SAL1 Charleston Dirty Birds

Drive shut Power down twice

Published on April 12, 2008 under South Atlantic League (SAL1)
Charleston Dirty Birds News Release


Charleston, WV - The Greenville Drive used a pair of big innings in Saturday night's double header to take both ends of the double dip, scoring five times in the sixth inning to win game one 7-2, and they used a four-run third inning to defeat the Power 5-1 in game two.

The Power plated a pair of runs in the second inning of the first contest to take their only lead of the night. Zelous Wheeler's double in the second inning plated Caleb Gindl. Wheeler stole third and scored later in the inning on an errant throw from catcher Luis Exposito. The Drive tied the game on a two-run double from Yamaico Navarro in the top of the fifth. In the sixth inning, David Marks hit a Grand Slam and Navarro scored on a wild pitch to put the Power away.

The Drive scored four times in the third inning of game two and never looked back. Brent Brewer's errant throw allowed Exposito to score the first run. Navarro tripled in the next two runs and scored on Mike Jones's RBI single. Navarro struck again in the fifth on an RBI single. The Power plated their only run of the contest on Ulrich Snijders's solo homerun in the bottom of the fifth.

Felix Doubront (2-0) earned the victory in game one, allowing just a pair of runs on four hits with seven strikeouts over five innings, while Curtis Pasma (0-1) was tagged with the loss after allowing five runs on four hits in two innings of relief. Chad Popvich (1-0) offered an inning and a third of scoreless relief and was rewarded with the victory, while Mike Ramlow (1-1) took the loss after allowing five runs on seven hits over five innings with six strikeouts.

The Power are 3-7 after the losses and Greenville improves to 6-4 with the victories. Eammon Portis struck out eight in game two for the Drive, and at one point struck out seven out of nine batters he faced between the second and fourth inning. Nick Tyson tossed three scoreless innings for the Power in game one, and Pedro Lambertus offered two scoreless innings out of the pen in game two.

The Power will continue the four game series with the Greenville Drive at Appalachian Power Park on Sunday afternoon. Right hander Roque Mercedes (0-0, 5.19) will get the start for the Power and the Drive will counter with right hander Terumasa Matsuo (0-0, 0.00). The first pitch is scheduled for 2:05 PM.

For more information contact the Power Front Offices at (304) 344-2287 or visit the Power website at www.wvpower.com.

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