SAL1 Charleston Dirty Birds

Tourists render West Virginia 'Power'less

Published on August 20, 2008 under South Atlantic League (SAL1)
Charleston Dirty Birds News Release


Charleston, WV (August 20, 2008) - The Asheville Tourists recorded eight straight hits and scored seven times on nine hits in the top of the third inning to defeat the West Virginia Power 7-2 on Wednesday night at Appalachian Power Park.

Beau Seabury began the string of eight straight hits with a one-out single. Helder Velazquez doubled Seabury in before Bo Bowman, Darin Holcomb and Kevin Clark smacked back-to-back-to-back RBI singles. David Christensen doubled in the next two runs and he scored on Brian Lapin's two-bagger to cap the inning.

West Virginia plated both of their runs in the bottom of the seventh. Caleb Gindl began the inning with his eleventh homer of the season, his second in as many days. Zelous Wheeler followed Gindl's bomb with a base hit and advanced two bags on a pair of wild pitches. Curt Rindal drove him in on a Sacrifice Fly.

Connor Graham (11-6) tossed five and two-thirds scoreless innings of one-hit ball and fanned five in a winning effort. Dan Merklinger (7-9) was tagged for seven runs on eight hits over two and two-thirds and was tagged with the loss. Roque Mercedes, Mike Ramlow and Curtis Pasma combined to toss six and two-thirds scoreless innings out of the bullpen.

The Power fell to 71-57 on the year and 39-20 in the second half with the loss. The Tourists improved to 79-50 on the year and 33-26 in the second half with the win. Gindl went 2-for-3, turning in the only multi-hit game for the Power. Eric Fryer went 1-for-3 and extended his on base streak to 29 games.

The Power will continue the four game series against the Asheville Tourists at Appalachian Power Park on Thursday night. The Power will start right hander Evan Anundsen (11-6, 3.96) and the Tourists will counter with left hander Christian Friedrich (0-0, 0.00) The first pitch is scheduled for 7:05 PM.

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