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Richmond Flying Squirrels Game Notes

Published on May 26, 2011 under Eastern League (EL1)
Richmond Flying Squirrels News Release


RICHMOND FLYING SQUIRRELS (22-23) VS. ERIE SEAWOLVES (20-23)

RHP DARYL MADAY (1-3, 4.14) VS. LHP JAY VOSS (0-0, -.--)

May 26, 2011 -- 7:05 PM

The Diamond

Game #46/Home #27

Radio Broadcast -- Sports Radio 910 WRNL

Internet Webcast -- www.sportsradio910.com

TONIGHT: The Richmond Flying Squirrels and Erie SeaWolves will meet in the finale of a four-game series...The Flying Squirrels blasted three home runs including a pair from catcher Johnny Monell and Richmond rolled to a 6-3 win over the SeaWolves on Wednesday night in front of 3,709 fans at The Diamond.

TONIGHT'S STARTERS: Right-hander Daryl Maday gets the start in the series finale for the Flying Squirrels...Making his eighth start of the season...Suffered the loss in his last outing 5/21 at Reading...Allowed four runs on six hits in six innings...Struck out one batter and walked one...Matched season-highs in runs allowed and innings pitched...Three of the four runs he allowed game with two outs including a Carlos Rivero two-run double (1st) and a Freddy Galvis solo homer (5th)...Four of the six hits he allowed went for extra bases...Retired the leadoff batter in four of his six innings on the mound...Recorded eight groundouts and eight flyouts/popouts...Threw 88 pitches, 52 strikes...Threw 21 pitches in the first inning...Threw first-pitch strikes to nine of the 24 batters he faced...Is 0-2 with a 5.95 ERA in four starts at The Diamond...Is 1-1 with a 2.08 ERA in three starts on the road...Activated from the Disabled List 5/9...Was placed on the DL 5/2 due to pneumonia...Is 2-2 with a 4.39 ERA in eight career appearances, including six starts, against Reading...Spent the majority of the 2010 season with Richmond...Won his first seven decisions including six straight 4/15/10-5/12/10...Named Eastern League Pitcher of the Week 4/26/10-5/2/10...Named an EL Mid-Season All-Star...Did not pitch in the game due to promotion...Promoted to Triple-A Fresno 7/3/10...Went 8-5 with a 2.34 ERA in 16 starts prior to promotion...Went 1-4 with a 9.21 ERA in seven games including five starts with Fresno...Sent back down to Richmond 8/4/10...Went 1-3 with a 9.68 ERA in nine games, two starts, after being sent down...Selected in the 30th round of the 2006 First-Year Player Draft...Attended the University of Arkansas.

Left-hander Jay Voss gets the nod in the series finale for the SeaWolves...Making his first start of the season with Erie...Promoted from Advanced-A Lakeland 5/25...Went 3-0 with a 3.21 ERA in eight games, six starts, with the Flying Tigers...Struck out 30 batters and walked seven...Allowed two runs or less in seven of his eight outings...Four of the seven walks he issued came in his first start 4/23 against Brevard County...Has issued just one walk over his last 28 innings (five starts)...Start on 4/23 was his first since 7/12/08 while with Low-A Greensboro...Began the 2010 season with Erie and went 1-3 with a 6.41 ERA in 27 appearances...Struck out 24 batters and walked 21...Sent down to Lakeland 7/11/10 and went 0-1 with a 1.40 ERA in 11 appearances...Struck out 27 batters and walked 16 in 19 1/3 innings...Promoted to Erie 8/17/10 and went 1-0 with a 3.12 ERA in six appearances...Struck out nine batters and walked four...Acquired by the Detroit Tigers from the Florida Marlins in exchange for pitcher Nate Robertson and cash considerations 3/30/10...Entered the 2010 season rated as the #23 prospect in the Florida Marlins farm system according to Baseball America...Went a combined 3-1 with a 2.72 ERA in in 40 combined appearances with Advanced-A Jupiter and Double-A Jacksonville...Went 3-0 with a 2.97 ERA in 30 appearances with the Suns...Struck out 36 batters and walked 15 in 36 1/3 innings while limiting opponents to a .200 (26-for-130) batting average against...Spent the 2008 season with Low-A Greensboro going 3-6 with a 6.39 ERA in 26 appearances, 11 starts...Began the season as a starter and went 2-5 with a 7.24 ERA...Was 1-1 with a 4.70 ERA in 15 relief appearances...Overall, opponents hit .355 against him...Made pro debut with Short-Season A Jamestown in 2007...Went 0-7 with a 7.63 ERA in 15 games, 11 starts...Struck out 35 batters and walked 21 in 48 1/3 innings...Opponents hit .364 against him...Originally selected by the Florida Marlins in the eighth round of the 2007 First-Year Player Draft...Attended Kaskaskia Junior College in Centrailia, IL.

