SAL1 Charleston Dirty Birds

Power shuts down Grasshoppers

Published on August 25, 2006 under South Atlantic League (SAL1)
Charleston Dirty Birds News Release


Greensboro, NC (August 25, 2006) -On Friday night at First Horizon Park Nestor Corredor, Mat Gamel and Mike Bell all hit homeruns for the West Virginia Power while Matt Kretzschmar, Rafael Lluberes and Kevin Roberts combined to pitch a six hit shutout, as the Power won the rubber match of the three game series against the Greensboro Grasshoppers 9-0.

Nestor Corredor snapped a scoreless tie in the third inning on a solo homerun, his second of the year. Later in the second with Lorenzo Cain on first base and two outs, Mat Gamel hit a fly ball to left field that was dropped by Greensboro left fielder Brad Correll, allowing Cain to score. Mat Gamel made it a 3-0 game in the fifth inning with a solo homerun, his second of the series, his 16th of the season. In the eighth inning Mike Bell smacked a one out triple, and scored during the next at bat on Tony Festa's Sacrifice Fly.

Ahead 4-0 going into the ninth inning, the Power pounded the final nail into the coffin with a five run frame. Darren Ford ripped a two run single to score Michael Brantley and Nestor Corredor, and three batters later Mike Bell hit a three run homer, his second of the series and his 12th of the year to cap off the five run ninth inning.

The shutout was the second for the Power in their last three games and their ninth of the season, only four other teams have more shutouts than the Power.

Matt Kretzschmar (4-4) pitched five scoreless innings of two hit ball and got the victory while Ryan Tucker (7-12) suffered the loss. The Power are 70-59 on the year and 31-29 in the second half after the win while the Grasshoppers fell to 66-63 overall and 30-29 in the second half after the loss.

The Power will begin a two game series against the Lexington Legends at Appalachian Power Park on Saturday night. Left hander Brian Bogusevic (1-4, 5.34) will make the start for Lexington and the Power will counter with left hander Brandon Parillo (3-0, 5.79). 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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