Richmond Flying Squirrels Game Notes
June 26, 2011 - Eastern League (EL1)
Richmond Flying Squirrels News Release
TODAY: The Richmond Flying Squirrels and Erie SeaWolves will meet in the finale of a three-game series...Left-hander Clayton Tanner allowed two runs, one earned, in 5 2/3 innings and eight of the nine batters recorded hits in the Flying Squirrels 6-2 win over the SeaWolves on Saturday night in front of a capacity crowd of 9,560 fans at The Diamond.
TODAY'S STARTERS: Left-hander Ryan Verdugo gets the nod in series finale for the Flying Squirrels...Making his 14th start of the season and his second against the SeaWolves...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 6/19 against Bowie...Allowed seven runs on six hits in two innings...Faced three batters in the top of the third inning (two walks and a HBP)...Struck out one batter and walked three...Seven runs allowed were a career-high...Outing was the shortest by a Flying Squirrels' pitcher this season...Gave up four runs on four hits in the top of the second inning...Allowed the leadoff batter to reach in one of his three innings on the mound (scored)...Recorded two groundouts and two flyouts/popouts...Threw 64 pitches, 32 strikes...Threw 34 pitches in the top of the second inning...Went three balls in the count to seven of the 16 batters he faced...Threw first-pitch strikes to five of the 16 batters he faced...Has lost each of his last two starts, allowing 13 runs on 14 hits in seven innings...Had allowed 19 runs, 16 earned, in 61 innings (2.34 ERA) spanning his first 11 starts...Is 2-3 with a 6.14 ERA in six starts at The Diamond...Is 2-0 with 2.09 ERA in seven starts on road...Suffered the loss in his lone start against Erie 5/23, allowing four runs, two earned, on five hits in 6 1/3 innings...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 Brooks Brown gets the nod in the series finale for the SeaWovles...Making his fourth start of the season...Earned the win in his last outing 6/21 at Reading...Allowed one run on four hits in seven innings...Struck out seven batters and walked two...Allowed seven runs on 14 hits in 8 2/3 innings combined in his first two starts with Erie...Began the season on the Disabled List and was activated 6/5 and assigned to Erie...Spent the entire 2010 season with Erie and went 12-9 with a 4.15 ERA in 28 games, 18 starts...Struck out 85 batters and walked 39 in 128 innings...Began the season in the bullpen and went 2-1 with a 3.92 ERA in 10 relief appearances...Moved to the rotation 5/16/10 and went 10-8 with a 4.19 ERA in 18 starts...Tossed four nine-inning complete games including a four-hit shutout against Richmond 7/3/10...Appeared in 20 games, including 18 starts, with Triple-A Toledo in 2009...Went 3-13 with a 4.71 ERA while allowing 120 hits in 112 2/3 innings...Walked 55 batters and struck out 48...Began the season with Double-A Erie and went 5-0 with a 2.21 ERA in six starts...Entered the 2009 season rated as the #28 prospect in the Arizona Diamondbacks farm system according the Baseball America...Spent all of 2008 with Double-A Mobile and went 6-15 with a 4.18 ERA in 26 starts...Allowed 152 hits in 144 1/3 innings while striking out 112 batters and walking 67...Named a Southern League Mid-Season All-Star...Entered the 2008 season rated as the #12 prospect in the Arizona Diamondbacks farm system according to Baseball America...Split 2007 between Advanced-A Visalia and Double-A Mobile...Went 4-4 with a 3.66 ERA in 12 starts with Mobile following promotion...Began the season with Visalia and went 6-3 with a 2.81 ERA in 14 starts...Named a California League Mid-Season All-Star...Struck out 74 batters and walked 23 in 80 innings...Acquired from the Arizona Diamondbacks in exchange for catcher James Skelton April 2, 2009...Originally selected in the Supplemental 1st round (#34 overall) of the 2006 First-Year Player Draft...Attended the University of Georgia...Member of Bulldogs 2006 College World Series team..
SWEEP DREAMS?: The Flying Squirrels are seeking their first series sweep of the season in today's finale with the SeaWolves...The last series sweep for Richmond occurred 6/25/10-6/27/10 at Erie...The club swept four series, all three-game sets, in 2010...Richmond has won six of its last seven series dating back to its three-game series against Reading 6/3-6/5...The team is 13-7 over that stretch.
RISING WATER: The Flying Squirrels established a new high-water mark on the season at three games over .500 with last night's win against Erie...The club's high-water mark from last season was nine games over .500 when it was 22-13 on 5/14/10.
LOUISVILLE SLUGGER: Flying Squirrels third baseman Chris Dominguez has hits in each of his last five contests and is 8-for-19 (.421) over that stretch with five doubles, a triple, a home run, five RBIs, and four runs scored...The longest hitting streak of the season for the 24-year-old is 13 games (5/29-6/13) with Advanced-A San Jose...Overall, Dominguez is 9-for-33 (.273) at the plate over his first nine games with Richmond and eight of his nine hits have gone for extra bases including six doubles, a triple, and a home run.
CHARLIE HORSE: Second baseman Charlie Culberson slugged his fifth home run of the season leading off the bottom of the eighth inning last night, his second homer at The Diamond...Four of his five home runs have been hit in June...The 22-year-old is hitting just .178 (16-for-90) in 22 games this month; however, half of his hits have gone for extra bases including three doubles, a triple, and four homers.
THE JOLLY ROGER: Outfielder Roger Kieschnick is batting .313 (50-for-160) over his last 42 games with six doubles, three triples, seven home runs, 30 RBIs and 24 runs scored...The 24-year-old has 18 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 .258 since 5/7.
PITCHING IN: The Flying Squirrels pitching staff leads the Eastern League with a 2.96 ERA through 73 games...The pitching staff has logged a league-high 666 innings of work and has allowed a league-low 258 runs...Richmond's pitching staff has allowed two runs or less in 28 of its 73 games (38%)...The club's 2.96 ERA is second of all of the full-season MiLB teams, trailing only the Low-A Burlington Bees (2.95).
NO PLACE LIKE HOME: The Flying Squirrels have begun a stretch where they will play 21 out of 28 games at home including a doubleheader against Harrisburg 7/9...The club is 24-14 at home and is batting .248 in 38 games at The Diamond while averaging 4.47 runs per game at home (170R/38G)...Overall, the club is 14-21 on the road, and is batting .204 and averaging 3.23 runs per game (113R/35G) in 35 road contests.
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