EL1 Richmond Flying Squirrels

Richmond Flying Squirrels Game Notes

Published on June 19, 2011 under Eastern League (EL1)
Richmond Flying Squirrels News Release


TODAY: The Richmond Flying Squirrels and Bowie Baysox will meet in the finale of a three-game series...Left-hander Mike Ballard limited the Flying Squirrels to one run over eight innings of work as he and the Baysox never trailed in a 3-1 win on Saturday night in front of 7,554 fans at The Diamond.

TODAY'S STARTERS: Left-hander Ryan Verdugo gets the nod in series finale for the Flying Squirrels...Making his 13th start of the season and his sixth against the Baysox...Enters the 2011 season rated as the #25 prospect in the San Francisco Giants farm system according to Baseball America...Suffered the loss in his last outing 6/14 against Binghamton...Allowed six runs on eight hits in five innings...Struck out six batters and walked one...Gave up career-highs in runs (6) and hits (8)...Allowed five runs on five hits in the first inning...Gave up just one run (Reese Havens solo home run) on three hits over his final four innings...Retired the leadoff batter in four of his five innings on the mound (scored the only time he reached)...Recorded six flyouts/popouts and two groundouts...Threw 92 pitches, 65 strikes...Threw 55 pitches including in the first two innings including 33 in the top of the first inning...Threw 37 pitches total over his final three innings...Threw first-pitch strikes to 17 of the 24 batters he faced...Fell to 2-2 with a 4.58 ERA in five starts at The Diamond...Is 2-0 with 2.09 ERA in seven starts on road...Is 3-0 with a 2.93 ERA (9ER/27.2 IP) in five starts against the Baysox this season including tossing eight scoreless innings and striking out 10 batters in his last start at Bowie 6/2...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 Tim Bascom gets the nod in the series finale for the Baysox...Making his fifth start of the season with the Baysox and sixth overall...Making his first start since 5/29 at Harrisburg in game two of a doubleheader...Suffered the loss, allowing one run on four hits in 5 2/3 innings while striking out four batters and walking one...Is 0-2 with a 3.97 ERA in four starts with Bowie...Opponents are hitting .281 (25-for-89) against him as a starter...Is 2-0 with a 3.12 ERA in 12 relief appearances...Opponents hitting .214 (21-for-98) against him as a reliever...Has tossed seven scoreless innings spanning his last four outings, striking out five batters and walking three while limiting opponents to a .130 (3-for-23) batting average...Sent down to Advanced-A Frederick 5/5 and made one start with the Keys and earned the win the same day against Wilmington...Returned from Frederick 5/10...Is 2-1 with a 4.15 ERA in five appearances, two starts, against the Flying Squirrels this season, including getting the win 4/30 in the Baysox 3-2, 18-inning victory...Split the 2010 season between Bowie and Triple-A Norfolk...Began the season with the Baysox and went 3-4 with a 3.43 ERA in 11 starts...Struck out 41 batters and walked 10...Went 2-1 with a 2.28 ERA in four starts in April...Made one start against the Flying Squirrels, 5/30/10, at The Diamond...Allowed two runs on five hits in 6 2/3 innings...Matched a season-high with eight strikeouts while walking none...Promoted to Triple-A Norfolk 6/10/10...Went 4-7 with a 6.94 ERA in 17 starts for the Tides...Struck out 44 batters and walked 32 in 84 1/3 innings...Opponents hit .328 (116-for-354) against him...Went 10 consecutive outings without a win (7/3/10-8/22/10) going 0-5 with a 9.84 ERA...Made 15 appearances including 14 starts with Double-A Bowie in 2009...Went 3-7 with a 4.30 ERA...Dropped seven straight decisions including losing in five consecutive starts (7/26/09-8/19/09)...Was 0-4 with a 5.68 ERA in six starts in August...Struck out 23 and walked 14 in 32 innings...Began 2009 with Advanced-A Frederick...Went 4-5 with a 3.40 ERA in 12 outings including 11 starts...Selected by the Baltimore Orioles in the 4th round of the 2007 First-Year Player Draft...Attended the University of Central Florida.

GRAND FINALE?: The Flying Squirrels can wrap up their fifth consecutive series victory, which would be a first in the two-year history of the franchise, with a win in today's rubber match with the Baysox...The club is 7-3 in rubber matches this season and has won each of its last five series-deciding games...Richmond is 11-9 overall in series finales...The team is 4-8 in day games after night games and 6-9 overall in day games.

MO-MENTUM: Catcher Johnny Monell blasted his team-leading seventh home run, a two-out, solo shot to left-center field in the bottom of the eighth inning last night...Five of his seven home runs have been hit to the opposite field...Six of his seven home runs have been hit at The Diamond and four of those six have been opposite field homers...The 25-year-old hit a career-high 19 home runs in 115 games with Advanced-A San Jose in 2010.

THE JOLLY ROGER: Outfielder Roger Kieschnick is batting .314 (43-for-137) over his last 36 games with six doubles, three triples, six home runs, 25 RBIs and 20 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 .253 since 5/7...His five RBIs Thursday night were a season-high for a Richmond batter.

PITCHING IN: The Flying Squirrels pitching staff leads the Eastern League with a 2.96 ERA through 67 games, the only staff with a sub-three ERA...Richmond's 2.96 staff ERA is also the lowest in all of MiLB...The pitching staff has logged a league-high 613 1/3 innings of work and has allowed a league-low 237 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 22-13 at home and is batting .249 (297-for-1,192) in 35 games at The Diamond while averaging 4.34 runs per game at home (152R/35G)...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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