SALISBURY, Md (WSAZ)-The West Virginia Power had the lead twice in Tuesday’s game against the Delmarva Shorebirds, but still ended up on the losing, 5-3.
West Virginia took the lead in the top of the second on Kurt Crowell’s first of two RBI singles on the afternoon.
In the bottom of the inning Kieron Pope reached on an error to bring in the tying run.
The Shorebirds took their first lead of the game in the bottom of the third on Joe Mahoney’s sacrifice fly that scored Matt Angle.
Jonathan Lucroy began the fourth inning with a double and scored on Zelous Wheeler’s second double of the game.
In the top of the seventh, Kurt Crowell ripped a single into left field to score Steffan Wilson putting the Power up 3-2.
In the bottom of the seventh Anthony Martinez homered with two outs to tie the game.
Still in the seventh, Wally Crancer walked on four pitches before Kieron Pope hit a two-run shot to give Delmarva a 5-3 victory.
Corey Frerichs (0-4) was tagged with the loss after allowing three runs on four hits over an inning and two-thirds.
The Power fell to 12-20 with the loss and the Shorebirds improved to 18-14 with the win.
The Power are off on Wednesday but will begin a four game series with the Hagerstown Suns at Appalachian Power Park on Thursday night.
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