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Lexington Legends vs. West Virginia Power

What: Four-game series

When: Wednesday through Saturday (7:05 each night)

Where: Applebee’s Park

Tickets: Call   (859) 422-7867  

Probable pitchers (Legends listed first): Wednesday, LH Brad Dydalewicz (7-4, 3.36) vs. RH Quinton Miller (1-3, 6.19); Thursday, RH Robert Bono (8-7, 3.24) vs. RH Brett Lorin (0-0, 1.50); Friday, RH Ross Seaton (8-9, 2.89) vs. RH Hunter Strickland (7-4, 3.05); Saturday, LH David Duncan (2-3, 4.67) vs. RH Aaron Pribanic (1-1, 3.00) or RH Gabriel Alvarado (5-9, 4.95).

Quincy Latimore

Power to watch: LF Quincy Latimore (5-foot-11, 191 pounds, from Apex, N.C.) leads the Power in hits (107), doubles (19), triples (9), RBI (57), total bases (174), games (93) and at-bats (379), and shares the team lead in homers (10) through Monday. Batting .282, he is second on the team with 53 runs scored. Selected by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the fourth round of the 2007 draft, he hit .257 in 45 games that season for the Gulf Coast League Pirates. He also had three homers, 17 RBI and 13 stolen bases, with a .429 on-base percentage over 59 at-bats in the leadoff position. In 2008, playing for State College of the New York-Penn League, Latimore hit .244 with three homers, 20 RBI and 25 runs scored over 59 games. This season, he hit .249 over 58 games before the all-star break. In 35 games since the break, he is batting .331. 

Wilder Parra

Legend to watch: C Wilder Parra (6-0, 175, from Guigue, Venezuela) was assigned to the Legends last Thursday. Parra, now 18, signed as a free agent with the Houston Astros on Jan. 27, 2008. He spent last season with the Venezuelan Summer League Astros, going 26-for-111 (.234) over 32 games, with a homer, 12 RBI and six runs scored. This season, before joining the Legends, Parra played 13 games for the Gulf Coast League Astros. He went 9-for-39 (.231), drove in six runs and scored seven. Through Monday, his only appearance with the Legends came Friday at Greenville, where he struck out in a pinch-hit role.

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