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May 25, 2016 - South Atlantic League (SAL1)
Charleston Dirty Birds News Release


WEST VIRGINIA POWER (22-22) at CHARLESTON RIVERDOGS (29-15)

Game 45 | May 25, 2016 | Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park | Charleston, SC

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

PITCHING MATCH-UP

RH Dario Agrazal (1-3, 5.29) vs. RH Cody Carroll (2-1, 2.70)

Agrazal: Allowed 2 R on 6 H over 7.0 IP in 5/19 W vs. HIC with 3 K (7-1 Power)

Carroll: Allowed 0 R on 0 H over 4.0 IP in 5/20 W vs. COL with 7 K (2-1 RiverDogs)

LEADING OFF: The West Virginia Power fell 6-0 to the Charleston RiverDogs in game two of the series Tuesday night. Charleston jumped to an early 1-0 lead against Power starter Brett Helton on a Connor Spencer RBI single in the first. That was the only run Helton allowed through six innings while striking out a season high six. 'Dogs starter Luis Cedeno stymied the Power offense, allowing just one hit through six innings. Charleston finished off their scoring with a run in the seventh and four runs in the eighth, capped by a bases clearing double by Eduardo Navas to make it 6-0 'Dogs. Helton took the loss and Cedeno earned his first win of the year. Nestor Cortes finished off the one hit shutout, closing the game with three hitless innings to notch his first save.

WAG THE DOG: The RiverDogs have won the last four games against the Power after West Virginia captured the first meeting 3-2. The 'Dogs took the 2015 series 4-3, and lead overall the match-up 41-29. The Power are 15-25 on the road at Charlie South.

SUPER DARIO: Power starting pitcher Dario Agrazal has lasted seven innings in each of his last two starts, after he had gone as far as six innings just once in his first six starts. The right-hander has allowed two runs or fewer in six of his first eight starts this season.

HELLO MY NAME IS... Following Jess Amedee's appearance Tuesday, three different Power players have debuted for the team in the last four days. Outfielder Logan Hill debuted for the club on Saturday and pitcher Sean Keselica made his first appearance in a Power jersey during the series opener Monday night.

ROAD TRIPPED: West Virginia has lost 10 of its last 11 road tilts. The Power won 9 of 12 such games to start the year.

THE MORE THE MERRIER: Following Tuesday night's loss, the Power fell to 1-15 when they score two runs or fewer. The club is 21-7 when they plate at least three runs.

KEEP IT 100: On Saturday Ke'Bryan Hayes became the first Power player this season to be included in MLB.com's top 100 prospect list. The 19-year-old , ranked as the 100th best prospect in baseball, joins Tyler Glasnow (8), Austin Meadows (16), Josh Bell (44), and Jameson Taillon (53) as the only players from the Pirates organization on the list.

RATLEDGE RELIEF: Power infielder Logan Ratledge pitched in his second game of the season Monday night, giving up two runs and striking out a pair in two innings of relief. Ratledge earned the win in the team's 16 inning victory over Kannapolis on April 18. The right-hander is the first West Virginia position player to pitch since Adam Landecker on July 1, 2014.

POWER POINTS: The Minnesota Twins promoted Robbie Grossman to the active roster. Grossman hit .266 over 116 games for West Virginia in 2009... No Power player has a current hitting streak longer than catcher John Bormann's seven game run... West Virginia scored nine runs Saturday night, their second-highest total of the season and largest output since April 19 vs. Kannapolis... With a split of Sunday's doubleheader against Hickory, the Power won their first series since April 22-24 against Lexington...

AROUND THE ORGANIZATION: Pittsburgh blew out Colorado 12-3. Gregory Polanco hit his sixth home run of the season... Indianapolis edged Rochester 4-3. Ed Easley and Danny Ortiz hit home runs en route to the win.... Akron toppled Altoona 8-3. Brandon Waddell received a no-decision after allowing two runs in four innings.... Bradenton shutout Dunedin 2-0. Yeudy Garcia allowed just two hits in six scoreless frames.

PROMO UPDATE: On May 28, the Power host the Columbia Fireflies on Red Neck Night 5. The game features a sleeveless T-shirt giveaway as well as a pre and postgame concert by Love and Theft.

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


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