EL1 Richmond Flying Squirrels

Richmond Flying Squirrels Game Notes

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


RICHMOND FLYING SQUIRRELS (72-64) VS. NEW BRITAIN ROCK CATS (69-66)

RHP JUSTIN SCHUMER (0-0, 2.00) VS. LHP SPENCER STEEDLEY (4-4, 4.73)

August 31, 2011 -- 7:05 PM

The Diamond

Game #137/Home #70

Radio Broadcast -- Sports Radio 910 WRNL

Internet Webcast -- www.sportsradio910.com

TONIGHT: The Richmond Flying Squirrels and New Britain Rock Cats will meet in game three of a four-game series...The Rock Cats erupted for seven runs in the top of the second inning including a Brian Dozier grand slam as New Britain stormed away with game two of the series 12-3 on Tuesday night in front of 7,947 fans at The Diamond.

TONIGHT'S STARTERS: Right-hander Justin Schumer gets the start in game three of the series for the Flying Squirrels...Making his 14th start of the season and his second with the Flying Squirrels...Last two outings have come in relief and he has allowed three hits over five scoreless innings out of the bullpen...Made his Double-A debut starting game one of a doubleheader 8/23 at Altoona...Allowed two runs on four hits in four innings plus four batters...Struck out two batters and walked two...Allowed two runs on three hits and a walk in the bottom of the fifth inning...Allowed the leadoff batter to reach in four of his five innings on the mound (scored once)...Recorded five groundouts including three double plays and two flyouts/popouts...Threw 67 pitches, 40 strikes...Threw 17 pitches or less in all five of his innings on the mound...Threw first-pitch strikes to six of the 16 batters he faced...Promoted from Low-A Augusta 8/23...Began the season with Low-A Augusta and went 5-5 with a 5.24 ERA in 21 games, 12 starts...Struck out 49 batters and walked 30 in 80 2/3 innings...Opponents hit .294 (96-for-326) against him...His first 11 appearances came as a starter and he went 3-4 with a 5.43 ERA (33ER/54.2 IP) over his first 11 starts...Went a career-long 6 2/3 innings 6/27 against Charleston, allowing one run on six hits while striking out a career-high seven batters and walked two (suffered the loss)...Moved to the bullpen 7/8 and went 2-0 with a 4.50 ERA (11ER/22 IP)in nine games in relief...Placed on the DL 5/5 (oblique)...Activated from the DL 6/1...Made pro debut with Rookie AZL Giants 7/24/10...Went 1-0 in three games, one start...Allowed three hits over 5 2/3 scoreless innings, striking out four batters and walking four...Promoted to Short Season-A Salem-Keizer 8/5/10...Went 1-0 with a 1.27 ERA in six games, four starts while striking out 14 batters and walking nine...Went 1-0 with a 0.54 ERA (4R/1ER) in his four starts...Opponents hit .208 (16-for-77) overall against him...Signed by the San Francisco Giants as a non-drafted free agent 7/14/10...Attended UNC-Asheville.

Left-hander Spencer Steedley gets the nod in game three of the series for the Rock Cats...Making his 29th appearance and sixth start with New Britain...Earned the win in his last outing 8/25 at Trenton...Allowed two runs on five hits in five innings...Struck out three batters and walked one...Five innings pitched were a season high...Is 1-1 with a 7.71 ERA (12ER/14 IP) in four outings since joining the starting rotation 8/10...Allowed a career-high seven runs on seven hits and four walks in one inning 8/10 at Altoona...Was 3-2 with a 3.47 ERA in 23 relief appearances this season...Has struck out 45 batters and walked 25 in 53 1/3 innings...Opponents are hitting .306 (63-for-206) against him...Placed on the Disabled List 5/31 (left elbow strain)...Activated 7/2...Appeared in 10 games with New Britain in 2010 and went 1-3 with a 3.00 ERA...Placed on the Disabled List 5/17/10 (left forearm strain)...Appeared in just one game and threw 1/3 of an inning the remainder of the season...Began the 2009 season with Advanced-A Fort Myers and went 4-0 with a 1.79 ERA in 35 appearances...Struck out 46 batters and walked 18 in 50 1/3 innings while limiting opponents to a .214 batting average against...Named a Florida State League Mid-Season All-Star...Promoted to New Britain 7/26...Went 2-1 with a 3.38 ERA in 20 appearances with the Rock Cats...Struck out 16 batters and walked 10 in 18 2/3 innings...Began the 2008 season with Low-A Beloit...Went 5-3 with a 2.14 ERA in 31 appearances, striking out 59 batters and walking 17 in 46 1/3 innings...Opponents hit .208 (35-for-168) against him...Went 8-for-10 in save opportunities...Named a Midwest League Mid-Season All-Star...Promoted to Advanced-A Fort Myers 7/8...Went 1-4 with a 6.59 ERA in 15 games, four starts...Struck out 19 batters and walked 19 in 28 2/3 innings...Was 1-2 with a 3.45 ERA in his four starts, limiting opponents to a .226 (12-for-53) batting average against...Went a career-long six innings 8/16 against Lakeland...Made pro debut with Rookie Elizabethton and went 2-3 with a 2.92 ERA in 18 games, one start...Struck out 51 batters and walked 12 in 37 innings...Selected by the Minnesota Twins in the 25th round of the 2007 First-Year Player Draft...Attended UNC-Charlotte.

