Binghamton Rumble Ponies (16-31) Vs. Richmond Flying Squirrels (26-23) RHP Adam Oller (1-3, 5.75) Vs
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Richmond Flying Squirrels | 3001 N Arthur Ashe Blvd., Richmond, VA 23230 | 804-359-3866 | SquirrelsBaseball.com | @GoSquirrels Binghamton Rumble Ponies (16-31) vs. Richmond Flying Squirrels (26-23) RHP Adam Oller (1-3, 5.75) vs. RHP Trenton Toplikar (1-3, 4.15) Wednesday, June 30, 2021 | Game #50 | Road Game #26 6:35 p.m. | The Diamond | Richmond, Va. Radio: Sports Radio 910 The Fan & 105.1 FM | TV: MiLB.TV UPCOMING GAMES & PROBABLE PITCHERS Thurs., July 1 Binghamton 6:35 p.m. LHP Josh Walker (3-1, 3.34)) vs. RHP Akeel Morris (1-0, 8.10) Fri., July 2 Binghamton 6:35 p.m. RHP Cole Gordon (0-1, 3.82) vs. LHP Michael Plassmeyer (2-3, 4.17) Sat., July 3 Binghamton 6:05 p.m. RHP Oscar De La Cruz (0-2, 7.85) vs. RHP Caleb Kilian (2-0, 2.62) Sun., July 4 Binghamton 6:05 p.m. RHP Luc Rennie (1-3, 7.90) vs. TBD YESTERDAY: The Flying Squirrels dropped their second straight game with a 5-2 loss to the Binghamton Rumble Ponies. Yoel Romero brought in three with a bases-loaded double to put the Ponies in front, 3-0, in the top of the second. Jake Mangum 2021 FLYING SQUIRRELS added an RBI single to cap a four-run frame for Binghamton. In the bottom of the second, Sandro Fabian brought in Richmond’s Overall Record ............................. 26-23 first run with a sac fly.Heliot Ramos tripled in the fifth and scored on the play after a throwing error to close Richmond within First Half ......................................... 26-23 two runs. Binghamton’s Jake Mangum reached on a bunt single and scored after two Richmond errors on the same play to extend the lead to 5-2. Home ..................................................13-12 Road ....................................................13-11 TODAY’S GAME: The Flying Squirrels play the second of a six-game series against the Binghamton Rumble Ponies, Double-A Place (AA-NE Southwest) .......5th/-5.0 affiliate of the New York Mets. This series marks the only trip to The Diamond for the Rumble Ponies this year. The Flying Squir- rels play in Binghamton from August 31-September 5. Streak .....................................................L2 Last 5 .................................................... 2-3 THE FLYING SQUIRRELS have lost two straight and three of the last four games. They are in fifth place in the six-team Double-A .................................................. 5-5 Northeast Southwest Division, 5.0 games behind first-place Bowie. For the season, the Richmond offense is ranked ninth in the Last 10 league with a .233 batting average. The pitching staff is ranked third in the league with a 3.76 ERA for the season. HOME ATTENDANCE INFO THE RUMBLE PONIES have won three straight games after dropping their previous three. Over their last 13 games, Binghamton has gone 5-9. The Rumble Ponies started the season 0-10 before picking up their first win on May 16 against Altoona. They lost 2021 Home Attendance ............... 89,354 seven of the next eight to begin the year with a 2-17 record through May 26. For the year, the Rumble Ponies are ranked eighth Home Openings ..................................23 in the Double-A Northeast with a .235 batting average. The Binghamton pitching staff is ranked 10th in the league with a 5.41 Average Attendance ...................3,885 ERA this year. Binghamton’s roster includes five of MLB.com’s top-30 New York Mets prospects, including 3B Mark Vientos (8), RHP Ryley Gilliam (16), 2B/OF Carlos Cortes (17), RHP Oscar De La Cruz (23) and OF Jake Mangum (30). Binghamton’s Mark Vientos is ranked tied for third in the league with 12 homers, fifth with a .586 SLG and seventh with a .930 OPS. Carlos Cortes is ranked eighth in the league with 33 RBIs, eighth with a .561 SLG, ninth with a .918 OPS, tied for seventh with 50 hits, tied for RICHMOND vs. BINGHAMTON second with 18 doubles, first with 28 extra-base hits and third with 97 total bases. 2021 vs. Binghamton ....................... 0-1 FOR RICHMOND: Right-hander Trenton Toplikar makes his seventh start of the season. Last time out, he was charged with his at Richmond ................................... 0-1 second straight loss after allowing two runs over 5.0 innings at Hartford on Thursday. He has pitched in relief four times this at Binghamton .............................. 0-0 season, posting a 0.96 ERA. Toplikar was drafted in the 16th round by the Giants in 2018 out of UC Riverside. In 2019, Toplikar All-Time vs. Binghamton ............34-40 began the season with High-A San Jose and made eight starts and seven relief appearances, going 3-1 with a 3.98 ERA. He was sent to Low-A Augusta on June 12 of that season and worked as a starter the rest of the year, going 5-2 with a 3.62 ERA in at Richmond .............................. 