SAL1 Charleston Dirty Birds

Owens Own Crawdads

Published on June 11, 2009 under South Atlantic League (SAL1)
Charleston Dirty Birds News Release


Charleston, WV (June 11, 2009) - West Virginia Power All-Star lefty Rudy Owens turned in seven sensational innings against the Hickory Crawdads at Appalachian Power Park on Thursday night. Owens held the Crawdads to just four hits over seven scoreless innings and struck out eight batters as the Power took the opening game of the series 7-1.

West Virginia capitalized on a few of Hickory's mistakes and scored six of their runs in the bottom of the fourth inning. The Power sent 11 batters to the plate walked five times. Jeremy Farrell belted a bases loaded single to plate the first two runs of the inning. Marcus Davis laid down a bunt which induced an errant throw from Matt West, allowing Calvin Anderson to score, a balk brought in Farrell and Robbie Grossman's RBI single plated the final run of the inning.

West Virginia got their final run in the seventh inning on Chase D'Arnaud's solo homer, it was his third of the season. The Crawdads plated their lone run in the top of the eighth inning when Cody Podraza scored on a wild pitch.

Owens (6-1) retired 13 in a row at one point and went seven innings for the second time this season. It was the third time he struck out eight or more in a game and he hasn't allowed a walk over his last three starts. Martin Perez (2-4) was tagged with the loss after walking five, and allowing six runs on three hits over three and two-thirds.

West Virginia improved to 23-37 after the win, and the Crawdads fell to 28-30 after the loss. D'Arnaud turned in the only multi-hit game for the Power, going 2-for-2 with a pair of walks. Grossman's single in the fourth inning extended his hitting streak to seven games. Marcus Davis singled in the eighth inning to bring his on base streak to seven games and Greg Picart walked three times to extend his on base streak to six games. Erik Huber singled and went 1-for-3 to bring his on base streak to ten games. The start of the game was delayed an hour and 51 minutes because of rain.

West Virginia will continue their nine game home stand and the four game series against the Hickory Crawdads at Appalachian Power Park on Friday night. The West Virginia Power will start right hander Kyle McPherson (4-1, 5.56) and the Crawdads will counter with right hander Carlos Pimentel (3-2, 3.07). The first pitch will be delivered at 7:05 PM.

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