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Richmond Flying Squirrels | 3001 N Boulevard, Richmond, VA 23230 | 804-359-3866 | SquirrelsBaseball.com | @GoSquirrels Bowie Baysox (1-3) vs. Richmond Flying Squirrels (3-1) RHP Tyler Herb vs. RHP Alfred Gutierrez Tuesday, April 9, 2019 | Game #5 | Home Game #5 6:35 p.m. | The Diamond | Richmond, Va. Radio: Sports Radio 910 The Fan | TV: MiLB.TV UPCOMING GAMES & PROBABLE PITCHERS Wed., April 10 vs. Bowie 10:35 a.m. LHP Bruce Zimmermann vs. RHP Logan Webb (1-0, 0.00) Thurs., April 11 OFF DAY Fri., April 12 at Reading 7:10 p.m. LHP Conner Menez (0-0, 0.00) vs. TBD Sat., April 13 at Reading 5:35 p.m. LHP Garrett Williams (0-0, 0.00) vs. TBD SUNDAY: The Flying Squirrels were hit with their first loss of the 2019 season in the series 2019 FLYING SQUIRRELS finale against the Hartford Yard Goats, falling 3-0.Brandon Beachy made his first start Overall Record ....................................3-1 in affiliated baseball since the 2016 season, and allowed three runs over four innings. Home .................................................3-1 All three runs scored on a three-run homer by Brian Serven in the top of the second. Road ................................................. 0-0 Richmond, led by a two-hit game by Jacob Heyward, outhit Hartford, 6-5. Nolan Riggs Place (E.L. Western) ..................3rd/-1.0 tossed 3.0 scoreless innings with four strikeouts and Sam Selman struck out four in his Streak ......................................................L1 2.0 innings of work. Last 5 ......................................................3-1 Last 10 ....................................................3-1 TONIGHT’S GAME: The Richmond Flying Squirrels open the second series of the 2019 season with the first of two games against the Bowie Baysox, Double-A affiliate of the ATTENDANCE INFO Baltimore Orioles. Monday’s series opener was postponed to July 22 due to rain. The two 2019 Home Attendance ................22,081 teams are scheduled to meet 22 times this season, including 13 games at The Diamond. Home Openings .................................... 3 Last year, the Squirrels went 9-11 against the Baysox and 6-6 at home. Average Attendance ................... 7,360 THE FLYING SQUIRRELS: After winning the first three games of the season, the Squirrels RICHMOND vs. BOWIE lost in the series finale on Sunday against Hartford. The Squirrels picked up the series 2019 vs. Bowie .................................. 0-0 win despite averaging just 1.5 runs per game. Richmond is the only team in the league at Richmond .................................. 0-0 without a home run through the first four games and have scored the second-fewest runs at Bowie .......................................... 0-0 in the circuit. All-Time vs. Bowie ................... 104-105 at Richmond ............................... 61-51 THE BAYSOX: After dropping their first three games of the year, the Baysox avoided a at Bowie ......................................43-54 sweep on Sunday afternoon with a 6-2 win at Harrisburg. Bowie is ranked fourth in the ON THE HOMESTAND league with a .228 team average and tied for second with four homers. Bowie’s 5.76 ERA Games ...................................................... 