15-20 ten starts. For more on Toplikar, see page two. at Binghamton .......................... 19-20 FOR BINGHAMTON: Right-hander Adam Oller makes his 10th start of the season. He last pitched on Thursday at Reading, al- lowing five runs over 5.0 innings in a no-decision with six strikeouts. Oller was originally drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the ON THE HOMESTAND 20th round in 2016 out of Northwestern State. He was released by Pittsburgh after the 2018 season. After beginning the 2019 season with the independent Windy City Thunderbolts, Oller signed as a free agent with the San Francisco Giants on May 30, Games ....................................................... 1 2019. He spent the rest of the season with Single-A Augusta, where he went 5-6 with a 4.02 ERA in 17 starts. Oller was picked Record ................................................... 0-1 up by the New York Mets in the minor-league phase of the 2019 Rule 5 Draft. During the 2020 winter, Oller pitched in Australia with the Sydney Blue Sox. Batters TOASTY: Over his last 18 games since June 6, Frankie Tostado is batting .338 (24-for-71) with four homers, six doubles and 19 Batting Average .................. .250 (8/32) RBIs. He is now first on the team this season with 29 RBIs. He is also first among qualified Richmond batters with a .287 batting average on the year. On Friday, Tostado recorded a season-high four hits, became the first Richmond player this year to record RISP ............................................. .167 (1/6) five RBIs in a single game, and he clubbed a go-ahead, two-run homer with two outs in the ninth. On Saturday, he mashed a Runs/Runs Per Game ....................2/2,0 go-ahead, two-run homer in the ninth inning for the second straight game. Tostado is currently riding a four-game hit streak. Home Runs .............................................0 FABULOUS FABIAN: Over his last 21 games since June 1, Sando Fabian is batting .344 (22-for-64) with three homers, six doubles and 17 RBIs while scoring eight runs. He hit a two-run homer in the series finale at Hartford on Sunday, his fifth longball Pitchers of the season. Fabian hit .184 through his first 18 games of the season, but his performance since June 1 has raised his season ERA ..............................4.00 (4 ER/9.0 IP) average to .274. Starter W/L ........................................... 0-1 BREAKING OUT: After going 0-for-14 over four games from June 10-15, David Villar has hit .370 (17-for-46) with five homers and Starter ERA ................9.00 (4 ER/4.0 IP) 10 RBIs over his last 12 games since June 16. In the last series against Hartford, Villar hit three homers. For the season, Villar leads the Flying Squirrels and ranks tied for eighth in the league with 10 home runs. Reliever W/L ........................................ 0-0 Reliever ERA ............. 0.00 (0 ER/5.0 IP) SIMON SAYS: Simon Whiteman started his Double-A career 0-for-17 in his first four games from June 15-18 after being promot- Saves/Opps ........................................ 0/0 ed from High-A Richmond. In his last nine games since June 19, Whiteman is batting .306 (11-for-36) with nine singles and two doubles. In that stretch, he has collected multiple hits in five games, including a Double-A-high three singles on Friday night. Since joining the Flying Squirrels, Whiteman has picked up six stolen bases, which is tied for the team lead this season. He has THIS DATE IN HISTORY gone 0-for-8 in his last two games. In 2014, the Flying Squirrels beat the Harrisburg Senators, 6-4, in 12 innings STRONG START: The Flying Squirrels’ 26-23 record is the second-best start in team history through 49 games. It trails only a 27-22 start in the franchise’s inaugural season in 2010. That year, the team posted a 27-23 mark through 50 games, which the at Metro Bank Park in Harrisburg. The Flying Squirrels can match with a win tonight. Flying Squirrels evened the score, 4-4, LAW OF AVERAGES: The 12 teams in the Double-A Northeast have combined to hit .243 this season. In 2019, the Eastern in the sixth and it held there into extra League combined for a .238 batting average, which was the lowest for the circuit since a .234 mark in 1971 and the sixth-lowest innings. In the top of the 12th, Kelby since the league was first classified as “Double-A” in 1963. Tomlinson put Richmond in front with PITCHERS WHO RAKE: For the season, the Flying Squirrels lead the Double-A Northeast with six RBIs by pitchers at the plate. an RBI single and Ricky Oropesa add- Flying Squirrels pitchers have eight hits this year, which is tied for first in the league with Reading.