EL1 Richmond Flying Squirrels

Richmond Flying Squirrels Game Notes

Published on July 3, 2011 under Eastern League (EL1)
Richmond Flying Squirrels News Release


TONIGHT: The Richmond Flying Squirrels and Reading Phillies will meet in the finale of a four-game series...The R-Phils scored a pair of runs in the bottom of the first inning and never trailed as Reading withstood a rally from the Flying Squirrels and held on for a 7-4 win on Saturday night in front of 8,915 fans at FirstEnergy Stadium.

TONIGHT'S STARTERS: Right-hander Henry Sosa gets the nod in the series finale for the Flying Squirrels...Making his fourth 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 outing 6/27 against Harrisburg...Allowed three runs on 11 hits in 6 1/3 innings...Struck out six batters and walked one...Outing was his longest of the season...Eleven hits allowed were a career-high and a season-high for a Flying Squirrels pitcher...Nine of the 11 hits allowed were singles...Outing was his first quality start in three total...Allowed the leadoff batter to reach in four of his seven innings on the mound (scored twice)...Recorded eight groundouts and four flyouts/popouts...Threw 96 pitches, 62 strikes...Threw 16 pitches or less in all seven of his innings on the mound...Threw first-pitch strikes to 16 of the 31 batters he faced...Removed from 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 opponents hit .371 (39-for-105) 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...Signed as a non-drafted free agent 4/23/04.

Right-hander Tyler Cloyd gets the start in the series finale for the Phillies...Making his sixth start with the R-Phils and his 11th start overall on the season...Received a no-decision in his last outing 6/28 at Altoona...Allowed six runs on 10 hits in five innings...Struck out five batters and walked none...Six runs and 10 hits allowed were a season-high...Had allowed three runs or less in his first 18 outings, including nine starts, overall this season...Entered his last start having given up eight runs in 26 innings over his first five outings with the R-Phils...Has gone seven innings or more twice in six outings with Reading...Promoted from Advanced-A Clearwater 6/2...Went 3-1 with a 2.75 ERA in 13 games, five starts, with the Threshers...Struck out 39 batters and walked seven in 39 1/3 innings...Limited opponents to a .212 (31-for-146) batting average against him...Was 2-1 with a 2.45 ERA in his five starts...Went more than five innings just once in his 13 appearances...Spent the majority of the 2010 season with Advanced-A Clearwater and went 4-3 with a 5.32 ERA in 35 appearances, four starts...Struck out 67 batters and walked 16 in 69 1/3 innings...Was 0-1 with a 5.19 ERA in his four starts...Made two appearances, including one start, at the end of the season with Reading...Went 1-1 with a 4.00 ERA (4ER/9 IP) while striking out six batters and walking one...Earned the win in his lone start 9/3 at Altoona, allowing two runs on two hits in six innings...Began the 2009 season with Low-A Lakewood...Went 7-3 with a 3.05 ERA in 14 starts...Struck out 77 batters and walked 19 in 88 2/3 innings...Went six innings or more in 13 of his 14 starts...Turned in 12 quality starts in 14 total outings...Named a South Atlantic League Mid-Season All-Star...Promoted to Advanced-A Clearwater 6/29/09...Went 5-6 with a 4.11 ERA in 13 games, 12 starts, with the Threshers, striking out 39 batters and walking 23 in 76 2/3 innings...Went five innings or more in all 13 outings...Made pro debut in 2008 and went 7-4 with a 3.91 ERA in 14 games, 13 starts, with the Rookie GCL Phillies and Short-Season A Williamsport...Selected by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 18th round of the 2008 First-Year Player Draft.

AT A LOSS: The Flying Squirrels have lost consecutive games for the first time since losing back-to-back games to Bowie 6/18 and 6/19...The 14 runs allowed by the club over the last two games or also the most since allowing 15 total runs to the Baysox 6/18 and 6/19...Richmond has not lost a series since dropping two of three to Bowie 6/17-6/19...The Flying Squirrels had won seven of their previous nine games prior to falling in their last two games in Reading...Richmond did not lose more than two games in a row the entire month of June.

HOW DO YOU LIKE ME NOW: First baseman Wes Hodges turned in the sixth multi-homer performance in Flying Squirrels history as he went 2-for-4 with two home runs and four RBIs last night...It was the third multi-homer performance in his career and his first since smashing a pair of home runs 4/15/08 against Binghamton while with the Akron Aeros...It was the second multi-homer game of the season for a Flying Squirrels batter as Johnny Monell blasted a pair of home runs 5/25 against Erie...Hodges is 6-for-12 (.500) through the first three games of the series at Reading with three homers, six RBIs, and three runs scored and he has raised his batting average from .213 to .271 over the course of the series...The 26-year-old was signed by the San Francisco Giants 6/14 after being released by the Cleveland Indians 6/7.

GEORGIA PEACH: Second baseman Charlie Culberson went 2-for-4 last night with a two doubles and a run scored...It was his 21st multi-hit game of the season, passing Roger Kieschnick for the team lead...Culberson has hits in seven straight games, his fifth hit streak of five games or more...The 22-year-old is batting .552 (16-for-29) with three doubles, a home run, three RBIs, and six runs scored over that stretch while striking out five times and walking once...The Georgia native has raised his average from .248 to .267 over his last seven contests.

FRESH PICKED: Left-hander Ryan Verdugo picked off Erie center fielder Derrick Mitchell in the bottom of the fifth inning last night...It was the 15th baserunner picked off by Richmond pitchers this season and third picked off by Verdugo.

PITCHING IN: The Flying Squirrels pitching staff leads the Eastern League with a 3.00 ERA through 79 games and has allowed a league-low 281 runs...Richmond's pitching staff has allowed two runs or less in 30 of its 79 games (38%)...The club's 3.00 ERA is tied with the Low-A Burlington Bees for the lowest amongst all of the full-season MiLB teams.

NO PLACE LIKE HOME: The Flying Squirrels have begun a stretch where they will play 20 out of 27 games at home including a doubleheader against Harrisburg 7/9...The club is 26-15 at home and is batting .254 in 41 games at The Diamond while averaging 4.66 runs per game at home (191R/41G)...Overall, the club is 15-23 on the road, and is batting .206 and averaging 3.34 runs per game (127R/38G) in 38 road contests.

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