SAL1 Charleston Dirty Birds

Power pull out extra innings victory

Published on July 29, 2008 under South Atlantic League (SAL1)
Charleston Dirty Birds News Release


Lakewood, NJ (July 29, 2008) - The West Virginia Power went into extra innings for the second night in a row on Tuesday night at First Energy Park and used an RBI single from Lee Haydel in the 12th inning to take the first game of the series with a 6-5 victory over the Lakewood BlueClaws.

The BlueClaws took their only lead of the game in the bottom of the second on Joel Naughton's RBI double. The Power scored three times in the fourth to take the lead. Caleb Gindl ripped an RBI triple to the game before he and Zelous Wheeler scored the go ahead runs with two outs on a fly ball hit by Steffan Wilson to center field that was dropped by T.J. Warren.

Lakewood tied the game with a pair of runs in the bottom of the fourth. Warren doubled in the first run and Freddy Galvis reached on a fielder's choice to score Travis Mattair. Gindl and Wilson ripped RBI singles in the sixth inning to give the Power the lead once again until Mattair drove in a pair of runs on a two-out single in the seventh inning to tie it up.

West Virginia was held to just a base hit from the seventh through the eleventh. In the 12th, Anderson De La Rosa ripped a one out single and moved to second on Matt Cline's base hit. They both advanced on a wild pitch and De La Rosa scored the winning run on Haydel's single.

Jose Garcia (2-2) pitched a scoreless bottom half of the 11th to get the victory. Rob Wooten (1) pitched a perfect 12th inning to get the save and Moises Melendez (3-2) was tagged with the loss. The Power bullpen allowed just two runs over eight and a third innings.

The Power improved to 59-48 on the year and 27-11 in the second half with the win. The BlueClaws fell to 62-46 on the year and 24-14 in the second half with the loss. Fryer and Gindl paced the Power with two hit a piece. Steffan Wilson doubled in the fifth to extend his road hitting streak to 23 games. Matt Cline reached once to bring his on base streak to 18 games and Gindl extended his on base streak to 21 games. West Virginia has played 25 innings over their last two games. They improved their record in extra inning games to 5-5.

The Power will continue the four game series against the Lakewood BlueClaws at First Energy Park in Lakewood, New Jersey on Wednesday morning. The Power will start left hander Dan Merklinger (4-7, 5.94) and the BlueClaws will counter with right hander Julian Sampson (6-4, 4.63). The first pitch is scheduled for 11:05 AM.

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