SAL1 Charleston Dirty Birds

Power snap seven game skid

April 18, 2008 - South Atlantic League (SAL1)
Charleston Dirty Birds News Release


Asheville, NC (April 18, 2008) - West Virginia used a power surge on Friday night at McCormick Field to snap their seven game losing streak, as they set single game highs with 14 runs on 16 hits and defeated the Asheville Tourists 14-3 in the final game of the series.

West Virginia jumped ahead with four runs in the first inning to take their first lead of the series. With the bases loaded and nobody out, Caleb Gindl smacked his first of three singles. The ball went into center field and got past Michael Mitchell, allowing three runs to score and Gindl to get to third. Gindl scored later in the inning on Steffan Wilson's groundout. Michael Mitchell's RBI single in the bottom of the first plated Asheville's first run of the game. Zelous Wheeler ripped a two-out RBI single in the top of the second to make it a 5-1 Power lead. Asheville scored their final two runs on Mitchell's double in the bottom of the second.

Curt Rindal hit a two-run shot in the top of the fifth inning, his second of the year to give the Power a 7-3 lead. Brent Brewer ripped an RBI single in the sixth and scored later in the inning on Gindl's second base-hit of the game. The Power scored twice in the eighth inning on back-to-back singles from Gindl and Jonathan Lucroy. West Virginia tacked on three more in the ninth. Brewer knocked in the first two on his second double of the game and he scored on Lucroy's double. Brewer reached all six times up and scored five times.

Amaury Rivas (1-0) was sensational in seven and a third innings of relief. He allowed no runs on four hits and struck out eight to get the victory while Sheng-An Kuo (1-2) was tagged with the loss after allowing five runs on four hits over four innings.

The Power improved to 4-12 after the win and the Tourists are 10-6 after the loss. Eight of the starting nine for West Virginia hit safely and six Power players had multi-hit games, including Wheeler and Gindl who paced the Power with three hits a piece.

The Power will begin a four game series with the Lexington Legends at Appalachian Power Park on Saturday night. Right hander Roque Mercedes (0-1, 7.71) will get the start for the Power and the Legends will counter with right hander Leandro Cespedes (1-1, 1.29). 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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