Richmond Flying Squirrels | 3001 N Arthur Ashe Blvd., Richmond, VA 23230 | 804-359-3866 | SquirrelsBaseball.com | @GoSquirrels Bowie Baysox (41-29) vs. Richmond Flying Squirrels (38-34) RHP Cody Sedlock (2-2, 4.70) vs. RHP Caleb Kilian (3-1, 2.14) Tuesday, July 27, 2021 | Game #73 | Home Game #37 6:35 p.m. | The Diamond | Richmond, Va. Radio: Sports Radio 910 The Fan & 105.1 FM | TV: MiLB.TV UPCOMING GAMES & PROBABLE PITCHERS Wed., July 28 Bowie 12:05 p.m. RHP Gray Fenter (4-2, 7.16) vs. RHP Sean Hjelle (3-2, 3.59) Thurs., July 29 Bowie 6:35 p.m. RHP Kyle Brnovich (0-0, 2.45) vs. RHP Trenton Toplikar (1-5, 5.43) Fri., July 30 Bowie 6:35 p.m. RHP Grayson Rodriguez (4-1, 2.83) vs. RHP Aaron Blair (0-0, 13.50) Sat., July 31 Bowie 6:05 p.m. LHP Drew Rom (AA Debut) vs. LHP Michael Plassmeyer (3-5, 4.16) SUNDAY: The Flying Squirrels lost their fifth straight game with a 3-2 defeat in the series finale at Canal Park. The Flying Squir- 2021 FLYING SQUIRRELS rels opened a 1-0 lead in the second inning when Vince Fernandez scored on a wild pitch. Akron scored all three of its runs in the fifth inning, taking the lead with an RBI single by Will Benson. In the ninth, Frankie Tostado hit an RBI single that brought Overall Record ..............................38-34 the Flying Squirrels back within a run. Richmond starter Michael Plassmeyer allowed three runs, all in the fifth, over 6.2 innings First Half ..........................................33-27 with no walks and five strikeouts. Jose Marte and RJ Dabovich combined to pitch 1.1 scoreless relief innings. At two hours and Second Half .........................................5-7 17 minutes, it was the shortest nine-inning game for the Flying Squirrels this season. Home ................................................ 20-16 TODAY’S GAME: The Flying Squirrels play the opener of a six-game series against the Bowie Baysox, Double-A affiliate of the Road .................................................. 18-18 Baltimore Orioles. This series is the third of the season between the Flying Squirrels and Baysox. The Flying Squirrels lost four Place (AA-NE Southwest) .........5th/-5.0 of six in Bowie’s first trip to The Diamond from May 18-23. Richmond won four of six at Prince George’s Stadium from July 6-11. Streak .....................................................L5 THE FLYING SQUIRRELS have lost five straight games, tied for the longest losing streak of the season, after winning 12 of the Last 5 .................................................... 0-5 previous 16. They are in fifth place in the six-team Double-A Northeast Southwest Division, 6.0 games behind first-place Akron. Last 10 .................................................. 4-6 For the season, the Richmond offense is ranked ninth in the league with a .235 batting average. The pitching staff is ranked tied for third in the league with a 3.96 ERA for the season. Since July 2, the Flying Squirrels have gone 12-6 in 22 games. The last two are the first back-to-back loses for Richmond in that stretch. HOME ATTENDANCE INFO 2021 Home Attendance ..............144,682 THE BAYSOX have won four of the last five games and eight of the last 11. They won four of six in last week’s home series against Hartford. Bowie’s offense is ranked seventh in the league with a .245 batting average and the pitching staff is eighth Home Openings ..................................33 with a 4.26 ERA. Bowie’s roster includes six of MLB.com’s top-30 Orioles prospects, including C Adley Rutschman (No. 1/No. Average Attendance ...................4,384 2 overall), RHP Grayson Rodriguez (No. 2/No. 18 overall), LHP D.L. Hall (No. 4/No. 53 overall), 2B Terrin Vavra (No. 10), OF Kyle Stowers (No. 22) and SS Joseph Ortiz (No. 29). RICHMOND vs. BOWIE FOR RICHMOND: Right-hander Caleb Kilian makes his 11th Double-A start. In his last start on Wednesday at Akron, Kilian was 2021 vs. Bowie .................................. 6-6 hit with the first loss of his professional career after allowing one run in 6.0 innings with no walks and six strikeouts. Over his last four starts since July 3, he has gone 1-1 with a 1.46 ERA (4 ER/24.2 IP). He has pitched against the Baysox once this year, firing a at Richmond .................................. 