Power lose to Suns in rain-shortened game

July 7, 2005 - South Atlantic League (SAL1)
Charleston Dirty Birds News Release

Hagerstown, MD (July 7, 2005) - The Hagerstown Suns scored in every inning except for two on Thursday night in a rain-shortened contest and went on to beat the Power in seven innings by the final of 7-1. The rain came after the top of the seventh inning making the field un-playable which prevented the teams from completing the game.

Grant Psomas started the scoring in the bottom of the first inning when he hit a two run homer to give the Suns an early lead. Hagerstown added to that lead in the bottom of the third inning when Carlos Gomez hit a solo shot to put the Suns on top 3-0. Russ Triplett hit a run scoring single in the bottom of the fourth inning and two batters later Carlos Gomez drove in two runs on a single to give the Suns a 6-0 lead. In the bottom of the fifth inning Jim Burt added to the Hagerstown lead with an RBI base hit making it 7-0 Suns. The Power scored their only run of the game on Josh Brady's Sac Fly RBI in the top of the seventh inning.

Mike Devaney (5-1) earned the victory, and Greg Kloosterman (3-12) obtained the loss. The Power are 5-9 in the second half after the loss and the Suns move to 4-10 with the win.

The Power will continue the four game series with the Hagerstown Suns in Hagerstown on Friday night. The Power will throw one of their newcomers, right-handed pitcher Eric Thomas (0-0, 0.00) and the Suns will throw right-handed pitcher Gabriel Hernandez (6-1, 2.57). 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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