Middle Surge Powers WV Over 'Birds
CHARLESTON, WV - The Delmarva Shorebirds dropped the opener of their final series of the first half, falling 8-2 to the West Virginia Power on Friday night at Appalachian Power Park.Max Kranick (1-3) earned his first win of the season for the Power (36-29), scattering three hits over five scoreless
CHARLESTON, WV - The Delmarva Shorebirds dropped the opener of their final series of the first half, falling 8-2 to the West Virginia Power on Friday night at Appalachian Power Park.
Max Kranick (1-3) earned his first win of the season for the Power (36-29), scattering three hits over five scoreless innings and striking out six.
West Virginia pounced on Hall early. Oniel Cruz led off the bottom of the first with a single and took second on a wild pitch.
The Shorebirds broke up the shutout in the top of the seventh.
The momentum was short-lived, though, as the Power responded with three in their half of the seventh. Castro led off with a ground-rule double and went to third on a Stafford single. After a walk and a force at the plate,
The Power tacked on two more in the bottom of the eighth on a Sanchez RBI double and Castro run-scoring groundout. Delmarva peeled one off in the ninth on a two-out RBI double from
Jarrett finished 3-for-5 with a double and RBI to lead the Shorebirds, while
Sanchez led the way for the Power from the nine-hole, going 3-for-4 with a double, run, and RBI. Cruz singled twice and scored twice, while Castro went 2-for-4 with a double and two RBIs.
Delmarva out-hit the Power 11-10 but went just 1-for-11 with men in scoring position, eventually leaving 13 runners on base.
The loss locks the Shorebirds into fourth place in the SAL Northern Division for the first half of the season. West Virginia can finish no lower than third.
The Shorebirds play their penultimate game before the All-Star Break on Saturday night against the Power.