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Flying Squirrels Meet With Thunder In Game Series

July 21, 2010 - Eastern League (EL1)
Richmond Flying Squirrels News Release


The Richmond Flying Squirrels and Trenton Thunder will meet in the finale of a three-game series...The Flying Squirrels rallied for six runs in the bottom of the eight inning en route to an 8-3 win over the Thunder in game two of the three-game series on Tuesday night at The Diamond.

TODAY'S STARTERS: Right-hander David Mixon gets the start in the finale of the series for the Flying Squirrels...Received a no-decision in his last start against Bowie 7/16...Allowed four runs on nine hits in seven innings of work...Struck out 10 batters and walked one...Struck out the side in two separate innings (2nd & 6th)...Allowed the leadoff batter to reach in four of his eight innings (scored in three of the four)...Recorded seven ground outs and one fly out...Threw 90 pitches, 63 strikes...Nine hits allowed set a new career-high...Matched a career-high with 10 strikeouts...Matched a career-high with the seven innings of work...Has gone seven-plus innings in eight of his 19 outings including each of his last three...Has gone at least six innings in 13 of his 19 starts...Has allowed two runs or less in 14 of his 19 outings...Ranks third among starters in the Eastern League in fewest base runners per nine innings 10.60 (137/116.1 IP), is fourth in fewest base walks per nine innings at 1.86 (24BB/116.1 IP) and is third overall in WHIP (1.12)...Is third in the Eastern League innings pitched (116.1), is seventh in strikeouts (85) and is 11th in ERA (3.33)...Trying to become just the second pitcher in the Eastern League to 10 wins (Jared Hughes).

Right-hander Andrew Brackman gets the nod in the finale of the series for the Thunder...Earned his first Double-A win in his last outing against Reading 7/15...Allowed one unearned run on three hits in five innings...Struck out five batters and walked four...Went 0-4 with a 5.66 ERA over his first four starts with Trenton...Allowed 15 runs, 13 earned, on 24 hits in 20 2/3 innings (.289 OBA) in his first four Eastern League outings...Began the season with Advanced-A Tampa and went 5-4 with a 5.10 ERA in 12 starts...Went 5-0 in six starts from 5/17-6/14, allowing six runs, five earned, on 23 hits over 29 innings of work (1.55 ERA)...Made regular season pro debut with Low-A Charleston in 2009...Went 2-12 with a 5.91 ERA in 29 games, including 19 starts...Struck out 103 batters and walked 76 in 106 2/3 innings...Also threw 26 wild pitches...Missed all of the 2008 season after undergoing Tommy John surgery 8/24/07...Selected by the New York Yankees in the first round (#30 overall) of the 2007 First-Year Player Draft...Enters the 2010 season rated as the #10 prospect in the New York Yankees farm system according to Baseball America...Member of the New York Yankees 40-man roster...Attended North Carolina State University...Went 11-7 with a 3.80 ERA in 30 career games, 27 starts, with NC State...Played two seasons for the Wolfpack basketball team and averaged 7.6 PPG and 3.5 RPG.

BURNING RUBBER: The Flying Squirrels are just 1-5 in rubber matches entering today's contest with Trenton...The club's lone win in a series-deciding game came 5/12 at Bowie...Richmond is 12-15 in series finales.

GOOD DAY?: Richmond is 9-8 in day games this season...Six of the club's nine wins during day games have come in contests starting

before noon...The Flying Squirrels are 3-8 in games starting after noon.

FRAME IT: The Flying Squirrels scored six runs on five hits and sent 11 batters to the plate in the bottom of the eighth inning last night...The six runs scored matched a season-high...It was the second time the club scored six runs in an inning and first since scoring six times in the bottom of the fourth inning 5/29 against Bowie...The 11 batters in the inning was a new season-high.

REVERSING THEIR FORTUNE: Richmond went 4-for-6 with runners in scoring position last night and stranded five runners on base...Over the first five games of the current seven-game homestand, the club was just 9-for-45 (.200) with runners in scoring position and the Flying Squirrels had stranded 39 runners on base (7.8RS/G)...Overall on the season, the club is still hitting .211 with runners in scoring position.

RUN THIS TOWN: Infielder Sharlon Schoop went 3-for-3 last night with a two-run homer, two RBI, two runs scored and a walk...The home run was the first for the native of Curacao since August 24, 2009 against Binghamton...He had gone 50 games and 154 at-bats between home runs...The 23-year-old set a new season-high in RBI while matching season-highs in hits and runs scored.

THE WEATHER MAN: Third baseman Conor Gillaspie has hits in each of his last six games, matching a season-long hit streak...The 23-year-old is 9-for-22 (.409) over his last six games with a double, triple, 2 RBI and four runs scored...In 16 games this month, he is hitting .380 (19-for-50); however, only three of his 19 hits in July have gone for extra bases (a double and two triples)...He has walked seven times and has struck out six times so far this month...Gillaspie is hitting .308 (49-for-159) in 42 games on the road while batting just .241 (41-for-170) in 48 games at home.

UNBUCKLING THE BELT: In 92 games combined between Advanced-A San Jose and Double-A Richmond, first baseman Brandon Belt leads all of minor league baseball in batting average (.379) and on-base percentage (.481) and is third in slugging percentage (.639) and is fifth in hits (124)...The 22-year-old has reached base safely in each of his last 14 games

DOUBLETREE DOWNTOWN DOUBLE PLAYS: The Richmond Flying Squirrels have turned 123 double plays in 96 games including six on 5/7 in Harrisburg...The Flying Squirrels have gone more than two games without a double play for the first time this season, having not turned one in each of the last three games...The club still leads the Eastern League in double plays turned.

CFS STAT OF THE NIGHT: The Flying Squirrels won for just the third time in 43 games when trailing after seven innings, coming back from a 3-2 deficit to win 8-3 last night.

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