EL1 Richmond Flying Squirrels

Richmond Flying Squirrels Game Notes

Published on June 11, 2011 under Eastern League (EL1)
Richmond Flying Squirrels News Release


TONIGHT: The Richmond Flying Squirrels and New Hampshire Fisher Cats will meet in game two of a three-game series...Flying Squirrels starter Justin Fitzgerald allowed five runs on eight hits in 3 1/3 innings and the Fisher Cats cruised to a 6-2 over Richmond in the series opener on Friday night in front of 6,945 fans at Northeast Delta Dental Stadium.

TONIGHT'S STARTERS: Right-hander Daryl Maday gets the start in game two of the series for the Flying Squirrels...Earned the win in his last outing 6/5 against Reading...Allowed three runs, two earned, on six hits in six innings...Struck out six batters and walked three...Five of the six hits he allowed were singles...Outing was his fourth quality start in 10 starts overall...Fourth consecutive start in which he went six innings or more...Win was his first since 5/9 at Bowie (four starts)...Victory was his first in six starts at The Diamond...Allowed the leadoff batter to reach in three of his six innings on the mound (scored twice)...Recorded six flyouts/popouts and four groundouts...Threw 95 pitches, 57 strikes...Threw 15 pitches or less in three of his six innings on the mound (1st, 2nd & 6th)...Threw 18 pitches or more in three of his six innings on the mound (3rd, 4th & 5th)...Threw first-pitch strikes to 13 of the 26 batters he faced...Is 1-2 with a 2.66 ERA in four starts on the road...Activated from the Disabled List 5/9...Was placed on the DL 5/2 due to pneumonia... Is 1-1 with a 4.33 ERA (13R/27 IP) in five career starts against New Hampshire...Allowed seven runs on six hits in four innings in his lone start against New Hampshire (8/10/10) last season...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 Chad Jenkins gets the nod in game two of the series for the Fisher Cats...Making his Double-A debut...Enters the season rated as the #15 prospect in the Toronto Blue Jays farm system according to Baseball America...Promoted from Advanced-A Dunedin 6/11...Went 4-5 with a 3.07 ERA in 11 starts with the Dunedin Blue Jays this season...Struck out 44 batters and walked 14 in 67 1/3 innings...Suffered the loss in each of his first four starts going 0-4 with a 3.32 ERA (8ER/21.2 IP) in April...Went 3-1 with a 2.50 ERA (11ER/39.2 IP) in six starts in May...Earned his first win of the season 5/13 at Fort Myers...Victory was his first overall since 7/19/10 against Jupiter (13 starts)...Tossed seven innings or more in three of his last four starts...Made his pro debut with Low-A Lansing in 2010...Went 5-4 with a 3.63 ERA in 13 starts while striking out 64 batters and walking 13 in 79 1/3 innings...Named a Midwest League Mid-Season All-Star...Promoted to Dunedin 6/24/10...Went 1-1 with a 2.77 ERA (4ER/13 IP) in his first two starts...Went a combined 1-5 with a 5.28 ERA (26ER/44.1 IP) in 10 starts in July and August...Entered the season rated as the #3 prospect in the Toronto Blue Jays farm system according to Baseball America...Selected by the Toronto Blue Jays in the first round (#20 overall) of the 2009 First-Year Player Draft...Attended Kennesaw State University...Became the highest draft pick in school history.

GEORGIA ON MY MIND: Second baseman Charlie Culberson has homered in each of his last three games, becoming the first Flying Squirrels batter to accomplish that feat...The 22-year-old hit just one home run through his first 54 contests...It is the second time in Culberson's career that he has homered in three straight games...The Georgia native homered in three straight contests 7/11/10-7/13/10 while with Advanced-A San Jose...The former supplemental first-round pick hit a career-high 16 home runs last season with the Giants.

THE JOLLY ROGER: Outfielder Roger Kieschnick is batting .321 (36-for-112) over his last 29 games with six doubles, a triple, four home runs, 16 RBIs and 16 runs scored...The 24-year-old has 14 multi-hit games over that span which also includes a season-long eight-game hit streak...He has raised his batting average from .173 to .250 since 5/7.

GOING LONG: Second baseman Charlie Culberson and outfielder Roger Kieschnick each homered last night, marking the fourth time this season that the Flying Squirrels have hit multiple home runs in a game...The last multi-homer game for Richmond was 5/26 against Erie when Jose Flores and Justin Christian each homered in the bottom of the seventh inning...The team hit a season-high three homers 5/25 against Erie...The club has homered in three straight games for the second time this season...The Flying Squirrels also homered in three straight games 4/28-4/30...Richmond homered in five straight games last season 6/10/10-6/14/10 (four of the five games at Reading).

NO RUNNING: Catcher Aaron Lowenstein threw out another baserunner Thursday night, and the 25-year-old has now thrown out 16 baserunners in 21 attempts...His .762 throwing percentage leads all MiLB catchers with at least 21 attempts.

PITCHING IN: The Flying Squirrels pitching staff leads the Eastern League with a 2.88 ERA through 60 games, the only staff with a sub-three ERA...Richmond's 2.88 staff ERA is the third-lowest in all of MiLB, trailing the Advanced-A Clearwater Threshers (2.65) and Low-A Burlington Bees (2.73)...The pitching staff has logged a league-high 550 1/3 innings of work and has allowed a league-low 209 runs.

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 team is 6-8 through the first 14 games of that stretch including a 4-7 mark on the road...Overall, the club is 10-20 on the road, and is batting .197 (196-for-997) and averaging 3.07 runs per game (92R/30G) in 30 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 18-11 at home and are batting .253 (262-for-1,035) in 30 games at The Diamond while averaging 4.17 runs per game at home (125R/30G).

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