GOING STREAKING: The Flying Squirrels will seek to match their longest winning streak of the season with a win tonight...The only time the club has won three straight games this season was 5/5-5/8...It was also the last time Richmond won consecutive games...It is just the fourth time that the Flying Squirrels have won consecutive games...The team has a chance to get back to the .500 mark for the first time since being 10-10 on 4/28.

TALE OF THE TAPE: The Flying Squirrels launched three home runs in the contest last night, matching a franchise record in the two-year history of the club...It was the fifth time that Richmond homered three times in a game and first since blasting three home runs 9/2/10 at Erie...It was just the second time that the club homered three times in a game at The Diamond, the other being 6/8/10 against New Britain...It was the second multi-homer game of the season for the Flying Squirrels...The club hit a pair of home runs 5/6 against Altoona...Richmond is still last in the Eastern League with 20 home runs hit on the season...Twelve of the teams 20 homers have come at The Diamond.

HERE'S JOHNNY!: Catcher Johnny Monell became the fifth Flying Squirrel to homer multiple times in a game and the first this season...It was the first multi-homer game for a Richmond batter since Clay Timpner hit a pair of home runs 8/20/10 at Bowie...It was the third multi-homer game in Monell's five-year career and his first since 7/27/10 at Rancho Cucamonga while with Advanced-A San Jose...Five of the 25-year-old's six home runs have been hit at The Diamond and four of the six have been opposite field home runs.

JUAN GONE: Outfielder Juan Perez hit his first Double-A home run in last night's contest...It was his first home run since 9/4/10 against Visalia...The 24-year-old is tied with Johnny Monell and Roger Kieschnick for the team-lead with 13 extra-base hits...Since seeing his average dip to .220 on 5/10, Perez is batting .310 (18-for-58) in 13 games with a double, triple, home run, eight RBIs, and eight runs scored...He had a career-high five hits 5/15 against Harrisburg.

ROGER THAT!: Outfielder Roger Kieschnick went 1-for-4 with a run scored last night and has hits in each of his last eight games, his longest hitting streak of the season...Since seeing his average dip to a season-low .173 on 5/7, Kieschnick is hitting .349 (22-for-63) and has hits in 13 of his last 15 contests including multi-hit performances in nine of those games.

MAY IS FOR MATOS: Right-hander Osiris Matos allowed one hit over two scoreless innings Tuesday night...In eight appearances this month, the 26-year-old has tossed 15 scoreless innings, limiting opponents to a .140 (7-for-50) batting average against...He has struck out seven batters while walking two over that span and has lowered his ERA from 5.02 to 2.63.

PITCHING IN: The Flying Squirrels pitching staff leads the Eastern League with a 2.80 ERA through 45 games, one of only two staffs with a sub-three ERA (Trenton 2.93)...The club ranks second in the league with 372 strikeouts, and the pitching staff has logged a league-high 420 2/3 innings of work.

HOME AND AWAY: Tonight, the Flying Squirrels wrap up a stretch of playing 10 out of 13 games at home...Richmond is 16-10 at home and is batting .254 (230-for-907) in 26 games at The Diamond while averaging 4.23 runs per game at home (110R/26G)...Beginning May 27th, the club will start a stretch where it will play 13 of 16 games on the road...The Flying Squirrels are 6-13 on the road, and they are batting .198 (127-for-642) and averaging 3.05 runs per game (58R/19G) in 19 road contests.

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