SAL1 Charleston Dirty Birds

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Published on August 23, 2012 under South Atlantic League (SAL1)
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Hickory Crawdads (32-27, 68-60) at West Virginia Power (33-26, 56-73)

Game 130 | August 23, 2012 | Appalachian Power Park | Charleston, WV

Radio: ESPN Radio 104.5 FM & 1490 and wvpower.com Air Time- 6:45 p.m.

TONIGHT'S MATCHUP

RH Jerad Eickhoff (11-7, 4.94) vs. RH Zack Von Rosenberg (4-5, 5.13)

Eickhoff: Allowed 3 R on 3 H with 1 K and 2 BB over 4.0 IP in 8/18 ND vs. SAV (12-5 Crawdads)

Von Rosenberg: Allowed 1 R on 7 H over 5.0 IP with 4 K and 2 BB in 8/18 Win @ KAN (7-1 WVP)

POWER REPLAY: West Virginia walked off with a 5-4 win against Charleston on Wednesday evening. The RiverDogs took a 1-0 lead in the second, but the Power scored twice in the fourth on a run-scoring single by Willy Garcia and a squeeze bunt by Francisco Aponte that plated the go-head run. Charleston took a 4-2 lead in the fifth on a three run home run from Casey Stevenson. In the Power sixth, Jose Osuna singled and scored on a triple by Taylor Lewis, who then crossed on a sac fly to tie the game. In the bottom of the ninth, West Virginia loaded the bases for Osuna, who singled to right to win the game. Orlando Castro picked up the win and John Brebbia took the loss.

1.5 BEHIND: Hagerstown edged Kannapolis on Wednesday and maintained a game and a half lead of West Virginia in the SAL Northern Division. The Crawdads enter play tonight two and a half games behind the Suns and a game back of the Power. Each team has 11 games remaining this season.

GRAB THE STEAMPOT: West Virginia opens its' third to last series of the regular season tonight against Hickory. The Power are 45-36 all-time against the Crawdads dating back to 2005. The Power have a 27-13 mark against the Crawdads at Appalachian Power Park.

STREAKS ROLL ON: Jose Osuna's hitting streak has reached 14 straight with an eighth innings single last night. The Power first baseman is batting .291 over his last 13 games with two home runs and seven runs batted in. Eric Avila's has reached 11 games in a row, while Alen Hanson has hit safely in seven straight. Gregory Polanco has a nine game hitting streak intact when he next takes the field after being activated from the Disabled List.

SCORING DIFFERENTIAL: West Virginia has scored 644 runs this season and has allowed 695. During the first half of the season, the Power scored 316 over seventy games for an average of 4.5 runs per game and allowed 442 for an average of 6.3 runs allowed per game. In 59 second half games, the team has scored 328 runs (5.6 runs per game) and has allowed 253 (4.3 runs allowed per game).

AIN'T THAT GRAND: Tuesday night's eighth inning grand slam by Eric Avila was the first by a West Virginia hitter this season. The Power were one of three clubs (Rome and Savannah) that had not hit a grand slam this season. In fact, West Virginia went over two years without a grand slam. Jarek Cunningham's based loaded blast on June 10, 2010 at Asheville was the last one prior to last night.

FOUR GONE CONCLUSION: Eric Avila has been named as the South Atlantic League's Player of the Week for August 13-19. The Power infielder hit .423 over seven games with nine runs batted in and hit home runs in four consecutive games while the club played in Kannapolis last week. Avila is the first West Virginia player to be honored by the league this season. Avila is the second player in Power franchise history to hit one out in four consecutive games, matching Caleb Gindl's feat from August of the 2008 season.

POWER POINTS: On Tuesday, Pittsburgh promoted Pat Ludwig and Alex Fuselier from the State College Spikes to the Power roster after promoting Emmanuel De Leon to Bradenton and placing Junior Sosa on the Power Disabled List... Kyle McPherson was recalled by Pittsburgh on Monday and made his MLB debut against the Padres that night. He is the 28th player to wear a Power jersey to reach the big leagues since 2005.

AROUND THE ORGANIZATION: Pittsburgh fell 4-2 at San Diego and were swept by the Padres. The Pirates are off today and start a six game homestand tomorrow against the Brewers... Indianapolis beat Louisville 7-5... Altoona blasted Trenton 14-2. Quincy Latimore went three for four with four runs batted in... Bradenton beat Fort Myers 2-1... State College beat Auburn 5-4 in 12 innings.

ON THE AIR: All 140 West Virginia Power games can be heard on ESPN 104.5 FM and 1490 AM in Charleston, WV and online at milb.com. Adam Marco will call the action for each of the 70 home games this season, while the home team will provide coverage while the Power are on the road.

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