SAL1 Charleston Dirty Birds

Power And Legends Split Double Dip

Published on April 20, 2008 under South Atlantic League (SAL1)
Charleston Dirty Birds News Release


Charleston, WV (April 20, 2008) - The West Virginia Power and Lexington Legends both took victories away from Sunday's double header at Appalachian Power Park as the Legends came from behind to win game one 10-9 and the Power took game two 6-2.

In the first game, the Power scored first on Caleb Gindl's first of two homeruns in the double header in the bottom of the second. The Power added one more in that frame on Kurt Crowell's run scoring single. Lexington took the lead in the top of the third after Craig Corrado ripped a three run double and scored later in the inning on Russell Dixon's base hit. The Power sent 12 batters to the plate in the bottom of the third and scored seven times to regain the lead. A pair of Lexington errors allowed Zelous Wheeler and Brent Brewer to score the first two runs. Steffan Wilson and Uly Snijders walked with the bases loaded before Crowell smacked a two-run single. Wheeler and Curt Rindal both contributed with RBI singles in the inning as well.

Lexington began their comeback with four runs in the fifth inning. Eric Taylor's base hit drove in a pair of runs and Jonathan Fixler brought them within a run on a two-run homer. In the sixth, the Legends took the lead for good on Collin Delome's two-run inside the park homerun.

Brewer and Wheeler both smacked RBI doubles in the first inning of game two to give the Power an early lead. Scott Houin stole home in the second inning and Lee Haydel scored on Corrado's throwing error to make it a 4-0 Power lead. The Legends plated a pair of runs in the third on Corrado's RBI single and Dixon's run scoring double. The Power added a couple of insurance runs in the bottom of the fifth. The first came courtesy of Gindl's second bomb of the day and they got the second run on Houin's RBI single.

In game one Reid Kelly (1-0) pitched three scoreless innings of relief and got the win while Curtis Pasma (0-2) was tagged with the loss. Evan Anundsen (2-0) lasted through six and a third, allowing a pair of runs on seven hitts and earned the victory in game two while Carlos Ladeuth (1-3) was tagged with the loss.

After the split, the Legends are 6-12 and West Virginia is 5-13. Three Power players had multi-hit games in the first contest, including Curt Rindal who paced the Power with three hits and Kurt Crowell knocked in three runs. Lee Haydel reached all four times up in game two, going 3-for-3 with two runs.

The Power and Legends are off on Monday but will continue their series on Tuesday night at Applebee's Park in Lexington. Right-hander Nick Tyson (0-1, 3.00) will get the start for the Power and the Legends will counter with left hander Sergio Severino (1-0, 0.60). The first pitch is scheduled for 7:05 PM.

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