Power take game, series

August 26, 2008 - South Atlantic League (SAL1)
Charleston Dirty Birds News Release

Lexington, KY (August 26, 2008) - The West Virginia Power offense provided a pair of three run innings and Evan Anundsen tossed seven strong innings as the Power took the final game of the series at Applebee's Park on Tuesday night with a 7-3 victory over the Lexington Legends.

The Legends struck first in the fourth inning on Brian Pellegrini's RBI groundout. The lead didn't last long, as the Power scored three times during the next half inning to take the lead for good. Zelous Wheeler began the inning with a base hit and scored on Curt Rindal's double. Eric Farris then hit a two-run homer with two outs to put the Power ahead. It was Farris's second homer of the series and his third of the season.

Eric Fryer walked to start the sixth inning and Steffan Wilson followed with his first of two singles. Caleb Gindl doubled in Fryer and Wheeler knocked in the next two runs on a base hit. The Power scored one final time on Farris's run scoring single in the eighth inning. The Legends plated a pair of runs in the bottom of the eighth. Bryan Brown singled in the first run and Steve Brown scored on Craig Corrado's groundout.

Anundsen (12-7) allowed just an unearned run on one hit over seven sensational innings to earn the victory. He allowed a double to Craig Corrado in the bottom of the first, and no hits after that. Anthony Bello (7-7) was tagged with the loss after allowing six runs on eight hits over five innings of work. Curtis Pasma provided an inning and a third out of the pen, and retired all four batters he faced.

The Power improved to 75-59 on the year and 43-22 in the second half with the win. The Legends fell to 43-90 on the year and 22-42 in the second half with the loss. Five Power players turned in multi-hit games, including Curt Rindal, who paced the Power with a 3-for-4 performance. Gindl went 2-for-5 to extend his hitting streak to 12 games. Lee Haydel went hitless, bringing his 11 game hitting streak to an end. West Virginia now has a 3.5 game lead on the second place Lakewood BlueClaws with five games remaining.

The Power are off on Wednesday, but will begin a five game series against the Kannapolis Intimidators to finish the regular season at Appalachian Power Park on Thursday night. The Power will start left hander Lucas Luetge (2-1, 3.09) and the Intimidators will counter with right hander Miguel Socolovich (6-6, 4.54). The first pitch is scheduled for 7:05 PM.

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