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Richmond Flying Squirrels Game Notes

Published on September 4, 2011 under Eastern League (EL1)
Richmond Flying Squirrels News Release


RICHMOND FLYING SQUIRRELS (75-65) VS. ALTOONA CURVE (63-76)

LHP CHUCK LOFGREN (3-2, 4.61) VS. RHP KYLE MCPHERSON (8-5, 3.20)

September 4, 2011 -- 6:00 PM

Blair County Ballpark

Game #141/Road #70

Radio Broadcast -- Sports Radio 910 WRNL

Internet Webcast -- www.sportsradio910.com

TONIGHT: The Richmond Flying Squirrels and Altoona Curve will meet in game three of a four-game series...The Flying Squirrels scored three runs in the top of the 14th inning as Richmond outlasted Altoona 6-3 on Saturday night in front of 5,092 fans at Blair County Ballpark

TONIGHT'S STARTERS: Left-hander Chuck Lofgren will get the start in game three of the series for the Flying Squirrels...Making his ninth start with the Flying Squirrels and his 12th start of the season...Making his 13th career appearance and 11th career start against Altoona...Is 4-2 with a 3.47 ERA (22ER/57 IP) in 12 career appearances, 10 starts, against the Curve...Suffered the loss in his last outing 8/30 against New Britain...Allowed seven runs, six earned, on five hits in one inning plus six batters...Struck out two batters and walked three...Seven runs allowed matched a season high...Allowed all six batters he faced in the top of the second inning to reach (three walks, two singles, and a grand slam)...Gave up a grand slam to Brian Dozier becoming the second Flying Squirrel pitcher to give one up (Craig Whitaker 5/10/10 at Bowie)...Allowed the leadoff batter to reach in both of his innings on the mound (scored both times)...Recorded one flyout/popout and no groundouts...Threw 51 pitches, 29 strikes...Threw 24 pitches in the first inning and 27 pitches in the second...Threw six pitches or more to six of the 11 batters he faced...Went three balls in the count to five of the 11 batters he faced...Threw first-pitch strikes to nine of the 11 batters he faced...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 2006...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 Kyle McPherson gets the nod in game three of the series for the Curve...Making his 28th start of the season overall and his 16th start with Altoona...Making his second start against Richmond...Earned the win in his last outing 8/30 at Bowie...Allowed one hit over five scoreless innings...Struck out three batters and walked one...Suffered the loss in his lone outing against the Flying Squirrels 8/23...Allowed four runs on seven hits in five innings, striking out three batters and walking two...Is 3-2 with a 4.11 ERA (16ER/35 IP) in six starts at home and has allowed four runs or more in three of his six starts at home...Is 5-3 with a 2.55 ERA (14ER/49.1 IP) in nine starts on the road and has allowed two runs or less in six of his nine starts on the road...Promoted from Advanced-A Bradenton 6/9...Went 4-1 with a 2.89 ERA in 12 starts with the Marauders...Struck out 60 batters and walked six in 71 2/3 innings...Limited opponents .227 (62-for-273) batting average against...Allowed two runs or less in nine of his 12 starts...Took a no-hitter into the ninth inning 5/31/11 against Brevard County...Allowed a one-out solo home run to Sean McCraw in the top of the ninth...Earned the win, allowing one run on one hit with six strikeouts and a walk and turned in his first career complete game...Named a Florida State League Mid-Season All-Star...Has struck out at least 130 batters in back-to-back seasons...Spent the majority of the 2010 season with Low-A West Virginia...Went 9-9 with a 3.59 ERA in 26 appearances, 21 starts...Struck out 124 batters and walked 31 in 117 2/3 innings and limited opponents to a .216 batting average against...Appeared in two games with Advanced-A Bradenton, allowing two hits over four scoreless innings while striking out seven batters and walking none...Spent parts of his first three pro seasons with Short Season-A State College...Selected by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 14th round of the 2007 First-Year Player Draft...Attended the University of Mobile (AL)...Member of the Pittsburgh Pirates 40-man roster.

THE PLAYOFF RACE: The Flying Squirrels enter game three with the Altoona Curve tonight leading the Bowie Baysox by a 1 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...Richmond's magic number to eliminate Bowie from playoff contention is one...A Flying Squirrels win or Baysox loss would eliminate Bowie from playoff contention...The Harrisburg Senators clinched the Western Division with Thursday night's 10-0 win over Portland and will host the first two games of the Western Division playoffs 9/7 and 9/8.

EXTRA SPECIAL: The Flying Squirrels improved to 7-4 in extra innings with their 6-3, 14-inning win last night over the Curve...It was Richmond's first extra-inning game since 8/27 at Akron and just the club's second extra-inning game since 5/28 at Akron...It was the fifth four-plus hour game of the season for the Flying Squirrels and the club's fourth game of at least 14 innings...The longest game of the season for the club was a five hour and 27 minute, 18-inning marathon 4/30 at Bowie.

THE GEORGIA PEACH: Second baseman Charlie Culberson went 3-for-7 last night with two doubles and a RBI, giving him hits in six straight games...It is his seventh hit streak of five games or more this season, tying him with Francisco Peguero and Roger Kieschnick for the team lead...The 22-year-old is 14-for-30 (.467) with five doubles, a home run, eight RBIs, and five runs scored over his last six games...He turned in his 10th three-hit performance of the season last night, matching a season high...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 over the final three games in the month...Culberson was batting .181 (17-for-94) through his first 25 games in August.

HERE'S JOHNNY: Catcher Johnny Monell went 3-for-6 last night with two doubles, a triple, a RBI, and three runs scored...It was third time a Richmond hitter collected three extra-base hits in a game this season and first since Charlie Culberson hit three doubles 7/19 at New Britain...The 25-year-old's triple was his first this season and the seventh of his five-year pro career...His three runs scored were a new season high.

THE DON JUAN: Outfielder Juan Perez went 4-for-6 last night with a triple and a run scored...It was the fifth four-plus hit game of the season for a Flying Squirrel batter and second for the 24-year-old...He collected a season-high and career-high five hits 5/15 against Harrisburg...The triple was his Eastern League-leading 10th of the season...It is the second consecutive season with 10 triples for the Bronx, New York, native.

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...They batted .264 in 71 games at The Diamond while averaging 4.56 runs per game at home (324R/71G)....Overall, the club is 30-39 on the road, and is batting .231 and averaging 3.59 runs per game (248R/69G) in 69 road contests...The team plays its final two games on the road.

PITCHING IN: The Flying Squirrels pitching staff leads the Eastern League with a 3.49 ERA through 140 games...Richmond's pitching staff has allowed two runs or less in 49 of its 140 games (35%)...Starting pitching has allowed three runs or less in 97 of the team's 140 games (69%) and the club is 67-30 in those contests.

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