EL1 Richmond Flying Squirrels

Richmond Flying Squirrels Game Notes

Published on May 31, 2011 under Eastern League (EL1)
Richmond Flying Squirrels News Release


RICHMOND FLYING SQUIRRELS (24-26) VS. BOWIE BAYSOX (24-28)

RHP DARYL MADAY (1-3, 3.77) VS. RHP STEVE JOHNSON (3-1, 1.98)

May 31, 2011 -- 7:05 PM

Prince George's Stadium

Game #51/Road #24

Radio Broadcast -- Sports Radio 910 WRNL

Internet Webcast -- www.sportsradio910.com

TONIGHT: The Richmond Flying Squirrels and Bowie Baysox will meet in the opener of a three-game series...For the second straight day, Akron catcher Chun Chen delivered the game-winning hit as he drove in the go-ahead run with a two-out double in the bottom of the eighth inning and the Aeros knocked off the Flying Squirrels 3-2 on Monday afternoon in front of 9,328 fans at Canal Park.

TONIGHT'S STARTERS: Right-hander Daryl Maday gets the start in the series opener for the Flying Squirrels...Making his ninth start of the season...Received a no-decision in his last outing 5/26 against Erie...Allowed one run on two hits in six innings...Struck out three batters and walked four...Outing matched his longest of the season...Four walks issued matched a career high...Lone run allowed came in the first inning...Retired the leadoff batter in all six innings on the mound...Recorded eight groundouts and seven flyouts/popouts...Threw 89 pitches, 52 strikes...Threw 12 pitches or less in four of his six innings on the mound...Threw 26 pitches in the first inning and 22 pitches in the sixth inning...Threw first-pitch strikes to 14 of the 24 batters he faced...Outing was his second quality start in eight total starts...Is 1-1 with a 2.08 ERA in three starts on the road...Is 0-2 with a 4.91 ERA in five starts at The Diamond...Activated from the Disabled List 5/9...Was placed on the DL 5/2 due to pneumonia...Is 3-2 with a 2.65 ERA in eight career appearances, including six starts, against Bowie...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.

Right-hander Steve Johnson gets the nod in the series opener for the Baysox...Making his eighth start with the Baysox and 10th overall on the season...Earned the win in his last outing 5/26 at Altoona...Allowed one run on five hits in six innings...Struck out seven batters and walked none...Lone run allowed came on a Tony Sanchez home run...Has gone six innings or more in each of his last six starts...Has allowed two runs or less in six of his seven starts with Bowie...Has limited Eastern League opponents to a .204 average against...Has struck out 41 batters and has walked 12 in 41 innings...Promoted to Triple-A Norfolk 4/14...Went 0-1 in two starts with the Tides, allowing nine runs on 12 hits in 7 2/3 innings...Struck out two batters and walked six...Sent back down to Bowie 4/23...Spent the entire 2010 season with Bowie...Went 7-8 with a 5.09 ERA in 28 starts...Struck out 128 batters and walked 78 in 145 innings...Tied for the Eastern League lead in starts and finished second in walks and fifth in strikeouts...Went 1-2 with a 2.35 ERA in seven starts against Richmond in 2010...Struck out 29 batters and walked 20 while limiting the Flying Squirrels to a .200 average against...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.

BAD DAY: The Flying Squirrels fell to 4-9 overall during the day with yesterday's loss in Akron...The club also fell to 6-11 in one-run games...Each of Richmond's last three games have been decided by a run...Thirty-four of the team's first 50 games have been decided by three runs or less (14-20).

ERROR ALERT: The Flying Squirrels have committed an error in each of their last eight games, the longest streak of games with an error on the season for the club...Richmond has committed 17 errors over its last eight games including a season-high four errors 5/23 against Erie...The 17 errors have led to seven unearned runs...The Flying Squirrels are tied for fifth in the Eastern League with a .976 fielding percentage and the team has committed 47 errors on the season, third-most in the league...Overall, the club has allowed 29 unearned runs on the season.

WHAT'S THE CATCH: The Akron Aeros stole four bases in five tries against catcher Johnny Monell yesterday...For the season, opponents have stolen 40 bases in 50 tries against Monell, tied for second-most stolen bases against a catcher in the Eastern League...The 25-year-old's .200 percentage throwing out runners is second-lowest in the league among catchers with at least 19 attempts...Richmond's other catcher, Aaron Lowenstein, has throw out 14 of the 19 base runners who have attempted to steal against him...His .757 percentage is the most among catchers with at least 19 attempts...In addition, Flying Squirrels pitchers have picked off 10 runners on base.

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 2.81 ERA through 50 games, the only staff with a sub-three ERA...The club ranks second in the league with 404 strikeouts, and the pitching staff has logged a league-high 464 1/3 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 7-16 on the road, and it is batting .199 (153-for-767) and averaging 2.87 runs per game (66R/23G) in 23 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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