Festa crushes Crawdads
June 16, 2006 - South Atlantic League (SAL1)
Charleston Dirty Birds News Release
Charleston, WV (June 16, 2006) - Tony Festa reached base in all five of his trips to the plate in Friday night's game against the Hickory Crawdads at Appalachian Power Park. Tony Festa went four for four with three doubles and he knocked in six runs as the Power erased a 5-0 deficit to beat the Crawdads 13-7.
The Crawdads scored five times in the first inning. John Santiago started the scoring with a two run homer. Brad Corley brought in the next run on a double, Steve Lerud grounded into a double play and knocked in the fourth run and James Boone completed the five run frame with an RBI single. The Power scored four times in the bottom of the first to come within a run. Mat Gamel knocked in the first run on a single, Ned Yost scored Angel Salome on an RBI groundout and Mike Bell plated the final two runs on a double.
The Power tied the game in the third inning on Tony Festa's RBI single. In the fifth inning the Power scored three runs to take the lead and never looked back. Festa brought in the first two runs on a double and Ryan Crew knocked in the final run on a Sacrifice Fly. Tony Festa struck again in the sixth inning with another two run double to give the Power a 10-5 lead. Andrew McCutchen doubled and scored on Ryan Crew's error in the seventh inning and Hickory plated their final run on Tony Mansolino's RBI single in the eighth. In the bottom of the eighth the Power added three insurance runs. Mat Gamel scored on Mike McCuistion's errant throw from first base, Tony Festa drove in a run on his third triple of the game and Ryan Crew drove Festa in on an RBI double.
Kevin Roberts (4-7) pitched five scoreless innings out of the bullpen to earn the victory, Dane Renkert (5) earned the save, and Derek Antelo (2-3) obtained the loss. The Power are 38-29 after the win and the Crawdads fell to 32-25 with loss.
The Power will continue three game series against the Hickory Crawdads at Appalachian Power Park on Saturday night. Hickory will start right hander Blair Johnson (1-2, 4.39) and the Power will counter with left hander Steve Garrison (1-1, 4.19). The first pitch is scheduled for 7:05 PM.
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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