Power Hand Suns A 10-6 Loss
July 28, 2007 - South Atlantic League (SAL1)
Charleston Dirty Birds News Release
Charleston, WV (July 28, 2007) - Donovan Hand shut down the Hagerstown Suns through five innings of Saturday's game at Appalachian Power Park as the Power offense pounded out ten runs on 15 hits and defeated the Suns 10-6 to take the final game of the series.
The Suns scored in the first inning when Joe Napoli was hit by a 1-2 pitch with the bases loaded. West Virginia plated three runs in the bottom of the inning. Andrew Lefave and Chuckie Caufield ripped back-to-back RBI singles and Lefave scored later in the inning when Kenny Holmberg reached on a fielder's choice. Steve Chapman increased the Power lead with a two run single in the bottom of the third. Taylor Green reached on a fielder's choice and scored Charlie Fermaint in the fourth inning.
In the sixth inning Francisco Guzman grounded out and knocked in Jhonathan Solano. The Suns made it a 6-3 game in the top of the eighth inning when Patrick Nichols singled in Jonathan Castro. The Power scored four big insurance runs in the bottom of the inning. Lefave doubled in two runs and scored on Taylor Green's two-bagger before Kenny Holmberg capped the inning with a run scoring single. The Suns plated three runs in the ninth but it wasn't enough.
Donovan Hand (1-0) allowed a run on eight hits and struck out six through five innings to get the win in his Power debut, J.T. King (3) earned the save and Zach Baldwin (3-1) was tagged with the loss.
The Power improved to 66-39 overall and 18-19 in the second half, and the Suns fell to 39-64 overall and 10-26 in the second half with the loss. Andrew Lefave went 4-for-5 with three runs scored and three RBI. Charlie Fermaint also scored three times for the Power while Holmberg, Green and Chapman all knocked in two runs.
The Power are off on Monday but will begin a four game series against the Columbus Catfish at Golden Park on Monday night. The Power will start right hander Alex Periard (5-3, 3.42) and the Catfish will counter with right hander Woods Fines (6-6, 4.61). The first pitch is scheduled for 7:00 PM.
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