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Richmond Flying Squirrels Game Information: July 3, 2022

July 3, 2022 - Eastern League (EL)
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YESTERDAY: The Flying Squirrels snapped a four-game slide with a 10-3, rain-shortened win over the Baysox. Richmond opened a 2-0 lead in the first with a run scoring on a wild pitch and an RBI single by Sean Roby. In the second, Frankie Tostado and Roby hit RBI singles and Tyler Fitzgerald hit a three-run homer to open a 7-0 lead. Bowie scored its first run in the second with a sac fly by Joseph Ortiz. In the third, Franklin Labour hit an RBI single and Mike Gigliotti brought in a run with a groundout to extend the lead to 9-1. Roby hit a solo homer in the fourth, tying David Villar's single-season franchise record with his 20th of the year, to extend the lead to 10-1. Bowie scored two runs in the sixth inning. Kyle Harrison struck out seven and allowed one run over five innings of work.

TODAY'S GAME: The Flying Squirrels play the finale of a six-game series against the Bowie Baysox, Double-A affiliate of the Baltimore Orioles. This series is the third this year between the Flying Squirrels and the Baysox. They opened the season with a three-game series at Prince George's Stadium from April 8-10, with Richmond winning two. The teams met for a six-game series at The Diamond from April 26-May 1, with the Flying Squirrels winning five games in the set. The Flying Squirrels have been outscored in the series by the Baysox, 43-21.

TICKET PUNCHED: The Flying Squirrels clinched the Eastern League Southwest Division First-Half title with a win on Sunday afternoon paired with a loss by the Akron RubberDucks against the Harrisburg Senators. Richmond finished the first half tied with Akron, but held the tiebreaker with a 7-5 head-to-head record. The league adopted the split-season format in 2019. After playing a full-season system last year, they returned to the split-season format this year. The Flying Squirrels will play in the East- ern League playoffs for the third time in franchise history. In 2011, they swept the Senators in the division series before falling to the Fisher Cats in the ELCS, three games to one. In 2014, they eliminated the RubberDucks in four games before being swept in the championship series by the Binghamton Mets.

THE FLYING SQUIRRELS snapped a four-game losing streak with Saturday's win. Last week, they split a six-game series at home against the Sea Dogs. The Flying Squirrels have won seven series, lost four and split two this year. Richmond hitters lead the league with 825 strikeouts and rank second with 97 homers. The Flying Squirrels are 19-19 on the road this year. Richmond is 19-11 in games decided by two-or-less runs.

THE BAYSOX finished the first half with the worst record in the Eastern League at 27-42, 13.0 games behind Richmond in the Southwest Division standings. The Baysox are 6-2 in their last eight games. Bowie's roster includes eight of MLB.com's top-30 Orioles prospects, including OF Colton Cowser (4), 3B Coby Mayo (7), 2B Connor Norby (10), INF Cesar Prieto (11), SS Joseph Ortiz (14), OF Hudson Haskin (15), LHP Drew Rom (16) and INF Adam Hall (26).

FOR RICHMOND: Left-hander Jake Dahlberg makes his 14th start of the season and his fifth against the Baysox. He faced the Baysox on Tuesday in the series opener and tied a career high with eight runs allowed in a loss. In his previous three starts this year against the Baysox, Dahlberg had worked 16.1 scoreless innings. He faced the Baysox on Opening Day in his Double-A debut on April 8 and worked 4.1 scoreless innings with eight strikeouts. He pitched against Bowie twice at The Diamond on April 26 and May 1, picking up wins in a pair of six-inning, scoreless starts. Dahlberg spent parts of three seasons with the independent Chicago Dogs before signing with the Giants during the 2021 season. He joined the High-A Eugene Emeralds in July and made 10 starts, going 2-5 with a 6.60 ERA. He closed the year with two outings with Triple-A Sacramento and tossed 9.0 scoreless innings. After being named Horizon League Pitcher of the Year twice at the University of Illinois-Chicago, he was selected in the 21st round of the 2017 MLB Draft by the St. Louis Cardinals. For more on Dahlberg, see page two.

FOR BOWIE: Right-hander Matt Harvey makes his second rehab start for the Baysox. On Tuesday, Harvey faced the Flying Squirrels and picked up a win after allowing three runs over five innings with nine strikeouts. He made his season debut with the Aberdeen Ironbirds on Thursday at Wilmington and pitched six scoreless innings. Harvey is on a rehab assignment from the Orioles while working his way back from a 60-game suspension. He has pitched nine seasons in the majors with the Mets, Reds, Angels, Royals and Orioles. Harvey was the seventh-overall pick in the 2010 MLB Draft out of the University of North Carolina.

In his first full professional season in the majors in 2013, Harvey went 9-5 with a 2.27 ERA and was selected as an NL All-Star.

Last year with the Orioles, he went 6-14 with a 6.27 ERA in 28 starts, including going 3-4 with a 4.18 ERA in his final 10 starts of the year from July 18-September 8.

PACKING THE HOUSE: This season, the Richmond Flying Squirrels are leading all of Double-A in average attendance (6,198) and total attendance (216,919). Richmond is 11th of the 120 MiLB teams in average attendance. The 9,810 fans at The Diamond on Opening Night is the largest crowd in all of Double-A this year and the largest of all non-Triple-A teams this season.

