'Birds Outlast Pesky Power for Sweep
CHARLESTON, WV - After seeing three separate leads evaporate, the Delmarva Shorebirds made the fourth one stick, outlasting the West Virginia Power 10-7 in 10 innings on Thursday night at Appalachian Power Park.With the game tied 5-5 after nine, the Shorebirds (16-5, 64-26) started the top of the 10th with
CHARLESTON, WV - After seeing three separate leads evaporate, the Delmarva Shorebirds made the fourth one stick, outlasting the West Virginia Power 10-7 in 10 innings on Thursday night at Appalachian Power Park.
With the game tied 5-5 after nine, the Shorebirds (16-5, 64-26) started the top of the 10th with
The Power (9-12, 46-45) mustered a rally of their own in the bottom of the 10th. With
Hayes (1-0) pitched a perfect ninth and battled through the 10th to pick up his first win.
The climactic 10th served as a final sequel to several mid-inning skirmishes that saw Delmarva take the lead and West Virginia pull back into it. In the top of the fourth, Seamus Curran belted a solo home run to put the Shorebirds up 1-0. The Power answered in their half of the fourth as Davis walked with one out, Rodriguez hit into a fielder's choice, Honeyman singled, and Sheaffer singled to bring in Rodriguez, tying it at 1-1.
Adam Hall singled with two out in the top of the fifth and promptly stole second, and Cadyn Grenier followed with a gap-splitting double to left center, scoring Hall to make it 2-1.
The Shorebirds seemingly bounded away from their hosts in the sixth. Breazeale reached on an error, then
The Power got two back in the seventh on a two-run homer by Nick Rodriguez. Then in the eighth, Julio Rodriguez blasted a game-tying solo home run to left, bringing things even for a third time at 5-5. Delmarva regrouped from there and made sure the fourth lead stuck with a big 10th.
Ferguson and Hall provided a 1-2 punch at the top of the Shorebird lineup, going a combined 6-for-10 with each recording a double, run, and two RBIs. Hall also walked twice and stole two bases, giving him an even 20 on the season. Roberts went 2-for-5 with a double, two runs, and an RBI, while Curran homered for the second straight night and grabbed a second-place tie on the SAL leaderboard with his 15th dinger.
Julio Rodriguez finished 2-for-3 with a homer, two RBIs, and three runs scored for the Power. Honeyman also had two hits.
West Virginia's
The three-game sweep avenges the Shorebirds' three straight one-run losses at West Virginia on June 10-12. Delmarva outfoxed the Power on the scoreboard 26-9 in the three-game set.
The Shorebirds now turn their attention to the Hickory Crawdads for the opener of a six-game homestand on Friday night.