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August 22, 2014 - South Atlantic League (SAL1)
Charleston Dirty Birds News Release


Kannapolis Intimidators (29-31, 58-69) at West Virginia Power (29-29, 49-77)

Game 127 | August 22, 2014 | Appalachian Power Park | Charleston, WV

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

TONIGHT'S MATCH-UP

LH Andre Wheeler (3-3, 2.99) vs. RH Dovydas Neverauskas (6-10, 5.64)

Wheeler: Allowed 0 R on 2 H in 8/16 W @ GBO w/ 4 K and 2 BB (6-0 Intimidators)

Neverauskas: Surrendered 2 R on 5 H in 8/15 W @ LEX with 8 K and 1 BB (9-2 Power)

THE LEAD OFF: The Power bested the Lakewood BlueClaws on Wednesday night at Appalachian Power Park 5-1. West Virginia raced out to the early lead with a Reese McGuire RBI triple in the second followed by a Wyatt Mathis run-scoring hit. The Power added to their advantage in the fourth when Mathisen plated another on a sacrifice fly. Lakewood tallied one with a Malquin Canelo RBI hit in the fifth, but West Virginia came right back with two in the eighth behind an Edwin Espinal RBI triple. Cody Dickson tallied the win while Yoel Mecias was charged with the loss.

YOU SAY GOODBYE AND I SAY HELLO: The Pittsburgh Pirates promoted right-hander Felipe Gonzalez to Bradenton on Wednesday. In exchange the Pirates promoted right-hander Jake Burnette to the Power roster from Bristol. Meanwhile, Pittsburgh placed JaCoby Jones on the Power Disabled List. Jones was two home runs shy of tying the Power single-season record of 24. To fill the open spot, the Pirates activated catcher Francisco Diaz from the Disabled List.

FEAR FACTOR: The West Virginia Power and Kannapolis meet for the final time in 2014 this weekend. West Virginia holds the all-time series advantage since 2005 at 52-51 and the Power are 4-7 against Kannapolis this season. At Appalachian Power Park, West Virginia is 23-27 against the Intimidators with an 0-5 record in Charleston in 2014.

WISH I WAS THERE: Power right-hander Dovydas Neverauskas has struggled within the confines of Appalachian Power Park. Neverauskas is 3-1 with a 3.06 ERA in nine starts away from Charleston while allowing just two home runs. The native of Lithuania has posted a 3-9 mark with a 7.74 ERA at home in 2014 while allowing eight long balls. Neverauskas is coming off of a start in which he set his career-high of eight strikeouts.

GAME OFF: West Virginia's scheduled matchups with the Lakewood BlueClaws on Tuesday and Thursday night were cancelled due to unplayable grounds. The games will not be rescheduled or made up.

TRIPLE THE FUN: In Wednesday night's win over Lakewood, West Virginia posted three triples in a game for the first time since 2010. Edwin Espinal, Reese McGuire and Erich Weiss tripled to help lead the Power to the win. The last time West Virginia tripled three times in an affair was on April 26, 2010, against Kannapolis when Kye Morgan ripped a pair of three-baggers and Ramon Cabrera added another.

NOT SO NICE NORTH: The West Virginia Power have struggled in 2014 with divisional matchups. The Power are 27-49 against the North while 11-27 at Appalachian Power Park while in the division. West Virginia is 22-27 vs. the Southern division.

POWER PROMO UPDATE- AUGUST 23: The Power battle the Kannapolis Intimidators on Saturday, August 23 at Appalachian Power Park on for Back-to-School Night. Backpacks will be given away to the first 1,000 fans. First pitch is scheduled for 7:05 pm and the game and giveaway are presented by Columbia Pipeline Group and 98.7 The Beat.

POWER POINTS: Wyatt Mathisen had two doubles and two singles in his first four at bats on Saturday and finished 4-5 with a run batted in. Mathisen joins Edwin Espinal and JaCoby Jones as the only players with four hit games for the Power this season, though Espinal and Jones have accomplished this feat three times apiece... On Saturday, Michael Fransoso became the first Power player since Chris Lashmet on May 30, 2012, to triple twice in one game. Fransoso is also the first person to score four runs in any game this season... One game after Adam Landecker had his first multi-RBI of the season, the infielder drove in three to match his single-game career high on Saturday night.

AROUND THE ORGANIZATION: Pittsburgh was idle on Thursday. The Pirates visit the Milwaukee Brewers tonight with Jeff Locke taking the hill against former Power hurler Yovani Gallardo... Indianapolis fell to Toledo 6-1... Altoona was edged Akron 4-3. Andy Vasquez drove in a pair in the Curve loss ... Bradenton dropped a 5-2 final to Fort Myers. Chad Kuhl did not allow an earned run over six innings of work for the Marauders ... Jamestown blanked Batavia 2-0. Elvis Escobar was 2-4 with a double and an RBI.

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.

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