MLN - THE RAW FEED - www.mlntherawfeed.com – Charleston, WV – The West Virginia Power fell behind 9-0 on Thursday night at Appalachian Power Park and rallied to make it a one-run game through six innings, but the Asheville Tourists scored three times in the seventh to pull away with a 12-8 victory.             

Asheville scored seven runs in the first inning.  It was their second seven-run inning of the series.  Jeff Cunningham walked with the bases loaded to score the first run and Helder Velazquez was hit by a pitch with the bases full to score the next run.  The next batter, Brian Rike hit a groundball to Steffan Wilson at first base.  Wilson’s throw to second base bounced off Velazquez’s helmet and went into left field, allowing two runs to score.  David Christensen knocked in the next run with a single, and scored on Caleb Gindl’s errant throw.  Asheville plated seven runs on just four hits while taking advantage of four errors.    span class="full-image-float-right">

Cunningham and Lars Davis both doubled in runs in the fourth inning to make it 9-0.  The Power rallied for five in the fifth.  Logan Schafer’s run scoring single scored the first run and Caleb Gindl hit a Grand Slam, his third homer of the series and his 12^th this season to bring the Power within four runs.  Eric Fryer was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded to plate a run in the sixth inning, Wilson grounded into a 6-4-3 double play to plate the next run and Zelous Wheeler brought the Power within a run on an RBI single to cap the sixth inning.  

Asheville scored three big insurance runs in the seventh inning to pull away.  Rike began the inning with a base hit and scored on a wild pitch.  Michael Mitchell’s base hit scored Christensen and Bo Bowman’s groundout plated Mitchell to finish the inning.   

Matt Reynolds (6-2) tossed four scoreless innings of one hit ball in relief and was rewarded with the victory.  Evan Anundsen (11-7) allowed nine runs, only five earned on six hits over three and a third and was tagged with the loss.  

The Power fell to 71-58 on the year and 39-21 in the second half with the loss.  The Tourists improved to 80-50 on the year and 33-27 in the second half with the win. Eric Farris turned in the only multi-hit game for the Power with his 2-for-5 performance.  Gindl’s Grand Slam was the second of the series for the Power.  Both Grand Slams were hit off Edgmer Escalona.  Eric Fryer reached three times to bring his on base streak to 30 games.  

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