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Richmond Flying Squirrels | 3001 N Boulevard, Richmond, VA 23230 | 804-359-3866 | SquirrelsBaseball.com | @GoSquirrels Richmond Flying Squirrels (9-12) vs. Bowie Baysox (5-19) LHP Conner Menez (1-1, 1.31) vs. RHP Marcos Molina (0-3, 3.63) Tuesday, April 30, 2019 | Game #22 | Road Game #10 11:05 a.m. | Prince George’s Stadium | Bowie, Md. Radio: Sports Radio 910 The Fan | TV: MiLB.TV UPCOMING GAMES & PROBABLE PITCHERS Wed., May 1 at Bowie 11:05 a.m. LHP Garrett Williams (0-2, 4.76) vs. RHP Hunter Harvey (0-1, 5.60) Thurs., May 2 Altoona 6:35 p.m. RHP Pedro Vasquez (1-0, 2.86) vs. RHP Brandon Lawson (0-0, 4.91) Fri., May 3 Altoona 7:05 p.m. TBD vs. RHP Alfred Gutierrez (0-1, 4.61) Sat., May 4 Altoona 6:05 p.m. TBD vs. RHP Logan Webb (1-2, 2.00) YESTERDAY: The Flying Squirrels won the series opener at Prince George’s Stadium, 3-2, over the Bowie 2019 FLYING SQUIRRELS Baysox behind three solo home runs. Johneswhy Fargas broke a 2-2 tie with a solo homer in the ninth to bring home the decisive run. Bowie opened the scoring in the second inning with an RBI single, but Jalen Miller an- Overall Record .................................9-12 swered with a solo homer in the top of the third to even the score, 1-1. In the eighth, Heath Quinn launched a Home .....................................................5-7 solo homer to put the Flying Squirrels ahead, 2-1, but Bowie tied the score in the bottom of the inning on a sac Road ..................................................... 4-5 fly by Zach Jarrett. Richmond starter Logan Webb set a new career high with ten strikeouts, the most in a game Place (E.L. Western) .................5th/-9.5 for a Flying Squirrels pitcher this year, tossing six innings and allowing one run with no walks. Streak .................................................... W1 TODAY’S GAME: The Flying Squirrels play the second of three games against the Bowie Baysox, Double-A affil- Last 5 .................................................... 2-3 iate of the Baltimore Orioles. The game is also the fifth game of a six-game road trip to Altoona (1-2) and Bowie Last 10 ...................................................3-7 (1-0). The Flying Squirrels hosted the Baysox for a rain-shortened, two-game series at The Diamond on April 9 and 10, with the Squirrels taking the finale, 3-2, on a walk-off single byJohneswhy Fargas. HOME ATTENDANCE INFO THE FLYING SQUIRRELS have lost nine of the last 12 games since April 16 and seven of nine since April 20, but 2019 Home Attendance ............... 65,708 have picked up wins in two of their last three games since Saturday. The Richmond offense ranks 10th in the Home Openings ...................................10 league with a .219 batting average, but has surged to third in the circuit with 16 homers. The pitching staff has Average Attendance ....................6,571 combined for a 3.37 team ERA, which is fifth in the circuit. The Flying Squirrels have dropped four straight series (at Hartford, vs. Altoona, vs. Reading, at Altoona) and split the previous two (vs. Bowie, at Reading). The Flying Squirrels have not won a series since their season-opening set against Hartford at The Diamond. RICHMOND vs. BOWIE THE BAYSOX hold the Eastern League’s worst record and have lost 12 of the last 14 games, including dropping 2019 vs. Bowie ................................... 2-1 three-of-four against Akron at home in the previous series over the weekend. Bowie ranks last in the Eastern at Richmond .....................................1-1 League with a .210 team batting average and last with a 4.40 team ERA. They Baysox have lost every series on at Bowie ........................................... 1-0 the season so far except for a rain-shortened, two-game split with the Flying Squirrels at The Diamond on April All-Time vs. Bowie ...................106-106 9 and 10. Bowie’s roster features 10 of MLB.com’s Top-30 Baltimore prospects, including Yusniel Diaz (1 - on IL), Ryan McKenna (7), Zac Lowther (8), Dean Kremer (9 - on IL), Hunter Harvey (12), Dillon Tate (18), Zach Pop (20), at Richmond ............................. 62-52 Rylan Bannon (23), Brett Cumberland (25) and Alex Wells (27). at Bowie ......................................44-54 FOR RICHMOND: Left-hander Conner Menez makes his fifth start of the season and first against the Baysox. ON THE ROAD TRIP Last time out, he set season highs in strikeouts (9), innings pitched (6.0) and earned runs allowed (2) in a no-de- Games ...................................................... 