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WV Power Game Notes: May 18, 2015 at Hickory

May 18, 2015 - South Atlantic League (SAL1)
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West Virginia Power (20-16) at Hickory Crawdads (26-9)

Game 37 | May 18, 2015 | L.P. Frans Stadium | Hickory, N.C.

Radio: Charleston's ESPN 104.5 & 1490 - wvpower.com Airtime: 5:40 p.m.

TONIGHT'S MATCH-UPS

LHP John Sever (1-1, 3.00) vs. RHP Nick Gardewine (2-2, 2.82)

Sever: Surrendered one run on five hits over 4.1 IP with 2 BB and 3 K in 5/12 ND vs. CSC (10-3 Power)

Gardewine: Allowed three runs on six hits over 4.0 IP with BB and 3 K in 5/11 L vs. SAV (6-3 Gnats)

THE LEAD OFF: West Virginia lost the rubber game to the Hagerstown Suns 5-4 on Sunday afternoon at Municipal Stadium. The Power gave starter Austin Coley a 2-0 lead in the second inning on a Chase Simpson RBI triple and an Elvis Escobar sacrifice fly. Coley labored through the second inning by surrendering two runs on three hits and he gave up two more runs in the fourth. The Power tied the game in the fifth on an RBI single by Kawika Emsley-Pai and a wild pitch brought home Elvis Escobar. Coley was pulled in the sixth for Nick Neumann with a runner on second who scored and the Power tallied two hits in the final three innings of the game to drop the series three games to two.

TOUGH TASK AHEAD: Tonight marks the first meeting between the Power and the Crawdads in 2015. Last season, the Power fell the Hickory in nine of the ten games played. The Texas Rangers' affiliate are 26-9 this year and hold the best record in the South Atlantic League. The two teams will meet again in the final three games of the first half at Appalachian Power Park. Hickory leads the all-time series with a 52-50 record.

ROAD WOES: West Virginia is 7-10 when playing away from Appalachian Power Park this season. Of all the teams who have a winning record in the South Atlantic League, the Power are the only team to not have a winning record on the road. When playing on the road, the Power are hitting .257 and the pitching staff has a 4.17 ERA. At home, the Power are hitting .262 and the staff ERA sits at 2.91.

CAN'T REPLACE THIS SIMPSON: Chase Simpson is the only West Virginia player to appear in all 36 games this season. The infielder leads the team with a .297 average and 17 RBIs. Simpson is also tied for the team lead with four home runs and his .421 on base percentage is also the best on the team and tied for second in the South Atlantic League

OVER THE LINE!: West Virginia committed five errors in Saturday's win over the Hagerstown Suns. It was the most errors the Power have had in a single game since they committed seven on April 13, 2013 in Asheville.

B-U-L-L-P-E-N SPELLS RELIEF: West Virginia's bullpen currently has an ERA of 2.62 whereas Power starters hold a 4.23 ERA. Last night was another successful night for the Power relievers as Nick Neumann didn't allow an earned run over 2.1 innings. However, he did allow his inherited runner to score.

TWO STREAKS ENDED: Pablo Reyes and Jordan Luplow's on-base streaks of 19 and 15 games, respectively, were vanquished in Saturday's victory after Reyes went 0-for-6 and Luplow went 0-for-4. Reyes' streak began in game one of the April 23 doubleheader and during those 19 games, Reyes hit .288 and had a .382 OBP. Luplow hit .245 during his 15-game streak streak and had a .405 OBP.

POWER PROMO UPDATE- MAY 23: West Virginia will host Redneck Night IV on Saturday, May 23 at 7:05 p.m. when they play the Delmarva Shorebirds. Activities for the award-winning promotion include Redneck Idol, a camo hat giveaway to the first 1,000 fans, an appearance by History Channel's Appalachian Outlaws, and a pre & postgame concert by the Davisson Brothers Band.

POWER POINTS: The Power are 11-3 when scoring first this season...West Virginia is 7-9 this month after going 13-7 in April...Chase Simpson has the longest active hit-streak for the Power at six games..West Virginia took 35 games to reach 20 wins and the only team to reach 20 wins faster was the 2007 club who went 20-7 to start the season...Jeff Roy has been placed on the DL prior to Sunday's game and Trace Tam Sing was promoted to Power roster.

AROUND THE ORGANIZATION: A.J. Burnett went seven strong innings to earn his third victory and lowered his ERA to 1.38 as the Pirates beat the Cubs 3-0...Indianapolis defeated Norfolk 8-5 thanks to Alen Hanson's 2-for-5 day where he drove in two and scored a run...Tyler Glasnow lasted 3.2 innings in his return from an ankle sprain and the Curve lost to Akron 11-1...Cody Dickson tossed seven shutout innings and Austin Meadows scored both of Bradenton's runs in their 2-0 win over Palm Beach.

ON THE AIR: West Virginia Power games can be heard on Charleston's ESPN 104.5 FM and 1490 AM in Charleston, online at wvpower.com and on the TuneIn Radio App. Adam Marco will call the action once again and will be joined by Mike Baggerman when the team plays at Appalachian Power Park.

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