Power sweep the Captains
June 4, 2006 - South Atlantic League (SAL1)
Charleston Dirty Birds News Release
Eastlake, OH (June 4, 2006) - The West Virginia Power extended their winning streak to seven games, taking a clean sweep in a four game series against the Lake County Captains with a 7-3 victory at Classic Park on Sunday afternoon.
The Captains took an early 1-0 lead in the first inning on Matt Fornasiere's RBI single. The Power tied the game in the top of the second when Nate Yoho reached on a fielder's choice and knocked in Tony Festa. In the third inning the Captains took their second lead of the game on back to back RBI singles from Nick Petrucci and Fernando Pacheco.
The Power scored the final six runs of the game. In the fifth inning they tied it up on an RBI groundout from Lorenzo Cain and a two out RBI single from Tony Festa. Darren Ford gave the Power the lead on a run scoring single in the sixth inning. Scotty McKnight, Darren Ford and Lorenzo Cain provided the insurance runs for the Power on back to back to back RBI base hits in the eighth inning.
Derek Miller (6-1) started and went five innings to earn the victory, Ryan Marion pitched four scoreless innings out of the bullpen to get the save (1), and Cody Bunkleman (1-2) obtained the loss. The Power are 31-23 after the win and the Captains fell to 24-32 with the loss.
The Power will begin a four game series against the Hagerstown Suns at Appalachian Power Park on Monday night. Hagerstown will start right hander Jason Meyers (1-5, 7.57) and the Power will counter with right hander Matt Kretzschmar (0-2, 8.20). The first pitch is scheduled for 7:05 PM.
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