Altoona Curve (6-8) Vs. Richmond Flying Squirrels (7-5) RHP James Marvel (1-1, 2.87) Vs
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Richmond Flying Squirrels | 3001 N Boulevard, Richmond, VA 23230 | 804-359-3866 | SquirrelsBaseball.com | @GoSquirrels Altoona Curve (6-8) vs. Richmond Flying Squirrels (7-5) RHP James Marvel (1-1, 2.87) vs. LHP Garrett Williams (0-0, 3.00) RHP Pedro Vasquez (1-0, 2.45) vs. RHP Brandon Beachy (1-1, 3.00) Saturday, April 20, 2019 | Games #13/14 | Home Games #8/9 5:05 p.m. | The Diamond | Richmond, Va. UPCOMING GAMES & PROBABLE PITCHERS Sun., April 21 OFF DAY Mon., April 22 Reading 6:35 p.m. RHP Adonis Medina (0-0, 3.60) vs. RHP Alfred Gutierrez (0-1, 7.94) Tues., April 23 Reading 6:35 p.m. LHP David Parkinson (1-1, 4.50) vs. RHP Logan Webb (1-1, 2.81) Wed., April 24 Reading 10:35 a.m. LHP Bailey Falter (1-1, 3.97) vs. LHP Conner Menez (1-1, 0.61) THURSDAY: The Flying Squirrels clubbed three homers and ran away from the Altoona Curve, 8-4. Altoona 2019 FLYING SQUIRRELS struck first for a run in the first inning, but the Squirrels plated a pair in the second with RBIs by Johan Arenado and Hamlet Marte. Altoona evened the score in the third, but in the bottom of the inning, Ryan Howard drove Overall Record ...................................7-5 a solo homer to put Richmond ahead for good. Marte and Conner Menez brought home runs in the fourth to Home ............................................... 5-2 open a 5-2 lead. The Curve plated a run in the seventh to close within 5-3, but Jalen Miller hit a solo homer in Road ................................................. 2-3 the eighth and Arenado added a two-run shot to expand the advantage to 8-3. On the mound, Menez struck out Place (E.L. Western) .................3rd/-4.5 eight over 5.0 innings and allowed two runs (one earned). Streak .................................................... W1 TODAY’S GAMES: The Flying Squirrels continue a six-game homestand with the second and third of a three- Last 5 .................................................... 3-2 game series against the Altoona Curve, Double-A affiliate of the Pittsburgh Pirates. Tonight’s games are the Last 10 .................................................. 5-5 second and third of 21 meetings between the two teams this season. Last year, Richmond went 6-9 in games against Altoona, including a 2-4 mark at The Diamond. The Flying Squirrels are 4-2 at home this year and 1-1 HOME ATTENDANCE INFO against Western Division opponents. 2019 Home Attendance ................. 41,518 THE FLYING SQUIRRELS: After opening with a 4-2 record through the first homestand of the season, the Flying Home Openings ....................6Average Squirrels went 2-3 on the last road trip in Reading and Hartford. The Richmond offense has combined to hit Attendance .................................... 6,920 .239, which is third-best in the Eastern League. Richmond’s 2.88 team ERA is ranked in the league, trailing only the Western Division-leading Harrisburg Senators (2.43). RICHMOND vs. ALTOONA THE CURVE: Altoona is riding a six-game losing streak. In that stretch, the Curve have been outscored 33-14 2019 vs. Altoona ................................ 1-0 and been shut out twice. Altoona is the only team in the Eastern League to qualify for the Eastern League Post- season in each of the last four seasons and has won back-to-back Western Division titles. The Altoona roster at Richmond ................................... 1-0 includes three of MLB.com’s Top-30 Pirates prospects: Jared Oliva (12), Stephen Alemais (26) and Gage Hinsz at Altoona ....................................... 0-0 (30). All-Time vs. Altoona ................... 82-98 at Richmond .............................. 47-37 Left-hander takes the mound for his third start of 2019. Last time out, WIl- FOR RICHMOND: Garrett Williams ................................... 35-61 liams worked five innings and allowed three runs at Reading on Sunday afternoon, collecting six strikeouts. at Altoona In his season debut on April 6 in the second game of a double-header against Hartford, Williams threw four scoreless innings with five strikeouts. He has not issued a walk through his first two starts. He made 14 starts for ON THE HOMESTAND Richmond last season and went 2-6 with a 6.00 ERA before moving to the bullpen when the calendar turned to Games ....................................................... 1 July. As a reliever, he posted a 5.96 ERA in 18 appearances. Williams is ranked by Baseball America as the No. Record ................................................... 