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Published on July 2, 2014 under South Atlantic League (SAL1)
Charleston Dirty Birds News Release


Hickory Crawdads (11-2, 42-28) at West Virginia Power (8-5, 28-53)

Game 82 | July 2, 2014 | Appalachian Power Park | Charleston, WV

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

TONIGHT'S MATCH-UP

RH Cole Wiper (5-6, 3.71) vs. RH Buddy Borden (3-5, 3.71)

Wiper: Allowed 2 R on 5 H over 5.0 IP in 6/27 W vs. GVL with 6 K and 0 BB (6-4 Crawdads)

Borden: Allowed 0 R on 1 H over 2.0 IP in 6/27 SV vs. LWD with 4 K and 2 BB (6-2 Power)

THE LEAD OFF: West Virginia fell to the Hickory Crawdads on Tuesday night 11-6. The Crawdads got on the board first with a pair in the fourth on a Jairo Beras RBI single. The Power responded with one in the bottom half on a Kawika Emsley-Pai RBI base knock. Hickory exploded for three in the fifth with a solo blast off the bat of Ryan Cordell and a two-run homer from Kellin Deglan. West Virginia chipped away at the lead until JaCoby Jones tied the game in the eighth with a three-run home run, his ninth of the season. The Crawdads, however, answered immediately, plating five runs on Ronald Guzman RBI base hit and an Evan Van Hoosier triple that brought in a pair. Henry Hirsch was charged with the loss in relief while Josh McElwee vultured his second win of the season.

BYE BYE MUDBUGS: West Virginia's lead over Hickory has been trimmed to just one game at 49-48. West Virginia is 30-19 all-time against the Crawdads at Appalachian Power Park. The Power are 19-28 at L.P. Frans Stadium. West Virginia will return to Hickory with a three-game series at the end of July.

THE HITS KEEP COMING: Harold Ramirez notched a single in the first on Tuesday and extended his hitting streak to 23 consecutive games. Ramirez has now broken Starling Marte's Power franchise record of 22 games and passed Pat Valaika (Asheville) for longest hit streak in the South Atlantic League this season. The outfielder is hitting .346 since the streak started on June 5.

OTAMENDI UP: The Pittsburgh Pirates placed left-hander Andy Otamendi on the Power roster before Tuesday's game. To make room for the southpaw, Clario Perez was transferred to the Jamestown Jammers roster.

OH SO CLOSE: The West Virginia Power have still yet to walk-off with a victory in the 2014 season. The Power threatened on multiple occassions in Monday's 15 inning loss to the Lakewood BlueClaws. The Power stranded three in scoring position in extra innings. The Power have watched seven walk-offs in 2014.

STREAK STOPPED: The Power had their season-best five-game winning streak cut down on Sunday afternoon with a 10-5 loss to Lakewood. The Power had not won at home since May 25 against the BlueClaws (7-1) when West Virginia won on Friday night. West Virginia posted their second straight win at home for the second time this season on Saturday.

BETTER TOGETHER: The Power currently have multiple double-digit hitting streaks alive in Harold Ramirez's 23-game band and Edwin Espinal's 12-game streak. Espinal extended his streak to 12 games with a second straight multi-hit affair on Tuesday.

PROMO UPDATE- JULY 3: The West Virginia Power will wrap up the homestand on Thursday, July 3, at Appalachian Power Park with a special 6:05 first pitch. Post-game will feature Independence Day themed fireworks as well as a concert by Red Wanting Blue.

POWER POINTS: West Virginia is 12-19 in one-run games this season. No other club in the league has played as many one-run games as West Virginia has this year... Pittsburgh placed Wyatt Mathisen on the Disabled List prior to Saturday's game with a leg injury. The third baseman is batting .263 over 74 games with three home runs and 24 RBIs. JaCoby Jones was activated from the Power Disabled List prior to Saturday's game. Jones was placed on the DL retroactive to June 21 with a left knee injury. Jeff Roy posted multi-hit performances in three of his first four games at Appalachian Power Park.

AROUND THE ORGANIZATION: Pittsburgh scored three in the ninth to come back with a walk-off win over the Arizona Diamondbacks 3-2. Starling Marte doubled in the tying run and Ike Davis singled home Marte for the win... Indianapolis fell to Louisville 5-3... Altoona was edged by Bowie 4-3. Jarek Cunningham was 3-for-4 with a double in the loss... Bradenton ousted Fort Myers 5-4. Eric Wood doubled three times for the Marauders... Jamestown dropped a 6-3 final to the Williamsport Crosscutters.

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.

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