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April 14, 2014 - South Atlantic League (SAL1)
Charleston Dirty Birds News Release


Asheville Tourists (7-4) at West Virginia Power (4-7)

Game 12 | April 14, 2014 | Appalachian Power Park | Charleston, WV

Radio: Charleston's ESPN 104.5 & 1490 - wvpower.com Airtime: 6:45 pm

TONIGHT'S MATCH-UP

RH Johendi Jiminian (2-0, 0.00) vs. RH Shane Carle (0-0, 3.86)

Jiminian: Allowed 2 R (0 ER) on 4 H with 6 K and 0 BB over 5.0 IP in 4/08-2 Win vs. WVP (5-2 ASH)

Carle: Allowed 2 R on 6 H over 5.0 IP in 4/09 ND @ ASH with 6 K and 0 BB (5-3 Tourists)

THE LEAD OFF: West Virginia beat Lexington 10-6 on Sunday afternoon to snap a five game losing streak. Danny Collins gave the Power a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first with a sac fly. In the second, Legends starter Austin Fairchild walked five straight batters and hit the next to extend West Virginia's lead to 4-0. After Collins doubled in a pair, JaCoby Jones walked to reload the bases before Erich's Weiss hit an inside-the-park grand slam for a 10-0 advantage. All nine hitters scored a run in the 13 batter second inning. Lexington rallied for six runs between the fifth and seventh innings, but the Power bullpen held on. Dovydas Neverauskas earned his second win as Fairchild was saddled with the loss. Justin Maffei had the only multi-hit game for West Virginia.

GRAND SLAM: Erich Weiss's second inning grand slam was the ninth by a Power player since West Virginia became a Pirates affiliate in 2009. The club has hit at least one grand slam in each season since 2009 with the exception of the 2010 campaign. Weiss's inside-the-park grand slam was his first professional home run.

EIGHT STRAIGHT: Erich Weiss continued his hitting streak by going 1-5 on Sunday. Weiss is batting .483 during his last eight games with and has climbed to seventh in the league in average. He is also tied for fourth in base hits with 14.

HEREDIA TO DL: Luis Heredia left Saturday's game after one pitch with right shoulder discomfort. The Pittsburgh Pirates have stated that the 19-year-old will be reevaluated in the coming days. The right-hander was placed on the Power Disabled List earlier today retroactive to April 13. Felipe Gonzalez is tentatively slated to take Heredia's spot in the rotation and start on Thursday at Kannapolis.

MCKINNEY MOVES UP: After placing Luis Heredia on the Disabled List, the Pirates promoted Brett McKinney to the West Virginia roster from Jamestown. McKinney was selected in the 19th round of the 2103 Draft out of Ohio State. The right-hander appeared in 23 games for the Jammers during the 2013 season, going 1-0 with a 3.45 ERA.

SKID STOPPED: The Power snapped their five game losing streak with Sunday's 10-6 victory. The club scored the same number of runs in the second inning Sunday as they did during the entire losing streak. West Virginia was outscored 20-9 during their skid.

BASES LOADED BOOST: Danny Collins double with the bases loaded on Sunday was West Virginia's first hit with the bags full this season. Erich Weiss's grand slam was the second and the club is now 2-10 this season with the bases full. The Power tallied nine runs batted in Sunday from a bases loaded situation, bringing their season total to ten; tied for third most in the South Atlantic League.

GRAND SLAM TIES: Erich Weiss's grand slam on Sunday was hit off of Lexington's Luke Farrell. Farrell's brother Jeremy was drafted by Pittsburgh in 2008 and played third base for West Virginia in 2009. Jeremy Farrell hit a grand slam on May 17, 2009, against the Delmarva Shorebirds. Weiss's father, Gary, played at Blinn College before attending the University of Texas. Blinn is Eric Wood's alma mater. Wood played third base last summer for the Power and hit a grand slam against Greensboro on June 16, 2013.

PROMO UPDATE- APRIL 26: The first 1,000 fans on Saturday, April 26, will receive a replica of the Pittsburgh Pirates 1979 World Series Championship ring. Omar Moreno and Watt Powell will be inducted onto the Wall of Fame as well with Moreno making a guest appearance.

POWER POINTS: Copies of the 2014 Media Guide are available upon request...

AROUND THE ORGANIZATION: Pittsburgh lost 4-1 at Milwaukee... Indianapolis fell 10-9 against Columbus... Altoona lost its third straight against Richmond 7-3. Joely Rodriguez gave up five runs on seven hits in the loss... Bradenton lost 6-0 at Jupiter. Ryan Hafner took the loss after surrendering six runs on five hits in relief of Jason Creasy.

ON THE AIR: West Virginia Power games can be heard on Charleston's ESPN 104.5 FM and 1490 AM in Charleston, online at wvpower.com and on the TuneIn Radio App. Adam Marco will call the action for all 140 games and will be joined by Jacob Corrigan when the team plays at Appalachian Power Park.

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