5/9 in relief CRUZ LEADS OFFENSIVE OUTBURST IN 12-4 WIN: Oneil Cruz went 4-for-6 with a double, two RBI and CURRENT ROAD TRIP two runs scored as West Virginia piled on 15 hits, one shy of tying its season high, to claim a 12-4 victory over the Hagerstown Suns Saturday evening at Historic Municipal Stadium. The Power tacked on two runs in the third courtesy Record: 1-0 of Cruz’s double and a passed ball before adding five more in the fifth as all nine men came to the plate in the frame. Batting Statistics: AVG: .366 (15-for-41) Ben Bengtson started the scoring with a sacrifice fly before Chris Sharpe singled, Raul Siri smacked a two-run AB: 41 double, his first hit with West Virginia, andRyan Peurifoy drove in a run to make it 7-0 Power. Hagerstown managed RISP: 8-for-13 (.615) to tally two runs in the fifth againstHunter Stratton, who lasted just 4.1 innings, and one in the sixth against Drew H: 15 Fischer, who earned the win in relief, to close the lead to 7-3. However, West Virginia responded with another five- R: 12 run, nine men to the plate seventh inning, with Bengtson igniting the scoring again. The Power third baseman scored HR: 0 on a throwing error for the first run of the inning. Then, Kyle Watson smoked an RBI double and Jesse Medrano, BB: 3 and Cruz posted back-to-back-to-back run scoring singles to extend West Virginia’s edge to 12-3. SO: 5 Lolo Sanchez Elvis SB: 0 Escobar made his South Atlantic League debut on the mound Saturday, tossing the eighth and ninth innings while Pitching/Defensive Statistics: not allowing a hit and striking out three. W-L: 1-0 ERA: 3.00 CRUZ ENJOYS THE SUMMER SUN(S): Cruz finished off a torrid June in loud fashion Saturday night, as the Quality Starts: 0 Power infielder led the team in average (.375), home runs (3) and RBI (19) during the month. Cruz raised his season IP: 9.0 average to .312 with his third four-hit game of the season, also increasing his team-high RBI total to 46, second-best H: 6 in the Pirates system to (56, Double-A Altoona). His season average and RBI both rank fourth-best in the R: 4 Will Craig ER: 3 SAL. The Dominican native put together his best statistical month of the season in June, posting a 1.025 OPS in 25 Saves/Opportunities: 0/0 games. Cruz has also thoroughly enjoyed his time at Historic Municipal Stadium in 2018, boasting a ridiculous .524 BB: 9 (11-for-21) clip in four games with five extra-base hits, four RBI and five runs scored. The shortstop recorded his SO: 7 team-best 24th multi-hit and 12th multi-RBI games Saturday. HR: 0 Errors: 1 POWER SURGING IN HAGERSTOWN: West Virginia has had a lot of success in Hagerstown in 2018. In their first series with the Suns from May 9-11, the Power outscored Hagerstown 22-5 in a three-game sweep that included 2018 VS. SUNS their largest margin of victory of the season in the middle match, when they delivered a 13-2 drubbing. That brooming was part of a six-game winning streak for West Virginia, tied for its longest of the season. Overall, the Power is hitting 4-0 .305 (47-of-154) as a team against the Suns with five home runs and 30 RBI, while the pitching staff is 4-0 with a Date Location Result 1.75 ERA (7 ER/36 IP) and allowing batters just a .203 clip against them. With its 12-4 win yesterday, West Virginia May 9 Hagerstown 7-3, W May 10 Hagerstown 13-2, W moved to 16-0 when scoring seven or more runs in a ballgame. May 11 Hagerstown 2-0, W June 30 Hagerstown 12-4, W THE BIG INNING: With a pair of five-run frames in Saturday’s win, the Power tallied their first multi-big inning July 1 Hagerstown 2:05 PM contest since April 17, 2017, when they used a five-run third and a five-run eighth to demolish the Hickory Crawdads, July 2 Hagerstown 7:05 PM 19-3, with a whopping 22 hits at L.P. Frans Stadium. July 