EL1 Richmond Flying Squirrels

Richmond Flying Squirrels Game Notes

Published on July 31, 2011 under Eastern League (EL1)
Richmond Flying Squirrels News Release


RICHMOND FLYING SQUIRRELS (59-48) VS. TRENTON THUNDER (57-50)

LHP CLAYTON TANNER (3-8, 4.50) VS. LHP STEVE GARRISON (3-6, 6.26)

July 31, 2011 -- 1:05 PM

Waterfront Park

Game #108/Road #53

Radio Broadcast -- Sports Radio 910 WRNL

Internet Webcast -- www.sportsradio910.com

TODAY: The Richmond Flying Squirrels and Trenton Thunder will meet in the finale of a four-game series...The Thunder broke through a 4-4 tie with a five-run bottom of the third inning on their way to blowing out the Flying Squirrels 17-5 on Saturday night in front of 7,511 fans at Waterfront Park.

TODAY'S STARTERS: Left-hander Clayton Tanner gets the start in the series finale for the Flying Squirrels...Making his 18th start of the season...Enters the season rated as the #30 prospect in the Giants farm system according to Baseball America...Suffered the loss in his last outing 7/26 at Erie...Allowed four runs, two earned, on six hits in 3 2/3 innings...Struck out one batter and walked one...Allowed four runs on four hits in the bottom of the fourth inning...Allowed the leadoff batter to reach in two of his four innings on the mound (scored once)...Recorded six groundouts and one flyout/popout...Threw 57 pitches, 36 strikes...Threw 16 pitches or more in three of his four innings on the mound...Threw first-pitch strikes to 11 of the 19 batters that he faced...Team fell to 4-13 in his 17 outings...Club has scored three runs or less in 10 of his 17 starts...Placed on the Disabled List 7/2 (hamstring)...Activated from the DL 7/21...Earned the win in his lone career start at Trenton 6/4/10...Allowed one run on three hits in 7 2/3 innings...Struck out two batters and walked three...Spent the entire 2010 season with Richmond and went 9-9 with a 3.68 ERA in 27 starts...Struck out 79 batters and walked 64 in 149 innings...Named an Eastern League Mid-Season All-Star, but did not pitch in the game...Finished the season ninth in the EL in ERA...Member of the San Francisco Giants 40-man roster...Selected in the third round of the 2006 First-Year Player Draft.

Left-hander Steve Garrison gets the nod in the series finale for the Thunder...Making his 11th start for the Thunder and his 12th appearances overall...Optioned to Trenton from New York 7/29...Made his Major League debut 7/25 against the Seattle Mariners and retired the only two batters he faced...Promoted to New York 7/19...Earned the win in his last appearance with the Thunder 7/15 against Reading...Allowed one runs on four hits in six innings...Struck out six batters and walked two...Is 0-2 in three outings against the Flying Squirrels with a 6.23 ERA (10R/9ER in 13 IP) and has allowed 16 hits including four home runs...Appeared in eight ML Spring Training games with the New York Yankees in 2011...Went 0-1 with a 5.23 ERA, striking out five and walking two in 10 1/3 innings...Claimed off of waivers by the Yankees from the San Diego Padres 9/9/10...Appeared in 17 games, including 11 starts, across three different levels in 2009...Made three starts with the AZL Padres before being promoted to Advanced-A Lake Elsinore where he went 1-1 with a 3.14 ERA in nine games, three starts...Made five starts with Triple-A Portland and went 1-1 with a 8.87 ERA while opponents hit .354 against him...Missed the start of the season recovering from knee surgery after sustaining an injury during the 2009 Arizona Fall League season...Added to the Padres 40-man roster 11/20/09...Limited to 13 appearances, 12 starts, across three levels (AZL Padres, Lake Elsinore and Double-A San Antonio) in 2009...Went a combined 1-2 with a 5.56 ERA...Made the majority of his appearances (9) with the AZL Padres...Entered the 2009 season rated as the #22 prospect in the Padres farm system according to Baseball America...Had shoulder surgery following the 2008 season...Spent the entire 2008 season with San Antonio and went 7-7 with a 3.82 ERA in 24 starts...Struck out 108 batters and walked 37 in 129 2/3 innings...Entered the 2008 season rated as the #6 prospect in the Padres farm system according to Baseball America...Acquired by the Padres along with pitchers Joe Thatcher and Wil Inman from the Milwaukee Brewers in exchange for reliever Scott Linebrink 7/25/07...Began the 2007 season with Advanced-A Brevard County and went 8-4 with a 3.44 ERA in 20 starts...Went 2-3 with a 2.79 ERA in seven starts with Lake Elsinore following the trade...Originally selected by the Brewers in the 10th round of the 2005 First-Year Player Draft.

OUCH: The Flying Squirrels suffered their most one-sided loss in franchise history last night, falling to the Trenton Thunder 17-5...The club's previous largest margin of defeat was 11 which occurred Tuesday in Erie (14-3)...The 17 runs allowed by the club was a franchise record as well, topping the 15 runs Richmond allowed to Reading 7/28/10...The staff ERA jumped 13 points from 3.22 to 3.35...In the Flying Squirrels four wins on their current seven-game road trip, the team has allowed a total of nine runs...In the club's two losses, it has allowed a combined 31 runs...Overall, Richmond has been outscored 40-26 on the trip even though the team is 4-2 entering today's series finale.

WALK ON: Flying Squirrels' pitching issued a season-high 11 walks in last night's 17-5 loss to Trenton...Six of the 11 walks ended up scoring including three of the four walks starter Ryan Verdugo issued in the bottom of the first inning...Richmond also issued three walks with the bases loaded forcing in runs...The club's previous season-high for most walks issued was nine which occurred 4/22 in an 11-5, 15-inning loss against Altoona.

ROGER'S RECORD: Outfielder Roger Kieschnick blast a two-run home run last night in the top of the third inning, his 13th of the season...With the long ball, the 24-year-old surpassed Thomas Neal's single-season franchise mark of 12 home runs...In addition to leading the club in home runs, Kieschnick is the team-leader in RBIs (55) and extra-base hits (37)....He is tied for second in the Eastern League in games played (105).

KING OF THE ROAD: First baseman Wes Hodges went 1-for-4 last night giving him hits in every game on the Flying Squirrels' current seven-game road trip...The 26-year-old is batting .383 (31-for-81) in 20 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 16 games, Hodges is batting .417 (25-for-60) with four doubles, three home runs, nine RBIs, and nine runs scored.

PITCHING IN: The Flying Squirrels pitching staff leads the Eastern League with a 3.35 ERA through 107 games and has allowed a league-low 410 runs...Richmond's pitching staff has allowed two runs or less in 42 of its 107 games (39%)...Starting pitching has allowed three runs or less in 76 of the team's 107 games (71%) and the club is 53-23 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 22-30 on the road, and is batting .222 and averaging 3.56 runs per game (185R/52G) in 52 road contests...The club is 37-18 overall at home - the 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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