EL1 Richmond Flying Squirrels

Richmond Flying Squirrels Game Notes

Published on August 9, 2011 under Eastern League (EL1)
Richmond Flying Squirrels News Release


RICHMOND FLYING SQUIRRELS (62-52) VS. HARRISBURG SENATORS (64-51)

LHP CHUCK LOFGREN (2-0, 0.92) VS. RHP ERIK ARNESEN (6-3, 2.53)

August 9, 2011 -- 7:00 PM

Metro Bank Park

Game #115/Road #54

Radio Broadcast -- Sports Radio 910 WRNL

Internet Webcast -- www.sportsradio910.com

TONIGHT: The Richmond Flying Squirrels and Harrisburg Senators will meet in the opener of a three-game series...The Portland Sea Dogs jumped in front of the Flying Squirrels in the top of the first inning and never trailed, avoiding a sweep with a 7-2 win in the series finale on Sunday in front of 7,413 fans at The Diamond.

TONIGHT'S STARTERS: Left-hander Chuck Lofgren will get the start in the series-opener for the Flying Squirrels...Making his fourth start with the Flying Squirrels and his seventh start of the season...Received a no-decision in his last outing 8/3 against New Hampshire...Allowed one run on five hits in 7 1/3 innings...Struck out four batters and walked four...Outing matched the longest of his career...Allowed the leadoff batter to reach in four of his eight innings on the mound (scored once)...Recorded 15 flyouts/popouts and three groundouts...Threw 96 pitches, 58 strikes...Threw 15 pitches or less in seven of his eight innings on the mound...Most pitches he threw in an inning was 17 in the top of the first...Threw first-pitch strikes to 15 of the 31 batters he faced...Has allowed only one run in each of his first three starts with the Flying Squirrels...Received from Advanced-A San Jose 7/21...Sent down to San Jose from Triple-A Fresno 7/19...Suffered the loss in his lone outing with Fresno 7/18 at Reno...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...Went 7-8 with a 5.19 ERA in 28 games, 23 starts with Triple-A Nashville in 2010...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...Made start with Triple-A Buffalo 6/8/07...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...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 Erik Arnesen gets the nod in the series-opener for the Senators...Making his 15th start of the season and his 12th with Harrisburg...Received a no-decision in his last outing 8/3 at Reading...Allowed one run on three hits in seven innings...Struck out six batters and walked two...Is 0-2 over his last five starts with a 3.45 ERA (12ER/31.1 IP), striking out 32 batters and walking seven...Spent the first two months of the season in the bullpen, going 2-0 with a 1.78 ERA in 10 relief appearances...Is 0-1 with a 4.63 ERA (6ER/11.2 IP) in three appearances, two starts, against Richmond this season...Has struck out 13 batters and walked four...Has made three starts with Triple-A Syracuse and went 0-2 with a 3.57 ERA while working at least five innings and allowing three runs or less in all three starts...Named an Eastern League Mid-Season All-Star...Began the 2010 season with Harrisburg and went 2-2 with a 2.81 ERA in 13 games, five starts...Went 2-1 with a 3.46 ERA in five starts...Lone loss as a starter suffered against Richmond 5/7 as he allowed four runs, three earned, on eight hits in four innings...Start was supposed to belong to Stephen Strasburg who was promoted to Triple-A Syracuse on 5/4/10....Promoted to Triple-A Syracuse 5/27/10...Appeared in 21 games,18 starts, with the Chiefs and went 6-8 with a 3.95 ERA...Went 6-8 with a 4.05 ERA in his 18 starts...Appeared in 22 games, 21 starts, with Harrisburg after beginning 2009 with Advanced-A Potomac...Went 8-6 with a 3.87 ERA while striking out 91 batters and walking 26 in 123 1/3 innings of work...Threw a career-high 155 2/3 innings in 2009...Previous high was 124 innings of work in 2008 with Low-A Hagerstown and Potomac...Originally selected in the 17th round of the 2006 First-Year Player Draft...Attended Grove City (PA) College.

SHOWDOWN WITH THE SENATORS: The Flying Squirrels and Harrisburg Senators open a three-game series tonight at Metro Bank Park, the final meeting of the season between the two clubs...Harrisburg enters the series with a 1 1/2 game lead over Richmond for the Western Division lead...The Flying Squirrels have won 12 of the 18 meetings between the two clubs this season including each of the last three and two of the three contests played in Harrisburg...Richmond has outscored Harrisburg 81-55 in the season series, and Flying Squirrels batters are hitting .293 against the Senators while the club's pitchers are limiting the Sens to a .228 batting average.

OFF DAY AFTER A DAY OFF': The Flying Squirrels are 2-5 this season following scheduled off days...The club's only two wins following a scheduled off day came 4/25 against Trenton and 6/21 at Harrisburg...Richmond has only one more scheduled off day this season (8/15) and will conclude the season playing 22 games in 21 days including a doubleheader 8/23 at Altoona.

LOUISVILLE SLUGGER: Third baseman Chris Dominguez went 1-for-4 on Sunday night...In the three-game series with Portland, he was 4-for-12, with hits in all three games of the series, with a double, a home run, three RBIs, two runs scored and four strikeouts...In his previous 22 contests, the 24-year-old was hitting just .148 (12-for-81) and had seen his average drop from .326 to .243...The Flying Squirrels are 16-6 when Dominguez drives in a run.

HOME AND AWAY: The Flying Squirrels are 39-22 overall at home - the best home record in the league - and they are batting .261 in 60 games at The Diamond while averaging 4.52 runs per game at home (276R/61G)....Overall, the club is 23-30 on the road, and is batting .224 and averaging 3.58 runs per game (190R/53G) in 53 road contests.

FRESH PICKED: Right-hander Justin Fitzgerald picked off Portland center fielder Jeremy Hazelbaker in the top of the fifth inning Sunday night...It was the 24th baserunner picked off by Richmond pitchers this season and third picked off by Fitzgerald.

PITCHING IN: The Flying Squirrels pitching staff leads the Eastern League with a 3.33 ERA through 114 games and has allowed a league-low 437 runs...Richmond's pitching staff has allowed two runs or less in 44 of its 114 games (39%)...Starting pitching has allowed three runs or less in 81 of the team's 114 games (71%) and the club is 55-26 in those contests.

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