POWER SURGE: The Richmond offense has hit 97 home runs this season, which is second in the Eastern League with Somerset (98). Sean Roby is second in the league with 20 homers on the season, with 16 coming at The Diamond. Last year, the Flying Squirrels set a franchise record with 127 homers, surpassing the previous record of 109 from 2013. This year, the Flying Squirrels are on pace to hit 181 home runs. The Flying Squirrels have already hit more homers than entire seasons in 2010 (71), 2011 (83) 2012 (76), 2014 (74) and 2015 (61), 2016 (83), 2017 (93) and 2019 (84).

GO, DIEGO, GO!: After hitting .173 (22-for-127) over his first 35 games of the season, Diego Rincones is batting .419 (26-for-62) with four doubles, five homers and 16 RBIs over his last 16 games since June 7. He started the stretch with two doubles on June 7 against the SeaWolves and hit his first homer of the season the next day. He collected a season-high three hits in the series finale against the SeaWolves on June 12, capping the game with a walk-off single in the bottom of the ninth inning. It was his second walk-off hit as a member of the Flying Squirrels. He has homered in four of his last nine games played. In this week's series at Bowie, Rincones is batting .523 (9-for-16) with a homer and an RBI.

SHANE TRAIN: Since May 1, Shane Matheny is batting .307 (39-for-127) with eight homers, five doubles, a triple and 24 RBIs in 38 games. He has picked up a pair of two-homer games, one on May 1 at The Diamond against Bowie and another on May 12 at Harrisburg. They were the second and third multi-homer games of his professional career and his first since 2019. From May 14-June 10, he posted a 13-game hitting streak, tied for the longest in the EL this season, even with a 13-game streak for Portland's Pedro Castellanos from May 6-22. From May 1-June 11, Matheny posted a 24-game on-base streak, which was the second-longest in the league this season. In the Eastern League this season, Matheny is ranked sixth in batting average (.294), third in OBP (.425) and tied fourth in OPS (.934).

TOASTY: Over his last 17 games since June 9, Frankie Tostado is batting .200 (12-for-60) with three homers and seven RBIs.

From April 22-June 8, Tostado hit .342 (51-for-149) with seven homers, nine doubles, a triple and 26 RBIs in 39 games. In the Eastern League, Tostado is ranked fifth in batting average (.296), tied for third in hits (73) and tied for eighth in total bases (119).

ROBUST: Sean Roby hit his 20th homer of the year on Saturday night against the Baysox, tying him with David Villar for the most home runs in a season in Flying Squirrels franchise history. He hit a homer last Sunday in the series finale against the Sea Dogs, moving ahead of Jarrett Parker (2013) and Mario Lisson (2014) for the second on the list. Roby is second in the EL in home runs this year, trailing Erie's Kerry Carpenter (22). He has hit 16 homers at The Diamond this season, which is a new record for the most at home for a Flying Squirrels player in franchise history, ahead of 10 by Adam Duvall in 2013. It is also a new franchise record for the most career homers at The Diamond. He has also set the franchise record for the most multi-homer games in a season and a career with four.

GIGS: Since June 11, Mike Gigliotti is second among qualified hitters on the Richmond roster with a .250 batting average (13- for-52). He has added three homers, two doubles, 10 RBIs, seven walks and six steals in that time frame. Gigliotti has picked up at least one hit in eight-of-his-last-10 games since June 18. He hit a homer last Saturday at The Diamond against the Sea Dogs and added another home run to lead off Friday night's game against the Baysox. For the year, Gigliotti is ranked tied for fifth in the Eastern League with 17 stolen bases.

IN THE LEAGUE LEADERS: Frankie Tostado is ranked fifth in batting average (.296), tied for third in hits (73) and tied for eighth in total bases (119). Sean Roby is second in homers (20). Shane Matheny is sixth in batting average (.294), third in OBP (.425) and tied fourth in OPS (.934). Mike Gigliotti is tied for fifth in stolen bases (17). Ryan Walker is tied for first in wins (6). Chris Wright is tied for fifth in saves (6). Matt Frisbee is tied for first in complete games (1).

WHERE THE BAYSOX RANK: In the Eastern League, Gunnar Henderson is second in batting average (.312), first in OBP (.452), second in SLG (.573), first in OPS (1.025) and tied for fifth in walks (41). Adam Hall is tied for eighth in stolen bases (16).

PROSPECT WATCH: The Flying Squirrels have four players ranked in Baseball America's Top-30 Giants prospects, including Kyle Harrison (2), Ryan Murphy (10), Ricardo Genovés (24) and Chris Wright (27). Franklin Labour is rated by Baseball America as having the "Best Outfield Arm." Simon Whiteman is listed as the system's "Fastest Baserunner." Harrison is rated by Baseball America as having the "Best Slider" in the organization. MLB.com's Top-30 Giants prospect list includes Harrison (2), Murphy (11), Brett Auerbach (27), Genovés (29) and Kai-Wei Teng (30). Harrison is Baseball America's No. 64 overall prospect and MLB.

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