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Richmond Flying Squirrels Game Notes

Published on July 11, 2011 under Eastern League (EL1)
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RICHMOND FLYING SQUIRRELS (47-40) VS. HARRISBURG SENATORS (52-36)

RHP DARYL MADAY (2-6, 4.15) VS. RHP SHAIRON MARTIS (6-3, 2.68)

July 11, 2011 -- 12:05 PM

The Diamond

Game #88/Home #49

Radio Broadcast -- Sports Radio 910 WRNL

Internet Webcast -- www.sportsradio910.com

TODAY: The Richmond Flying Squirrels and Harrisburg Senators will meet in the finale of a four-game series...Outfielder Roger Kieschnick connected on a line-drive, two-out base hit to drive in Skyler Stromsmoe from second base as the Flying Squirrels walked off with a 4-3 on Sunday night in front of 6,624 fans at The Diamond.

TODAY'S STARTERS: Right-hander Daryl Maday gets the start in the series finale for the Flying Squirrels...Received a no-decision in his last outing 7/5 against Trenton...Allowed five runs on eight hits in five innings...Struck out six batters and walked none...Five runs allowed were a season-high...First outing this season in which he did not walk a batter...Gave up a leadoff home run to Jose Pirela in the top of the second inning and a two-out, two-run homer to Cody Johnson in the top of the fifth inning...Allowed the leadoff batter to reach twice in five innings on the mound (scored both times)...Recorded five groundouts and four flyouts/popouts...Threw 90 pitches, 58 strikes...Threw 52 pitches in the first two innings combined...Threw 38 pitches over his final three innings combined...Threw first-pitch strikes to 15 of the 23 batters he faced...Is 0-2 in his last five outings with a 5.00 ERA (15R/27 IP)...Has given up six home runs over his last four starts and nine of the 26 hits he has allowed over that span have gone for extra bases...Making his fourth day game start...Is 1-1 with a 4.50 ERA (8ER/16 IP) in his previous starts in day games...Is 1-4 with a 5.83 ERA (19ER/29.1 IP) in six career outings against Harrisburg including going 0-2 with a 5.87 ERA (10ER/15.1 IP) in three outings against the Senators this season...Was placed on the DL 5/2 due to pneumonia...Activated from the Disabled List 5/9...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 Shairon Martis gets the nod in the series finale for the Senators...Making his 14th start of the season...Earned the win in his last outing 7/6 against Erie...Allowed one run on four hits in seven innings...Struck out six batters and walked two...Making his second start against the Flying Squirrels...Suffered the loss 6/21 against Richmond, allowing three runs on eight hits in 6 1/3 innings while striking out eight batters and walking one...Is 2-0 and has allowed three runs, two earned, on 14 hits in 21 1/3 (0.84 ERA) in his last three starts since his loss to the Flying Squirrels...Has allowed three runs or less in 11 of his 13 starts this season...Received by Harrisburg from Extended Spring Training 4/25...Spent the entire 2010 season with Triple-A Syracuse and went 8-7 with a 4.09 ERA in 27 starts...Struck out 99 batters and walked 60 in 152 innings...Began the 2009 season with the Washington Nationals...Won five of his first seven starts (4/10/09-5/13/09)...Went 0-3 over his next eight starts...Struck out 39 batters and walked 34 in 85 2/3 innings...Sent down to Triple-A Syracuse 6/29/09...Went 4-4 with a 4.96 ERA in 13 starts with the Chiefs...Opponents hit .304 (90-for-296) against him...Entered the 2009 season rated as the #13 prospect in the Washington Nationals farm system according to Baseball America...Began the 2008 season with Harrisburg...Went 4-4 with a 3.98 ERA in 14 starts...Promoted to Triple-A Columbus 6/21/08...Went 1-2 with a 3.02 ERA in seven starts with the Clippers...Struck out 42 batters and walked 17 in 41 2/3 innings...Made Major League debut with Washington 9/4/08 at Atlanta...Went 1-3 with a 5.66 ERA in five games, four starts, with the Nationals...Limited opponents to a .228 (18-for-79) batting average against...Entered the 2008 season rated as the #18 prospect in the Washington Nationals farm system according to Baseball America...Pitched with four different teams across three different levels (Low-A, Advanced-A, Double-A) in 2006...Went 7-8 with a 3.99 ERA in 22 starts combined...Struck out 88 batters and walked 31 in 115 innings...Acquired by the Washington Nationals from the San Francisco Giants in exchange for left-hander Mike Stanton 7/28/06...Originally signed by the San Francisco Giants as a non-drafted free agent 2/10/04.

FLAIR FOR THE DRAMATIC: The Flying Squirrels walked off with a win for the sixth time this season and the third time on the current homestand with last night's 4-3 win over Harrisburg...In addition to outfielder Roger Kieschnick's walkoff RBI single last night, the club has also gotten a walkoff grand slam from outfielder Francisco Peguero in the bottom of the seventh inning on the Tuesday night and a walkoff sacrifice fly from shortstop Nick Noonan in game one of the doubleheader with Trenton on Thursday...Richmond improved to 10-15 in one-run games and is 28-30 in games decided by three runs or less.

#WINNING: The Flying Squirrels matched their high water mark of the season, improving to seven games over .500 at 47-40 with last night's 4-3 win over Harrisburg...The club was also seven games over .500 following its win in game one of Saturday's doubleheader with the Senators...The best record in the two-year history of the franchise is nine games over .500 when the team was 22-13 last season...Richmond has won six of seven games on its current eight-game homestand after losing three straight in Reading.

KING OF THE K: Left-hander Eric Surkamp struck out 12 Harrisburg batters last night, setting a new single-game franchise record...He topped his previous mark of 11 strikeouts which is set in his previous outing 7/4 against Trenton...The 23-year-old has struck out 114 batters this season, already passing right-hander David Mixon's single-season franchise mark of 112...Surkamp was named the Eastern League's Pitcher of the Week, making it the second time this season he has won the award (5/2-5/8).

DEFENDING THE NEST: The Flying Squirrels today will wrap up a stretch where they have played 19 out of 26 games at home...Through the first 25 games of that stretch, Richmond is 16-9 including an 13-5 mark at home...The club is 32-16 overall at home and is batting .260 in 48 games at The Diamond while averaging 4.60 runs per game at home (221R/48G)...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.

PITCHING IN: The Flying Squirrels pitching staff leads the Eastern League with a 3.00 ERA through 87 games and has allowed a league-low 305 runs...Richmond's pitching staff has allowed two runs or less in 34 of its 87 games (39%)...Starting pitching has allowed three runs or less in 64 of the team's 87 games (74%) and the club is 42-22 in those contests...The club's 3.00 ERA is the lowest among all of the full-season MiLB teams.

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