EL1 Richmond Flying Squirrels

Richmond Flying Squirrels Game Notes

Published on June 2, 2011 under Eastern League (EL1)
Richmond Flying Squirrels News Release


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

LHP RYAN VERDUGO (2-1, 2.93) VS. RHP ZACH CLARK (5-3, 4.21)

June 2, 2011 -- 7:05 PM

Prince George's Stadium

Game #53/Road #26

Radio Broadcast -- Sports Radio 910 WRNL

Internet Webcast -- www.sportsradio910.com

TONIGHT: The Richmond Flying Squirrels and Bowie Baysox will meet in the finale of a three-game series...Following a one hour and 22 minute rain delay, the Flying Squirrels dropped their fourth straight game, falling to the Baysox 3-2 in game two of the series on Wednesday night in front of 2,490 fans at Prince George's Stadium.

TONIGHT'S STARTERS: Left-hander Ryan Verdugo gets the nod in the series finale for the Flying Squirrels...Making his 10th start of the season...Enters the 2011 season rated as the #25 prospect in the San Francisco Giants farm system according to Baseball America...Received a no-decision in his last outing 5/28 at Akron...Allowed two runs, one earned, on five hits in five innings...Struck out five batters and walked three...Faced two batters in the sixth inning (single, walk)...Struck out five of the first eight batters he faced...Allowed the leadoff batter to reach in three of his six innings on the mound (scored once)...Recorded five groundouts and four flyouts/popouts...Threw 95 pitches, 62 strikes...Threw 16 pitches or more in four of his six innings on the mound...Threw 29 pitches in the bottom of the fourth inning...Threw first-pitch strikes to 15 of the 24 batters he faced...Making his fifth start against Bowie this season...Is 2-0 with a 4.12 ERA (9R/19.2 IP) in four starts against the Baysox and has allowed 21 hits while striking out 18 batters and walking nine...Went a combined 8-1 with a 1.87 ERA in 44 games, including one start, with Low-A Augusta and San Jose...Suffered the first loss in his pro career 4/29/10 at Hagerstown...Pitched with Scottsdale in the Arizona Fall League in 2010...Went 4-1 with a 2.45 ERA in seven starts while striking out 26 batters and walking 16...Began the 2009 season in Extended Spring Training...Went 4-0 with a 1.27 ERA in 23 games with the AZL Giants and Low-A Augusta...Selected in the 9th round of the 2008 First-Year Player Draft...Attended LSU and Skagit Valley (WA) College.

Right-hander Zach Clark gets the nod in the series finale for the Baysox...Making his 10th start of the season after moving to the rotation 4/13...Suffered the loss in his last outing 5/28 at Harrisburg...Allowed season highs in runs (7) and hits (12) in 4 2/3 innings, his shortest start of the season...Struck out three batters and walked two...Had gone at least five innings in each of his first eight starts...Is 2-1 with a 2.00 ERA (3R/18 IP) in three starts against Richmond this season, allowing 13 hits in 18 innings while striking out 15 batters and walking five...Threw 94 pitches in five innings and suffered the loss in his last start at Richmond 5/18...Named EL Pitcher of the Week 4/25/11-5/2/11...Has spent parts of each of the last four seasons with Bowie...Went 1-1 with a 3.41 ERA in 14 games, two starts, with the Baysox in 2010...Was 2-7 with a 5.05 ERA (43ER/76.2 IP) in 15 starts in 2010...Appeared in one game against Richmond in 2010 and allowed two unearned runs on two hits in three innings while striking out one, walking one, and hitting one batter...Pitched at four levels in 2010 (Low-A - Triple-A) and went a combined 3-9 with a 4.29 ERA in 30 games including 15 starts...Struck out 74 batters and walked 28 in 115 1/3 innings in 2010...Opponents hit .290 against him...Pitched at four different levels in 2008 and 2009...Made a career-high 32 appearances and 19 starts in 2008 in time spent between Low-A Delmarva, Advanced-A Frederick, Bowie, and Triple-A Norfolk...Signed by the Baltimore Orioles as a non-drafted free agent in May 26, 2006...Attended the University of Maryland at Baltimore County.

LOSING GROUND: The Flying Squirrels have matched their longest losing streak of the season and the club has also equaled its low-water mark of the season dropping four games under .500 at 24-28...The last time the club dropped four straight games was 4/17-4/20...It's the first time Richmond is four games under .500 since losing Game One of a doubleheader 5/5 at New Britain to fall to 11-15...Entering last night's game, the Flying Squirrels had fallen to three games under .500 six times since 5/5 and the club was able to win its next game each of those occasions.

BAY SOCKED: The Flying Squirrels have managed just three hits and the club is batting .052 (3-for-58) through the first two games of the three-game series in Bowie...Richmond is 1-7 at Prince George's Stadium and 4-10 overall against the Baysox this season...The club is batting .223 through its first 53 games, the lowest batting average in all of professional affiliated baseball (MLB & MiLB)...Advanced-A Kinston and Low-A Clinton are tied for the second-lowest batting averages at .226.

ERROR ALERT: The Flying Squirrels have committed an error in each of their last 10 games, the longest streak of games with an error on the season for the club...Richmond has committed 21 errors over its last 10 games including a season-high four errors 5/23 against Erie...The 21 errors have led to 10 unearned runs...The Flying Squirrels are tied for the fourth-lowest fielding percentage (.975) in the Eastern League and the team has committed 47 errors on the season, third-most in the league...Overall, the club has allowed 32 unearned runs on the season.

PITCHING IN: The Flying Squirrels pitching staff leads the Eastern League with a 2.79 ERA through 52 games, the only staff with a sub-three ERA...Richmond's 2.79 staff ERA is the third-lowest in all of MiLB, trailing the Low-A Burlington Bees (2.58) and Advanced-A Clearwater Threshers (2.67)...The club ranks second in the league with 418 strikeouts, and the pitching staff has logged a league-high 480 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...Richmond is currently 1-5 through the six games of that stretch...The club is 7-18 on the road, and it is batting .189 (156-for-825) and averaging 2.80 runs per game (70R/25G) in 25 road contests...Richmond recently completed a stretch of playing 10 out of 13 games at home, going 8-5 over those 13 contests...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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