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Richmond Flying Squirrels Game Notes

Published on July 8, 2011 under Eastern League (EL1)
Richmond Flying Squirrels News Release


RICHMOND FLYING SQUIRRELS (45-39) VS. HARRISBURG (51-34)

RHP HENRY SOSA (4-1, 2.57) VS. LHP OLIVER PEREZ (2-1, 2.48)

July 8, 2011 -- 7:05 PM

The Diamond

Game #85/Home #46

Radio Broadcast -- Sports Radio 910 WRNL

Internet Webcast -- www.sportsradio910.com

TONIGHT: The Richmond Flying Squirrels and Harrisburg Senators will meet in the opener of a five-game, four-day series...The Flying Squirrels swept a doubleheader to complete a four-game series sweep of the Trenton Thunder Thursday night, walking off with a 3-2 win in the opener before scoring two runs in the bottom of the sixth to claim a 2-1 win in game two in front of 7,119 fans at The Diamond.

TONIGHT'S STARTERS: Right-hander Henry Sosa gets the nod in the series opener for the Flying Squirrels...Making his fourth start of the season...Enters the 2011 season rated as the #29 prospect in the San Francisco Giants farm system according to Baseball America...Suffered the loss in his last outing 7/3 at Reading...Allowed four runs on eight hits in 5 2/3 innings...Struck out one batter and walked two...Gave up two runs on four hits in the bottom of the second inning and two runs on three hits in the bottom of the sixth...Allowed the leadoff batter to reach in two of his six innings on the mound (scored both times)...Recorded 11 flyouts/popouts and five groundouts...Threw 95 pitches, 65 strikes...Threw 28 pitches in the second inning and 20 pitches in the sixth...Threw 14 pitches or less in his other four innings on the mound...Threw first-pitch strikes to 16 of the 27 batters he faced. ...Removed from the San Francisco Giants 40-man roster 5/26, cleared waivers 6/6 and was outrighted to Richmond...Originally sent down from Triple-A Fresno 5/25...Went 3-1 with a 10.41 ERA in 17 games with the Grizzlies...Allowed 27 earned runs in 23 1/3 innings and opponents hit .371 (39-for-105) against him...Allowed one of 10 inherited baserunners to score...Spent the entire 2010 season with Fresno...Went 7-8 with a 4.07 ERA in 36 games, 14 starts...Struck out 83 batters and walked 55 in 115 innings pitched...Allowed 20 home runs...Fourteen of his final 19 appearances came as a starter and he went 3-7 with a 4.78 ERA in his 14 starts (69.2 IP)...Was 4-1 with a 2.98 ERA in 22 appearances (45.1 IP) in relief...Entered the 2010 season rated as the #16 prospect in the San Francisco Giants farm system according to Baseball America...Made 14 starts with Double-A Connecticut in 2009...Went 6-0 with a 2.36 ERA, striking out 44 batters and walking 25 in 72 1/3 innings...Limited opponents to a .231 (61-for-264) batting average against...Placed on the DL (right elbow strain) 7/2/09 and missed the remainder of the season...Signed as a non-drafted free agent 4/23/04.

