SAL1 Charleston Dirty Birds

Blueclaws Outlast Power

Published on May 26, 2008 under South Atlantic League (SAL1)
Charleston Dirty Birds News Release


Charleston, WV (May 26, 2008) - The West Virginia Power had several chances to tie the Lakewood BlueClaws at Appalachian Power Park on Monday afternoon, but they left the tying run stranded in scoring position three innings in a row and lost their sixth straight home game 4-3.

Derrick Mitchell plated the first of two runs for Lakewood in the first inning with his third homerun of the series. Dominic Brown followed with a double and scored on Michael Taylor's base hit. Jonathan Lucroy ripped a solo homerun with two outs in the bottom of the first inning before a one hour and twenty-five minute rain delay.

In the fourth inning, D'Arby Myers grounded into a double play and knocked in Freddy Galvis to give Lakewood a 3-1 edge. Curt Rindal tripled in Brent Brewer in the bottom of the inning to bring the Power back within one. Caleb Gindl began the sixth inning with a double but never got past second base. The Power left runners at the corners in the seventh before Gindl started the eighth inning with another double and got to third base but was again left stranded. Lakewood added an insurance run in the ninth on Myers's RBI triple and the Power got their final run in the ninth when Rindal scored on Eric Farris's groundout.

Zach Sterner (2-0) tossed three scoreless innings in relief and held the Power to just two hits while striking out two to get the win. Jared Simon (7) allowed a run on a hit in the ninth to get the save and Evan Anundsen (3-4) was tagged with the loss after allowing three runs on eight hits over five innings.

The Power fell to 19-31 with the loss and the BlueClaws improved to 27-24 with the win. The BlueClaws have now won six in a row. The BlueClaws have scored 24 runs on 42 hits in the series. Lucroy, Rindal and Gindl all had multi-hit games for the Power. Lucroy paced the Power with three hits, going 3-for-5.

The Power will finish their four game series against the Lakewood BlueClaws at Appalachian Power Park on Tuesday morning. Left hander Chris Cody (1-0, 0.00) will get the start for the Power and the BlueClaws will counter with right hander Chris Kissock (1-2, 5.48). The first pitch is scheduled for 10:35 AM.

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