4 is the second-highest in the Eastern League. Bowie’s roster includes seven of the Orioles’ Record ....................................................3-1 MLB.com top-30 prospects, including Yusniel Diaz (1), Ryan McKenna (7), Zac Lowther (8), Hunter Harvey (12), Dillon Tate (18), Zach Pop (20) and Ryan Bannon (23). Batters Batting Average .............. .234 (24/108) FOR RICHMOND: Right-hander Alfred Gutierrez makes his first start as a member of the RISP .......................................... .194 (6/31) Giants organization after spending the previous seven seasons with the Detroit Tigers. Runs/Runs Per Game .....................6/1.5 Last year, he spent time at three levels and made seven starts for the Erie SeaWolves in Home Runs .............................................0 the Eastern League. He spent most of the season split between the starting rotation and bullpen with A-Adv. Lakeland and was named a Florida State League Mid-Season All-Star. Pitchers For more on Gutierrez, see page two. ERA .............................1.09 (4 ER/33.0 IP) Starter W/L .............................................1-1 FOR BOWIE: Former Flying Squirrels right-hander Tyler Herb makes his first start as a Starter ERA ............... 1.50 (3 ER/18.0 IP) member of the Baltimore Orioles organization. Originally drafted by the Mariners in the Reliever W/L ........................................ 2-0 29th round in 2014 out of Coastal Carolina, Herb was traded to San Francisco on July 3, Reliever ERA ............ 0.60 (1 ER/15.0 IP) 2017 and assigned to Richmond, where he went 2-3 with a 2.76 ERA over 10 starts. On Saves/Opps ........................................ 2/2 March 23, 2019, he traded to the Orioles for long-time Baysox outfielder Mike Yastrzems- THIS DATE IN HISTORY ki. Last year, Herb made 13 starts for Triple-A Sacramento, going 2-8 with a 5.35 ERA. In 2010, the Flying Squirrels picked up the first win in franchise history, FAST START: With the double-header sweep on Saturday, the Flying Squirrels started a 2-0, over the Bowie Baysox at Prince season 3-0 for the first time in franchise history. The team had previously only won back- George’s Stadium. Clayton Tanner to-back games to open a season once, which occurred during the 2015 season with 3-2 threw 5.1 innings, combining with Tony and 1-0 wins against Bowie. Even with a loss on Sunday, Richmond’s 3-1 record is the best Pena Jr. and Rafael Cova to hold the in franchise history through four games to open a season. Baysox to two hits in the seven-inning shutout. Tyler LaTorre and Clay Timp- STRONG ARMS: Through the first four games of the season, the Flying Squirrels lead the ner drove in the only two runs of the Eastern League with a 1.09 team ERA. Richmond pitchers allowed one run through the game in the 6th. The game followed first three games of the season, combining for two shutouts, before Hartford scored three the completion of the previous night’s runs on a homer by Brian Serven on Sunday afternoon in a 3-0 loss. Squirrels pitchers season-opener, which was suspend- have held opposing batters to a league-best .124 average. ed due to rain. THE WILLIE HARRIS ERA: Willie Harris returns for a second season managing the Flying Squirrels, becoming just the second manager in franchise history to lead the club for mul- tiple seasons (Dave Machemer - 2011-13). Harris is in his third season as a manager in the minor leagues overall and has compiled a 118-160 record. He was officially appointed as the manager of the Flying Squirrels on December 14, 2017. PROSPECT WATCH: The Flying Squirrels’ roster features eight of Baseball America’s top-30 Giants prospects, including right-handed pitcher Logan Webb (6), outfielder Chris Shaw (11), right-handed pitcher Melvin Adon (12), outfielderHeath Quinn (15), left-handed pitcher Garrett Williams (21), infielderRyan Howard (24), left-handed pitcher Conner Menez (25) and infielderJalen Miller (30). Seven players are also on MLB.com’s top-30 Giants prospects, including Webb (5), Shaw (11), Quinn (13), Adon (15), Williams (21), How- ard (28) and Miller (29). 