Richmond Flying Squirrels (25-21) Vs. Hartford Yard Goats (14-32) LHP Michael Plassmeyer (2-3, 4.81) Vs
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Richmond Flying Squirrels | 3001 N Arthur Ashe Blvd., Richmond, VA 23230 | 804-359-3866 | SquirrelsBaseball.com | @GoSquirrels Richmond Flying Squirrels (25-21) vs. Hartford Yard Goats (14-32) LHP Michael Plassmeyer (2-3, 4.81) vs. RHP Garrett Schilling (1-4, 4.81) Saturday, June 25, 2021 | Game #47 | Road Game #23 6:05 p.m. | Dunkin Donuts Park | Hartford, Conn. Radio: Sports Radio 910 The Fan & 105.1 FM | TV: MiLB.TV UPCOMING GAMES & PROBABLE PITCHERS Sun., June 27 at Hartford 1:05 p.m. RHP Caleb Kilian (2-0, 2.17) vs. RHP David Hill (0-1, 6.75) Mon., June 28 OFF DAY Tues., June 29 Binghamton 6:35 p.m. TBD vs. TBD Wed., June 30 Binghamton 6:35 p.m. TBD vs. TBD YESTERDAY: The Flying Squirrels beat the Hartford Yard Goats, 10-9, in a back-and-forth game. Frankie Tostado gave the Flying Squirrels at 10-9 lead with a two-run homer in the top of the ninth with two outs. The Flying Squirrels opened a 7-0 lead 2021 FLYING SQUIRRELS through the first two innings.Sandro Fabian, Andres Angulo and Shane Matheny each drove in runs with singles in the first to Overall Record .............................. 25-21 open a 4-0 lead. In the second, Fabian added another RBI single and Tostado brought in two runs with a double to extend the First Half .......................................... 25-21 advantage to 7-0. Hartford broke into the scoring with a two-run homer by Willie Abreu in the second and Sean Bouchard added a solo homer in the third. The Yard Goats closed within three runs in the fourth with an RBI single by Abreu. In the fifth, Tostado Home ...................................................13-11 hit his first homer of the night, a solo shot to left, to open an 8-4 lead. Hartford tied the game with four runs in the sixth. Abreu Road .................................................. 12-10 and Javier Guevara hit RBI singles. Matt McLaughlin popped out to second, but Angulo was charged with catchers interference for touching the baseball with his helmet, allowing another run to score. Abreu scored on a wild pitch by Jose Marte to tie the Place (AA-NE Southwest) .......5th/-3.0 score, 8-8. The Yard Goats took the lead in the seventh with a ground-rule double by Montes. Joey Marciano picked up his first Streak .................................................... W1 win of the year after working through four outs. R.J. Dabovich picked up his first Double-A save, recording the final two outs. Last 5 .................................................... 3-2 TODAY’S GAME: The Flying Squirrels play the fifth of a six-game series against the Hartford Yard Goats, Double-A affiliate of Last 10 .................................................. 4-6 the Colorado Rockies. This series marks Richmond’s only trip to Dunkin Donuts Park this season and the final series between the two teams. The Flying Squirrels opened the season against the Yard Goats at The Diamond from May 4-9. In that series, the Yard Goats took a victory in the season opener on May 4, but the Flying Squirrels won the next five games by a combined HOME ATTENDANCE INFO score of 33-17. 2021 Home Attendance ............... 84,483 THE FLYING SQUIRRELS have won four of the last six games and three of four in the current series. They are in fifth place in the Home Openings ..................................22 six-team Double-A Northeast Southwest Division, 3.0 games behind first-place Bowie. For the season, the Richmond offense Average Attendance ...................3,840 is ranked ninth in the league with a .233 batting average. The pitching staff is ranked fourth in the league with a 3.71 ERA for the season. THE YARD GOATS have lost six of the last seven games. They currently sit tied for fifth place in the Double-A Northeast’s North- RICHMOND vs. HARTFORD east Division, 16.5 games behind first-place Somerset. The Yard Goats batters are ranked tenth in the Double-A Northeast with 2021 vs. Hartford .............................. 8-2 a .223 batting average. The Hartford pitching staff is ranked last in the circuit with a 5.79 ERA. Hartford’s roster includes five of MLB.com’s top-30 Rockies prospects, including 3B Elehuis Montero (9), OF Jameson Hannah (13), RHP Karl Kauffmann (17), RHP at Richmond ................................... 5-1 Tommy Doyle (21) and RHP Ryan Feltner (22). at Hartford ........................................3-1 .................. 35-28 FOR RICHMOND: Left-hander Michael Plassmeyer makes third Richmond start and his first against Hartford. He last pitched All-Time vs. Hartford on Sunday in the series finale at Somerset, allowing two runs over 5.0 innings in a shutout loss. Both of his first two starts with at Richmond ............................... 