SAL1 Charleston Dirty Birds

Power falter in extras

Published on August 12, 2008 under South Atlantic League (SAL1)
Charleston Dirty Birds News Release


Augusta, GA (August 12, 2008) - Nick Noonan's walk off homerun in the bottom of the eleventh inning pushed the Augusta GreenJackets past the West Virginia Power as Augusta snagged the second game of the series with a 2-1 victory.

The GreenJackets took an early 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning. Shane Jordan walked and stole second base before Juan Ciriaco knocked him in with a one-out single. West Virginia was held without a run through the first 15 innings of the series until Lee Haydel's two out single into center field scored Zelous Wheeler in the top of the seventh to tie the game at 1-1.

Both teams had chances to score after Haydel tied it up. West Virginia stranded two in the seventh after Haydel's base hit and did the same in the eighth inning. The Power had runners on first and second with one out in the ninth before Ryan Paul struck out Matt Cline and Eric Farris to end the inning. Farris was eventually ejected by home plate umpire Bryan Dormaier when he slammed his helmet after the strikeout.

Dom Duggan ripped a one out double in the eighth inning and eventually got to third base but was left stranded after Mike Ramlow struck out Noonan to end the inning. Andrew Davis started the tenth inning with a base hit, moved to second on a sacrifice bunt and got to third base on James Simmons's groundout but was left stranded as Shane Jordan grounded out to end the inning. On the second pitch of the eleventh inning, Noonan homered off Corey Frerichs to end the game.

Mitch Lively (1-0) pitched a scoreless eleventh inning to earn the victory. Frerichs (5-8) was tagged with the loss. Lucas Luetge allowed just a run on three hits and fanned five over six frames. Mike Ramlow tossed four scoreless innings of one hit ball in relief. Noonan's homerun brought the Power bullpen's scoreless innings streak to an end at 33 and two-thirds.

The Power fell to 66-54 on the year and 34-17 in the second half with the loss. The GreenJackets improved to 74-45 on the year and 33-17 in the second half with the win. Haydel turned in the only multi-hit game, going 2-for-5. Curt Rindal singled and walked, bringing his hitting streak to eight games and his on base streak to 16 games. West Virginia's record in extra innings fell to 5-6.

The Power will continue the four game series against the Augusta GreenJackets at Lake Olmstead Stadium on Wednesday night. The Power will right hander R.J. Seidel (7-4, 5.40) and the GreenJackets will counter with right hander T.J. Brewer (7-4, 2.83). The first pitch is scheduled for 7:05 PM.

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