4 cision against Reading on Wednesday. Entering play today, Menez ranks fifth in the league in ERA (1.31), tied for fifth in strikeouts (28), tied for second in opponents’ batting average (.157) and fifth in WHIP (0.82). Last year, Record .................................................. 2-2 Menez spent most of the season with Richmond, going 6-4 with a 4.38 ERA in 15 starts. He also pitched 11 games with A-Adv. San Jose and one with Triple-A Sacramento, combining to go 9-10 with a 4.46 ERA in 28 total starts Batters across the three levels. Menez led the Giants organization with 171 total strikeouts, 32 ahead of second-place Batting Average .............. .259 (36/139) John Gavin. It was also tied for the fourth-most strikeouts in the minors (led by Dean Kremer of the Orioles or- ganization). Menez is in his fourth professional season and was selected by the San Francisco Giants in the 14th RISP ......................................... .182 (6/33) round of the 2016 MLB Draft out of the Master’s University. He entered this season ranked by Baseball America Runs/Runs Per Game ...................17/4.3 as the No. 25 Giants prospect. For more on Menez, see page two. Home Runs ..............................................7 FOR BOWIE: Right-hander Marcos Molina makes his fifth start of the season for the Baysox and his first against Richmond. In his most recent start on Wednesday at Erie, Molina threw a season-high 6.1 innings and allowed Pitchers two earned runs in a loss as the Baysox were no-hit by the SeaWolves. Molina is in his first season with the ERA ..........................5.03 (19 ER/34.0 IP) Orioles after spending the last seven years with the New York Mets organization, including the last two season Starter W/L ........................................... 0-1 with the Binghamton Rumble Ponies of the Eastern League. He made 14 starts with Binghamton last year, going Starter ERA .............. 4.50 (9 ER/18.0 IP) 1-9 with a 6.66 ERA. Reliever W/L ......................................... 2-1 BATS ARE BACK: Over a six-game stretch from April 20-26, the Squirrels hit .126 (21/167) and scored five runs. Reliever ERA ..........5.63 (10 ER/16.0 IP) Over the last three games since, the Richmond offense has hit .294 (32/109) and scored 17 runs. On Sunday, Saves/Opps ........................................ 2/2 the Flying Squirrels tied a season high with three homers (Jalen Miller, Hamlet Marte and Brock Stassi) and matched that total on Monday in Bowie (Miller, Heath Quinn and Johneswhy Fargas). THIS DATE IN HISTORY ARENADO AWAKENS: After hitting .200 in 2018, Jonah Arenado is leading the Flying Squirrels with a .338 In 2013, the Flying Squirrels held off batting average on the season, which is ranked seventh in the Eastern League. Arenado has at least one hit in the Bowie Baysox for a 7-6 win at 15 of his last 19 games. Prince George’s Stadium. Richmond led 7-2 entering the bottom of the MILLER TIME: With his home run on Monday, Jalen Miller now has five homers on the season, which is tied for fifth in the Eastern League and leads the Flying Squirrels. Miller is also tied for second in the Eastern League eighth and the Baysox scored for runs with five stolen bases. After hitting .375 through his first nine games of the season, Miller went 2-for-25 (.080) to close within one. Edwin Quirarte over an eight-game span from April 17-26. Over his last three games since, Miller is 5-for-12 (.417) with two hom- entered and picked up the final four ers, a double and three RBIs. outs to get his first save of the year. BROCK STAR: Through his first eight games of the season, Brock Stassi hit .300 through April 16, but he made Joe Panik went 3-for-5 with a double just one start from April 17-26. In that stretch, Stassi went 1-for-7 (.143) with one walk. Back in the starting lineup and scored three runs. Mark Mini- over the last two games, Stassi has gone 5-for-9 (.556) with a homer, a double and two RBIs. cozzi, Javier Herrera and Ryan Lollis each had two hits. Herrera drove in HEEEEEATH: Over his first 16 games of the year,Heath Quinn hit .109 (5-for-46). In his last four games, Quinn has gone 6-for-16 (.375) with a homer, a double and two RBIs, raising his season average by 68 points and has two runs. picked up his first two multi-hit games of the year. WHEN THE LEVI BREAKS OUT: After going 0-for-22 from April 18-26, Levi Michael has picked up two hits in each of his last two games. Michael is in his first season with the Flying Squirrels after spending most of last year with Binghamton, where he was an Eastern League Mid-Season and Post-Season All-Star. HARRIS RETURNS TO BOWIE: Flying Squirrels manager Willie Harris played 133 games for the Bowie Baysox in the 2001 season, the third year of his professional career.

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