Left-hander Oliver Perez will get the start in the series opener for the Senators...Making his seventh start of the season with the Senators...Received a no-decision in his last outing 7/2 at New Britain in game two of a doubleheader...Allowed three runs, two earned, on seven hits in 4 2/3 innings...Struck out four batters and walked two...Start was his first since going on the Disabled List 6/16 retroactive to 6/13...Has allowed three runs or less in all six of his outings...Has struck out 25 batters and walked five in 29 innings...Signed by the Washington Nationals as a minor league free agent 3/23...Released by the New York Mets 3/21...Went 0-5 with a 6.80 ERA in 17 appearances, seven starts with the Mets in 2010...Struck out 37 batters and walked 42 in 46 1/3 innings...Began the season in the rotation before being moved to the bullpen following his outing 5/14/10 at Florida...Placed on the Disabled List 6/5/10 with patella tendinitis of his right knee...Activated from the DL on 7/20/10 and appeared in only six of the club's final 69 games...Was 0-3 with a 5.94 ERA in his seven starts and was 0-2 with a 9.00 ERA in his 10 relief appearances...Limited to 14 starts with the Mets in 2009 and went 3-4 with a 6.82 ERA...Placed on the 15-Day Disabled List 5/7/09 with right patellar tendinitis and was activated 7/8/09 before landing back on the 15-Day DL with right patellar tendinitis 8/26/09 and missing the remainder of the season...Went 15-10 with a 3.56 ERA in 29 starts with 174 strikeouts and 79 walks in 177 innings...Signed a three-year contract with the Mets 2/3/08...Acquired by the New York Mets along with pitcher Roberto Hernandez from the Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for outfielder Xavier Nady on 7/31/06...Went 12-10 with a 2.98 ERA in 30 starts with the Pirates in 2004, striking out 239 batters and walking 81 in 196 innings...Ranked sixth in the National League in ERA and fourth in strikeouts...Acquired by the Pittsburgh Pirates along with outfielder Jason Bay and a player to be named later (pitcher Cory Stewart) from the San Diego Padres in exchange for outfielder Brian Giles on 8/26/03...Made Major League debut with the Padres 6/16/02 against Seattle and earned the win...Was the youngest player in the majors at the time of his debut (20 years, 305 days)...Originally signed by the San Diego Padres as a non-drafted free agent 3/4/99.

#WINNING: The Flying Squirrels have matched their longest winning streak of the season with victories in each of their last four contests...The club also won four straight games 6/24-6/27...Richmond also improved to a season-best six games over .500 at 45-39...The team's best mark in the two-year history of the franchise is nine games over .500 at 22-13 last season.

THE SWEEP-NESS: The Flying Squirrels swept yesterday's doubleheader against Trenton en route to sweeping the four-game series from the Thunder...It was the first doubleheader sweep of the season for the club and its second in the two-year history of the franchise...The team also swept a doubleheader at New Britain 4/27/10...It was also the second series sweep of the season for Richmond and its first sweep of a four-game series ever...The Flying Squirrels swept a three-game series from the Erie SeaWolves 6/24-6/26...Prior to its sweep of Erie this season, the last series sweep for Richmond occurred 6/25/10-6/27/10 at Erie...The club swept four series, all three-game sets, in 2010.

FLAIR FOR THE DRAMATIC: The Flying Squirrels walked off with their second straight walkoff win the game one of yesterday's doubleheader with Trenton...Outfielder Francisco Peguero blasted a walkoff grand slam in game two of the series Tuesday night...The club has registered five walkoff victories this season, matching its total from 2010...Richmond also improved to 5-29 when trailing after six innings with its game one win in the bottom of the seventh inning...With a pair of one-run victories, the Flying Squirrels are now 9-15 overall in one-run games this season.

ALEXANDER THE GREAT: Left-hander Alex Hinshaw extended his scoreless innings streak to 12 1/3, tossing a perfect 1 1/3 yesterday to earn his first win with the Flying Squirrels...The 28-year-old has limited opponents to a .053 (2-for-38) batting average over the streak spanning his last nine appearances while striking out 14 batters and walking four.

PITCHING IN: The Flying Squirrels pitching staff leads the Eastern League with a 3.00 ERA through 84 games and has allowed a league-low 295 runs...Richmond's pitching staff has allowed two runs or less in 33 of its 84 games (39%)...Starting pitching has allowed three runs or less in 62 of the team's 84 games (74%) and the club is 40-22 in those contests...The club's 3.00 ERA is the lowest among all of the full-season MiLB teams.

NO PLACE LIKE HOME: The Flying Squirrels have begun a stretch where they will play 20 out of 27 games at home including a doubleheader against Harrisburg 7/9...The club is 30-15 at home and is batting .258 in 45 games at The Diamond while averaging 4.67 runs per game at home (210R/45G)...Overall, the club is 15-24 on the road, and is batting .207 and averaging 3.33 runs per game (130R/39G) in 39 road contests.

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