Power drops game one; Second game suspended
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (April 20, 2018) - West Virginia struck first in both games of their doubleheader, but Asheville rallied for five runs over their final two offensive innings to take game one, 8-5, while game two was suspended in the top of the fourth with nobody out and the Power leading
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (April 20, 2018) - West Virginia struck first in both games of their doubleheader, but Asheville rallied for five runs over their final two offensive innings to take game one, 8-5, while game two was suspended in the top of the fourth with nobody out and the Power leading 6-0 at McCormick Field Saturday afternoon.
GAME 1: Asheville 8, West Virginia 5 (F/7)
West Virginia (9-6) got on the board first in the opening frame, as five of the first six Power batters managed to reach against Asheville (7-9) starter Riley Pint before he was lifted with just one out in the inning. Pint issued three walks in the frame, along with a base hit to
The Tourists cut the lead in half in the bottom of the inning against
Asheville would continue to surge in the third, tacking on two more runs on four consecutive hits against Moyers, a double and three singles, to jump ahead 3-2.
The Power provided an answer in the ensuing frame, as five consecutive batters reached with one away to vault West Virginia back in front.
Cade Harris helped bring the Tourists back within one in the bottom of the fifth, leading off the inning with a towering blast to right for his first home run of the year. Moyers induced a pop up from Will Golsan for the first out of the frame, but would be lifted after surrendering a single to Vavra and a walk to Willie MacIver.
However, Asheville was able to get to Sweet in the sixth, tallying three runs on four hits from the first four batters of the inning to take an 8-5 lead.
Alexander Martinez (S, 3) retired the Power in the seventh despite a leadoff single from
GAME 2: West Virginia 6, Asheville 0 (Suspended in T4)
The Power started the scoring again in game two, as
West Virginia added two more in the third, as
The game was put into a rain delay after Feltner was removed in favor of reliever Jake Bird, and ultimately suspended in the top of the fourth with nobody out and West Virginia up 6-0. The game will be concluded when the Power returns to Asheville in late May. The exact date and time will be determined at a later date.
Following the league's first off day Sunday, West Virginia kicks off its second homestand of the season Monday night with the first game of a three-game series against the Columbia Fireflies. First pitch from Appalachian Power Park is set for 7:05 p.m. RHP
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