THE PLAYOFF RACE: The Flying Squirrels enter tonight's game three with the New Britain Rock Cats trailing the Bowie Baysox by a 1/2 games for the Wild Card in the Western Division...The Baysox will play one fewer game (141) than the Flying Squirrels (142) this season...Bowie's magic number to eliminate Richmond is six with six games left in the season for both teams...Any combination of Baysox wins and Flying Squirrel losses that equal six would eliminate the club from playoff contention...Richmond will need to finish one game better than Bowie over the final six contests to overtake the Baysox for second place in the Western Division...The Harrisburg Senators magic number to eliminate the Flying Squirrels and Baysox from winning the Western Division is two.

UNLUCKY SEVEN: The Rock Cats scored seven runs in the top of the second inning last night, sending 11 batters to the plate in the frame...The seven runs allowed in the inning was a season high given up by Richmond pitching and the 11 batters faced matched a season high...The club had previously given up six runs in an inning twice this season, most recently 5/27 at Akron when the Aeros sent 11 batters to the plate in a six-run fourth inning.

SLAMMED: New Britain short stop Brian Dozier's grand slam off of left-hander Chuck Lofgren in the top of the second inning last night was the second grand slam allowed by Flying Squirrels pitching in the two-year history of the franchise...Miguel Abreu of the Bowie Baysox hit the only other grand slam allowed by Richmond pitching 5/10/10 off of right-hander Craig Whitaker....Doizer's grand slam was the first hit by an opposing player at The Diamond...Chris Dominguez (6/27) and Francisco Peguero (7/5) have each hit grand slams at The Diamond for the Flying Squirrels this season.

A-FORD-ABLE: Outfielder Darren Ford has posted a season-long eight-game hit streak, going 1-for-4 with a run scored last night...Over his last eight games, the 25-year-old is 11-for-31 (.355) with a double, a RBI, five walks and six runs scored...The New Jersey-native matched a season-high and also tied his own franchise record by stealing three bases on Saturday night at Altoona...Ford is 6-for-9 in stolen base attempts since joining the Flying Squirrels 8/9.

SAN FRANCISCO: Outfielder Francisco Peguero went 2-for-4 last night, extending his hit streak to six games...The 23-year-old has seven hit streaks of five games or more in 65 games with the Flying Squirrels, tied with Roger Kieschnick for the team lead...Peguero is batting .549 (17-for-31) over his last seven games with a double, a home run, four RBIs, and five runs scored...Peguero's multi-hit performance last night was his 22nd multi-hit game including eight games with three hits or more since joining the Flying Squirrels 6/23...Only Charlie Culberson has as many three-plus hit games (8).

HOME AND AWAY: The Flying Squirrels are 44-25 overall at home - the best home record in the Eastern League - and they are the only team in the league with 40 or more wins at home...The club's 44 wins at home are tied for the eighth-most of all of the full-season teams in MiLB...They are batting .263 in 69 games at The Diamond while averaging 4.58 runs per game at home (316R/69G)....Overall, the club is 28-39 on the road, and is batting .228 and averaging 3.49 runs per game (234R/67G) in 67 road contests...The team plays its final four games on the road.

PITCHING IN: The Flying Squirrels pitching staff leads the Eastern League with a 3.49 ERA through 136 games and has allowed a league-low 536 runs...Richmond's pitching staff has allowed two runs or less in 49 of its 136 games (36%)...Starting pitching has allowed three runs or less in 94 of the team's 136 games (69%) and the club is 64-30 in those contests.

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