WV Power Game Notes
April 18, 2011 - South Atlantic League (SAL1)
Charleston Dirty Birds News Release
West Virginia Power (5-5) at Augusta GreenJackets (3-8)
Game 11 - April 18, 2011 - Lake Olmstead Stadium - Augusta, GA
Broadcast: Power Baseball Network and wvpower.com
TONIGHT'S MATCHUP
RH Zack Von Rosenberg (0-0, 1.80) vs. RH Justin Schumer (1-1, 8.38)
Von Rosenberg: Allowed 1 R on 4 H with 1 BB and 9 K over 5.0 IP in 4/12 ND vs. ASH (6-3 Power)
Schumer: Allowed 3 R on 5 H with 0 BB and 0 K over 6.0 IP in 4/12 Win @ Rome (5-3 Jackets)
POWER REPLAY: West Virginia blanked Augusta 7-0 Sunday afternoon. Colton Cain combined with Kevin Decker and Ryan Beckman to struck out nine and limit the GreenJackets to 5 hits. The Power racked up a season-high 12 hit and scored at least one run in five different innings. Mel Rojas Jr. lead all players with three hits, while Kevin Mort drove in three runs to help West Virginia win their second straight.
TOPPING THE LEADERBOARD: Augusta leads the all-time series between the Power with a 21-14 record since 2005, and have been dominant at home, winning 16 times in 23 opportunities. West Virginia never won more than twice during any single trip there since 2005, having gone 1-3 in 2010, getting swept in 2009, winning once in 2008, splitting the series in 2007 at two wins apiece, winning once in 2006, and the Power did not play there in 2005.
WELCOMING COMMITTEE: The Pittsburgh Pirates have added Casey Sadler to the Power roster and shifted Zac Fuesser to the State College Spikes squad. Sadler was selected in the 25th round of the 2010 draft from Western Oklahoma State University where he went 10-1 as a sophomore with a 3.12 ERA. Fuesser had pitched in two games this season for West Virginia, going 0-0 with a 0.00 ERA, including four shutout innings in a spot start on Thursday. This is the first roster move of the 2011 season.
PINPOINT CONTROL: West Virginia pitchers have combined to walk just 14 batters this season, by far the fewest in the league. Lakewood has played one less game and has the second lowest total at 23. Conversely, Delmarva has played one more game than the Power, but has walked a combined total of 48 batters.
ON THE ROAD: West Virginia concludes its first road series of 2011 tonight at 7:05 pm. The Power start a five game series in Kannapolis on Tuesday. West Virginia's next homestand starts on April 25 with five games against Bryce Harper's Hagerstown Suns and concludes with four games against Greensboro.
FARM FRESH: In Sunday's minor league action, Pittsburgh's four starting pitchers combined to allow just two earned runs in 26.0 innings of work. In addition to Colton Cain's six shutout innings for West Virginia, Brian Burres tossed 7.0 scoreless innings while recording eight strikeouts for Indianapolis. Aaron Pribanic was charged with one unearned run in 6.0 innings for Altoona. Former Power starter Kyle McPherson allowed two earned runs in 7.0 innings for Bradenton.
ROSTER RUNDOWN: The 2011 Power roster features 16 players drafted by Pittsburgh within the last two years, four players who saw South Atlantic League action in 2010 with the Power, and four ranked within Baseball America's top 25 for the entire Pirates organization. Rogelio Noris, Zach Foster, Jairo Marquez, and Andy Vasquez all saw action in 2010 with the Power. Zack Von Rosenberg rates ninth followed by Colton Cain (13), Zack Dodson (18), and Mel Rojas Jr. (23).
POWER POINTS: West Virginia plays 14 home games during April and nine on the road. The Power went 9-12 during April of 2010, hit .239, and held a staff ERA of 3.80... Only three teams have hit more batters this season than West Virginia (8): Asheville, Delmarva, and Greensboro pitching staffs have hit ten each.
AROUND THE ORGANIZATION: Pittsburgh beat Cincinnati 7-6. Andrew McCutchen and Jose Tabata hit solo home runs in the first inning to lead the charge... Indianapolis lost to Louisville 6-4 in 13 innings... Altoona beat Richmond 5-1... Bradenton lost 5-4 in 13 innings at Jupiter. Calvin Anderson hit his second home run of the season in the loss.
ON THE AIR: All 140 West Virginia Power games can be heard on ESPN 104.5 FM and 1490 AM in Charleston, WV, across the state on the Power Radio Network, and online at milb.com.
Adam Marco will call the action for each of the 70 home games this season, while the home team will provide coverage while the Power are on the road.
South Atlantic League Stories from April 18, 2011
- Drive Stop Gnats Streak with 5-1 Win Monday - Savannah Sand Gnats
- Drive Squash Sand Gnats, 5-1, in Series Finale - Greenville Drive
- Power Win In Ninth, Take Series - Augusta GreenJackets
- De Leon Delivers Two-Run Jack In 4-Run 7th, R'Dogs Win First Series Of 2011 - Charleston RiverDogs
- Crawdads Take Third Straight In Kannapolis, 6-1 - Hickory Crawdads
- Intimidators Drop Third Straight to Crawdads - Kannapolis Cannon Ballers
- Tourists Take Series Finale Over Legends 4-1 - Lexington Legends
- Gipson Placed on DL, RiverDogs Add Recchia - Charleston RiverDogs
- Gnats Game Notes: Monday, April 18 Vs. Greenville - Savannah Sand Gnats
- Intimidator's Petricka Named S.A.L. Pitcher of the Week - Kannapolis Cannon Ballers
- Walk-Off Winner for Suns Over BlueClaws in Series Finale - Hagerstown Suns
- Grasshoppers Power Past Shorebirds, 15-5, in Finale - Delmarva Shorebirds
- Gnats, Minor League Baseballâ⢠and KRAFT Singles partner for third consecutive season - Savannah Sand Gnats
- BlueClaws Shutout 1-0 by Hagerstown - Jersey Shore BlueClaws
- Intimidators Raising Money for Bosom Buddies - Kannapolis Cannon Ballers
- BlueClaws, Georgian Court to Host Softball Camp at FirstEnergy Park - Jersey Shore BlueClaws
- Minor League Baseball and Kraft Singles Partner for Third Consecutive Season - Charleston RiverDogs
- WV Power Game Notes - Charleston Dirty Birds
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