EL1 Richmond Flying Squirrels

Richmond Flying Squirrels Game Notes

July 23, 2011 - Eastern League (EL1)
Richmond Flying Squirrels News Release


RICHMOND FLYING SQUIRRELS (52-46) VS. HARRISBURG SENATORS (57-42)

LHP CHUCK LOFGREN (0-0, -.--)VS. RHP ERIK ARNESEN (6-2, 2.57)

LHP ERIC SURKAMP (7-3, 2.05) VS. LHP EVAN BRONSON (0-0, -.--)

July 23, 2011 -- 1:05 PM & 6:35 PM

The Diamond

Game #99 & 100/Home #53 & 54

Radio Broadcast -- Sports Radio 910 WRNL

Internet Webcast -- www.sportsradio910.com

TODAY: The Richmond Flying Squirrels and Harrisburg Senators will meet in games four and five of a six-game series...The Flying Squirrels scored five runs - all with two outs - in the bottom of the fifth inning to claim an 8-5 series-opening win over the Senators on Thursday night in front of a capacity crowd of 9,560 fans at The Diamond.

TODAY'S STARTER: Left-hander Chuck Lofgren will get the start in game one of the doubleheader for the Flying Squirrels...Making his first appearance with the Flying Squirrels and his fourth start of the season...Received from Advanced-A San Jose 7/21...Sent down to San Jose from Triple-A Fresno 7/19...Suffered the loss in his last outing with Fresno 7/18 at Reno...Allowed five runs on five hits in three innings...Walked six batters and struck out none...Walked the first five batters that he faced...Promoted to Fresno from San Jose 7/18...Went 2-0 with a 3.68 ERA in 18 games, two starts with the Giants...Struck out 24 batters and walked 15 in 29 1/3 innings...Went a season-long five innings in his last start with San Jose 7/13 at Visalia...Signed by the San Francisco Giants as a minor league free agent 12/14/10...Went 7-8 with a 5.19 ERA in 28 games, 23 starts with Triple-A Nashville in 2010...Struck out 91 batters and walked 75 in 131 2/3 innings...Allowed 24 home runs and 143 hits...Selected by the Milwaukee Brewers in the Rule 5 Draft 12/10/09...Began the 2009 season with Double-A Akron and went 3-1 with a 1.48 ERA in eight starts...Promoted to Triple-A Columbus and went 6-10 with a 5.31 ERA in 17 starts...Struck out 62 batters and walked 33 in 98 1/3 innings...Spent the entire 2008 season with Double-A Akron and went 2-6 with a 5.99 ERA in 28 games, 15 starts... Struck out 72 batters and walked 52 in 85 2/3 innings...Went 1-4 with a 6.08 ERA in his 15 starts, striking out 55 batters and walking 43 in 60 2/3 innings...Entered the 2008 season rated as the #2 prospect in the Cleveland Indians farm system according to Baseball America...Went 12-7 with a 4.37 ERA in 26 starts with Double-Akron in 2007...Struck out 123 batters and walked 68 in 146 1/3 innings...Made start with Triple-A Buffalo 6/8/07 and allowed six runs on seven hits in five innings while striking seven batters and walking three...Finished T-3rd in the Eastern League in strikeouts (123) and wins (12)...Led Cleveland Indians farm hands in innings pitched (151.1) and strikeouts (130) and was T-2nd in wins (12)...Entered the 2007 season rated as the #2 prospect in the Cleveland Indians farm system according to Baseball America...Went 17-5 with a 2.32 ERA in 25 starts with Advanced-A Kinston in 2007...Struck out 125 batters and walked 54 in 139 2/3 innings...T-1st in MiLB with 17 wins and ranked 2nd in the Carolina League in strikeouts (125) and ERA (2.32)...Named the Carolina League Pitcher of the Week three times during the season...Named a Carolina League Mid-Season and Postseason All-Star as well as the Carolina League Pitcher of the Year...Entered the season rated as the #8 prospect in the Cleveland Indians according to Baseball America...Originally selected by the Cleveland Indians in the fourth round of the 2004 First-Year Player Draft.

TONIGHT'S STARTER: Left-hander Eric Surkamp will get the start in the series-opener for the Flying Squirrels...Making his 17th start and 16th appearance overall this season...Enters the 2011 season rated as the #9 prospect in the San Francisco Giants farm system according to Baseball America...Received a no-decision in his last outing 7/18 at New Britain...Allowed five runs, four earned, on seven hits in 4 2/3 innings...Struck out four batters and walked two...Five runs allowed matched a season-high...Was the fourth time in 17 outings that he failed to go at least five innings...Allowed the leadoff batter to reach in one of his five innings on the mound (scored)...Recorded seven flyouts/popouts and three groundouts...Threw 102 pitches, 64 strikes...Threw 20 pitches or more in each of his first three innings on the mound (76 total) including 29 pitches in the bottom of the third inning...Threw first-pitch strikes to 15 of the 25 batters he faced...Is 0-0 with a 3.55 ERA (5R/12.2 IP) in two starts against the Senators this season...Has struck out 17 batters and has walked four in 12 2/3 innings...Ranks second in the Eastern League with a 2.05 ERA, is fourth in the EL with 118 strikeouts, is fourth in WHIP (1.15) and is fifth in opponent batting average (.227)...His 118 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 Postseason 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.

DOUBLING UP: The Flying Squirrels are 5-3 in true doubleheaders this season entering tonight's doubleheader with the Senators...After today, the club has one doubleheader still remaining on its schedule: 8/23 at Altoona...Harrisburg is 12-3 in doubleheader games this season and two of the Senators three losses in doubleheader games have come against the Flying Squirrels.

TWO OUT MAGIC: The Flying Squirrels have scored 10 of their 11 runs through the first the games of the series with two outs in an inning...The club rallied for five runs with two outs in the bottom of the fourth inning in the series-opener and scored all three of its runs in game one of yesterday's doubleheader with two outs in the bottom of the first.

SHUT OUT BY THE SENATORS: The Flying Squirrels were shutout for the sixth time this season, blanked by the Senators in game two of yesterday's doubleheader 1-0...It's the first time that Richmond was shutout since 6/7 when the club fell in Portland 6-0...The shutout thrown by Harrisburg was its 10th of the season, tops in the Eastern League...The Senators have also been shutout a league-low two times.

THE GEORGIA PEACH: Second baseman Charlie Culberson has hits in seven straight games, going 12-for-28 (.429) with four doubles, two RBIs, and four runs scored...Overall in his last 26 games, Culberson is hitting .350 (36-for-103) and he has raised his batting average from .248 to .275 over that span...Culberson leads the club with 24 doubles and is tied with outfielder Roger Kieschnick for the team lead with 33 extra-base hits.

PITCHING IN: The Flying Squirrels pitching staff leads the Eastern League with a 3.24 ERA through 98 games and has allowed a league-low 363 runs...Richmond's pitching staff has allowed two runs or less in 37 of its 98 games (38%)...Starting pitching has allowed three runs or less in 69 of the team's 98 games (70%) and the club is 46-23 in those contests.

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...Overall, the club is 18-28 on the road, and is batting .216 and averaging 3.46 runs per game (159R/46G) in 46 road contests...The club is 34-18 overall at home - the second-best home record in the league - and is batting .259 in 52 games at The Diamond while averaging 4.52 runs per game at home (235R/52G).

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