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Richmond Flying Squirrels Game Notes

Published on June 14, 2011 under Eastern League (EL1)
Richmond Flying Squirrels News Release


RICHMOND FLYING SQUIRRELS (31-31) VS. BINGHAMTON METS (20-41)

LHP RYAN VERDUGO (4-1, 2.36) VS. RHP TOBI STONER (1-2, 8.44)

June 14, 2011 -- 7:05 PM

The Diamond

Game #63/Home #31

Radio Broadcast -- Sports Radio 910 WRNL

Internet Webcast -- www.sportsradio910.com

TONIGHT: The Richmond Flying Squirrels and Binghamton Mets will meet in the opener of a three-game series...The Flying Squirrels capped off a 4-2 road trip with a 9-3 series-clinching win over the New Hampshire Fisher Cats on Sunday afternoon in front of 6,195 fans at Northeast Delta Dental Stadium.

TONIGHT'S STARTERS: Left-hander Ryan Verdugo gets the nod in series opener for the Flying Squirrels...Making his 12th start of the season...Enters the 2011 season rated as the #25 prospect in the San Francisco Giants farm system according to Baseball America...Earned the win in his last outing 6/8 at Portland...Allowed one run on five hits in seven innings...Struck out six batters and walked three...Allowed one run and three hits in the bottom of the sixth inning...All five hits allowed were singles...All five strikeouts occurred in his first three innings on the mound...Retired the leadoff batter in all seven innings on the mound...Recorded seven flyouts/popouts and six groundouts...Threw 100 pitches, 64 strikes...Threw 15 pitches or less in five of his seven innings on the mound...Threw first-pitch strikes to 18 of the 29 batters he faced...Outing was his fourth quality start in 11 total...Improved to 2-0 with 2.09 ERA in seven starts on road...Has limited opponents to a .217 (18-for-83) batting average against in four starts at The Diamond...Named the Eastern League Pitcher of the Week 5/30/11-6/5/11...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 Tobi Stoner gets the nod in the series opener for the B-Mets...Making his seventh start of the season and fourth with Binghamton...Earned the win in his last outing 6/8 against Harrisburg...Allowed one run on four hits in six innings...Struck out four batters and walked three...Lost his first two starts with the B-Mets, allowing 14 total runs on 17 hits in 10 innings (12.60 ERA)...Promoted from Advanced-A St. Lucie 5/25...Went 1-1 with a 7.80 ERA (13ER/15 IP) in three starts with the St. Lucie Mets...Began the 2010 season with Triple-A Buffalo...Made two appearances with the Bisons, including being the club's Opening Day starter, before being recalled by the New York Mets 4/18/10...Made one relief appearance with the Mets 4/18/10 at St. Louis and suffered the loss, allowing one run on three hits with a walk and no strikeouts in 2 1/3 innings...Optioned to Buffalo 4/19/10...Went 6-10 with a 5.97 ERA in 23 games, 22 starts...Placed on the DL 8/12/10 with a right shoulder strain and did not pitch in the final 27 games of the season...Entered the 2010 season rated as the #29 prospect in the New York Mets farm system according to Baseball America...Began the 2009 season with Binghamton (5/11/09) and went 2-2 with a 2.68 ERA in seven starts...Struck out 28 batters and walked 13 in 47 innings...Promoted to Buffalo 6/15/09...Went 7-7 with a 3.96 ERA in 16 starts, striking out 64 batters and walking 34 in 97 2/3 innings...Had his contract purchased by the New York Mets 9/8/09...Made his Major League debut 9/10/09 against Florida and tossed a scoreless inning...Allowed four runs on nine hits in nine innings spanning four relief appearances with the Mets...Entered the 2009 season rated as the #19 prospect in the New York Mets farm system according to Baseball America...Began the 2008 season with Advanced-A St. Lucie and went 1-5 with a 2.60 ERA in nine starts...Struck out 48 batters and walked nine in 52 innings...Promoted to Binghamton 6/13/08 and went 4-6 with a 4.33 ERA in 15 starts...Struck out 59 batters and walked 29 in 79 innings...Selected by the New York Mets in the 16th round of the 2006 First-Year Player Draft...Attended Davis & Elkins College (WV)...Born in Landstuhl, Germany.

OVER THE TOP': The Flying Squirrels will attempt to climb back over the .500 mark in tonight's contest against Binghamton for the first time since 4/15 when they were 5-4...Richmond has previously been at .500 four times since 4/15 and the team has been unable to get a win on any of those occasions.

SERIES OF WINS: The Flying Squirrels won their third consecutive series, taking two of three from the New Hampshire Fisher Cats on Sunday after taking two of three against Reading and at Portland...It is just the second time in the two-year history of the franchise that Richmond has won three consecutive series...The club also won three straight series 7/29/10-8/15/10 (7-3)...The Flying Squirrels improved to 6-3 in rubber matches and 10-9 overall in series finales with Sunday's win.

NO PLACE LIKE HOME: The Flying Squirrels will play 20 of their next 27 games at home...The club is 18-11 at home and is batting .253 (262-for-1,035) in 30 games at The Diamond while averaging 4.17 runs per game at home (125R/30G)...Richmond recently completed a stretch where it played 13 of 16 games on the road...The team went 8-8 over that stretch including a 6-7 mark on the road...Overall, the club is 12-20 on the road, and is batting .201 (215-for-1,069) and averaging 3.22 runs per game (103R/32G) in 32 road contests.

THE JOLLY ROGER: Outfielder Roger Kieschnick is batting .325 (39-for-120) over his last 31 games with six doubles, two triples, four home runs, 17 RBIs and 17 runs scored...The 24-year-old has 15 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 .254 since 5/7...Kieschnick currently has hits in five straight games (8-for-21), his team-leading fourth hit streak of five games or more.

PITCHING IN: The Flying Squirrels pitching staff leads the Eastern League with a 2.82 ERA through 62 games, the only staff with a sub-three ERA...Richmond's 2.82 staff ERA is the lowest in all of MiLB...The pitching staff has logged a league-high 568 1/3 innings of work and has allowed a league-low 212 runs.

MEN ON THE RUN: The Flying Squirrels stole a season-high five bases on Sunday in New Hampshire including two each by Charlie Culberson and Roger Kieschnick...It was the third and fourth times that a Flying Squirrels baserunner had stolen multiple bases in a game...It was the second this season that Kieschnick has stolen multiple bases in a game...The club's previous single-game high for most stolen bases was three which had occurred three times, most recently 5/9 at Bowie...Overall, Richmond is 58-for-80 (72.5 %) in stolen base attempts, tied for fourth-most stolen bases in the Eastern League.

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