EL1 Richmond Flying Squirrels

Richmond Flying Squirrels Game Notes

Published on July 28, 2011 under Eastern League (EL1)
Richmond Flying Squirrels News Release


RICHMOND FLYING SQUIRRELS (57-47) VS. TRENTON THUNDER (56-48)

LHP CHUCK LOFGREN (1-0, 1.59) VS. RHP DELLIN BETANCES (4-4, 3.20)

July 28, 2011 -- 7:05 PM

Waterfront Park

Game #105/Road #50

Radio Broadcast -- Sports Radio 910 WRNL

Internet Webcast -- www.sportsradio910.com

TONIGHT: The Richmond Flying Squirrels and Trenton Thunder will meet in the opener of a four-game series...The Flying Squirrels used a three-run seventh and an 11-strikeout performance from Justin Fitzgerald to take the rubber match from the Erie SeaWolves 4-2 on Wednesday afternoon in front of 4,194 fans at Jerry Uht Park.

TONIGHT'S STARTERS: Left-hander Chuck Lofgren will get the start in the series-opener for the Flying Squirrels...Making his second appearance with the Flying Squirrels and his fifth start of the season...Received from Advanced-A San Jose 7/21...Earned the win in his last outing 7/23 against Harrisburg...Allowed one run on three hits in 5 2/3 innings...Struck out three batters and walked one...Lone run allowed came with two outs in the top of the third inning...Retired the leadoff batter in all six of his innings on the mound...Recorded 10 flyouts/popouts and four groundouts...Threw 97 pitches, 59 strikes...Threw 15 pitches or less in four of his six innings on the mound...Threw 21 pitches in the third and sixth innings...Threw first-pitch strikes to 14 of the 23 batters he faced...Win was his first as a starter since 6/21/10 against Oklahoma City while with Triple-A Nashville...Win was his first in the Eastern League since 5/15/09 at Altoona while with Akron...Sent down to San Jose from Triple-A Fresno 7/19...Suffered the loss in his lone with Fresno 7/18 at Reno...Allowed five runs on five hits in three innings...Walked six batters and struck out none...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...Signed by the San Francisco Giants as a minor league free agent 12/14/10...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...Spent the entire 2008 season with Double-A Akron and went 2-6 with a 5.99 ERA in 28 games, 15 starts...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)...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.

Right-hander Dellin Betances gets the nod in the series opener for the Thunder...Making his 18th start of the season...Enters the season rated as the #3 prospect in the New York Yankees farm system according to Baseball America...Suffered the loss in his last outing 7/23 at Bowie...Allowed four runs on four hits in 3 2/3 innings...Struck out two batters and walked three...Is 0-1 with a 5.95 ERA (13ER/9.2 IP) over his last four starts, striking out 24 batters and walking 13 since picking up his last win 6/26 at New Britain...Allowed one run on four hits in six innings of work in his lone start against the Flying Squirrels 7/7, striking out nine batters and walking two...Has struck out 95 batters and has walked 48 in 84 1/3 innings...Ranks second in the Eastern League in opponent batting average (.199) and is seventh in ERA (3.20)...Named an Eastern League Mid-Season All-Star...Went 8-1 with a 1.77 ERA in 14 starts with Advanced-A Tampa to begin the 2010 season...Struck out 88 batters and walked 19 in 71 innings...Made three regular season starts with Trenton and went 0-0 with a 3.77 ERA...Struck out 20 batters and walked three in 14 1/3 innings...Entered the 2010 season rated as the #28 prospect in the New York Yankees farm system according to Baseball America...Made 11 starts with Advanced-A Tampa in 2009 and went 2-5 with a 5.48 ERA...Underwent elbow ligament surgery...Entered the 2009 season rated as the #5 prospect in the New York Yankees farm system according to Baseball America...Spent the majority of the 2008 season with Low-A Charleston, going 9-4 with a 3.67 ERA in 22 starts while striking out 135 batters and walking 39 in 115 1/3 innings...Entered the 2008 season rated as the #13 prospect in the New Yankees farm system according to Baseball America...Selected by the New York Yankees in the eighth round of the 2006 First-Year Player Draft...Member of the New York Yankees 40-man roster.

RISING WATER: The Flying Squirrels have matched their high-water mark of the season at 10 games over the .500 mark at 57-47...The club was also 10-games over at 56-46...It is the most games over .500 for Richmond in the two-year history of the franchise...The team has won nine of its last 11 games entering tonight's series-opener at Trenton.

KING OF THE ROAD: First baseman Wes Hodges went 3-for-4 last night with a double, RBI, and a run scored...The 26-year-old is batting .377 (26-for-69) in 17 games on the road...All six of his home runs have been hit on the road and 14 of his 23 RBIs have come on the road...He is hitting .229 (61-for-70) with six doubles and a triple in 22 games at The Diamond...Over his last 13 games, Hodges is batting .417 (20-for-48) with four doubles, three home runs, nine RBIs, and nine runs scored.

THE INSIDE SCHOOP: Since shortstop Nick Noonan was promoted to Triple-A Fresno 7/18, infielder Sharlon Schoop is 13-for-35 (.371) at the plate over his last 12 games including a season-high three hits 7/19 as well as two home runs, eight RBIs, and seven runs scored.

CHARLIE HORSE: Second baseman Charlie Culberson has been held hitless over his last five games, going 0-for-16 over that stretch with six strikeouts and no walks...He has reached base safely twice in his last five games, getting hit by a pitch twice 7/26 at Erie...The 22-year-old has seen his average dip from .278 to .267 over that span.

PITCHING IN: The Flying Squirrels pitching staff leads the Eastern League with a 3.26 ERA through 104 games and has allowed a league-low 388 runs, the only club to have allowed fewer than 400 runs...Richmond's pitching staff has allowed two runs or less in 41 of its 104 games (39%)...Starting pitching has allowed three runs or less in 74 of the team's 104 games (71%) and the club is 51-23 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 20-29 on the road, and is batting .219 and averaging 3.45 runs per game (169R/49G) in 49 road contests...The club is 37-18 overall at home - the second-best home record in the league - and is batting .263 in 55 games at The Diamond while averaging 4.56 runs per game at home (251R/55G).

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