EL1 Richmond Flying Squirrels

Squirrels And Mets Meet In The Finale Of A Four Game Series

May 27, 2010 - Eastern League (EL1)
Richmond Flying Squirrels News Release


The Richmond Flying Squirrels and Binghamton Mets will meet in the finale of a four-game series...The B-Mets sent 10 batters to the plate and scored five runs in the first inning en route to a 9-1 romp over the Flying Squirrels in game three of the series.

TODAY'S STARTER: Right-hander Ronnie Ray gets the start in the finale of the series for the Flying Squirrels...Allowed three runs on four hits in 4 2/3 innings and received a no-decision in his second start of the season 5/22 at Reading...Struck out four and walked none...Three of the four hits he allowed went for extra bases including a pair of home runs...All four hits came when he was trailing in the count (2-0 HR, 2-0 2B, 2-0 1B, 3-2 HR)...Did not allow a home run in his first 11 appearances (19 innings)...Retired the leadoff batter in four of his five innings on the mound...Threw 61 pitches, 40 strikes...Four strike outs were a season high...Longest out of the season...Outing was his longest since 8/23/07 against Visalia when he tossed five innings...Is 0-0 with a 6.48 ERA in his two starts (6R/8.1 IP)...Is 0-1 with a 3.00 ERA (4R/12.0 IP) in nine career appearances against the B-Mets, all in relief...Gave up a walk-off home run to Ambiorix Concepcion in the bottom of the 10th inning in his last outing against the B-Mets at NYSEG Stadium 7/30/08.

Right-hander Chris Schwinden gets the nod in the finale of the four-game series for the B-Mets...Making his second start with Binghamton...Earned the win in his Double-A debut 5/22 at New Britain...Allowed just one run on six hits in six innings of work...Struck out five an did not issue a walk...Lone run allowed came on an Erik Lis solo home run...Went 3-0 with a 1.83 ERA in seven appearances including two starts with Advanced-A St. Lucie prior to his promotion...Struck out 23 batters and walked five in 34 1/3 innings of work...Made two starts with St. Lucie in 2009 and went 1-0 with a 3.97 ERA...Allowed five runs on 12 hits in 11 1/3 innings...Spent the majority of 2009 with Low-A Savannah and went 9-6 with a 3.28 ERA in 21 games, including 17 games started...Struck out 88 batters and walked just 15 in 115 1/3 innings...Did allow 126 hits over that span...Went 4-1 with a 2.01 ERA in 14 games, eight starts with SS-A Brooklyn in 2008...Named a New York-Penn League Mid-Season All-Star...Selected by the New York Mets in the 22nd round of the 2008 First-Year Player Draft...Attended Fresno Pacific University...Enters 2010 rated as having the best control in the New York Mets farm system according to Baseball America.

EARLY RISERS: The Flying Squirrels are 4-0 in games started before noon...Overall, the club is 6-5 in day games.

FOUR-TUNATE: Richmond is trying to avoid losing its third straight series...The club is 0-2-1 over its last three series...The Flying Squirrels last series win came against the Bowie Baysox 5/10-5/12.

HOMESICK: The Flying Squirrels fell to 2-4 on their current seven-game road trip with last night's loss to Binghamton...Richmond is now 11-14 on the road...The club is batting just .226 in 25 road contests and the pitching staff has a 3.33 ERA...Meanwhile, the Flying Squirrels are tied with the Trenton Thunder for the Eastern League's best winning percentage at home (.667)...Richmond is batting .260 at home and the club has a 2.87 staff ERA in 21 games at The Diamond...The Flying Squirrels' 14 wins at home are the second-most in the league (Trenton - 16).

ONE-SIDED: The Flying Squirrels have been outscored by the B-Mets 19-1 over the last two games...The club has been outhit 24-8...Overall on the series, Richmond has been outscored 21-4 and has been outhit 30-17.

END OF AN ERA: With the 19 runs, 15 earned, allowed over the last two nights, Richmond's staff ERA has ballooned to 3.11...It is the highest the staff ERA has been since 4/14 when it was 3.41 after a 4-2 loss at Altoona...The Flying Squirrels posted an Eastern League-low 2.39 staff ERA in 21 games in April...Through 25 games in May, Richmond's staff ERA is 3.71...Richmond now trails Harrisburg (3.09) for the lowest staff ERA in the league and is tied with Altoona for fewest runs allowed.

OUTNUMBERED: Even though they have a winning record (25-21), the Flying Squirrels have been outscored by their opponents 159-150...Richmond is one of two Eastern League teams to have scored fewer runs than its opponent but still have a winning record...The Portland Sea Dogs (23-22) have scored 191 runs, but they have given up 202...Only four of the 12 teams in the Eastern League including Binghamton have outscored their opponents...The B-Mets have outscored their opponents 240-233 but still have a losing record (22-23)...Richmond has scored the second-fewest runs in the league, leading only Harrisburg (146).

THE DON JUAN: Super utility man Juan Ciriaco is 13-for-27 (.481) at the plate over his last 10 games with three doubles, a triple, three RBI and four runs scored...He has not struck out in his last 35 at-bats (12 games) after striking out four times in his first 15 at-bats (4 games)...The 26-year-old has multi-hit performances in each of his last four of his last five starts...Ciriaco has started games at third base (4), short stop (3), first base (3), second base (1) and in right field (2) and left field (1) since being sent down from Triple-A Fresno.

BURNT KIESCH-NICK: Outfielder Roger Kieschnick is 0-for-34 over his last nine games since seeing his five-game hit streak come to an end...He has struck out seven times and has walked once over that span...The 23-year-old seen his average dip from .306 to .239...Kieschnick was 8-for-15 (.533) over his five-game hitting streak with three home runs, nine RBI, and three runs scored.

DOUBLETREE DOWNTOWN DOUBLE PLAYS: The Richmond Flying Squirrels have turned 55 double plays in 46 games including six on 5/7 in Harrisburg...The club leads the Eastern League in double plays turned and has not gone more than two games without turning a double play.

CFS STAT OF THE NIGHT: The Flying Squirrels committed three errors last night marking the third time this season that the club has committed three errors or more in a game...Richmond is 0-3 when it commits three-plus errors.

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