EL1 Richmond Flying Squirrels

Richmond Flying Squirrels Game Notes

Published on September 5, 2010 under Eastern League (EL1)
Richmond Flying Squirrels News Release


RICHMOND FLYING SQUIRRELS (66-73) VS. BOWIE BAYSOX (75-65)

RHP CRAIG WESTCOTT (3-3, 5.70) VS. RHP STEVE JOHNSON (7-8, 5.35)

September 5, 2010 -- 5:05 PM

The Diamond

Game #140/Home #69

Radio Broadcast -- Sports Radio 910 WRNL

Internet Webcast -- www.sportsradio910.com

TONIGHT: The Richmond Flying Squirrels and Bowie Baysox will meet in game three of a four-game series...The Flying Squirrels scored three runs in the bottom of the first inning and edged the Baysox 4-3 in game two of the series on Saturday night at The Diamond.

TONIGHT'S STARTERS: Right-hander Craig Westcott gets the start in game three of the series for the Flying Squirrels...Suffered the loss in his last outing at Erie 8/31...Allowed four runs on eight hits in 3 1/3 innings...Struck out one batter and walked two...Gave up hits to the first three batters he faced and two runs...Allowed leadoff home runs to Billy Nowlin in the second and fourth innings...Allowed the leadoff man to reach in all four innings on the mound...Recorded four ground outs and four fly outs...Threw 72 pitches, 44 strikes...Has allowed four runs or more in seven of his 12 starts with Richmond...Allowed four runs or more in one of his 13 starts with San Jose...Has gone fewer than five innings in five of his 12 starts with the Flying Squirrels...Has received no runs of support during his three losses with Richmond (0 r/13.1 ip)...Has received 47 total runs of support during his 12 starts with Richmond (3.92 runs per start)...Has lost back-to-back starts for the first time in his pro career...Is 16-3 with a 3.35 ERA (64 er/172.0 ip) in 38 games, 31 starts, as a pro...Team is 25-6 in his 31 career starts.

Right-hander Steve Johnson gets the nod in game three of the series for the Baysox...Suffered the loss in his last start against Altoona 8/31...Allowed four runs on eight hits in five innings...Struck out five batters and walked two...Has not won since 8/4 at Portland (five starts)...Is 0-2 over his last five starts with a 5.88 ERA (17 er/26 ip) and opponents are hitting .301 (31-for-103) against him over that stretch...Has allowed an Eastern League-leading 24 home runs, has walked 77 batters, second-most in the league, and has struck out 122 batters, sixth-most in the league...Is 1-2 with a 2.87 ERA in six starts against Richmond this season...Allowed five runs on five hits in 3 1/3 innings and suffered the loss in his last start against Richmond 8/21...Had allowed just five runs on 21 hits in 28 innings of work over his first five starts against the Flying Squirrels...Traded from the Los Angeles Dodgers along with infielder Josh Bell to the Baltimore Orioles in exchange for left-hander George Sherrill...Rated as the #15 prospect in the Los Angeles Dodgers farm system entering the 2009 season...Originally selected by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 13th round of the 2005 First-Year Player Draft...Native of Kingsville, Md....Is the son of former Baltimore pitcher and current Orioles broadcaster Dave Johnson.

ATTENDANCE WATCH: The Flying Squirrels enter play today trailing the Reading Phillies for the Eastern League lead in total attendance by 8,753...Richmond needs to draw 15,373 fans over its final two home games in order to top Reading in average attendance...The R-Phils lost two home openings due to weather while the Flying Squirrels lost just one.

GOLD BOND: Infielder Brock Bond has hits in each of his last eight contests...The 24-year-old is 10-for-34 (.294) with two doubles, a triple, three RBI, and eight runs scored over his last eight contests...Bond's season-long hit streak is nine games which came 6/16-6/16 while he was with Triple-A Fresno.

MR. CLEAN: Super utility man Sharlon Schoop hit clean-up for the second time this season and went 2-for-4 with a run scored...He also hit fourth 8/26 at Altoona...Prior to this season, the 23-year-old had just one at-bat hitting fourth in his first five professional seasons...It came 4/9/08 while with Advanced-A San Jose in a game at Modesto that he entered into as a defensive replacement.

THE DON JUAN: Infielder/outfielder Juan Ciriaco is 5-for-11 (.455) over his last three games with a double, triple, home run, four RBI and two runs scored...The 27-year-old had just eight extra-base and seven RBI in his first 43 games with Richmond.

THOMAS THE TRAIN: Outfielder Thomas Neal is third in the Eastern League in doubles (40), is fourth in hits (153), and is fifth in total bases (231)...He leads the team with 43 multi-hit games...The 23-year-old is one double and seven hits away from matching the career-highs he set last season with Advanced-A San Jose...Ten of his 12 home runs have been hit on the road...Since 6/1, Neal is batting .312 (101-for-324) in 85 games with 29 doubles, nine home runs, 45 RBI, and 52 runs scored...He has raised his batting average from .255 to .291 over that span.

CATCHING ON: Catcher Tyler LaTorre is 13-for-42 (31%) in throwing out base runners since Jackson Williams' promotion to Triple-A Fresno 7/1...He was previously 2-for-20 (10%) throwing out base runners.

Z-PACK: Catcher Eliezer Zambrano has hits in each of his last four games dating back to his last game with Low-A Augusta 8/15...The 23-year-old is one game shy of matching the longest hit streak of his career since making his domestic debut in 2007...He is 5-for-14 (.357) over that stretch with two doubles, and two runs scored...Zambrano had a five-game hit streak with Arizona Rookie League Giants 8/13/07-8/27/07.

DOUBLETREE DOWNTOWN DOUBLE PLAYS: The Richmond Flying Squirrels have turned 165 double plays in 139 games including six on 5/7 in Harrisburg...The Flying Squirrels have not gone more than three games without a double play this season...The club is tied for the Eastern League in double plays turned.

CFS STAT OF THE NIGHT: Right-hander David Mixon tossed four scoreless innings of relief and earned the win in last night's 4-3 victory over Bowie...The 25-year-old fired seven scoreless innings in his final two appearances, both in relief...Opponents were just 2-for-21 (.095) against him in those two relief outings as he struck out six batters and walked three.

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