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Richmond Flying Squirrels Game Notes

Published on May 13, 2011 under Eastern League (EL1)
Richmond Flying Squirrels News Release


RICHMOND FLYING SQUIRRELS (16-18) VS. HARRISBURG SENATORS (16-17)

RHP JUSTIN FITZGERALD (2-2, 3.99) VS. RHP BRAD PEACOCK (4-1, 2.29)

May 13, 2011 -- 7:05 PM

The Diamond

Game #35/Home #19

Radio Broadcast -- Sports Radio 910 WRNL

Internet Webcast -- www.sportsradio910.com

TONIGHT: The Richmond Flying Squirrels and Harrisburg Senators will meet in game two of a four-game series...Johnny Monell launched a three-run homer in the bottom of the 11th inning and the Flying Squirrels walked off a winner for the third time this season as Richmond topped Harrisburg 6-3 in the series opener on Thursday night in front of 4,894 fans at The Diamond

TONIGHT'S STARTERS: Right-hander Justin Fitzgerald gets the start in game two of the series for the Flying Squirrels...Suffered the loss in his last outing 5/8 against Altoona...Allowed six runs on nine hits in 5 2/3 innings...Struck out three batters and walked one...Allowed a season-high in runs and matched a season and career-high in hits allowed...Outing was his longest of the season...Four of the nine hits allowed went for extra bases...Gave up four runs and four hits (three doubles) in the top of the six inning...Allowed the leadoff batter to reach in four of his six innings on the mound, scored three times...Recorded 10 groundouts and one flyout...Threw 77 pitches, 50 strikes...Threw first-pitch strikes to 15 of the 25 batters he faced...Spent the entire 2010 season with Advanced-A San Jose...First season as a starter after appearing exclusively in relief in his first two pro campaigns...Went 10-6 with a 3.45 ERA in 26 games, 25 starts...Struck out 116 batters and walked 46 in 146 innings...Ranked 4th in the California League in ERA (3.45), 3rd in opponent batting average (.258) and tied for 5th with 10 wins....Named a California League Mid-Season All-Star...Made three postseason starts with San Jose, going 2-0 with a 1.93 ERA (4R/18.2 IP)...Made 39 relief appearances with Low-A Augusta in 2009...Went 2-2 with a 3.70 ERA, striking out 63 and walking 27 in 56 innings...Made pro debut in 2008, going a combined 1-0 with a 3.86 ERA in 17 appearances...Selected in the 11th round of the 2008 First-Year Player Draft...Attended the University of California-Davis.

Right-hander Brad Peacock gets the nod in game two of the series for the Senators...Enters the 2011 season rated as the #10 prospect in the Washington Nationals farm system according to Baseball America...Received a no-decision in his last outing 5/8 against Reading...Allowed a season-high five runs on six hits in 4 1/3 innings...Struck out six batters and walked two...Had his ERA rise from 1.16 to 2.29...Had allowed just one run on 10 hits in 21 1/3 innings over his previous three starts...Has struck out 42 batters and has walked six in 35 1/3 innings...Is tied for second in the Eastern League in strikeouts (42), is third in WHIP (0.88), and is fifth in ERA (2.29) and opponent batting average (.194)...Named the EL Pitcher of the Week 4/18/11-4/25/11...Entered the 2010 season rated as the #16 prospect in the Washington Nationals farm system according to Baseball America...Made seven starts with Harrisburg in 2010 going 2-2 with a 4.66 ERA, striking out 30 batters and walking 20 in 38 2/3 innings...Began the season with Advanced-A Potomac and went 4-9 with a 4.44 ERA in 19 games, 18 starts...Struck out 118 batters and walked 25 in 103 1/3 innings...Led all Nationals farm hands with 148 total strikeouts in 142 innings...Went a combined 8-11 with a 4.14 ERA in 27 games, 24 starts, between Low-A Hagerstown and Potomac in 2009...Struck out 104 batters and walked 42 in 147 2/3 innings...Entered the 2008 season rated as the #19 prospect in the Washington Nationals farm system according to Baseball America...Went 4-12 with a 4.97 ERA in 22 starts between Short-Season A Vermont and Hagerstown...Struck out 77 batters and walked 48 in 180 2/3 innings...Selected by the Washington Nationals in the 41st round of the 2006 First-Year Player Draft.

NIGHT OWLS: The Flying Squirrels played their Eastern League-leading seventh extra-inning game of the season last night...Richmond improved in 4-3 in the extra frames with the 6-3, walk-off win...At four hours and two minutes, it was the third-longest game of the season for the club...Only two of Richmond's 141 games last season lasted over four hours...The Flying Squirrels' first 34 games have lasted an average of two hours and 49 minutes.

ERA OF EXCESS: The Flying Squirrels recorded a season-high 14 hits in last night's 11-inning win over the Senators...The club also matched a season-high by stranding 14 runners on base.

NO PLACE LIKE HOME: The Flying Squirrels improved to 12-6 at The Diamond and their .667 winning percentage at home is second-highest in the league trailing only the Trenton Thunder (.722, 13-5)...The club is 4-12 on the road and its .250 winning percentage on the road is second-lowest in the Eastern League ahead of only the Portland Sea Dogs (.188, 3-13)...Richmond is batting .196 (107-for-545) on the road and is averaging 3.00 runs per game (48R/16G) in 16 contests; meanwhile, the Flying Squirrels are batting .250 (154-for-616) in 18 games at The Diamond while averaging 4.28 runs per game at home (77R/18G).

HERE'S JOHNNY: Catcher Johnny Monell matched a career high and set a Flying Squirrels season high going 4-for-5 last night including a double, a home run and three runs driven in...Monell's eight total bases last night were also a season high for a Richmond batter...It was the fourth career four-hit game for the 25-year-old and the first for a Flying Squirrels batter since Conor Gillaspie 9/2/10 at Erie...Monell's walk-off home run in the bottom of the 11th inning was the second walk-off blast in the club's two-year franchise history...Brandon Belt hit a walk-off homer in the bottom of the 14th inning 8/11/10 against New Hampshire.

THE GEORGIA PEACH: Second baseman Charlie Culberson has hits in each of his last nine games, his longest hit streak of the season...The 22-year-old is 12-for-36 (.333) with a double, three RBIs and five runs scored over his last nine games...He has struck out just nine times in 48 at-bats (19%) this month after striking out 22 times in 93 at-bats (24%) in April...Culberson leads the Eastern League with 141 at-bats and is tied for fourth in hits (41), having appeared in all 34 games for Richmond this season.

BOOK 'EM DAN-O: Right-hander Dan Otero has tossed 14 2/3 consecutive scoreless innings over his last eight appearances, the second-longest scoreless streak of the season for a Flying Squirrels pitcher...The 26-year-old has struck out 17 batters and walked none while holding opponents to a .208 (11-for-53) average against over the course of the streak.

PITCHING IN: The Flying Squirrels pitching staff leads the Eastern League with a 2.91 ERA through 34 games and the club ranks third in the league with 281 strikeouts. The pitching staff has logged a league-high 315 2/3 innings of work, 16 1/3 more innings than the Trenton Thunder who ranks second in innings pitched.

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