WV Power Game Notes
July 1, 2015 - South Atlantic League (SAL1)
Charleston Dirty Birds News Release
West Virginia Power (5-1, 42-33) at Kannapolis Intimidators (2-4, 37-38)
Game 76 | July 1, 2015 | Intimidators Stadium | Kannapolis, NC
Radio: Charleston's ESPN 104.5 & 1490 - wvpower.com Airtime: 6:45 pm
TONIGHT'S MATCH-UP
RH Austin Coley (9-4, 3.94) vs. RH Yelmison Peralta (2-6, 6.14)
Coley: Surrendered 5 R on 8 H over 6.0 IP with 4 K and 2 BB in 6/26 Win vs. GBO (8-5 Power)
Peralta: Allowed 4 R (3 ER) on 7 H over 6.0 IP in 6/25 ND vs. ASH with 4 K & 2 BB (9-8 KAN) Power)
THE LEAD OFF: The Power dropped a 7-3 final on Tuesday evening and saw their five game winning streak snapped. The Power took a 1-0 lead in the first on a run-scoring ground out by Michael Suchy, but the Intimidators evened the game on a sac fly in the bottom of the inning. Taylor Gushue singled in Tito Polo in the top of the fourth for a 2-1 lead, but Kannapolis plated three against West Virginia starter Colten Brewer in the bottom of the fifth, including a solo home run by Brett Austin. The Intimidators added a run in the sixth. In the eighth, the Power got within two at 5-3 on a Chase Simpson RBI single, but the Intimidators closed the scoring with two in the bottom of the inning. Brewer took the loss after surrendering five runs over five and two-thirds.
NINE TO A DIME: Austin Coley seeks his tenth win of the season when he takes to the hill tonight. No Power pitcher since Rudy Owens during the 2009 season has reached ten victories. Owens won his tenth game in his 16th start of the season. Coley makes his team-high 15th start of the year tonight.
EVENED UP: West Virginia continues a four-game series against the Kannapolis Intimidators tonight on the road. Tuesday's Intimidator win evened the all-time series at 57 victories apiece with three game remaining in this set and then a five-game series at Intimidators Stadium to close the 2015 season.
JUNE'S SWOON: Despite the strong start to the second half, the Power finished June with a 12-13 record. The team batting average for the month was .250, just slightly behind May's .254 clip. The staff ERA, however, was 4.37; over a full run and a half high than the May earned run average and second highest in the league from June 1-30.
46 AND COUNTING: Ryan Kelly was promoted to the Atlanta Braves roster on Sunday and made his Major League debut on Tuesday evening. Kelly is the 46th former Power player to reach the Majors and second this season. Kelly pitched for West Virginia in 2009 and 2010. The 2009 club now has ten players that have gone on to reach the bigs, marking the most from any one season in Power history.
HISTORY MADE: The rain-shortened victory for West Virginia was the first five-game sweep at home in the history of the West Virginia Power. Previously, the Power swept Delmarva at the end of the 2011 season at Perdue Stadium in a five-game set. West Virginia will play three more five-game series including one against Greensboro (July 8-12), Lexington (August 29- September 2) and against Kannapolis (September 3-7) to conclude the season.
SUCHY'S ROLL: Michael Suchy hit .500 during the series against Greensboro and was red-hot in June. The Pirates 2014 fifth round pick batted .344 in June with two home runs and 12 runs batted in over 19 games played. The right fielder hit .222 in 17 April games and .245 over 27 games in May.
PROMO UPDATE- JULY 4: West Virginia's Fourth of July Celebration will feature an extended version of postgame fireworks for all fans in attendance as the Power celebrate Independence Day.
POWER POINTS: West Virginia's 53 sacrifice bunts this season are the most in affiliated baseball... Taylor Gushue has 14 passed balls in 53 games, three shy of tying Angel Salome's 2007 club record... Tito Polo and Francisco Diaz went back-to-back on Sunday and it was the first time since Harold Ramirez and Edwin Espinal did it on June 8 last year...The 13 runs scored by the Power in Sunday's win were the most runs in a single game since the July 30, 2012... Of the 75 games the Power played, 43 have been decided by two runs or less.
AROUND THE ORGANIZATION: Pittsburgh edged Detroit 5-4 in 14 innings on Tuesday. Neil Walker drove in Josh Harrison to push the Pirates ahead and tag a loss on former Bucco Tom Gorzelanny... Indianapolis scored three in the bottom of the first in a 3-1 win against Columbus. Gift Ngoepe doubled for his first Triple-A hit and Yhonathan Barrios earned his first save with the Indians... Altoona lost 4-3 to Trenton in an 11-inning walk-off... Bradenton doubled up Brevard County 12-6. All nine Marauders had at least one hit, including three apiece from Chris Diaz, Wyatt Mathisen and Austin Meadows... Tyler Moore paced the West Virginia Black Bears to a 6-4 win over Hudson Valley.
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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