EL1 Richmond Flying Squirrels

Richmond Flying Squirrels Game Notes

Published on August 18, 2011 under Eastern League (EL1)
Richmond Flying Squirrels News Release


RICHMOND FLYING SQUIRRELS (66-56) VS. BOWIE BAYSOX (67-56)

LHP CLAYTON TANNER (6-8, 4.20) VS. RHP ZACH CLARK (7-8, 4.98)

August 18, 2011 -- 7:05 PM

The Diamond

Game #123/Home #64

Radio Broadcast -- Sports Radio 910 WRNL

Internet Webcast -- www.sportsradio910.com

TONIGHT: The Richmond Flying Squirrels and Bowie Baysox will meet in the finale of a three-game series...After falling behind in the first inning for the second straight night, the Flying Squirrels rallied from the early 4-0 deficit to earn an 8-5, series-clinching win over the Baysox on Wednesday night in front of 8,586 fans at The Diamond

TONIGHT'S STARTERS: Left-hander Clayton Tanner gets the start in the series finale for the Flying Squirrels...Making his 21st start of the season and his 13th career start against the Baysox including his sixth this season...Enters the season rated as the #30 prospect in the Giants farm system according to Baseball America...Earned the win in his last outing 8/12 at Binghamton...Allowed two runs on two hits in five innings...Struck out six batters and walked two...Both runs allowed came on a two-out, two-run homer from Brahiam Maldonado in the bottom of the third inning...Allowed the leadoff batter to reach in two of his five innings on the mound...Recorded eight flyouts/popouts and one groundout...Threw 92 pitches, 62 strikes...Threw 18 pitches or more in three of his five innings...Threw five pitches or more to 10 of the 21 batters he faced...Threw first-pitch strikes to eight of the 21 batters he faced...Has earned the win in three consecutive starts for the first time since winning three straight starts 7/17/10-7/27/10...Is 4-4 with a 3.18 ERA (24ER/68 IP) in 12 career starts against Bowie including a 0-2 mark with a 2.79 ERA (9ER/29 IP) in five starts against the Baysox this season...Has struck out 48 batters and walked 18 in his 12 career starts against Bowie while posting a .246 (64-for-260) batting average against...Placed on the Disabled List 7/2 (hamstring)...Activated from the DL 7/21...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.

Right-hander Zach Clark gets the nod in the series finale for the Baysox...Making his 20th start of the season and his fifth against the Flying Squirrels after moving to the rotation 4/13...Suffered the loss in his last outing 8/12 against New Britain...Allowed four runs on seven hits in 6 1/3 innings...Struck out four batters and walked one...Is 2-1 with a 2.60 ERA in three starts since the Eastern League All-Star break...Victory 7/30 was his first since 5/23 and he went 0-5 with a 7.74 ERA in eight outings between wins...Is 2-2 with a 2.08 ERA (6ER/26 IP) in four starts against Richmond this season, allowing 21 hits in 26 innings while striking out 19 batters and walking eight...Named Eastern League Pitcher of the Week 4/25/11-5/2/11...Has spent parts of each of the last four seasons with Bowie...Went 1-1 with a 3.41 ERA in 14 games, two starts, with the Baysox in 2010...Was 2-7 with a 5.05 ERA (43ER/76.2 IP) in 15 starts in 2010...Appeared in one game against Richmond in 2010 and allowed two unearned runs on two hits in three innings while striking out one, walking one, and hitting one batter...Pitched at four levels in 2010 (Low-A - Triple-A) and went a combined 3-9 with a 4.29 ERA in 30 games including 15 starts...Struck out 74 batters and walked 28 in 115 1/3 innings in 2010...Opponents hit .290 against him...Pitched at four different levels in 2008 and 2009...Made a career-high 32 appearances and 19 starts in 2008 in time spent between Low-A Delmarva, Advanced-A Frederick, Bowie, and Triple-A Norfolk...Signed by the Baltimore Orioles as a non-drafted free agent in May 26, 2006...Attended the University of Maryland at Baltimore County.

SWEEP DREAMS: The Flying Squirrels will attempt to pick up their third series sweep of the season with a win tonight against the Bowie Baysox...Richmond's last series sweep this season occurred 7/4-7/7 in a four-game set against Trenton...The club swept four series last season...

Also with a win tonight, the Flying Squirrels would pass the Baysox for the wild card lead in the Western Division...Richmond has spent the last 11 days in third place and last shared second 8/6...The club has not had sole possession of second place in the division since 8/1 (16 days).

RALLY PIGS: Last night's victory for the Flying Squirrels matched their largest comeback win of the season as the club trailed Bowie 4-0 after the top of the first inning...It was the third time this season that Richmond came back from a four-run deficit...The club fell behind 4-0 on Opening Day against New Britain before battling back to record a 6-4 win...The team also trailed New Britain 4-0 and 5-1 on 7/20 before eventually winning 7-5...The Flying Squirrels improved to 27-32 when their opponent scores first and they dropped the Baysox to 46-17 when scoring first in a game.

FAST START: The Flying Squirrels scored four runs in the bottom of the first inning last night, giving the club 72 total runs scored in the first frame this season...The only other more productive run-scoring frame for the club is the sixth in which the team has scored 75 total runs...Of the Richmond's 72 first-inning runs, 51 of them have been scored at The Diamond.

SAN FRANCISCO: Outfielder Francisco Peguero went 3-for-4 last night with a double, two RBIs and a run scored...The 23-year-old has hits in seven straight games, his sixth hit streak of five games or more in 50 games since joining the Flying Squirrels 6/23...The Dominican is 17-for-39 (.436) with his in nine of his last 10 games overall with two doubles, a triple, six RBIs, and nine runs scored, raising his batting average from .272 to .303.

POCKETS PICKED: Since 7/9, opposing baserunners are 40-for-45 (.889) over Richmond's last 38 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 four 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 .256 (40-for-156).

HOME AND AWAY: The Flying Squirrels are 41-22 overall at home - the best home record in the Eastern League - and they are the only team in the league with more than 37 wins at home...They are batting .263 in 63 games at The Diamond while averaging 4.59 runs per game at home (289R/63G)....Overall, the club is 25-34 on the road, and is batting .224 and averaging 3.51 runs per game (207R/59G) in 59 road contests...Following the team's current six-game homestand, it will play 12 of its final 16 games on the road.

PITCHING IN: The Flying Squirrels pitching staff leads the Eastern League with a 3.40 ERA through 122 games and has allowed a league-low 472 runs...Richmond's pitching staff has allowed two runs or less in 46 of its 122 games (38%)...Starting pitching has allowed three runs or less in 86 of the team's 122 games (70%) and the club is 58-28 in those contests.

Check out the Richmond Flying Squirrels Statistics

Share: Facebook | Twitter/X | LinkedIn | Reddit | Email



Eastern League Stories from August 18, 2011


The opinions expressed in this release are those of the organization issuing it, and do not necessarily reflect the thoughts or opinions of OurSports Central or its staff.

OurSports Central