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WV Power Game Notes

Published on July 8, 2014 under South Atlantic League (SAL1)
Charleston Dirty Birds News Release


West Virginia Power (10-9, 30-57) at Delmarva Shorebirds (9-10, 47-41)

Game 88 | July 8, 2014 | Arthur W. Perdue Stadium | Salisbury, MD

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

TONIGHT'S MATCH-UP

RH Dovydas Neverauskas (4-7, 5.79) vs. LH Steven Brault (7-5, 3.53)

Brault: Allowed 6 R on 7 H over 4.1 IP in 7/02 L @ KAN with 8 K and 0 BB (6-4 KAN)

Neverauskas: Allowed 2 R on 3 H over 4.0 IP in 7/03 L vs. HIC with 3 K and 5 BB (6-1 HIC)

THE LEAD OFF: West Virginia shutout the Delmarva Shorebirds in the series opener on Monday night at Arthur W. Perdue Stadium 5-0. Buddy Borden and Mitch Horacek were locked into a pitcher's duel until the sixth inning when the Power finally broke the scoreless tie. Elvis Escobar got the inning started by driving in Francisco and Chris Diaz with an RBI single. JaCoby Jones plated Escobar on an RBI base knock and the inning was capped by a two-run bloop single off the bat of Danny Collins. Borden, who earned his fourth win of the season, combined with Felipe Gonzalez and Brett McKinney to toss the Power's fourth shutout of the season. JaCoby Jones extended his seas

FLOCK OFF: West Virginia and Delmarva continue their final series of the 2014 season tonight. The Power and Shorebirds have played each other 131 times since 2005 and the all-time series favors West Virginia 66-65. The Power hold a 26-31 mark at when visiting Salisbury.

NOT ONE, NOT TWO, NOT THREE: JaCoby Jones was named the South Atlantic League's Player of the Week on Monday after blasting five home runs over the course of a week. The shortstop hit .500 (12-for-24) over the week with a double, five home runs and seven RBIs. Jones became the first Power player since Jose Osuna in 2012 to homer in three consecutive games on Sunday. JaCoby was also the first Power player to homer twice in a game in 2014 and is now third in the league in long balls.

WHEELER TO THE BIGS: Zelous Wheeler became the 41st former Power player to reach to Major Leauges on Monday night in his debut with the New York Yankees. Wheeler is the third former member of the Power to make his debut this season, along with Gregory Polanco, Casey Sadley and Rudy Owens.

HEY NOW, YOU'RE AN ALL STAR: Five former Power players were named to the Double-A Eastern League All-Star game with the Altoon Curve. Alen Hanson (2012), Elias Diaz (2011 & 2012), Willy Garcia (2012), Drew Maggi (2011) and Ryan Beckman (2011) were all named All-Stars. The Pirates organization now has had 14 mid-season All-Stars. Former Power outfielder Michael Brantley ('06 & '07) was named a MLB All-Star with the Cleveland Indians.

MAKING MOVES: The Pittsburgh Pirates promoted Michael Fransoso to the West Virginia Power roster from Jamestown prior to Monday's matchup in Delmarva. Fransoso was a member of the Power Opening Day roster, appearing in 22 games with a .215 average, one home run and two RBIs. To make room for Fransoso the Pirates placed Harold Ramirez on to the Power Disabled List retroactive to July 3. Ramirez currently holds a franchise record and SAL season-best hit streak at 23 games.

THE HITS KEEP COMING: Harold Ramirez extended his hitting streak to 23 consecutive games last week. 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.

PROMO UPDATE- JULY 12: The West Virginia Power battle the Greensboro Grasshoppers on Saturday, July 12, at Appalachian Power Park. The first 1,000 fans through the gates will recieve an Appalachian Power Park replica.

POWER POINTS: Pittsburgh made a flurry of moves that effected the Power on Thursday. Justin Maffei and Ashley Ponce were both promoted to Bradenton from West Virginia. Andy Otamendi was transferred to the Jamestown Jammers roster while Clario Perez was promoted from the Jamestown roster after two days. Finally, Danny Collins and Francisco Diaz were activated from the Power Disabled List.

AROUND THE ORGANIZATION: Pittsburgh fell in walk-off fashion to the St. Louis Cardinals 2-0. Matt Adams homered in the ninth to win it... Indianapolis blanked Lehigh Valley 1-0. Francisco Liriano threw six scoreless in rehab... Altoona walked-off with a 4-3 win over Erie in 10 innings. Drew Maggi singled home the winning run... Bradenton was idle and will take on St. Lucie tonight... Jamestown was toppled by Batavia 9-2.

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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