Drive Rally Past Power

Published on April 13, 2008 under South Atlantic League (SAL1)
Charleston Dirty Birds News Release

Charleston, WV (April 13, 2008) - The Greenville Drive were held scoreless through seven innings of Sunday's game at Appalachian Power Park but scored three times in the top of the eighth inning and won their fifth game in a row, defeating the West Virginia Power 3-1.

West Virginia scored their only run on John Alonso's inside-the-park homerun in the bottom of the second. In the eighth, Mike Jones singled to score Che-Hsuan Lin and tie the game before David Mailman delivered a two-run single later in the inning to put the Drive ahead.

Ryne Lawson (1-0) allowed just three hits over three scoreless innings of relief to get the victory and Rob Bryson (0-1) was tagged with the loss. Amaury Rivas started the game for the Power and tossed five scoreless innings of three hit ball with four strikeouts.

The Power are 3-8 after the loss and Greenville improves to 7-4 with the victory. The Drive have used three big innings in the series to push them past the Power. In addition to the three run eighth on Sunday, they used a five run sixth inning on the front end of Saturday's double header to beat the Power 7-2 and they plated four runs in the third inning of game two to win 5-1. West Virginia has been held to four runs on 16 hits against the Drive.

The Power will finish the four game series with the Greenville Drive at Appalachian Power Park on Monday morning. Right hander Roque Mercedes (0-0, 5.19) will get the start for the Power and the Drive will counter with left hander Jose Alvarez (0-1, 13.50). The first pitch is scheduled for 10:35 AM.

For more information contact the Power Front Offices at (304) 344-2287 or visit the Power website at www.wvpower.com.

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