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Richmond Flying Squirrels Game Notes

Published on September 2, 2011 under Eastern League (EL1)
Richmond Flying Squirrels News Release


RICHMOND FLYING SQUIRRELS (73-65) VS. ALTOONA CURVE (63-74)

RHP DARYL MADAY (3-10, 4.51) VS. RHP BRETT SINKBEIL (0-0, 2.12)

September 2, 2011 -- 7:00 PM

Blair County Ballpark

Game #139/Road #68

Radio Broadcast -- Sports Radio 910 WRNL

Internet Webcast -- www.sportsradio910.com

TONIGHT: The Richmond Flying Squirrels and Altoona Curve will meet in the opener of a four-game series...The left-hander Andrew Albers tossed a career-long eight innings, limiting the Flying Squirrels to no runs on five hits, and the Rock Cats pounced for eight early runs in an 8-0 shutout win over Richmond on Thursday night in front of 9,513 fans at The Diamond.

TONIGHT'S STARTERS: Right-hander Daryl Maday gets the start in the series opener for the Flying Squirrels...Making his 22nd start of the

season and his 19th with Richmond...Received from Triple-A Fresno 9/2...Went 0-2 with a 7.07 ERA in three starts with the Grizzlies...Struck out seven batters and walked seven...Opponents hit .379 (25-for-66) against him including three home runs...Suffered the loss in his last outing 8/28 against Sacramento...Allowed six runs, five earned, on nine hits in four innings...Struck out four batters and walked two...Promoted to Triple-A Fresno 8/16...Fired 9 2/3 consecutive scoreless innings spanning three outings, one start, prior to his promotion...Struck out six batters and walked three while limiting opposing hitters to a .194 (7-for-36) batting average against...Went 3-8 with a 4.15 ERA in his 18 starts with the Flying Squirrels...Is 1-1 with a 2.95 ERA (7ER/21.1 IP) in five career appearances, three starts, against Altoona...Making his first appearance against the Curve this season...Was placed on the DL 5/2 due to pneumonia...Activated from the Disabled List 5/9...Spent the majority of the 2010 season with Richmond...Won his first seven decisions including six straight 4/15/10-5/12/10...Named Eastern League Pitcher of the Week 4/26/10-5/2/10...Named an EL Mid-Season All-Star...Did not pitch in the game due to promotion...Promoted to Triple-A Fresno 7/3/10...Went 8-5 with a 2.34 ERA in 16 starts prior to promotion...Went 1-4 with a 9.21 ERA in seven games including five starts with Fresno...Sent back down to Richmond 8/4/10...Went 1-3 with a 9.68 ERA in nine games, two starts, after being sent down...Selected in the 30th round of the 2006 First-Year Player Draft...Attended the University of Arkansas.

Right-hander Brett Sinkbeil gets the nod in the series opener for the Curve...Making his 13th start of the season and his fourth with Altoona...Received a no-decision in his last outing 8/27 at Binghamton...Allowed five runs, one earned, on eight hits in five innings...Struck out six batters and walked none...Allowed two runs on six hits in seven innings, striking out six batters and walking none 8/22 against Richmond...Has struck out 17 batters and walked one in 17 innings with the Curve...Promoted to Altoona 8/17...Went 2-6 with a 5.11 ERA in 20 appearances, nine starts with Advanced-A Bradenton...Struck out 37 batters and walked 21 in 61 2/3 innings...Was 2-4 with a 4.50 ERA in in his nine starts with the Marauders...Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as a minor league free agent 4/20/11...Released by the Florida Marlins 3/29/11...Appeared in 58 games, all in relief, with Triple-A New Orleans in 2010...Went 3-3 with a 5.71 ERA, striking out 56 batters and walking 31 in 63 innings on the mound...Appeared in three games with the Florida Marlins, making his Major League debut 9/15/10 against Philadelphia...Entered the 2010 season rated as the #24 prospect in the Florida Marlins farm system according to Baseball America...Spent the entire 2009 season with Triple-A New Orleans, going 2-8 with a 6.07 ERA in 47 appearances, eight starts...Opponents hit .315 against him...Entered the 2009 season rated as the #12 prospect in the Florida Marlins farm system according to Baseball America...Made 26 starts with Double-A Carolina in 2008 and went 5-9 with a 5.02 ERA...Struck out 66 batters and walked 51 in 143 1/3 innings while allowing opponents to hit .306 against him...Entered the 2008 season rated as the #3 prospect in the Florida Marlins farm system according to Baseball America...Limited to 14 starts with Advanced-A Jupiter in 2007 due to a herniated disc in his lower back...Went 6-4 with a 3.42 ERA in his 14 starts, striking out 49 batters and walking 14 in 79 innings...Entered the 2007 season rated as the #2 prospect in the Florida Marlins farm system according to Baseball America...Selected by the Florida Marlins in the first round (#19 overall) of the 2006 First-Year Player Draft...Attended Missouri State University.

THE PLAYOFF RACE: The Flying Squirrels enter tonight's series opener with the Altoona Curve 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 from playoff contention is four...Any combination of Flying Squirrel losses and Baysox wins that equal four would eliminate Richmond from playoff contention...The Harrisburg Senators clinched the Western Division with last night's 10-0 win over Portland and will host the first two games of the Western Division playoffs 9/7 and 9/8.

DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH: The Flying Squirrels announced a crowd of 9,513 fans last night, giving the club an average attendance of 6,679 fans per game and surpassing last season's average home attendance of 6,626...The club was limited to 67 home opens due to rain as opposed to 70 in 2010...Richmond announced six sellout crowds of 9,560 this season...The Flying Squirrels will finish second in the Eastern League to Reading in both average (6,720) and total (456,957) attendance for the season.

ROCKED: The Flying Squirrels were shutout for the ninth time this season, blanked by left-hander Andrew Albers and the New Britain Rock Cats in the series finale 8-0...It was the worst shutout defeat of the season for the club...Richmond was shutout 7-0 at Binghamton 8/13...The shutout thrown by New Britain was its eighth of the season.

WALKED ALL OVER: The Flying Squirrels matched a season by issuing 11 walks in last night's 8-0 loss to New Britain...The club also walked 11 batters 7/30 at Trenton in a 17-5 loss to the Thunder...Left-hander Ryan Verdugo matched his career high with five walks and also equaled the mark for most walks by a Richmond starter this season...The Flying Squirrels walked 33 Rock Cat batters in the four-game series at The Diamond (8.25 BB/G).

THE GEORGIA PEACH: Second baseman Charlie Culberson went 2-for-4 last night, his team-leading 33rd multi-hit game of the season...The 22-year-old was 10-for-18 (.556) with three doubles, six RBIs, and four runs scored over the four-game series with New Britain...The Georgia-native hit .231 (25-for-108) in 28 games in August, and eight of his 25 hits for the month as well as three of his six doubles came in the first three games against the Rock Cats...Culberson was batting .181 (17-for-94) through his first 25 games in August entering the series.

HOME AND AWAY: The Flying Squirrels finished the regular season 45-26 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...Entering yesterday, the club's 45 wins at home were tied for the six-most of all of the full-season teams in MiLB...They batted .264 in 71 games at The Diamond while averaging 4.56 runs per game at home (324R/71G)....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 3.51 ERA through 138 games...Richmond's pitching staff has allowed two runs or less in 49 of its 138 games (36%)...Starting pitching has allowed three runs or less in 95 of the team's 138 games (69%) and the club is 65-30 in those contests.

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