1-0 21 Giants prospect and No. 20 by MLB.com. For more on Williams, see page two. Right-hander Brandon Beachy makes his third start for the Flying Squirrels in Game 2. Last time out, Beachy Batters worked 5.0 scoreless innings and allowed one hit in a win at Hartford on Monday. Beachy is pitching in affiliated Batting Average ................. .333 (10/30) baseball for the first time since 2016 when he was a member of the Dodgers organization. He made his MLB RISP .......................................... .500 (2/4) debut with the Atlanta Braves in 2010 and spent three seasons in the Majors with them, totaling 46 starts with Runs/Runs Per Game ....................8/8.0 a 14-11 record and 3.23 ERA. His best season came in 2012, when he went 5-5 with a 2.00 ERA over 13 starts, posting the best ERA in the majors until his season ended with an elbow injury, requiring Tommy John surgery. Home Runs ............................................. 3 He returned in 2013 but had to undergo Tommy John surgery again prior to the 2014 season. Beachy signed with the Dodgers in 2015 and briefly returned to the majors that year. He was held to one appearance in 2016 Pitchers and did not pitch at all in 2017. Last year, he made 12 appearances for the independent New Britain Bees, going ERA ..............................3.00 (3 ER/9.0 IP) 0-1 with a 3.55 ERA in 12 appearances (two starts). For more on Beachy, see page three. Starter W/L ........................................... 1-0 FOR ALTOONA: Right-hander James Marvel makes his fourth start of the season for the Curve. Last time out, Starter ERA ..................1.80 (1 ER/5.0 IP) he worked four innings and allowed one run against Harrisburg. Marvel was the Opening Night starter for the Reliever W/L ........................................ 0-0 Curve on April 4 at Akron and threw six scoreless innings with nine strikeouts and no walks. He spent most of Reliever ERA .............4.50 (2 ER/4.0 IP) 2018 with A-Adv. Bradenton before a late-season promotion to Altoona. With the Curve, he made five starts, going 3-1 with a 3.00 ERA. Marvel was drafted by the Pirates in the 36th round in 2015 out of Duke University. Saves/Opps ........................................ 0/0 Right-hander Pedro Vasquez makes his third start and his fourth overall appearance for Altoona in Game 2. He THIS DATE IN HISTORY last pitched on Saturday against Akron and allowed two runs over 5.0 innings in a no-decision. Vasquez spend In 2014, the Flying Squirrels beat the most of 2018 with Altoona, but was limited to 13 outings (12 starts) due to missing time for a forearm strain. With Altoona Curve, 7-3, at Peoples Nat- the Curve, he went 2-6 with a 5.12 ERA. Today’s outing marks the first of his career against Richmond. ural Gas Field. The teams swapped runs through the first three innings POWER SURGE: The Flying Squirrels went into Sunday as one of four teams in the minors without a home run before the Flying Squirrels erupted hit on the year. Over the last five games, the Richmond offense has hit eight homers, including three byJalen for four runs in the fifth inning with a Miller, two by Chris Shaw, two by Ryan Howard and one by Jonah Arenado. Richmond hit a season-high three homers on Thursday night against Altoona, the first three at home this season. two-run triple by Angel Villalona and RBI singles from Brett Krill and Kelby MILLER TIME: Over his last seven games, Jalen Miller has hit .392 (11/28) with three homers, a double and Tomlinson. Villalona had two hits and six RBIs. He has clubbed three homers over his last four games. Miller is ranked tied for fourth in the Eastern drove in three runs in the game. Tom- League with three homers and tied for third with three stolen bases. He has picked up at least one hit in eight linson went 2-for-5. Kyle Crick issued of his last nine games and at least one RBI in five of his last six games. six walks in 3.1 IP but Jack Snodgrass, Austin Fleet and Cody Hall combined ARENADO: After hitting .200 in 2018, Jonah Arenado is leading the Flying Squirrels with a .361 batting average for 4.2 scoreless relief innings. on the season, which is ranked seventh in the Eastern League. He is also ranked 10th in the league with a .410 on-base percentage. On Thursday, he went 4-for-4 with three RBIs, a double and a two-run homer, his first long- ball of the year. He has at least one hit in eight of his last 10 games. TAKE A WALK: Jacob Heyward’s 10 walks on the season are second in the Eastern League he is ranked first in the circuit with a .514 on-base percentage. Heyward’s walk percentage (27%) leads all of Minor League Base- ball. He is also hitting .333 (9/27) with 11 strikeouts. On balls put in play, Heyward is batting .563, which leads the Eastern League by 77 points over Hartford’s Alan Trejo and New Hampshire’s Alberto Mineo (.486).