EL1 Richmond Flying Squirrels

Richmond Flying Squirrels Game Notes

Published on June 4, 2011 under Eastern League (EL1)
Richmond Flying Squirrels News Release


TONIGHT: The Richmond Flying Squirrels and Reading Phillies will meet in game two of a three-game series...Right-hander Austin Hyatt and two relievers combined on a five-hit shutout of the Flying Squirrels as the R-Phils topped Richmond 5-0 in the series opener on Friday night in front of 7,227 fans at The Diamond.

TONIGHT'S STARTERS: Right-hander Justin Fitzgerald gets the start in game two of the series for the Flying Squirrels...Received a no-decision in his last outing 5/30 at Akron...Allowed two runs, one earned, on three hits in 5 2/3 innings...Struck out five batters and walked four...Five strikeouts matched a season high...Both runs allowed came in the bottom of the first inning...All three hits allowed were singles...Allowed the leadoff batter to reach in three of his six innings on the mound, scored once...Recorded seven flyouts/popouts and four groundouts...Threw 101 pitches, 58 strikes...Threw 51 pitches in the first two innings including 29 pitches in the first and 22 pitches in the second...Threw 50 pitches total over his final 3 2/3 innings...Threw first-pitch strikes to 11 of the 24 batters he faced...Is 2-0 with a 0.95 over his last three starts...Has allowed four runs, two earned, on 13 hits over his last 19 innings while striking out 13 batters and walking eight...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.

Left-hander Ryan Edell gets the nod in game two of the series for the Phillies...Making his 11th start of the season...Earned the win in his last outing 5/30 at Erie...Allowed two runs on seven hits in five innings...Struck out four batters and walked one...Has allowed two earned runs in each of his last three starts...Has allowed four runs or more in six of his 10 starts...Has allowed six hits or more in nine of his first 10 starts...Opponents are hitting .295 (69-for-234) against him...Has struck out 40 batters and has walked nine over 58 1/3 innings...Has walked one batter or less in eight of his 10 starts...Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as a minor league free agent 12/20/10...Began the 2010 season with Akron and went 1-1 with a 6.85 in five starts...Released by the Cleveland Indians 5/8/10...Signed by the Oakland A's 5/13/10...Appeared in 21 games, 20 starts, with Double-A Midland and went 10-4 with a 3.17 ERA while striking out 92 batters and walking 20...Won seven of his final 10 starts and posted a 2.94 ERA over that stretch (22ER/67.1 IP)...Began the 2009 season with Akron and went 4-1 with a 2.32 ERA in 17 games, 16 starts...Struck out 91 batters and walked 19 in 89 1/3 innings...Promoted to Triple-A Columbus and went 0-6 with a 6.36 ERA in 15 games, six starts...Finished third in the Cleveland Indians farm system in strikeouts (128)...Spent the entire 2008 season with Akron and went 7-8 with a 3.80 ERA in 26 starts...Struck out 99 batters and walked 21 in 144 1/3 innings...Spent the entire 2007 with Advanced-A Kinston and went 11-6 with a 3.70 ERA in 31 games, 17 starts...Struck out 109 batters and walked 31 in 121 2/3 innings...Made only six starts with Low-A Lake County in 2006 due to a sprained ligament in his left elbow...Made pro debut with Short-Season A Mahoning Valley in 2005...Went 3-4 with a 2.95 ERA in 14 games, 11 starts...Struck out 62 batters and walked 18 in 64 innings...Originally selected by the Cleveland Indians in the eighth round of the 2005 First-Year Player Draft...Attended the College of Charleston...Transferred from UC Irvine after one season.

TREADING WATER: The Flying Squirrels will try to avoid falling to a season-low five games under .500...The club is currently four games below .500 for the third time this season...Richmond was four-games under at 11-15 on 5/5 and 24-28 on 6/1.

GROUNDED SQUIRRELS: A night after tossing their fourth shutout of the season, the Flying Squirrels got shutout in the series-opener against Reading...It was the first time Richmond has been shutout this season and the first since falling to Bowie 5/17...The Flying Squirrels have been averaging two runs per game (16R/8G) over their last eight contests...The most runs scored in a game for Richmond over that stretch has been four...The club has scored two runs or less in six of those eight games...The Flying Squirrels are averaging 3.51 runs per game (190R/54G) on the season, the third-lowest average in the Eastern League.

TOUGH TIMES: Outfielder Justin Christian is batting .125 (5-for-40) over his last 11 games with seven strikeouts and four walks...His batting average has dropped from .289 to .256 over that span...Catcher Johnny Monell is 0-for-20 over his last seven games...The 25-year-old has seen his average tumble from .230 to .202...Prior to his recent skid, Monell had hits in each of his previous six games and he hit .381 (8-for-21) over that stretch.

THE LOW DOWN: Catcher Aaron Lowenstein has hits in a season-long five straight games after an error on Pedro Florimon was changed to a hit Wednesday night...The 25-year-old is 6-for-14 (.429) over that span with a double, a RBI, and a run scored.

PITCHING IN: The Flying Squirrels pitching staff leads the Eastern League with a 2.78 ERA through 54 games, the only staff with a sub-three ERA...Richmond's 2.78 staff ERA is the third-lowest in all of MiLB, trailing the Advanced-A Clearwater Threshers (2.64) and Low-A Burlington Bees (2.66)...The club ranks second in the league with 435 strikeouts, and the pitching staff has logged a league-high 498 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 8-18 on the road, and it is batting .194 (167-for-859) and averaging 2.85 runs per game (74R/26G) in 26 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 17-11 at home and are batting .249 (242-for-970) in 28 games at The Diamond while averaging 4.14 runs per game at home (116R/28G).

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