SAL1 Charleston Dirty Birds

WV Defeats Lakewood in Extras

Published on August 28, 2016 under South Atlantic League (SAL1)
Charleston Dirty Birds News Release


Charleston, WV- The West Virginia Power won a walk-off 5-4 over the Lakewood BlueClaws Saturday night at Appalachian Power Park. Daniel Arribas singled in the game winning run in the bottom of the tenth inning after the Power trailed 4-0 heading into the eighth.

Bret Helton and Franklyn Kilome traded three scoreless frames before the 'Claws struck for three in the third. Following a wild pitch that allowed the first run to score, Emmanuel Marrero laid down a safety squeeze to sacrifice home Jan Hernandez. Mark Laird added an RBI single to cap the scoring in the frame. Hernandez finished the scoring with a solo home run to begin the fifth to expand the lead to 4-0.

Helton lasted five innings and allowed four runs on eight hits, while striking out six and walking one.

Kilome worked seven shutout innings, limiting the Power to five hits over that span.

Down 4-0 in the eighth, the Power mounted their comeback. Casey Hughston got the Power on the board with a two-run home run deep over the right field wall, his eleventh of the season, bringing the club within two of the Lakewood advantage. Later in the inning, with Mitchell Tolman at second base after reaching on a single, Carlos Munoz knocked an RBI base hit to right to pull them within a run.

West Virginia completed the comeback in the bottom of the ninth. Stephen Alemais led off the inning with a triple in the right field corner. One batter later, John Bormann hit a sacrifice fly to center to drive home Alemais and tie things at 4-4, pinning closer Sutter McCloughlin with his first blown save of the season.

That sent the game into the tenth, where the Power were able to plate the game-winning run. Carlos Munoz led off the frame with a double, and was pinch run for by Tyler Filliben. Munoz finished 4-5, his second four hit game of the year. That set the table for Arribas, who lined the first pitch from McCloughlin into center field for a base hit, scoring Filliben and giving West Virginia the walk-off win.

Julio Vivas (3-0) struck out four in three scoreless inning of relief to pick up the win, while McCloughlin (1-3) was tagged with the blown save and the loss, surrendering two runs and five hits over two innings.

West Virginia looks to capture the series in the rubber match Sunday afternoon. Gage Hinsz will start for West Virginia against Lakewood starter Jose Taveras. First pitch is scheduled for 7:05 P.M.

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