SAL1 Charleston Dirty Birds

RiverDogs Sneak past Power in 10

Published on June 18, 2015 under South Atlantic League (SAL1)
Charleston Dirty Birds News Release


(Charleston, SC- June 18, 2015)- On Thursday evening, the West Virginia Power lost 4-3 in ten innings to the Charleston RiverDogs at Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park in Charleston, SC. Angel Aguilar doubled in Dustin Fowler in the bottom of the tenth to give the RiverDogs the walk-off winner.

Charleston took a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning when Jorge Mateo singled, stole second, advanced to third on a balk and scored on a ground out. West Virginia evened the score with a run in the top of the third inning. Jeff Roy reached on an error and stole second and third. Cole Tucker doubled home Roy to tie the game at one.

In the fourth, Pablo Reyes tripled with two outs and scored on a wild pitch by RiverDogs starter David Palladino to give the Power a 2-1 lead. Taylor Gushue tripled in the fifth inning and scored on a Tucker sacrifice fly to give West Virginia a 3-1 advantage.

The RiverDogs loaded the bases with no one out in the bottom of the seventh. Austin Aune scored on a double play and Collin Slaybaugh crossed on a single by Mateo to tie the game at three.

Neither team was able to score in the eighth or ninth. West Virginia sent the minimum to the plate in the eighth, ninth and tenth innings. In the bottom of the tenth, Dustin Fowler singled with one out and scored from first on a double by Angel Aguilar to give Charleston the win.

Yuedy Garcia made the start for West Virginia and allowed one run on one hit, but was pulled after two innings and 52 pitches. Garcia was pitching on short rest after working three innings in game two of a doubleheader on Sunday, June 14, against Augusta. Sam Street relieved Garcia in the third and retired each of the first 12 batters he faced before allowing the two runs in the seventh. Street pitched six complete innings, the longest appearance by a Power reliever this season.

Junior Lopez (4-1) pitched the final inning and a third for the Power and was charged with the loss. Angel Rincon (1-0) threw the final three innings to earn the victory.

The Power return to Appalachian Power Park on Friday night to open a three game series against the Hickory Crawdads to close the first half of the season. For tickets or more information on the weekend's promotional schedule, call 304-344-BATS or visit www.wvpower.com.

Overall Record

36-31

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