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Published on May 2, 2013 under South Atlantic League (SAL1)
Charleston Dirty Birds News Release


Greensboro Grasshoppers (11-15) at West Virginia Power (11-15)

Game 27 | May 2, 2013 | Appalachian Power Park | Charleston, WV

Radio: Charleston's ESPN 104.5 & 1490 - wvpower.com Airtime: 6:45 pm

TONIGHT'S MATCHUP

RH Scott Lyman (0-2, 6.64) vs. RH Clay Holmes (1-2, 3.91)

Lyman: Allowed 8 R on 9 H over 2.0 IP with 1 K and 2 BB in 4/26 Loss vs. ROM (10-6 Braves)

Holmes: Allowed 3 R on 6 H over 5.0 IP with 0 K and 4 BB in 4/26 Loss @ SAV (4-2 Power)

THE LEAD OFF: West Virginia beat Greensboro 6-3 on Wednesday night in walk-off fashion. The Power took a 1-0 lead in the first, but the Grasshoppers led 2-1 after five innings. After each team scored once in the seventh, West Virginia rallied back in the bottom of the ninth. Walker Gourley reached on a single, moved to second on a balk, and then advanced to third on a sac bunt. Dilson Herrera singled in Gourley to tie the game at three. With two outs and two aboard, Eric Wood drove the first pitch of his at bat over the left-center wall for a 6-3 walk-off win. Jason Creasy notched the win with one shutout inning of relief. The Power pinned a blown save and a loss on Blake Logan. Herrera and Wood had three hits apiece to pace the offense.

WALK AWAY HAPPY: Wednesday evening's walk-off was the third game this season to end in the last at bat. The Power's first win of 2013 came on a Stetson Allie solo home run to beat Asheville on April 11. West Virginia also lost 3-2 to Savannah this past Sunday afternoon on a walk-off single.

HERE COME THE HOP STEPPERS: West Virginia and Greensboro will play the second of their three-game series tonight. The Power lead the all-time series with 63 wins and 42 losses, though the Grasshoppers won the 2012 series 8-6. The teams will meet a total of 13 times this season, nine of which will be played in Charleston.

MINUS ONE: With six runs last night, West Virginia's offense has scored 149 times last night and the pitching staff has surrendered 150 runs. At no point this season has the team had more total runs scored than total allowed.

PROLIFIC POWER : Monday marked the second time during April that Stetson Allie hit two home runs and drove in five. He also accomplished the feat in a West Virginia win on April 13 at Asheville. Allie finished April with eight home runs, matching Mat Gamel and Stephen Chapman for second most in a single month in Power history. Jose Osuna holds the single month record with nine during July of last season.

BRINGING THEM HOME: Josh Bell drove in 28 runs during April, matching the third highest tally in any single month in Power history. Gregory Polanco drove in 30 in July of 2012 to set a new record, surpassing the previous record of 29 set by Mat Gamel in May of 2006. Bell has matched Stefan Wilson (June 2008) and Angel Salome (May 2006) for the third most runs batted in during a single month in Power history. Bell's 28 runs batted in matched Fresno's Brett Pill for the most by any player regardless of level during the month of April.

ONE MONTH DOWN: The Power won more games this April than they did last year, but dropped of seven their last ten games to close the month. The 2013 Power have a .270 batting average and a 4.73 ERA. The 2012 club went 8-16 in April with a .279 team batting average and a staff ERA of 5.80.

OVER/ UNDER: West Virginia has not won a game this season when scoring fewer than six runs. The Power are 0-12 when scoring five or less and now 11-3 when scoring six or more in any game this season.

PROMO UPDATE- MAY 18: The Power will host their annual WVU night on May 18 against Lexington. The first 1,000 fans through the gate will receive a Geno Smith bobblehead. All fans will have the chance to meet and greet Kevin Jones, Truck Bryant, and Da'Sean Butler. WVU Night is present by the WV Army National Guard.

POWER POINTS: Joely Rodriguez did not factor in the decision on Wednesday but did notch the second quality start of his career. The other quality start was on July 16, 2009 while pitching for the DSL Pirates... Dilson Herrera has three straight multi-hit games... Raul Fortunato's four game hitting streak ended with a 0-4 Wednesday night.

AROUND THE ORGANIZATION: Pittsburgh beat Milwaukee 6-4 on Wednesday afternoon. Starling Marte, Pedro Alvarez, Mike McKenry all hit home runs in the victory... Indianapolis was idle Wednesday and travels to Lehigh Valley tonight... Altoona dropped a 5-4 final to Akron... Bradenton was held to one hit in a 1-0 loss to Brevard County.

ON THE AIR: West Virginia Power games can be heard on Charleston's ESPN 104.5 FM and 1490 AM in Charleston, WV, and online at wvpower.com. Adam Marco will call the action for all 140 games this season and will be joined by Mike Baggerman when the team plays at Appalachian Power Park.

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