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Richmond Flying Squirrels Game Notes

Published on June 17, 2011 under Eastern League (EL1)
Richmond Flying Squirrels News Release


RICHMOND FLYING SQUIRRELS (33-32) VS. BOWIE BAYSOX (34-32)

RHP DARYL MADAY (2-4, 3.43) VS. RHP CHORYE SPOONE (1-3, 4.50)

June 17, 2011 -- 7:05 PM

The Diamond

Game #66/Home #34

Radio Broadcast -- Sports Radio 910 WRNL

Internet Webcast -- www.sportsradio910.com

TONIGHT: The Richmond Flying Squirrels and Bowie Baysox will meet in the opener of a three-game series...The Flying Squirrels jumped out to an 11-4 advantage and held on for an 11-9 series-clinching win over the Binghamton Mets on Thursday night in front of 7,990 fans at The Diamond.

TONIGHT'S STARTERS: Right-hander Daryl Maday gets the start in the series finale for the Flying Squirrels...Making his 12th start of the season...Received a no-decision in his last outing 6/11 at New Hampshire...Allowed four hits over five scoreless innings...Struck out eight batters and walked one...Was the second shutout he has combined on this season (5/9 at Bowie)...Eight strikeouts were a season-high...Picked off Moises Sierra at first base in the bottom of the second inning, the fourth baserunner he has picked off this season...Retired the leadoff batter in four of his five innings on the mound...Recorded five groundouts and no flyouts/popouts...Threw 83 pitches, 49 strikes...Threw 19 pitches or more in three of his five innings on the mound...Threw first-pitch strikes to 11 of the 19 batters he faced...Activated from the Disabled List 5/9...Was placed on the DL 5/2 due to pneumonia... Is 3-3 with a 2.89 ERA in nine career appearances, including seven starts, against Bowie...Is 1-2 with a 2.50 ERA (5ER/18 IP) in three starts against the Baysox this 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 Chorye Spoone gets the nod in the series opener for the Baysox...Making his 14th start of the season and his sixth with Bowie...Earned the win in his last outing 6/10 at Portland...Allowed three runs, two earned, on seven hits in 6 2/3 innings...Struck out five batters and walked one...Outing was his longest of the season...Was the Baysox Opening Day starter and made one start before being promoted to Triple-A Norfolk 4/12...Went 2-1 with a 5.50 ERA in eight starts with the Tides...Allowed 41 hits while striking out 16 batters and walking 26 in 34 1/3 innings...Most recently send back down to Bowie 5/23...Has struck out 30 batters and has walked 42 in 60 1/3 combined innings spanning 13 total starts this season...Spent the entire 2010 season with Bowie and went 7-6 with a 4.02 ERA in 24 starts...Struck out 88 batters and walked 79 in 132 innings...Led the Eastern League with 79 walks...Went 2-1 with a 3.46 ERA (15R/10ER in 26 IP) in five starts against Richmond in 2010...Allowed 31 hits and struck out 21 and walked 11...Entered the 2010 season rated as the #28 prospect in the Baltimore Orioles farm system according to Baseball America...Made 10 starts in 2009 at three different levels (Rookie, SS-A, Adv-A) coming back from shoulder surgery in 2008...Went a combined 0-3 with a 6.37 ERA in 29 2/3 innings...Entered the 2009 season rated as the #11 prospect in the Baltimore Orioles farm system according to Baseball America...Made his Double-A debut in 2008 and went 3-3 with a 4.57 ERA in nine starts with the Baysox before suffering the shoulder injury...Entered the 2008 season rated as the #8 prospect in the Baltimore Orioles farm system according to Baseball America...Selected in the 8th round of the 2005 First-Year Player Draft...Attended Catonsville Community College (MD).

#WINNING: The Flying Squirrels will attempt to match their high-water mark of the season at two games over .500 with a win tonight against Bowie...The only time the club was two-games over the .500 was 4/12 when Richmond was 4-2...The team currently owns a winning record for the first time since 4/15 (5-4)...The Flying Squirrels have won four consecutive series for the first time in the two-year history of the franchise.

FALSE STARTS: Richmond has lost each of its last seven series-openers...The club has won the next game six out of those seven times and has gone on to win five of the seven series including each of the last four...The Flying Squirrels last win in a series-opener was 5/20 at Reading...The team is 9-11 in series-openers this season.

GETTING OFFENSIVE: The Flying Squirrels matched a season-high with 11 runs scored in last night's 11-9 win over Binghamton...The club also scored 11 runs in an 11-4 win over the Harrisburg Senators 5/15, the only other time the team reached double-digits in runs...It was the 25th time in 65 games that the club has scored five runs or more...Richmond improved to 22-3 when scoring five runs or more this season...The 20 combined runs scored between the Flying Squirrels and B-Mets was the most this season and second most in a home game during the two-year history of the franchise...Richmond and Reading combined for 22 runs in a 15-7, 11-inning win for the R-Phils on 7/28...The 17 hits allowed by the Flying Squirrels last night were also a season-high.

THE JOLLY ROGER: Outfielder Roger Kieschnick is batting .323 (42-for-130) over his last 34 games with six doubles, two triples, six home runs, 24 RBIs and 19 runs scored...The 24-year-old has 16 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 .256 since 5/7...His five RBIs Thursday night were a season-high for a Richmond batter...Kieschnick has also homered in back-to-back games after hitting a three-run homer in the bottom of the fourth inning last night...Charlie Culberson is the only Flying Squirrel batter to ever homer in three straight games (6/8-6/10).

PITCHING IN: The Flying Squirrels pitching staff leads the Eastern League with a 2.95 ERA through 65 games, the only staff with a sub-three ERA...Richmond's 2.95 staff ERA is the second lowest in all of MiLB, trailing only the Low-A Burlington Bees (2.94)...The pitching staff has logged a league-high 595 1/3 innings of work and has allowed a league-low 230 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 21-12 at home and is batting .251 (284-for-1,130) in 33 games at The Diamond while averaging 4.39 runs per game at home (145R/33G)...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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