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Published on May 26, 2016 under South Atlantic League (SAL1)
Charleston Dirty Birds News Release


COLUMBIA FIREFLIES (24-22) at WEST VIRGINIA POWER (23-22)

Game 46 | May 26, 2016 | Appalachian Power Park | Charleston, WV

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

PITCHING MATCH-UP

Mitch Keller (1-3, 5.29) vs. RH Tyler Badamo (1-3, 3.54)

Keller: Allowed 2 R on 4 H over 4.0 IP in 5/21 ND vs. HIC with 4 K (9-4 Power)

Badamo: Allowed 1 R on 5 H over 5.0 IP in 5/20 ND @ CSC with 3 K (2-1 RiverDogs)

LEADING OFF: The West Virginia Power won the series finale against the Charleston RiverDogs 5-3 at Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park in Charleston, SC. Mitchell Tolman gave the Power an early lead as he launched a two-run home run in the second inning, his second of the season. The 'Dogs came back for a run in the bottom half on a solo home run by Connor Spencer. That was all West Virginia starter Dario Agrazal allowed through six innings, while tying a season high in strikeouts with five. The game remained scoreless until the eighth, when the Power added three insurance runs, keyed by a two run double by Logan Hill to make it 5-1. Though Charleston scored a pair of runs to cut the lead in half in the eighth, Julio Eusebio retired the side in the ninth to notch his fourth save and seal the 5-3 win.

TIME FLIES: Thursday marks the first ever meeting between the Columbia Fireflies and the West Virginia Power, after the Savannah Sand Gnats moved to Columbia this past season. The teams will play a total of 15 times in 2016, including eight in Charleston. The Sand Gnats and Firefly franchise lead the overall series against the Power 29-25.

WHIP IT GOOD: Thursday night starter Mitch Keller leads the South Atlantic League in WHIP (Walk and Hits over Inning Pitched) at .69. The right handed ace is also third in ERA (1.40), fourth in strikeouts (52) and third in batting average against (.175).

THE SUN GOES DOWN THE STARS COME OUT: Following Wednesday night's win, the Power improved to 19-12 in night games while they are just 4-10 in day match ups.

HELLO MY NAME IS... Following Jess Amedee's appearance Tuesday, three different Power players have debuted for the team over the course of four days. Outfielder Logan Hill debuted for the club on Saturday and pitcher Sean Keselica made his first appearance in a Power jersey during the series opener Monday night.

THE MORE THE MERRIER: Following Tuesday night's loss, the Power fell to 1-15 when they score two runs or fewer. The club is 21-7 when they plate at least three runs.

KEEP IT 100: On Saturday Ke'Bryan Hayes became the first Power player this season to be included in MLB.com's top 100 prospect list. The 19-year-old , ranked as the 100th best prospect in baseball, joins Tyler Glasnow (8), Austin Meadows (16), Josh Bell (44), and Jameson Taillon (53) as the only players from the Pirates organization on the list.

RATLEDGE RELIEF: Power infielder Logan Ratledge pitched in his second game of the season Monday night, giving up two runs and striking out a pair in two innings of relief. Ratledge earned the win in the team's 16 inning victory over Kannapolis on April 18. The right-hander is the first West Virginia position player to pitch since Adam Landecker on July 1, 2014.

POWER POINTS: The Minnesota Twins promoted Robbie Grossman to the active roster. Grossman hit .266 over 116 games for West Virginia in 2009... West Virginia scored nine runs Saturday night, their second-highest total of the season and largest output since April 19 vs. Kannapolis... With a split of Sunday's doubleheader against Hickory, the Power won their first series since April 22-24 against Lexington... Julio Eusebio picked up his team leading fourth save of the year Wednesday. The Power are tied with Kannapolis with a league-low eight saves.

AROUND THE ORGANIZATION: Pittsburgh edged Arizona 5-4. Sean Rodriguez and David Freese hit home runs to lead the Pirates... Indianapolis lost a shootout 9-8 to Rochester. The Indians trailed 9-3 in the ninth and came up one run shy of completing the comeback... Akron blew out Altoona 13-6. Harold Ramirez hit his first home run of the year in the loss... Bradenton fell to Dunedin 4-2. Alex McCrae took the loss after giving up four runs in seven innings.

PROMO UPDATE: On May 28, the Power host the Columbia Fireflies on Red Neck Night 5. The game features a sleeveless T-shirt giveaway as well as a pre and postgame concert by Love and Theft.

ON THE AIR: West Virginia Power games can be heard on Charleston's ESPN Radio 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 Greg Wong when the team plays at Appalachian Power Park.

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