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June 15, 2011 - Eastern League (EL1)
Richmond Flying Squirrels News Release


RICHMOND FLYING SQUIRRELS (31-32) VS. BINGHAMTON METS (21-41)

RHP HENRY SOSA (1-0, 0.00) VS. RHP BRANDON MOORE (5-4, 3.92)

June 15, 2011 -- 7:05 PM

The Diamond

Game #64/Home #32

Radio Broadcast -- Sports Radio 910 WRNL

Internet Webcast -- www.sportsradio910.com

TONIGHT: The Richmond Flying Squirrels and Binghamton Mets will meet in game two of a three-game series...The Binghamton Mets scored five runs in the top of the first inning and held off the Flying Squirrels the rest of the way as the B-Mets claimed a 6-4, series-opening win on Tuesday night in front of 6,685 fans at The Diamond.

TONIGHT'S STARTERS: Right-hander Henry Sosa gets the nod in game two of the series for the Flying Squirrels...Making his first start of the season...Enters the 2011 season rated as the #29 prospect in the San Francisco Giants farm system according to Baseball America...Earned the win in his last appearance 6/11 at New Hampshire...Allowed three hits over four scoreless innings, striking out two batters and walking none...Struck out all five batters he faced in his first appearance with Richmond 6/7 at Portland...Removed for the San Francisco Giants 40-man roster 5/26, cleared waivers 6/6 and was outrighted to Richmond...Originally sent down from Triple-A Fresno 5/25......Went 3-1 with a 10.41 ERA in 17 games with the Grizzlies...Allowed 27 earned runs in 23 1/3 innings and limited opponents to a .371 (39-for-105) batting average against him...Allowed one of 10 inherited baserunners to score...Spent the entire 2010 season with Fresno...Went 7-8 with a 4.07 ERA in 36 games, 14 starts...Struck out 83 batters and walked 55 in 115 innings pitched...Allowed 20 home runs...Fourteen of his final 19 appearances came as a starter and he went 3-7 with a 4.78 ERA in his 14 starts (69.2 IP)...Was 4-1 with a 2.98 ERA in 22 appearances (45.1 IP) in relief...Entered the 2010 season rated as the #16 prospect in the San Francisco Giants farm system according to Baseball America...Made 14 starts with Double-A Connecticut in 2009...Went 6-0 with a 2.36 ERA, striking out 44 batters and walking 25 in 72 1/3 innings...Limited opponents to a .231 (61-for-264) batting average against...Placed on the DL (right elbow strain) 7/2/09 and missed the remainder of the season...Entered the season rated as the #13 prospect in the San Francisco Giants farm system according to Baseball America...Entered the 2008 season rated as the #5 prospect in the San Francisco Giants farm system according to Baseball America...Began the 2007 season with Low-A Augusta and went 6-0 with a 0.73 ERA (5ER/62 IP)...Limited opponents to a .144 (30-for-208) batting average against...Named a SAL Mid-Season All-Star...Participated for the World Team in the All-Star Futures Game at AT&T Park...Signed as a non-drafted free agent 4/23/04.

Right-hander Brandon Moore gets the nod in game two of the series for the B-Mets...Making his 12th start of the season...Suffered the loss in his last outing 6/9 against Harrisburg...Allowed four runs, three earned, on seven hits in five innings...Struck out three batters and walked none...Has allowed four runs, three earned, over 32 1/3 innings (0.84 ERA) in his five wins...Is 0-4 in his other six starts and has allowed 33 runs, 22 earned, over 25 innings (7.92 ERA)...Began the 2010 season with Low-A Savannah and went 3-4 with a 2.49 ERA in 14 games, 12 starts...Struck out 98 batters and walked 11 in 79 2/3 innings (11.07 K/9 IP)...Opponents hit .215 (62-for-289) against him...Named a SAL Mid-Season All-Star...Promoted to Advanced-A St. Lucie 6/24/10...Went 2-4 with a 3.82 ERA in 12 starts with the St. Lucie Mets...Struck out 61 batters and walked 26 in 66 innings...Went 2-3 with a 2.61 ERA (12ER/41.1 IP) in his first seven starts in June and July...Went 0-1 with a 5.85 ERA (16ER/24.2 IP) over his final five starts in August...Promoted to Binghamton 9/3/10...Suffered the loss in his Double-A debut against Harrisburg, allowing nine runs on eight hits in 3 1/3 innings...Made 13 starts with Short-Season A Brooklyn in 2009 and went 6-3 with a 2.09 ERA...Struck out 71 batters and walked 17 in 82 innings...Opponents hit .206 (61-for-296) against him...Made pro debut in 14 combined appearances including two starts between Brooklyn and Rookie Kingsport and went 5-1 with a 3.00 ERA...Struck out 33 batters and walked 14 in 27 innings...Selected by the New York Mets in the 14th round of the 2008 First-Year Player Draft...Attended Indiana Wesleyan University (Marion, IN)

FALSE START: The Binghamton Mets scored five runs in the top of the first inning en route to a 6-4, series-opening win over the Flying Squirrels...The five runs allowed in the first inning matched the most given up by Richmond in the two-year history of the franchise...The club gave up five runs in the bottom of the first inning 5/26/10 at Binghamton...The five runs scored by the B-Mets matched the club's largest offensive inning of the season.

ROAD BLOCK: The Flying Squirrels have been at .500 five times since 4/15; however, the team has been unable to get a win on any of those occasions...The club has not been above the .500 since being 5-4 on 4/15.

OPEN AND SHUT: The Flying Squirrels dropped their seventh consecutive series opener, falling last night to the B-Mets 6-4...The club is now 9-11 in series openers this season...Even though the Richmond lost the series opener in each of their last three sets, the team has won three consecutive series...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 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.

NO PLACE LIKE HOME: The Flying Squirrels have begun a stretch where they will play 20 out of 27 games at home...The club is 19-12 at home and is batting .251 (268-for-1,067) in 31 games at The Diamond while averaging 4.16 runs per game at home (129R/31G)...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.

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