EL1 Richmond Flying Squirrels

Flying Squirrels Face Off Against Aeros

Published on June 24, 2010 under Eastern League (EL1)
Richmond Flying Squirrels News Release


TODAY: The Richmond Flying Squirrels and Akron Aeros will meet in the finale of a three-game series...The Aeros scored three unanswered runs and came back from a 4-2 deficit to knock off the Flying Squirrels 5-4 in game two of the series on Wednesday night.

TODAY'S STARTERS: Right-hander Daryl Maday gets the start in the finale of the series for the Flying Squirrels...Suffered the loss in his last start against 6/18 against Altoona...Allowed three runs, two earned, on five hits in six innings...Struck out four batters and walked three...Retired eight of the first nine batters he faced...Walked the leadoff batter in the fourth and fifth innings...Both runners scored...Threw 102 pitches, 64 strikes...Threw 55 pitches including 33 in the sixth inning in his final two frames...Recorded seven fly outs and six ground outs...Three walks matched a season high...Fourth time in 14 starts that he allowed more than two runs...Has not allowed more than three runs this season...Leads the Eastern League with a 2.09 ERA...Ranks fifth among EL starting pitchers in base runners per nine innings at 10.80 (98/81.2 IP)...Attempting to become the second EL pitcher to nine wins (Jared Hughes)...Is 1-3 over his last five starts with a 3.45 ERA (13R/11ER) and has allowed 24 hits in 28 2/3 innings...Was 7-0 over his first nine starts with a 1.36 ERA (8R/8ER) and allowed 47 hits in 53 innings.

Left-hander Nick Hagadone gets the nod in the finale of the series for the Aeros...Limited to 80 pitches...Allowed five runs on six hits in 3 1/3 innings, but received a no-decision in his last start at Portland 6/18...Has gone more than four innings just once (6/6 at Harrisburg) since being promoted to Double-A...Has allowed 16 hits, 14 strike outs, and 13 walks in 16 innings of work with Akron...Began the season with Advanced-A Kinston and went 1-3 with a 2.39 ERA in 10 starts...Struck out 45 batters and walked 29 in 37 2/3 innings with the K-Tribe...Made only 17 starts in 2009...Struck out 59 batters, walked 24, and gave up 26 hits in 45 innings of work...Made only three starts in 2008 before having to undergo Tommy John Surgery...Went 0-1 with a 1.85 ERA in 10 starts with Short Season-A Lowell in his pro debut in 2007...Acquired by the Cleveland Indians from the Boston Red Sox along with right-handers Justin Masterson and Bryan Price in exchange for catcher Victor Martinez...Originally selected by the Boston Red Sox in the Supplemental First Round of the 2007 First-Year Player Draft...Attended the University of Washington...Enters the 2010 season rated as the #3 prospect in the Cleveland Indians farm system according to Baseball America.

GOOD DAY?: Richmond is 8-7 in day games this season...Six of the club's eight wins during day games have come in contests starting before noon...The Flying Squirrels are 2-7 in games starting after noon.

BURNING RUBBER: The Flying Squirrels are 1-3 in rubber matches this season...The club's lone win in a series-deciding contest came 5/12 at Bowie.

GETTING SERIE-OUS: Richmond is 1-8-2 over its last 11 series from 5/13-6/17 after losing five of six games on its recent home stand...The lone series win for the Flying Squirrels over that stretch came against New Britain 6/8-6/10 when the club took two of three games...Prior to the skid, Richmond had gone 6-1-1 over its previous eight series spanning from 4/15-5/2.

PEN-NY SAVERS: Flying Squirrels starters have gone six innings or more in each of the last six contests...The longest streak of six innings or more from the starting pitchers was three games 6/8-6/10...Over the last six games, Flying Squirrels' starters have allowed 16 runs, 11 earned, on 34 hits in 38 1/3 innings over the last six games while striking 21 and walking 12 (2.58 ERA)...Starters are just 1-3 over the last five games...Richmond is 11-0 when a starter goes seven innings or more.

CLAY-MATION: Outfielder Clay Timpner matched his season-high in hits in a 3-for-4 effort against Akron last night including a double and a home run...He also tied a season-high with three RBI...It was his fourth three-hit game of the season and his second three-RBI game of the year...The home run was his first in 200 at-bats and his first since 9/1/09 at Las Vegas while he was with Triple-A Fresno...The 27-year-old is hitting .389 (7-for-18) over his last five games with two doubles, a homer, three RBI and two runs scored...He has also walked twice over that span and has not struck out...Over his previous 12 games, Timpner was 3-for-35 at the plate (.086) with a double, three RBI, and three runs scored...He struck out four times and walked four times.

HITTER BY DESIGNATION: The Flying Squirrels are hitting .254 (252-for-994) with the designated hitter in the line up...The club is batting .239 (328-for-1374) with the pitcher batting...Richmond DHs are batting just .204 (22-for-108) on the season; however, the DHs are just 2-for-52 over the last 15 games against American League affiliates (since 5/18)...The Flying Squirrel DHs were hitting .357 (20-for-56) over their first 16 games...Richmond pitchers are hitting just .130 (12-for-92) at the plate with 52 strikeouts...The Flying Squirrels are 18-13 against American League affiliates and will face an AL affiliate over the next 11 games counting today.

BEHIND THE CURVE: The Flying Squirrels were 22-13 and had a 1 1/2 game lead in the Western Division through the first 35 games; however, the club is 11-26 (.297) over its last 37 games...No other team has a lower winning percentage since 5/14...Richmond has lost 16 games in the standings since 5/14 and is a season-high 14 1/2 games out of first...Akron, which had the second-worst record in the Eastern League at the time (13-22), is 22-14 since 5/14, the third-best winning percentage in the league.

DOUBLETREE DOWNTOWN DOUBLE PLAYS: The Richmond Flying Squirrels have turned 92 double plays in 72 games including six on 5/7 in Harrisburg...The club leads the Eastern League in double plays turned and has not gone more than two games without turning a double play.

CFS STAT OF THE NIGHT: Right-hander Felix Romero went 6 2/3 innings last night making it the longest outing of his career...The 30-year-old went six innings in his previous start against Binghamton 6/17.

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