EL1 Richmond Flying Squirrels

Richmond Flying Squirrels Game Notes

Published on July 18, 2011 under Eastern League (EL1)
Richmond Flying Squirrels News Release


RICHMOND FLYING SQUIRRELS (48-44) VS. NEW BRITAIN ROCK CATS (48-44)

LHP ERIC SURKAMP (7-3, 1.78) VS. RHP MATT SCHULD (0-1, 9.00)

July 18, 2011 -- 7:05 PM

New Britain Stadium

Game #93/Road #44

Radio Broadcast -- Sports Radio 910 WRNL

Internet Webcast -- www.sportsradio910.com

TONIGHT: The Richmond Flying Squirrels and New Britain Rock Cats will meet in the opener of a three-game series...The Bowie Baysox led from start to finish last night, scoring a pair of runs in the bottom of the first inning and adding home runs from Joe Mahoney and Luke Scott to claim a 6-1 series-clinching win on Sunday night in front of 2,124 fans at The Diamond.

TONIGHT'S STARTERS: Left-hander Eric Surkamp will get the start in the series-opener for the Flying Squirrels...Making his 16th start and 17th appearance overall this season...Enters the 2011 season rated as the #9 prospect in the San Francisco Giants farm system according to Baseball America...Earned the win in his last outing 7/10 against Harrisburg...Allowed three runs on three hits in seven innings...Struck out 12 batters and walked two...Twelve strikeouts were a season-high and franchise record...All three runs allowed came on a two-out, three-run homer from Bill Rhinehart in the top of the fourth inning...Both walks issued scored...Allowed the leadoff batter to reach in five of his seven innings on the mound (scored once)...Recorded six popouts/flyouts and three groundouts...Threw 103 pitches, 63 strikes...Threw 12 pitches or less in four of his seven innings on the mound...Threw first-pitch strikes to 18 of the 27 batters he faced...Is 4-0 over his last five outings with a 1.47 ERA (6R/5ER in 30.2 IP)...Has struck out 40 batters and has walked eight over that span while limiting opponents to a .176 (19-for-108) batting average against...Leads the Eastern League with a 1.78 ERA is second in WHIP (1.11), is third in the EL with 114 strikeouts, and is fifth in opponent batting average (.221)...His 114 total strikeouts this season are a single-season franchise record surpassing David Mixon's 112 strikeouts from last season...Named an Eastern League Mid-Season All-Star...Placed on the DL (left knee) 6/14 retroactive to 6/10...Activated from the Disabled List 6/24...Named the Eastern League Pitcher of the Week 5/2/11-5/8/11 and again 7/4/11-7/11/11...Made 17 starts with Advanced-A San Jose in 2010 going 4-2 with a 3.11 ERA...Struck out 108 batters and walked 22 in 101 1/3 innings...Had season cut short after injuring his hip attempting to field a ground ball 7/18/10 against Lancaster...Named a California League Mid-Season and Post Season All-Star...Spent all of 2009 with Low-A Augusta and went 11-5 with a 3.30 ERA in 23 starts...Struck out 169 batters and walked 39 in 131 innings, third-most strikeouts in all of MiLB...Selected in the 6th round of the 2008 First-Year Player Draft...Attended North Carolina State University.

Right-hander Matt Schuld gets the nod in the series-opener for the Rock Cats...Making his second start with the Rock Cats and his 13th start overall on the season...Making the spot-start in place of right-hander Liam Hendricks who was promoted to Triple-A Rochester...Earned a save in his last outing 7/16 at Portland...Allowed one walk and struck out the side in a scoreless ninth inning...Made his Double-A debut and suffered the loss 7/11 against Binghamton...Allowed five runs on six hits in four innings...Struck out four batters and walked three...Gave up a leadoff home run to Matt Den Dekker on his second pitch of the game...Also allowed a leadoff home run to Raul Reyes in the top of the second inning...Promoted from Advanced-A Fort Myers 7/11...Went 4-1 with a 3.99 ERA in 15 appearances, 11 starts, with the Miracle...Struck out 46 batters and walked 19 in 70 innings...Went 3-1 with a 4.63 ERA in his 11 starts while posting a 1-0 mark and 1.32 ERA in his four relief appearances...Allowed more than four runs just once, giving up six runs and suffering his lone loss 5/31 at Lakeland...Named the Florida State League Pitcher of the Week 5/16, going 2-0 and allowing one run in 11 innings while striking out 12 batters, including fanning a career-high nine batters 5/14 at Daytona...Made his pro debut in 2010 going a combined 2-1 with a 3.11 ERA in 17 appearances with the Rookie GCL Twins and Advanced-A Fort Myers...Signed by the Minnesota Twins as a non-drafted free agent 6/17/10...Attended the University of St. Thomas.

MISSED OPPORTUNITIES: The Flying Squirrels went 1-for-23 (.043) with runners in scoring position, including going 0-for-10 with runners in scoring position on Saturday night, and stranded 23 runners on base in the four-game series at Bowie...Overall on the season, Richmond is batting .261 (190-for-727) with runners in scoring position...Seven of the nine runs scored in the series by the Flying Squirrels came on home runs, none of which occurred with a runner in scoring position.

SAN FRANCISCO: Outfielder Francisco Peguero has hits in each of his last six games, his third hit streak of five games or more since being promoted from Advanced-A San Jose 6/23...The 23-year-old is 7-for-22 (.318) over his last six contests with two doubles, a triple, one RBI, and one run scored including a pinch hit double 7/10 against Harrisburg...The Dominican has hits in 17 of the 22 games he has appeared in with the Flying Squirrels...Peguero hit in the clean-up spot in the order for Richmond last night for the first time after batting leadoff in 20 of his first 21 games.

THE JOLLY ROGER: Outfielder Roger Kieschnick went 1-for-4 last night including a leadoff solo home run in the top of the seventh inning...He leads the team with 11 home runs and is one shy of matching Thomas Neal's single-season mark of 12...Six of the 15 home runs that the Texas-native has hit in the Eastern League have come at Prince George's Stadium...The 24-year-old also leads the club with 30 extra-base hits.

JOHNNY ON THE SPOT: Catcher Johnny Monell is batting .375 (27-for-72) over his last 25 games with five doubles, three home runs, 13 RBIs, and 11 runs scored...Over his last 25 games, the 25-year-old has lifted his batting average from .214 to .257...The Eastern League Mid-Season All-Star has not had his batting average above .260 since he was hitting .261 on 4/15.

ON THE ROAD AGAIN: The Flying Squirrels are in the middle of a stretch where they are playing 14 of 20 games on the road...The club recently completed a stretch where it played 19 out of 26 games at home, going 16-10 overall including an 13-6 mark at home...The club is 32-17 overall at home and is batting .261 in 49 games at The Diamond while averaging 4.57 runs per game at home (224R/49G)...Overall, the club is 16-27 on the road, and is batting .208 and averaging 3.23 runs per game (139R/43G) in 43 road contests.

PITCHING IN: The Flying Squirrels pitching staff leads the Eastern League with a 3.15 ERA through 92 games and has allowed a league-low 335 runs...Richmond's pitching staff has allowed two runs or less in 35 of its 92 games (38%)...Starting pitching has allowed three runs or less in 65 of the team's 92 games (71%) and the club is 43-22 in those contests...The club's 3.15 ERA is the second-lowest among all of the full-season MiLB teams, trailing only the Triple-A Gwinnett Braves.

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