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July 6, 2011 - Eastern League (EL1)
Richmond Flying Squirrels News Release


RICHMOND FLYING SQUIRRELS (43-39) VS. TRENTON THUNDER (48-36)

RHP JUSTIN FITZGERALD (6-4, 3.46) VS. RHP CRAIG HEYER (7-3, 3.18)

July 6, 2011 -- 7:05 PM

The Diamond

Game #83/Home #44

Radio Broadcast -- Sports Radio 910 WRNL

Internet Webcast -- www.sportsradio910.com

TONIGHT: The Richmond Flying Squirrels and Trenton Thunder will meet in game three of a four-game series...The Flying Squirrels belted three home runs in support of left-hander Eric Surkamp who struck out 11 batters in 5 2/3 innings and Richmond took the completion of Monday's suspended game 5-1 before getting a walkoff grand slam off of the bat of Francsico Peguero in Tuesday's scheduled game to get a 9-6 win in front of 6,909 fans at The Diamond.

TONIGHT'S STARTERS: Right-hander Justin Fitzgerald will get the start in game three of the series for the Flying Squirrels... Received a no-decision in his last outing 7/4 against Trenton...Allowed one unearned run on two hits in two innings...Struck out one batter and walked none...Recorded three groundouts and two flyouts/popouts...Threw 33 pitches, 21 strikes...Threw first-pitch strikes to five of the nine batters he faced...Was his second straight outing cut short due to rain...Game was suspended in the bottom of the second inning...Named an Eastern League Mid-Season All-Star...Spent the entire 2010 season with Advanced-A San Jose...First season as a starter after appearing exclusively in relief in his first two pro campaigns...Went 10-6 with a 3.45 ERA in 26 games, 25 starts...Struck out 116 batters and walked 46 in 146 innings...Ranked 4th in the California League in ERA (3.45), 3rd in opponent batting average (.258) and tied for 5th with 10 wins....Named a California League Mid-Season All-Star...Made three postseason starts with San Jose, going 2-0 with a 1.93 ERA (4R/18.2 IP)...Made 39 relief appearances with Low-A Augusta in 2009...Went 2-2 with a 3.70 ERA, striking out 63 and walking 27 in 56 innings...Made pro debut in 2008, going a combined 1-0 with a 3.86 ERA in 17 appearances...Selected in the 11th round of the 2008 First-Year Player Draft...Attended the University of California-Davis.

Right-hander Craig Heyer gets the nod in game three of the series for the Thunder...Making his 14th start of the season in his 17th appearance of the season...Starting on three-days rest...Received a no-decision in his last outing 7/2 against Altoona...Allowed three hits over five scoreless innings...Struck out one batter and walked one...Is 6-3 with a 2.75 ERA in his 13 starts...Has allowed three runs or less in all 13 of his starts this season and gone at least five innings in 12 of his 13 starts...Received a no-decision in his lone start against the Flying Squirrels 4/27, allowing three hits over five scoreless innings...Spent the 2010 season Advanced-A Tampa and went 8-4 with a 3.52 ERA in 26 games, 12 starts...Struck out 66 batters and walked six in 92 innings...Moved to the starting rotation 7/15/10 after making 14 of his first 16 appearances in relief...Went a career-long seven innings and earned the win in a complete game four-hitter in game one of a double-header 8/22/10 against Lakeland...Went 4-3 with a 3.11 ERA in 30 games, six starts, with Tampa in 2009...Struck out 29 batters and walked nine in 72 1/3 innings...Spent the 2008 season with Low-A Charleston and went 7-1 with a 2.08 ERA in 41 games, one start...Opponents hit .237 (78-for-329) against him in 86 1/3 innings...Made pro debut with Short-Season A Staten Island in 2007...Went 5-0 with a 3.20 ERA in 17 games, one start...Entering the 2011 season, had recorded 465 grounds and 250 flyouts (1.86 GO/FO) in 301 1/3 innings through his first four professional seasons...Selected by the New York Yankees in the 22nd round of the 2007 First-Year Player Draft...Attended UNLV...Transferred from College of Southern Nevada in 2006...Was a teammate with New Britain right-hander Steve Hirschfeld at CSN in 2005.

GRAND FINALE: Outfielder Francisco Peguero blasted a two-out, walkoff grand slam in the bottom of the seventh inning last night to help lift the Flying Squirrels to a 9-6 win over the Thunder...It was the first career grand slam for Peguero and the second of the season for a Richmond batter as well as the second in the two-year history of the franchise (Chris Dominguez, 6/27/11 vs. Harrisburg)...It was also the second game-ending home run of year for the Flying Squirrels and just the third in the club's history (Johnny Monell, 5/12/11 vs. Harrisburg & Brandon Belt, 8/11/10 vs. New Hampshire)...The four RBIs in the game matched a season and career-high for the Dominican...The 23-year-old has hits in 10 of the 12 games he has appeared in with the Flying Squirrels including each of his last five contests...He is batting .409 (9-for-22) over his last five games with three home runs, eight RBIs, and five runs scored.

LUMBER YARD: The Flying Squirrels belted three home runs in the completion of Monday's suspended series-opener matching a season-high for most runs in a game...The club also hit three home runs 5/25 against Erie...Overall, it was the sixth time in the two-year history of the franchise that the club has his three home runs in a game...Richmond has hit 48 home runs through 82 games this season including 26 in 43 games at The Diamond...Last season the club hit an Eastern League-low 71 home runs in 141 games and managed only 21 homers in 70 games at home...Catcher Johnny Monell hit his team-leading ninth home run of the season, seven of which have been hit at The Diamond...Seven of Monell's nine home runs overall have been opposite field blasts including five opposite field home runs at home.

ONE-HORNED PEGASUS: The Flying Squirrels improved to 4-29 when trailing after six innings with last night's walkoff win against Trenton...The club was just 4-56 when trailing after six innings last season...Richmond also won for the first time when a starting pitcher allowed more than four runs (1-10)...Richmond's largest come-from-behind win is four runs which happened on Opening Day

FRESH PICKED: Left-hander Eric Surkamp picked off a pair of baserunners in the completion of Monday's suspended game...It was the 16th and 17th baserunners picked off by Richmond pitchers this season and third and fourth picked off by Surkamp.

PITCHING IN: The Flying Squirrels pitching staff leads the Eastern League with a 3.02 ERA through 82 games and has allowed a league-low 292 runs...Richmond's pitching staff has allowed two runs or less in 31 of its 82 games (38%)...Starting pitching has allowed three runs or less in 60 of the team's 82 games (73%) and the club is 38-22 in those contests...The club's 3.02 ERA is the lowest among 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 28-15 at home and is batting .257 in 43 games at The Diamond while averaging 4.77 runs per game at home (205R/43G)...Overall, the club is 15-24 on the road, and is batting .207 and averaging 3.33 runs per game (130R/39G) in 39 road contests.

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