Suns silence Power offense
Published on April 29, 2008 under South Atlantic League (SAL1)
Charleston Dirty Birds News Release
Hagerstown, MD (April 29, 2008) - The Hagerstown Suns held the Power offense to a run on four hits on Tuesday night at Municipal Stadium and extended their winning streak to four games with a 7-1 victory to take the first game of the series.
Hagerstown plated a pair of runs with two outs in the first inning. After back-to-back two out hits from Bill Rhinehart and Aaron Seuss, Michael Burgess reached on Brent Brewer's error which allowed Rhinehart to score. Sean Rooney reached on R.J. Seidel's error later in the inning which plated Seuss.
Jake Smolinski scored on Francisco Plascencia's groundout in the second before Dan Lyons hit a solo homerun to give the Suns a 4-0 lead. The Power scored their lone run on Jonathan Lucroy's solo homerun in the top of the fourth inning. The Suns added three insurance runs in the seventh to pull away. Rhinehart knocked in the first run on a groundout and Stephen Souza knocked in the next two on a single.
Colton Willems (2-2) allowed a run on three hits with four strikeouts over six innings and retired the last nine batters he faced to get the victory. R.J. Seidel (1-2) was tagged with the loss after allowing four runs, two earned on six hits with four strikeouts.
The Power fell to 9-16 with the loss and the Suns improved to 12-12 with the win. Lucroy had half of West Virginia's hits, going 2-for-4. The Suns pitching staff at one point retired 17 straight West Virginia batters. Reed Dickert made his Power debut with a perfect eighth inning.
The Power will continue their four game series with the Hagerstown Suns at Municipal Stadium on Wednesday afternoon. Right-Hander Rob Bryson (0-1, 6.23) will get the start for the Power and the Suns will counter with right hander Brad Peacock (0-1, 6.87). The first pitch is scheduled for 1:05 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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