SHOREBIRDS GAME NOTES: 5/19 @ West Virginia

PREVIEW: The Shorebirds split their first doubleheader of the season with the West Virginia Power. The Shorebirds look to avoid dropping their third consecutive series. They fell to the Kannapolis and Charleston three games to one. The ‘Birds remain 4.5 games out of first as Hickory also split a doubleheader last night against Kannapolis.

10 HOME RUNS: Tyler Kolodny ranks second in the South Atlantic League and first in the Baltimore Orioles farm system with 10 long balls. Kolodny has hit four homers in his last 13 at-bats. Kolodny also has nine RBIs in his last four games. He is tied for 10th in the South Atlantic League in RBIs. He becomes the first player to record double digit homers since 2008 when five players hit ten homers (Tyler Henson, Joe Nowicki, Ryan Adams, Anthon Martinez and Kieron Pope).

MOREAU DOMINATES: The former Georgia star stifled the Power last night in four hitless innings. He retired 12 straight batters following a lead off walk to Evan Chambers. Moreau also fanned seven batters. He now holds a 15 inning scoreless streak dating back to April 25th. Moreau has 22 strike outs in his last 14 innings. He is fifth in the league amongst relievers in strike outs per nine innings (12.27).

MULTI-HIT PLANETA: Mikey has four multi-hit games in his last seven games. His batting average has jumped from .207 to .243 during the stretch.

LAST EIGHT-GAME SWING: The Shorebirds are ending an eight game road trip tonight. Their next two-city road swing is not until the end of July when the Shorebirds travel to Lexington and West Virginia. The next six road trips are all one city trips for Delmarva.

JUST BEHIND 2009: The Shorebirds are right on par with the 2009 club after 38 games. Last year’s club was 20-18. They went on a season long seven game winning streak at this time of the season.

FIVE GUYS OVER .300 IN LAST TEN: Five Shorebirds players are batting over .500 over the last ten games for Delmarva. They are: Brian Conley (.333), Ty Kelly (.342), Mikey Planeta (.316), Garabez Rosa (.342) and Tyler Stampone (.324).

HOME RUN PARK?: In seven games at Appalachian Power Park last season, the Shorebirds and Power combined for 13 home runs. Through the first three games of the series, the two teams have combined for five long balls.

12 GAMES AGAINST LEADERS: Following the West Virginia series, the ‘Birds will play their next 12 games against the top three teams in the North: Hagerstown (20-23), Hickory (24-27) and Lakewood (28-31).

7-16 WHEN...: The Shorebirds are 7-16 on the season when scoring five or fewer runs. The Shorebirds are 0-6 in the last six games that they have scored fewer than five runs.

10-3 WHEN...: The Shorebirds are 10-3 when scoring six or more runs on the season.

FIRST IN EIGHT GAMES: Garabez Rosa connected on his 14th double of the season in game one of the doubleheader last night. It was his first double in nine games. He went eight straight without a two-bagger from 5/7 through 5/16.