SAL1 Charleston Dirty Birds

Power Lose Lead, then Game

Published on August 24, 2008 under South Atlantic League (SAL1)
Charleston Dirty Birds News Release


Lexington, KY (August 24, 2008) - The West Virginia Power had a 3-0 lead through three and a half innings of Sunday night's game at Applebee's Park, but the Lexington Legends erased that deficit by scoring four times with two outs in the fourth inning and came away with a 6-4 victory.

Eric Farris began a string of three consecutive two-out singles in the top of the third. Farris stole second and scored on Logan Schafer's RBI single. Schafer scored later in the inning on Eric Fryer's two-out base hit to give the Power a 2-0 edge. West Virginia struck with two outs again in the third inning when Caleb Gindl scored on Lee Haydel's double.

Russell Dixon drove in Lexington's first run of the series on a two-out base hit in the fourth inning. Dixon scored on Brandon Barnes's double before Steve Brown gave the Legends the lead on a two-run inside the park homerun. West Virginia tied the game at 4-4 a half inning later. With runners on first and second, Zelous Wheeler hit a groundball back to the mound which Leandro Cespedes fielded cleanly, but when he threw the ball to second base, there was nobody there to cover the bag and the ball went into center field, allowing Fryer to score. The Legends stole the lead again in the fifth inning when Dixon hit the eventual game winning two-run homer.

Cespedes (3-6) did enough to get the victory, allowing four runs on ten hits with five strikeouts over five and two-thirds. Tony Duran (1) picked up the save after tossing three and a third scoreless innings. Reed Dickert (2-4) was tagged with the loss after surrendering three runs on four hits over two innings of work. Roque Mercedes tossed two and a third scoreless innings of relief.

The Power fell to 73-59 on the year and 41-22 in the second half with the loss. The Legends improved to 43-88 on the year and 22-40 in the second half with the win. Logan Schafer paced the Power with a 2-for-5 performance. Caleb Gindl and Lee Haydel both extended their hitting streaks to ten games. Eric Fryer reached twice to bring his on base streak to 33 games.

The Power will continue the four game series against the Lexington Legends at Applebee's Park on Monday night. The Power will start left hander Dan Merklinger (7-9, 6.21) and the Legends will counter with left hander Jeff Icenogle (3-9, 4.31). The first pitch is scheduled for 7:05 PM.

For more information contact the Power Front Offices at (304) 344-2287 or visit the Power website at www.wvpower.com.

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