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Published on August 29, 2015 under South Atlantic League (SAL1)
Charleston Dirty Birds News Release


Lexington Legends (23-35, 54-74) at West Virginia Power (42-18, 79-50)

Game 130 | August 29, 2015 | Appalachian Power Park | Charleston, WV

Radio: 680 AM WKAZ - wvpower.com Airtime: 6:45 pm

TONIGHT'S MATCH-UP

RH Yunior Marte (4-3, 6.41) vs. RH Colten Brewer (4-9, 5.03)

Marte: Surrendered 5 R on 4 H over 3.0 IP with 1 K and 2 BB in 8/23 Loss @ HAG (7-4 Suns)

Brewer: Allowed 2 R on 4 H over 5.2 IP with 4 K and 2 BB in 8/23 ND vs. LWD (3-2 Power)

THE LEADOFF: West Virginia knocked off Augusta 5-1 on Friday night at Lake Olmstead Stadium. Alex McRae matched DJ Snelten over three scoreless innings before West Virginia broke the game open in the fourth. Chase Simpson and Francisco Diaz singled in runs and Kevin Newman tripled in a pair before scoring on a passed ball for a 5-0 lead. The GreenJackets scored once in the bottom of the fourth. McRae worked six innings, allowing just the one run on five hits. Jose Regalado followed with two scoreless and Julio Vivas pitched a perfect ninth as the Power clinched the series win and split the season series at four wins apiece.

TWO TO GO: The Power lowered their magic number to two with a win on Friday. Any combination of two West Virginia victories or Lakewood losses will guarantee a postseason berth for the Power. Delmarva was eliminated from post-season contention on Friday. Hickory has an elimination number of two as well, which would give West Virginia the second half Northern Division crown.

RECORD WATCH: West Virginia returns to Appalachian Power Park with two victory marks in sight. With five home games remaining, the Power have matched the single-season home wins record of 44 set during the 2007 season. Entering play on Saturday with ten games remaining, the Power have 79 wins overall, putting them three shy of matching the most in any one season. The 2007 set a franchise record with 82 wins and that total was matched in 2013.

TRUE LEGENDS: The Power own a 12-3 record against the Legends this season with five games left to go against the Kansas City Royals affiliate. West Virginia owns a 110-98 all-time record against the Legends since 2005, including a 48-51 mark against Lexington at Appalachian Power Park.

BREWFEST: Colten Brewer makes his final home start of the regular season tonight. The right-hander has made ten appearances at Appalachian Power Park and ten on the road. Brewer has gone 3-5 at home with a 4.39 earned run average and 1-4 on the road with a 5.68 ERA. Brewer is also slated to start the opener at Kannapolis during the final road trip of the season.

GREAT GARCIA: In Thursday's loss, Power starter Yeudy Garcia struck out a career-high ten batters over 5.2 innings. Garcia's previous career-high in strikeouts was six which was accomplished on multiple occasions. The Power season-high in strikeouts in a single game was 11, accomplished by Colten Brewer on June 1 against Greensboro.

ON TO THE NEXT ONE: Tuesday morning saw the West Virginia Power unveiled the 2016 schedule. West Virginia will begin play on April 7 at Greensboro. Of the 70 home games, 12 will be played in April followed by 16 in May, 12 in June, 13 in July and August, and four in September. The Power will play Lexington 20 times and Delmarva 18 times, the most against any opponent next season. The first Power home game is scheduled for April 14 against the Lexington Legends.

PROMO UPDATE- AUGUST 29: The first 1,000 fans will receive a Bill Mazeroski bobblehead courtesy of AARP and 58 WCHS to celebrate the Pittsburgh Pirates 1960 World Series Championship.

POWER POINTS: West Virginia's win on August 22 put them in first place in the overall standings for the first time since April 18... The Power have had at least nine hits in 19 of 25 games played this month...Nick Neumann earned his franchise-best 16th save in Wednesday's victory... Cole Tucker had season-ending shoulder surgery on Wednesday for a torn labrum... The Power front office will unveil a new tertiary logo on Wednesday. This logo will be used on new road and alternate hats starting in 2016.

AROUND THE ORGANIZATION: Pittsburgh edged Colorado Rockies 5-3. Tony Watson garnered the win and Mark Melancon notched his 42nd save... Indianapolis trounced Louisville 8-1 on 16 hits... Altoona slipped past Trenton 3-2... Bradenton beat Fort Myers 5-3 in 11 innings... The Black Bears lost 6-1 to Mahoning 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. Adam Marco will call the action once again and will be joined by Mike Baggerman when the team plays at Appalachian Power Park.

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