3 Hagerstown 7:05 PM July 7 Charleston 6:05 PM ROAD WARRIORS: The Power has won eight straight road games, courtesy of back-to-back sweeps of the Augusta July 8 Charleston 2:05 PM GreenJackets and Hickory Crawdads at SRP Park and L.P. Frans Stadium and Saturday’s series-opening win over July 9 Charleston 7:05 PM Hagerstown. The club has claimed eight games in a row on the road for the first time since a 12-game road winning August 27 Charleston 7:05 PM August 28 Charleston 7:05 PM streak from July 20-August 25, 2009, the longest stretch in club history. August 29 Charleston 7:05 PM August 30 Charleston 7:05 PM HEY SIRI: After going 0-for-3 in his West Virginia debut Thursday against Hickory, Siri recorded his first hit with the Power with a two-run double to the base of the left-field wall Saturday. It was Siri’s fourth extra-base hit of the 2017 Results: season in 12 games as well as his fourth and fifth RBI. HAG won 9-6 ESCOBAR SHINES IN DEBUT: Escobar was absolutely dominant over his two innings of work Saturday. The left- All-Time SAL Series: hander flexed 95 MPH with a fastball, change-up and slurve mix, striking out three batters and setting down six of the HAG leads 93-83 seven men he faced, with the lone exception coming on a walk to Kameron Esthay with one out in the eighth inning. POWER POINTS: West Virginia went 8-for-13 (.615) with runners in scoring position... Medrano notched his first POWER AT A GLANCE multi-hit game with the Power, while Sanchez registered his 13th and Sharpe posted his 15th... Medrano scored two runs 2018 Quick Records in a game for just the second time in his career... Sanchez picked up his third outfield assist of 2018... West Virginia sat Overall Record: 44-31 atop or near the top of the SAL in a few categories in June (SV: 12, 1st; ERA: 3.21, 3rd; SB: 22, T-2nd; RPG: 5.0, 3rd). Second Half Record: 7-2 2018 SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE SECOND HALF STANDINGS Place (Second Half): 1st Northern Division Italics=Eliminated from Playoffs Southern Division Italics=Eliminated from Playoffs GB (Second Half): 0.0 * = First Half Winner W-L GB PCT * = First Half Winner W-L GB PCT Home: 21-20 West Virginia 7-2 -- .778 Asheville 6-2 -- .750 *Lakewood 6-3 1.0 .667 Charleston 6-2 -- .750 Away: 23-11 Greensboro 5-3 1.5 .625 Columbia 5-4 1.5 .556 Last 5 3-2 Delmarva 6-4 1.5 .600 Greenville 4-6 3.0 .400 Kannapolis 5-5 2.5 .500 *Rome 4-6 3.0 .400 Last 10 7-3 Hickory 4-5 3.0 .444 Augusta 3-7 4.0 .300 2018 Season Leaders Hagerstown 1-8 6.0 .111 Lexington 2-7 4.5 .222 Batting Avg: Mitchell - .312 Home Runs: Cruz - 10 PITCHING PROBABLES RBI: Cruz - 46 Date Opponent/Time Power Starter vs. Opponent Stolen Bases: Sanchez - 15 7/2/18 @Hagerstown/7:05 p.m. RHP Gavin Wallace (6-1, 3.54 ERA) vs. RHP Jackson Tetreault (1-7, 5.23 ERA) Wins: Wallace/Robles - 6 7/3/18 @Hagerstown/7:05 p.m. TBD vs. LHP Seth Romero (0-1, 4.91 ERA) ERA: Robles - 3.20 7/4/18 Lexington/7:05 p.m. TBD vs. TBD Strikeouts: Robles - 63 7/5/18 Lexington/7:05 p.m. TBD vs. TBD Saves: Seelinger - 7 TODAY’S STARTING PITCHER 47 | CODY BOLTON | RHP Height: 6-2 Weight: 201 DOB: June 19, 1998 Resides: Tracy, CA Acquired: Selected in the sixth round of the 2017 draft Drafted: 2017 (6th Round) 2018: 3-0/5G/5GS/1.03 ERA/26.1 IP/25 K/4 BB/1 HR/.198 2017: 0-2/9GS/3.16 ERA/25.2 IP/22 K/8 BB/1 HR/.240 Career Stats (2 Seasons): 3-2/14G/14GS/2.08 ERA/52.0 IP/47 K/12 BB/2 HR/.219 AVG 2018: Promoted to the Power on May 22 from extended spring training... Struck out a career-best eight batters and tossed a then-career-high five innings in SAL debut on May 25 vs. KAN in four-pitcher shutout, earning first pro win... Bested previous start with a six-inning scoreless gem, fanning four and headlining another four-pitcher shutout win..