SAL1 Charleston Dirty Birds

Power Fall Behind Early In 9-3 Loss To Augusta

Published on September 8, 2008 under South Atlantic League (SAL1)
Charleston Dirty Birds News Release


Augusta, GA (September 8, 2008) - The West Virginia Power dropped game one of the 2008 South Atlantic League Championship at Lake Olmstead Stadium on Monday night, as the Augusta GreenJackets scored six times in the first inning and never looked back, taking the first game of the best of five series with a 9-3 victory.

The GreenJackets sent ten batters to the plate in the bottom of the first inning and scored six times on six hits. Juan Ciriaco followed back-to-back singles from Shane Jordan and Nick Noonan with a three-run homer to start the scoring. James Simmons belted a two-run single and Dom Duggan singled in the final run of the inning.

Angel Villalona's RBI single in the bottom of the second gave the GreenJackets a 7-0 lead. Garrett Baker's sacrifice fly scored Ciriaco and Dayton Buller scored the final run of the inning on Simmons's groundout. Zelous Wheeler, Curt Rindal and Matt Cline recorded three straight hits to start the fifth inning. Wheeler scored after Shane Jordan's fielding error on Rindal's base hit. Rindal scored later in the inning on Eric Farris's sacrifice fly. The Power scored the final run of the game on Cline's run scoring single in the ninth inning.

Craig Clark (1-0) allowed a pair of runs on six hits and struck out eight batters over six innings of work to get the victory. R.J. Seidel (0-2) was not able to get out of the second inning. He allowed nine runs on seven hits over an inning of work and was tagged with the loss. Jose Garcia, Reed Dickert, Curtis Pasma and Corey Frerichs combined to toss seven scoreless innings of relief.

The GreenJackets now have a 1-0 lead in the best of five game series. The franchise has now lost ten straight games in the Championship Round, a stretch that goes all the way back to 1991. Eric Fryer, Wheeler, Rindal and Cline all turned in multi-hit games for the Power.

The Power will continue the best of five game Championship Series against the Augusta GreenJackets at Lake Olmstead Stadium on Tuesday night. Left hander Dan Merklinger (7-9, 5.75) will start for the Power and GreenJackets will counter with left hander Madison Bumgarner (15-3, 1.46). The first pitch is scheduled for 7:05 PM.

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