SAL1 Charleston Dirty Birds

Holmberg homers twice in Power win

Published on August 4, 2006 under South Atlantic League (SAL1)
Charleston Dirty Birds News Release


Charleston, WV (August 4, 2006) -Kenny Holmberg hit a pair of homeruns in Friday night's game against the Columbus Catfish at Appalachian Power Park as the Power scored three in the second inning and five in the fourth inning to beat Columbus 8-2.

Russ Mitchell began the top of the second inning with a solo homer, his second of the series to put the Catfish ahead 1-0. In the bottom of the second Michael Brantley scored Mat Gamel on a two out bunt single to tie the game. Kenny Holmberg hit his first homerun during the next at bat, a two run blast to give the Power a 3-1 lead.

Holmberg struck again on a two out, three run homer in the bottom of the fourth inning. The multi-homerun game gave Holmberg six on the year was his second multi homerun game of the season. The Power added two more runs in the inning on Lorenzo Cain's two out double to score Ryan Barba and Darren Ford. Columbus plated the final run of the game in the sixth inning on an RBI double from Lucas May.

The win was the third in a row for West Virginia, putting them on their first three game winning streak since June 24th.

Julian Cordero (1-0) allowed a run on five hits with six strikeouts through five innings to earn the victory, while James McDonald (3-10) obtained the loss. The Power are 59-50 overall and 20-20 in the second half after the win while the Catfish fell to 55-56 overall and 18-23 in the second half after the loss.

The Power will finish the four game series against the Columbus Catfish at Appalachian Power Park on Saturday night. Right hander David Horlacher (1-3, 5.56) will make the start for Columbus and the Power will counter with right hander Matt Kretzschmar (3-4, 5.86). The first pitch is scheduled for 7:05 PM.

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