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June 2, 2010 - South Atlantic League (SAL1)
Charleston Dirty Birds News Release


West Virginia Power (25-27) at Lexington Legends (25-28)

Game 53 | June 2, 2010 | Applebee's Park | Lexington, KY

Radio: Power Baseball Network and wvpower.com

TODAY'S MATCHUP

RH Brandon Holden (0-3, 3.72) vs. RH Bobby Donovan (4-4, 2.55)

Holden- Allowed 1 R on 2 H with 2 BB and 2 K over 4.0 IP in 5/28 ND vs. HIC (6-5 Crawdads in 10)

Donovan- Allowed 2 R on 5 H with 5 BB and 1 K over 5.0 IP in 5/28 Loss @ GBO (3-0 'Hoppers)

BACK-TO-BACK: The Power won the series opener at Lexington Tuesday evening, beating the Legends 7-3. Jarek Cunningham tripled and homered, while Aaron Baker doubled and hit his fifth home run of the season. Maurice Bankston picked up the win in relief of Phillip Irwin and the Power handed David Duncan his first loss of the year. West Virginia looks for its third straight win this morning.

MAY DAYS: West Virginia went 15-15 during the month of May and hit .229, ten points lower than their average in April when they went 9-12. The staff ERA in May, however, was 3.65, compared to 3.80 during the first month of the season. The Power also hit 21 home runs in May, compared to nine during April.

SEE YA: Rogelio Noris hit two home runs in Monday's 8-1 win over Hickory to become the first Power player to accomplish the feat this season. West Virginia has 32 home runs, good enough for fifth out of 14 teams in the SAL. Greensboro leads the league with 59, while Rome has the fewest with 12.

JOSUE HAS GONE AWAY: The Pittsburgh Pirates traded Josue Peley to Boston after

Sunday's game. Peley was selected by the Pirates in the 35th round of the 2006 draft and had been a member of the Power roster from the outset of the 2009 season. The catcher was hitting .179 this season over 19 games with six runs batted in. West Virginia went 11-8 with Peley behind the plate this season. Pittsburgh reacquired outfielder Jonathan Van Every from Boston and assigned him to Indianapolis.

ADDITION BY SUBTRACTION: Pittsburgh has promoted Pat Irvine to the West Virginia roster to fill the spot vacated by the Josue Peley deal. Irvine was selected in the 33rd round of the 2009 draft from Elon University. The catcher/ outfielder hit .245 over 66 games last year for State College with three home runs and 41 runs batted in.

WALK THIS WAY: Evan Chambers leads the SAL with 39 walks, four more than Delmarva's Brian Conley. Chambers is also among the leaders across all of Minor League Baseball. The Lakeland, Florida native is tied for sixth place, trailing leader Kane County's Conner Crumbliss by ten free passes.

LEADING BASEBALL: West Virginia has hit into 16 double plays this season, the fewest amount of any team in full-season, affiliated baseball. The next lowest total across all of baseball Beloit in the Midwest League with 20. The lowest tally among Major League teams is 21 by the San Diego Padres, while the lowest mark in the American League is 28 by Toronto and Tampa Bay.

POWER POINTS: The Power were shutout for the sixth time this season on Sunday, surpassing their 2009 season-long total... Wednesday's crowd of 4,601 was the largest of the season, surpassing Tuesday's previous high. The Power drew 8,636 during their two Grand Slam School Days last week... West Virginia is 6-1 in games played on Saturday this season...

AROUND THE ORGANIZATION: Pittsburgh rallied to beat the Chicago Cubs 3-2. Garrett Jones and Neil Walker hit home runs for the Pirates... Indianapolis shut out Gwinnett 6-0... Altoona won at New Britain 4-1... Bradenton trailed 6-1 after three innings against Lakeland and lost 8-3.

ON THE AIR: All 140 West Virginia Power games can be heard on ESPN Radio 1490 AM in Charleston, WV, across the state on the Power Radio Network, 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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