Richmond Flying Squirrels Game Notes
April 27, 2011 - Eastern League (EL1)
Richmond Flying Squirrels News Release
RICHMOND FLYING SQUIRRELS (8-10) VS. TRENTON THUNDER (8-10)
LHP ERIC SURKAMP (0-2, 3.38) VS. RHP CRAIG HEYER (1-2, 2.70)
April 27, 2011 -- 6:35 PM
The Diamond
Game #19/Home #13
Radio Broadcast -- Sports Radio 910 WRNL
Internet Webcast -- www.sportsradio910.com
TONIGHT: The Richmond Flying Squirrels and Trenton Thunder will meet in game three of a four-game series...The Thunder scored three runs in the top of the fifth inning and held on to end a four-game losing streak with a 3-2 win over the Flying Squirrels in front of 7,719 fans on Tuesday night at The Diamond.
TONIGHT'S STARTERS: Left-hander Eric Surkamp gets the start in game three of the series for the Flying Squirrels...Suffered the loss in his last outing 4/20 at Trenton...Allowed three runs on six hits in 4 1/3 innings...Struck out six batters and walked five...Five walks were a season-high for a Richmond pitcher and a career-high for Surkamp...Five of six hits allowed were singles...Allowed a leadoff home run to Austin Romine in the bottom of the fifth inning...Allowed the leadoff man to reach in three of the five innings he was on the mound, scored twice...Recorded three ground outs and three fly outs...Threw 89 pitches, 51 strikes...Threw 19 pitches or more in three of his five innings...Threw 29 pitches in bottom of the third inning...Went three balls in the count to seven of the 23 batters he faced...Threw first-pitch strikes to 14 of the 23 batters he faced...Club has scored just four runs in his three outings...Is tied for sixth in the Eastern League with 21 strikeouts...Made 17 starts with Advanced-A San Jose in 2010 going 4-2 with a 3.11 ERA...Struck out 180 batters and walked 22 in 101 1/3 innings...Had season cut short after injuring his hip attempting to field a ground ball 7/18/10 against Lancaster...Named a California League Mid-Season and Post Season All-Star...Spent all of 2009 with Low-A Augusta and went 11-5 with a 3.30 ERA in 23 starts...Struck out 169 batters and walked 39 in 131 innings, third-most strikeouts in all of MiLB...Selected in the 6th round of the 2008 First-Year Player Draft...Attended North Carolina State University
Right-hander Craig Heyer gets the nod in game three of the series for the Thunder...Making his third start of the season in his fifth appearance of the year...Suffered the loss in his last start 4/22 at Harrisburg...Allowed three runs on six hits in five innings...Struck out two batters and walked none...Three of the six hits he allowed went for extra bases (two doubles, one triple)...Got his first start of the season in game two of a double-header 4/17 against Harrisburg...Allowed three runs, one earned, on four hits in five innings...Struck out two batters and walked none...Two of the four hits he allowed went for extra bases (one double, one triple)...Lost to Senators right-hander Brad Peacock in both starts...Allowed two runs, one earned, on seven hits in 6 2/3 innings spanning two relief outings this season...Is 7-6 with a 3.83 ERA in 22 career starts including his two starts this season...Spent the 2010 season Advanced-A Tampa and went 8-4 with a 3.52 ERA in 26 games, 12 starts...Struck out 66 batters and walked six in 92 innings...Moved to the starting rotation 7/15/10 after making 14 of his first 16 appearances in relief...Went a career-long seven innings and earned the win in a complete game four-hitter in game one of a double-header 8/22/10 against Lakeland...Went 4-3 with a 3.11 ERA in 30 games, six starts, with Tampa in 2009...Struck out 29 batters and walked nine in 72 1/3 innings...Spent the 2008 season with Low-A Charleston and went 7-1 with a 2.08 ERA in 41 games, one start...Opponents hit .237 (78-for-329) against him in 86 1/3 innings...Made pro debut with Short-Season A Staten Island in 2007...Went 5-0 with a 3.20 ERA in 17 games, one start...Entering the 2011 season, has recorded 465 grounds and 250 fly outs (1.86 GO/FO) in 301 1/3 innings through his first four professional seasons...Selected by the New York Yankees in the 22nd round of the 2007 First-Year Player Draft...Attended UNLV...Transferred from College of Southern Nevada in 2006...Was a teammate with New Britain right-hander Steve Hirschfeld at CSN in 2005.
JOHNNY ON THE SPOT: Catcher Johnny Monell went 2-for-3 last night, including homering for the second straight game with a two-run shot to left field in the bottom of the eighth inning...He is the fourth Flying Squirrels batter to hit a home run in consecutive joining Conor Gillaspie (4/14-4/15/10), Darren Ford (6/10-6/11/10), and Brandon Belt (7/10-7/11/10)...It was the sixth time that Monell has homered in back-to-back games in five pro seasons...The 25-year-old hit home runs in consecutive games four times last season with Advanced-A San Jose...No Richmond batter has homered in three straight games in the two-year history of the franchise...The Flying Squirrels have hit five home runs as a team, tied with the New Hampshire Fisher Cats for fewest in the Eastern League...Additionally, Monell's leadoff single in the bottom of the sixth inning ended a string of 23 consecutive left-handed batters to be retired by Trenton starter Shaeffer Hall...Including Monell's base hit, the next five hits for the Flying Squirrels came from left-handed hitters.
NOOONAN: Shortstop Nick Noonan has hits in each of his first five games with the Flying Squirrels since joining the club from Extended Spring Training on 4/21...The 21-year-old is 6-for-21 (.286) with one RBI and three runs scored while striking out four times and walking three...It is just the second hit streak of at least five games for a Flying Squirrels' batter...Outfielder Roger Kieschnick had hits in five straight games 4/7-4/11...Noonan is playing short for the first time since 8/24/07 while with the AZL Giants...The former supplemental first-round draft pick played 21 games at short stop in 2007 during his pro debut...He played exclusively at second base over the previous three seasons including 99 games at second with the Flying Squirrels in 2010.
AHEAD IN THE WRONG COLUMN: The Flying Squirrels lost a game for the first time since when out-hitting their opponent, topping the Thunder 7-6 in hits but falling in the game 3-2...The club had won its first six games when out-hitting the opposition...Richmond has out-hit its opponents in seven of its first 18 games this season.
CATCHING ON: Catcher Johnny Monell threw out another attempted base stealer last night...He and Aaron Lowenstein have
combined to throw out 11-of-25 would-be base stealers (.440) and their 11 runners thrown out leads the Eastern League...Monell is tied with Erie's Bryan Holaday for the Eastern League lead for most base runners thrown out (6)...Lowenstein is a perfect 5-for-5 in throwing out base runners...In addition, Flying Squirrels pitchers have picked off seven base runners including Edwin Quirate picking off Austin Krum in the top of the eighth inning.
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