21-12 Richmond came in Somerset, and he combined to go 0-2 with an 8.38 ERA. Plassmeyer was traded from the Tampa Bay Rays at Hartford ..................................14-16* to the San Francisco Giants on June 11 in exchange for right-handed pitcher Matt Wisler. He began the season with Double-A Montgomery in the Double-A South. In his first four outings of the year, he went 0-1 with a 7.36 ERA (12 ER/14.2 IP). In his last three outings before the trade, all in relief, he combined for a 2-0 record over 15.0 scoreless innings with 18 strikeouts and two walks. Plassmeyer was originally drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the fourth round in 2018 out of the University of Missouri, ON THE ROAD TRIP but he was traded to Tampa Bay after one professional season along with catcher Mike Zunino and outfielder Guillermo Here- Games .....................................................10 dia for outfielders Mallex Smith and Jake Fraley. In his first season with the Rays organization in 2019, his first full professional season, Plassmeyer posted a 1.91 overall ERA, which was the third-lowest for a pitcher in Tampa Bay’s minor league system in Record .................................................. 4-6 the history of the franchise, trailing only a 1.41 ERA by Blake Snell in 2015 and a 1.77 ERA by Dylan Floro in 2013. For more on Plassmeyer, see page two. Batters FOR HARTFORD: Right-hander Garrett Schilling makes his ninth start of the season and his second against the Flying Squir- Batting Average ............. .222 (76/343) rels. He last pitched on Sunday at New Hampshire and allowed season highs in hits (10) and runs (5) over 4.1 innings in a loss. RISP ..................................... .255 (24/94) In his previous 7 starts to open the season, he allowed either two or three runs in each outing. He pitched against the Flying Squirrels in his season debut on May 5 at The Diamond and worked 4.2 innings, allowing three runs, in a no-decision. Schilling Runs/Runs Per Game ..................48/4.8 was drafted by the Rockies in the 19th round in 2017 out of Xavier University in Cincinnati. This year is his first season at the Home Runs .............................................11 Double-A level. GETTING THEIR GOAT: The Flying Squirrels won seven consecutive games against the Yard Goats from May 5 to June 23. That Pitchers stretch was the longest win streak the Flying Squirrels have ever posted against the Yard Goats, topping a four-game win streak from Aug. 18, 2018-April 6, 2019. It was also the longest win streak for either team in the history of their head-to-head match-ups. ERA .............................5.11 (49 ER/86.1 IP) For the season, Richmond has outscored Hartford, 60-40. Starter W/L .......................................... 2-4 Starter ERA ............6.04 (32 ER/47.2 IP) TOASTY: Over his last 16 games since June 6, Frankie Tostado is batting .322 (19-for-63) with three homers, four doubles and 17 RBIs. He is now first on the team this season with 27 RBIs. He is also first among qualified Richmond batters with a .276 batting Reliever W/L ........................................ 2-2 average on the year. On Friday, Tostado recorded a season-high four hits and became the first Richmond player this year to Reliever ERA ...........3.72 (16 ER/38.2 IP) record five RBIs in a single game. Saves/Opps ........................................ 2/4 FABULOUS FABIAN: Over his last 18 games since June 1, Sando Fabian is batting .357 (20-for-56) with two homers, six doubles and 14 RBIs while scoring seven runs. Fabian hit .184 through his first 18 games of the season, but his performance since June THIS DATE IN HISTORY 1 has raised his season average to .276. In 2010, the Flying Squirrels beat the BREAKING OUT: After going 0-for-14 over four games from June 10-15, David Villar has hit .412 (14-for-34) with three homers Erie SeaWolves, 6-3, in 11 innings at and seven RBIs over his last nine games since June 16. He picked up three hits last Wednesday night, tying a season high, and added a solo homer June 17. He went deep again on Friday. In the series opener at Hartford on Tuesday, Villar hit his team-lead- Jerry Uht Park. Thomas Neal hit three ing eighth home run of the season, extended his team-best RBI total to 23 and collected three hits for the third time in 2021. home runs in the game. He became the first Flying Squirrels player in fran- SETTLING IN: Connecticut native Simon Whiteman started his Double-A career 0-for-17 in his first four games from June 15-18 after being promoted from High-A Richmond. In his last six games since June 19, Whiteman is batting .375 (9-for-24) with nine chise history to homer three times in singles.