SAL1 Charleston Dirty Birds

Shorebirds win eighth straight at Appalachian Power park

Published on April 24, 2008 under South Atlantic League (SAL1)
Charleston Dirty Birds News Release


Charleston, WV (April 24, 2008) - The Delmarva Shorebirds scored four of their eight runs in the top of the fifth inning on Thursday night at Appalachian Power Park to defeat the Power 8-5, snapping West Virginia's three game winning streak and they extended their winning streak at Appalachian Power Park to eight games.

The Shorebirds used three straight singles in the top of the first inning to kick start their offense. The third base hit came from Tyler Henson and it knocked in Matt Angle. Joe Mahoney then grounded into a 4-6-3 double play to plate the second run of the inning. In the third, Pedro Silveren delivered a two-out RBI single to give Delmarva a 3-0 advantage. The Power scored twice in the bottom of the second. Caleb Gindl and Zelous Wheeler began the inning on back-to-back base-hits. Gindl scored later in the frame on John Alonso's groundout and Wheeler came home on Steffan Wilson's two-out single.

The Shorebirds pulled away with a four-run fifth inning. Matt Tucker brought in the first two on a double and Joe Mahoney did the rest with a towering two-run homer. Lee Haydel singled with two-outs to score Kurt Crowell in the bottom of the fifth inning before Curt Rindal's sacrifice fly plated Gindl one inning later. The Power scored their final run in the seventh inning on Crowell's solo homer, his first of the season. The Shorebirds got their final run in the eighth inning on Joe Nowicki's solo homerun.

Tony Butler (1-1) held the Power to four runs on eight hits over six innings and struck out two to get the victory. Zach Clark allowed just a run on two hits over three innings of relief to grab his first save of the season and Amaury Rivas (1-1) was tagged with the loss after surrendering three runs on six hits over four innings.

The Power fell to 7-14 with the loss and the Shorebirds improved to 11-10 with the win. Wheeler, Gindl and Crowell all had multi-hit games for the Power, as they all three had a pair of hits. Delmarva has not lost a game at Appalachian Power Park since April 6, 2006. They've run off eight straight victories at Appalachian Power Park since that opening day loss over two years ago.

The Power will continue the four game series with the Delmarva Shorebirds at Appalachian Power Park on Friday night. Right hander Roque Mercedes (0-1, 9.72) will get the start for the Power and the Shorebirds will counter with left hander Cole McCurry (0-1, 3.60). The first pitch is scheduled for 7:05 PM.

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