EL1 Richmond Flying Squirrels

Richmond Flying Squirrels Game Notes

Published on May 29, 2011 under Eastern League (EL1)
Richmond Flying Squirrels News Release


RICHMOND FLYING SQUIRRELS (24-24) VS. AKRON AEROS (23-27)

LHP ERIC SURKAMP (3-2, 1.53) VS. RHP JOE GARDNER (3-3, 4.06)

May 29, 2011 -- 1:05 PM

Canal Park

Game #49/Road #22

Radio Broadcast -- Sports Radio 910 WRNL

Internet Webcast -- www.sportsradio910.com

TODAY: The Richmond Flying Squirrels and Akron Aeros will meet in game three of a four-game series...Nick Noonan drove in all three runs for the Flying Squirrels including a RBI double in the top of the 10th inning to help lift Richmond to a 3-2 win over the Aeros on Saturday night in front of 3,628 fans at Canal Park.

TODAY'S STARTERS: Left-hander Eric Surkamp gets the start in game three of the series for the Flying Squirrels...Making his tenth start of the season...Enters the 2011 season rated as the #9 prospect in the San Francisco Giants farm system according to Baseball America...Earned the win in his last outing 5/24 against Erie...Allowed one unearned run on seven hits in seven innings...Struck out five batters and walked one...Seven hits allowed matched a season high...Lone run allowed came with two outs in the top of the sixth inning...Recorded eight groundouts, including two double plays, and four flyouts/popouts...Retired the leadoff batter in five of his seven innings on the mound...Threw 98 pitches, 67 strikes...Threw 10 pitches or less in four of his seven innings on the mound...Threw 24 pitches in the third inning and 23 pitches in the sixth inning...Threw first-pitch strikes to 21 of the 27 batters he faced...Making his first start on the road since 5/2 at New Britain...Made five straight starts at home (5/7-5/24)...Is 2-0 with a 0.72 ERA in six starts at The Diamond...Has struck out 45 batters and walked 10 in 37 2/3 innings at home while limiting opponents to a .224 (30-for-134)...Is 3-0 with a 0.91 ERA (4ER/39.2 IP) in six starts since suffering his last loss 4/20 at Trenton...Has allowed one run or less in five of his last six innings while striking out 45 batters and walking 11...Leads the Eastern League with a 1.53 ERA and is second in the EL and tied for 10th in MiLB with 66 strikeouts...Named the Eastern League Pitcher of the Week 5/2/11-5/8/11...Made 17 starts with Advanced-A San Jose in 2010 going 4-2 with a 3.11 ERA...Struck out 108 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 Joe Gardner gets the nod in game three of the series for the Aeros...Making his eighth start of the season...Enters the season rated as the #9 prospect in the Cleveland Indians farm system according to Baseball America...Suffered the loss in his last outing 5/24 against Harrisburg...Allowed a season-high nine runs, six earned, on a season-high nine hits in 4 1/3 innings...Struck out three batters and walked two while also hitting a pair of batters...Had allowed one run or less in four of his first six starts...Has gone more than five innings just twice in seven starts...Has struck out 20 batters and has walked 21...Made his pro debut in 2010 and began the season with Low-A Lake County and went 1-0 with a 3.24 ERA in six starts...Struck out 38 batters and walked 11 in 25 innings while limiting opponents to a .185 batting average against...Promoted to Advanced-A Kinston 5/8/10...Made 22 starts with the K-Tribe going 12-6 with a 2.65 ERA...Struck out 104 batters and walked 51 in 122 1/3 innings...Limited opposing hitters to a .199 batting average against...Named a Carolina League Mid-Season All-Star...Selected by the Cleveland Indians in the third round of the 2009 First-Year Player Draft...Attended UC Santa Barbara.

#WINNING': The Flying Squirrels will attempt to climb back over the .500 mark in today's contest at Akron for the first time since 4/15 when they were 5-4...Richmond has previously been at .500 three times since 4/15 and the team has been unable to get a win on any of those occasions...The club is 2-7 in day games after night games and 4-7 overall during the day.

EXTRA SPECIAL: The Flying Squirrels played their Eastern League-leading ninth extra-inning game last night, defeating Akron 3-2 in 10 innings... At two hours and 53 minutes, it was the second-shortest extra-inning game of the season for Richmond...The club played an 11-inning, two hour and 45 minute game against Altoona 4/23...The club has amassed 33 innings worth of extra frames thus far on the season and the pitching staff is averaging 9.32 innings of work per game (447 2/3 innings/48games)...With the win, the Flying Squirrels improved to 5-4 in extra innings on the season...Thirty-two of the club's first 48 games have been decided by three runs or less (14-18) and the club improved to 6-9 in one-run games.

NOOOONAN: Shortstop Nick Noonan drove in all three runs for the Flying Squirrels, matching a season-high...The 22-year-old also drove in three runs 5/5 in Game 2 of a doubleheader at New Britain...He is 8-for-19 (.421) with runners in scoring position and two outs including last night's two-out, RBI double in the top of the 10th inning...Noonan is second on the club in RBIs (20) and has four multi-RBI games in 35 contests with the Flying Squirrels...He had just two multi-RBI games and drove in 26 runs in 101 contests with Richmond in 2010.

MAY IS FOR MATOS: Right-hander Osiris Matos allowed one hit over three scoreless innings Saturday night...In nine appearances this month, the 26-year-old has tossed 18 scoreless innings, limiting opponents to a .133 (8-for-60) batting average against...It is the longest scoreless innings streak by a Richmond pitcher this season...He has struck out 11 batters while walking two over that span and has lowered his ERA from 5.02 to 2.23.

PITCHING IN: The Flying Squirrels pitching staff leads the Eastern League with a 2.85 ERA through 48 games, the only staff with a sub-three ERA...The club ranks second in the league with 395 strikeouts, and the pitching staff has logged a league-high 447 2/3 innings of work.

ON THE ROAD AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN: The Flying Squirrels are in a stretch where they will play 13 of 16 games on the road...The club is 7-14 on the road, and it is batting .198 (140-for-708) and averaging 3.00 runs per game (63R/21G) in 21 road contests...Richmond just completed a stretch of playing 10 out of 13 games at home...The Flying Squirrels are 17-10 at home and are batting .253 (237-for-938) in 27 games at The Diamond while averaging 4.30 runs per game at home (116R/27G).

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