EL1 Richmond Flying Squirrels

Richmond Flying Squirrels Game Notes

Published on August 10, 2011 under Eastern League (EL1)
Richmond Flying Squirrels News Release


RICHMOND FLYING SQUIRRELS (62-53) VS. HARRISBURG SENATORS (65-51)

LHP ERIC SURKAMP (8-4, 2.09) VS. RHP SHAIRON MARTIS (7-4, 3.17)

August 10, 2011 -- 7:00 PM

Metro Bank Park

Game #116/Road #55

Radio Broadcast -- Sports Radio 910 WRNL

Internet Webcast -- www.sportsradio910.com

TONIGHT: The Richmond Flying Squirrels and Harrisburg Senators will meet in game two of a three-game series...The Senators rallied for three runs in the bottom of the seventh inning on three walks, a base hit, and a sacrifice fly to edge the Flying Squirrels 5-4 in the series opener on Tuesday night in front of 3,165 fans at Metro Bank Park.

TONIGHT'S STARTERS: Left-hander Eric Surkamp will get the start in game two of the series for the Flying Squirrels...Making his 19th start and 20th appearance overall this season and his fourth start against the Senators...Enters the 2011 season rated as the #9 prospect in the San Francisco Giants farm system according to Baseball America...Suffered the loss in his last outing 8/4 against New Hampshire...Allowed three runs, two earned, on six hits in 6 2/3 innings...Struck out seven batters and walked three...All three runs allowed came with two outs in an inning...Allowed the leadoff batter to reach in two of his seven innings on the mound (scored once)...Recorded five flyouts/popouts and four groundouts...Threw 100 pitches, 61 strikes...Threw 15 pitches or less in five of his seven innings on the mound...Threw 27 pitches in the top of the third inning...Threw first-pitch strikes to 15 of the 28 batters he faced...Outing was his team-leading 13th quality start in 19 total...Lost for the first time since 6/3 (8 starts)...Is 1-0 with a 2.75 ERA (6ER/19.2 IP) in three starts against the Senators this season with 27 strikeouts and six walks in 19 2/3 innings...Leads the Eastern League with 147 strikeouts, is second in ERA (2.09), is third in WHIP (1.14), and is fourth in opponent batting average (.222)...His 147 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.

Right-hander Shairon Martis gets the nod in game two of the series for the Senators...Making his 19th start of the season...Received a no-decision in his last outing 8/4 at Reading...Allowed one hit over six scoreless innings...Struck out five batters and walked three...Has not won since 7/11 at Richmond, going 0-1 with a 4.84 ERA (12ER/22.1 IP) over his last four starts...Making his fourth start against the Flying Squirrels...Is 1-2 with a 4.67 ERA (9ER/17.1 IP) in his previous three starts against Richmond, allowing 22 hits while striking out 26 batters and walking five...Received by Harrisburg from Extended Spring Training 4/25...Spent the entire 2010 season with Triple-A Syracuse and went 8-7 with a 4.09 ERA in 27 starts...Struck out 99 batters and walked 60 in 152 innings...Began the 2009 season with the Washington Nationals...Won five of his first seven starts (4/10/09-5/13/09)...Went 0-3 over his next eight starts...Struck out 39 batters and walked 34 in 85 2/3 innings...Sent down to Triple-A Syracuse 6/29/09...Went 4-4 with a 4.96 ERA in 13 starts with the Chiefs...Opponents hit .304 (90-for-296) against him...Entered the 2009 season rated as the #13 prospect in the Washington Nationals farm system according to Baseball America...Began the 2008 season with Harrisburg...Went 4-4 with a 3.98 ERA in 14 starts...Promoted to Triple-A Columbus 6/21/08...Went 1-2 with a 3.02 ERA in seven starts with the Clippers...Struck out 42 batters and walked 17 in 41 2/3 innings...Made Major League debut with Washington 9/4/08 at Atlanta...Went 1-3 with a 5.66 ERA in fi ve games, four starts, with the Nationals...Limited opponents to a .228 (18-for-79) batting average against... Entered the 2008 season rated as the #18 prospect in the Washington Nationals farm system according to Baseball America...Pitched with four different teams across three different levels (Low-A, Advanced-A, Double-A) in 2006...Went 7-8 with a 3.99 ERA in 22 starts combined...Struck out 88 batters and walked 31 in 115 innings...Acquired by the Washington Nationals from the San Francisco Giants in exchange for left-hander Mike Stanton 7/28/06...Originally signed by the San Francisco Giants as a non-drafted free agent 2/10/04.

PEN OUT OF INK': Left-hander Wilmin Rodriguez was charged with a blown save last night, the third charged to a Flying Squirrels' reliever in seven games this month...Richmond relievers are 1-for-4 in save opportunities in August after being charged with three blown saves (12-for-15) in the month of July...The Flying Squirrels bullpen is 0-3 this month with a 4.91 ERA (10ER/18.1 IP) and has allowed 20 hits over that span while striking out 12 batters and walking eight.

OFF DAY AFTER A DAY OFF: The Flying Squirrels fell to 2-6 this season following scheduled off days after last night's loss at Harrisburg...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.

POCKETS PICKED: The Harrisburg Senators stole two bases against the Flying Squirrels last night in the opener of the three-game series at Metro Bank Park...Since 7/9, opposing baserunners are 38-for-42 (.905) over Richmond's last 31 games in stole base attempts...Over that span, the only baserunner to get thrown out by a catcher was New Hampshire's Adeiny Hechavarria by Johnny Monell 8/2...The other three runners thrown out on the bases where caught by pitchers...The Flying Squirrels rank 10th in the 12-team Eastern League with a stolen base against efficiency of .255 (39-for-153).

LOUISVILLE SLUGGER: Third baseman Chris Dominguez went 2-for-4 last night with a double, a home run, one RBI and two runs scored...The home run was the University of Louisville product's seventh in 51 games with the Flying Squirrels...All seven of his home runs have been hit to left field (5) or left-center (2)...Over his last four games he is 6-for-16 (.375) with two doubles, two home runs, four RBIs, four runs scored and five 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.

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 23-31 on the road, and is batting .224 and averaging 3.59 runs per game (194R/54G) in 54 road contests.

PITCHING IN: The Flying Squirrels pitching staff leads the Eastern League with a 3.35 ERA through 115 games and has allowed a league-low 442 runs...Richmond's pitching staff has allowed two runs or less in 44 of its 115 games (38%)...Starting pitching has allowed three runs or less in 82 of the team's 115 games (71%) and the club is 55-27 in those contests.

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