SAL1 Charleston Dirty Birds

Power can't generate enough offense in win

Published on June 27, 2008 under South Atlantic League (SAL1)
Charleston Dirty Birds News Release


Charleston, WV (June 27, 2008) - The West Virginia Power offense scored in five different innings of Friday night's game against the Lexington Legends and ended their two-game skid with an 8-5 victory over the Legends at Appalachian Power Park.

The Power scored twice in the second inning to take their first lead of the game. Steffan Wilson began the inning with a walk and moved to third on Eric Fryer's double. They both scored on groundouts from Curt Rindal and David Fonseca. Cat Everett and Bryan Brown touched home plate in the third inning to tie the game on a two-out single from Eric Taylor. West Virginia plated three runs to regain the lead in the fourth and never looked back. Wilson scored the go ahead run on a wild pitch and Fonseca drove in the next two on his second homer of the season.

Jonathan Fixler belted a two-run homer in the sixth inning to bring the Legends back within a run. Curt Rindal began the bottom of the sixth with his sixth bomb of the season, his second in as many games. Caleb Gindl singled in Eric Farris in the eighth inning and Brian Pellegrini scored on a wild pitch in the eighth to score Lexington's last run. Gindl struck again in the bottom of the eighth with a two-out single to score Farris.

Dan Merklinger (2-5) allowed four runs on four hits and fanned seven over five innings to get the victory. Curtis Pasma (1) pitched a perfect ninth inning and got the save. Anthony Bello (2-4) allowed five runs on two hits while walking four over three and two-thirds and was tagged with the loss.

The Power improved to 37-41 on the year and 5-4 in the second half with the win, while the Legends fell to 23-55 on the year and 2-7 in the second half with the loss. Every Power player reached safely, while Farris and Gindl both recorded multi-hit games. Gindl paced the Power with a 3-for-5 performance. Lee Haydel went 0-for-4, bringing his 12 game hitting streak to an end while Wilson extended his hitting streak to 12 games with a base hit in the seventh.

The Power will continue the four game series against the Lexington Legends at Appalachian Power Park on Saturday night. Right hander R.J. Seidel (4-4, 5.25) will get the start for the Power and the Legends will counter with right hander Luis Pardo (0-3, 4.05). The first pitch is scheduled for 7:05 PM.

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