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June 5, 2011 - Eastern League (EL1)
Richmond Flying Squirrels News Release


TODAY: The Richmond Flying Squirrels and Reading Phillies will meet in the finale of a three-game series...The Flying Squirrels rallied for a pair of runs with two outs in the bottom of the eighth inning and Richmond took game two of the series from Reading, 3-2, on Saturday night in front of 8,695 fans at The Diamond.

TODAY'S STARTERS: Right-hander Daryl Maday gets the start in the series finale for the Flying Squirrels...Making his 10th start of the season...Suffered the loss in his last outing 5/31 at Bowie...Allowed four runs, three earned, on nine hits in 6 1/3 innings...Struck out seven batters and walked two...Set season highs in hits allowed and innings pitched...Matched season highs in runs allowed and strikeouts...Four of the nine hits he allowed went for extra bases including solo homers from Xavier Avery (5th) and Pedro Florimon (7th)...Retired the leadoff batter in four of his seven innings on the mound...Recorded nine groundouts and one flyout...Threw 91 pitches, 53 strikes...Threw 15 pitches or fewer in five of his seven innings on the mound...Threw first-pitch strikes to 15 of the 29 batters he faced...Is 0-2 with a 4.91 ERA in five starts at The Diamond...Is 1-2 with a 2.66 ERA in four starts on the road...Activated from the Disabled List 5/9...Was placed on the DL 5/2 due to pneumonia... Is 2-3 with a 4.60 ERA in nine career appearances, including seven starts, against Reading...Spent the majority of the 2010 season with Richmond...Won his first seven decisions including six straight 4/15/10-5/12/10...Named Eastern League Pitcher of the Week 4/26/10-5/2/10...Named an EL Mid-Season All-Star...Did not pitch in the game due to promotion...Promoted to Triple-A Fresno 7/3/10...Went 8-5 with a 2.34 ERA in 16 starts prior to promotion...Went 1-4 with a 9.21 ERA in seven games including five starts with Fresno...Sent back down to Richmond 8/4/10...Went 1-3 with a 9.68 ERA in nine games, two starts, after being sent down...Selected in the 30th round of the 2006 First-Year Player Draft...Attended the University of Arkansas.

Right-hander B.J. Rosenberg gets the nod in the series finale for the Phillies...Making his fourth start of the season and second against the Flying Squirrels...Allowed one run on three hits in four innings against Richmond 5/20 and received a no-decision (first pro start)...Is 1-1 with a 2.40 ERA in three starts this season...Began the season in the bullpen and went 0-0 with a 1.83 ERA in 11 relief appearances...Has allowed two runs or less in all 14 outings...Has struck out 35 batters and walked six in 34 2/3 innings...Was limited to 22 total appearances in 2010 due to a lat strain...Went 1-0 with a 9.22 ERA in 11 games with Reading, allowing 15 hits including six home runs in 13 2/3 innings...Appeared in eight games with Advanced-A Clearwater and went 1-0 with a 1.38 ERA, striking out 17 batters and walking four in 13 innings of work...Entered the 2010 season rated as the #24 prospect in the Philadelphia Phillies farm system according to Baseball America...Made a career-high 47 appearances and went 7-3 with a 1.18 ERA in time split between Low-A Lakewood and Reading in 2009...Went 7-2 with a 0.89 ERA in 37 games with Lakewood, striking out 65 batters and walking 10 in 50 1/3 innings...Went 19-for-21 in save opportunities and limited opponents to a .200 batting average against...Named a South Atlantic League Mid-Season All-Star...Went 0-1 with a 2.53 ERA in 10 appearances with the R-Phils...Converted three of five save opportunities...Tossed 33 consecutive scoreless innings spanning 24 outings from 6/8/09-8/19/09...Placed on the Temporary Inactive List 9/1/09 to participate in the World Cup...Made his pro debut with Short Season-A Williamsport in 2008...Went 3-1 with a 1.00 ERA in 21 games, striking out 52 batters and walking 15 in 36 innings...Limited opponents to a .205 average against and went 10-for-10 in save opportunities...Named a New York-Penn League Mid-Season All-Star...Selected by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 13th round of the 2008 First-Year Player Draft...Attended the University of Louisville...Went 18-19 with a 5.43 ERA in 73 games, 47 starts, in four seasons at Louisville...Member of the 2007 College World Series team; however, was injured (shoulder) and did not pitch.

GRAND FINALE?: The Flying Squirrels and Reading Phillies meet in the rubber match of the three-game series this afternoon...Richmond is 3-3 in series-deciding contests and is 7-9 overall in series finales...The club is 2-8 in day games after night games and is 4-9 overall during the day.

THE LOW DOWN: Catcher Aaron Lowenstein has hits in a season-long six straight games after going 1-for-3 last night against Reading...The 25-year-old is 7-for-17 (.412) over that span with a double, a RBI, and a run scored...Lowenstein also threw out another baserunner last night and has thrown out 15 baserunners in 20 attempts...His .750 throwing percentage leads all Eastern League catchers with at least 20 attempts.

TOUGH TIMES: Outfielder Justin Christian is batting .125 (5-for-44) over his last 12 games with a RBI, a run scored, seven strikeouts and four walks...His batting average has dropped from .289 to .251 over that span...Catcher Johnny Monell is 0-for-21 over his last eight games...The 25-year-old has seen his average tumble from .230 to .201...Prior to his recent skid, Monell had hits in each of his previous six games and he hit .381 (8-for-21) over that stretch...Since recording a career-high five hits against Harrisburg 5/15, outfielder Juan Perez is batting .176 (13-for-74) over his last 19 games...His average has dipped from .270 to .237 over that span...The 24-year-old's triple in the bottom of the fourth inning last night ended an 0-for-14 skid at the plate.

PITCHING IN: The Flying Squirrels pitching staff leads the Eastern League with a 2.77 ERA through 55 games, the only staff with a sub-three ERA...Richmond's 2.77 staff ERA is the third-lowest in all of MiLB, trailing the Low-A Burlington Bees (2.67) and Advanced-A Clearwater Threshers (2.68)...The club ranks second in the league with 438 strikeouts, and the pitching staff has logged a league-high 507 1/3 innings of work.

ON THE ROAD AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN: The Flying Squirrels are in a stretch where they will play 13 of 16 games on the road...The club is 8-18 on the road, and it is batting .194 (167-for-859) and averaging 2.85 runs per game (74R/26G) in 26 road contests...Richmond recently completed a stretch of playing 10 out of 13 games at home, going 8-5 over those 13 contests...The Flying Squirrels are 18-11 at home and are batting .249 (250-for-1,003) in 29 games at The Diamond while averaging 4.10 runs per game at home (119R/29G).

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