2019 RICHMOND FLYING SQUIRRELS GAME INFORMATION Page 1 STARTING PITCHER ALFRED GUTIERREZ | RIGHT-HANDED PITCHER CAREER HIGHS IP (START): 7.0, 5x, last – 9/2/18 (LAK vs. PMB) HEIGHT WEIGHT BATS THROWS IP (RELIEF): 4.0, 4x, last – 5/4/18 (LAK @ DBT) 6-1 200 Right Right RUNS ALLOWED: 8, 2x, last – 8/16/18 (TOL vs. ROC) BORN: June 12, 1995 WALKS: 4, 4x, last – 8/26/18 (LAK @ FLO) BIRTHPLACE: Nueva Esparta, Venezuela STRIKEOUTS: 11, 8/13/17 (WM vs. GL) AGE: 23 (Turns 24 on June 12) MOST HITS ALLOWED: 11, 8/11/18 (ERI @ ALT) ACQUIRED: MiLB FA (Nov. 4, 2018) 2019 HIGHS IP (START): -- RUNS ALLOWED: -- WALKS: -- 2019 GAME-BY-GAME STRIKEOUTS: -- MOST HITS ALLOWED: -- DATE OPPONENT DEC IP H R ER BB SO LEFT GAME RESULT -- 4/9 Bowie SCORELESS STREAK: RUNS ALLOWED BY INNING (STARTS) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 TOTAL -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- FUNN FACTS - Alfred Samuel Gutierrez - From Nueva Esparta, the 20th-largest state in Venezuela of 23 - First season in Giants organization after completing seven seasons in the Detroit Tigers system - Pitched for Los Braves de Margarita of the Venezuelan Win- ter League in the 2014-15, 2015-16 and 2018-19 seasons, and posted a 3-0 record with a 1.30 ERA in 24 relief outings over the most recent offseason where he was teammates with for- mer Flying Squirrel Carlos Moncrief - Signed as an international free agent by the Detroit Tigers on January 16, 2012 - Granted free agency on November 2, 2018 - Signed as a minor league free agent by the San Francisco Giants on November 4, 2018 - 2018 Florida State League Mid-Season All-Star (Lakeland) - Midwest League Pitcher of the Week - 8/13017 (West Mich- igan) - Midwest League Pitcher of the Week - 5/14/17 (West Mich- igan) Bold - Career High Italics - Relief Outing GUTIERREZ vs. BOWIE --, -- GUTIERREZ CAREER STATS DATE H/R DEC IP H R/ER K/BB YR CLUB W-L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB SO 4/9 -- -- -- -- -- -- 12 VSL Tigers (F-Rk.) 0-1 8.31 9 0 0 0 0 17.1 17 18 16 2 10 17 13 VSL Tigers (F-Rk.) 3-1 1.59 18 1 0 0 3 39.2 23 14 7 2 10 33 BOWIE vs. GUTIERREZ -- 14 VSL Tigers (F-Rk.) 5-3 2.68 14 10 0 0 0 53.2 53 21 16 4 8 50 GCL Tigers (Rk.) 0-1 7.04 3 2 0 0 0 7.2 11 7 6 0 3 9 BATTER AVG HR RBI BB K 2014 Totals (F-Rk./Rk.) 5-4 3.23 17 12 0 0 0 61.1 64 28 22 4 11 59 15 GCL Tigers (Rk.) 6-4 3.38 11 11 0 0 0 58.2 55 25 22 4 15 42 16 Lakeland (A+) 0-1 10.38 1 1 0 0 0 4.1 6 5 5 1 0 1 Connecticut (A-) 1-4 3.16 15 11 0 0 0 62.2 60 25 22 2 11 41 2016 Totals (A-/A+) 1-5 3.63 16 12 0 0 0 67.0 66 30 27 3 11 42 17 West Michigan (A) 10-7 3.06 24 20 1 0 1 126.1 101 51 43 15 23 127 18 Toledo (AAA) 0-0 72.00 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 7 8 8 3 0 0 Erie (AA) 2-3 6.09 7 7 0 0 0 34.0 48 24 23 3 15 32 Lakeland (A+) 2-4 2.42 23 11 0 0 3 74.1 50 23 20 3 27 78 2018 Totals (A+/AA/AAA) 4-6 4.20 31 18 0 0 3 109.1 105 55 51 9 42 110 19 Richmond (AA) MiLB Totals (8 seasons) 29-29 3.53 126 74 1 0 7 479.2 431 221 188 39 122 430 CURRENT NOTES 2019 SPLITS/MISC.