2-4 complete-game shutout in the first game of a double-header on July 9 at Prince George’s Stadium. That outing is the only com- at Bowie .......................................... 4-2 plete-game shutout thrown by a pitcher in the Double-A Northeast in 2021. Kilian has the lowest walk percentage (3.1%) in the All-Time vs. Bowie .................... 118-125 league this season. He is also ranked second in ERA (2.14) and first in WHIP (0.90). He opened the season with High-A Eugene, going 3-0 with a 1.25 ERA in four starts with 32 strikeouts in 21.2 innings. He was named High-A West Pitcher of the Week twice at Richmond ............................. 68-63 in the three weeks he spent with the Emeralds. He was drafted by the Giants in the eighth round in 2019 out of Texas Tech, at Bowie .....................................50-62 where he was a First-Team All-Big 12 pitcher. For more on Kilian, see page two. FOR BOWIE: Right-hander Cody Sedlock makes his 14th appearance and ninth start of the season. He last worked last Tuesday ON THE LAST ROAD TRIP against Hartford and allowed a season-high six runs over 4.0 innings. He has faced the Flying Squirrels twice this year. On May Games ...................................................... 6 22 at The Diamond, he pitched 3.0 scoreless innings out of the bullpen. Sedlock started against Richmond in Bowie on July 6 and allowed three runs over 5.0 innings in a win. Sedlock was selected in the first round of the 2016 MLB Draft (27th overall) Record ................................................... 1-5 by the Orioles out of the University of Illinois. He pitched nine games (six starts) for the Baysox in 2019, going 1-2 with a 3.71 ERA. He began the 2019 season with High-A Frederick, where he went 4-1 with a 2.36 ERA in 13 games (10 starts) and earned a Batters selection as a Carolina League Mid-Season All-Star. Batting Average ............... .208 (41/197) POWER SURGE: Over the last 18 games since July 6, the Flying Squirrels have hit 27 home runs, which is tied for the sec- RISP ......................................... .125 (6/48) ond-most in the Double-A Northeast, trailing only Bowie. Vince Fernandez has hit six homers during that stretch. Heliot Ramos Runs/Runs Per Game ..................24/4.8 hit four homers in that span before his promotion to Triple-A. Diego Rincones and Frankie Tostado have hit three. Sandro Fabi- an, Will Wilson and Brandon Martorano have two homers. Andres Angulo, Luis Basabe, Andy Sugilio, David Villar and Simon Home Runs ............................................. 5 Whiteman have each hit one homer in that span. For the season, the Flying Squirrels rank tied for eighth in the circuit with 78 home runs. The team is on pace to hit 130 home runs this season in 120 games. The franchise record for the most home runs in Pitchers a season is 108 in 2013. In 2019, the Flying Squirrels hit 84 homers in 139 games. Fernandez leads the team with 13 home runs this season. In 2019, Gio Brusa led the Flying Squirrels with 12 home runs for the season. This year, the team has combined for ERA .........................5.05 (26 ER/49.0 IP) a .392 slugging percentage, which would be the highest in the franchise’s history. Starter W/L .......................................... 0-3 Starter ERA ..............5.87 (18 ER/29.1 IP) SWINGING FOR THE VINCE: In his last 17 games since June 30, Vince Fernandez is batting .351 (20-for-57) with six home runs, three doubles and 17 RBIs. Fernandez is ranked first on the team with 12 homers this season and second with 33 RBIs. Last Reliever W/L ......................................... 1-2 Wednesday against the Patriots, Fernandez went 4-for-5 with a homer, a double, a walk and five RBIs, capping his performance Reliever ERA ..............3.50 (7 ER/19.1 IP) with a walk-off single in the bottom of the 11th inning. It was the 18th five-RBI performance by a Flying Squirrels hitter in the Saves/Opps ........................................ 0/0 franchise’s history and the second this season. Last Friday, he hit a game-winning, two-run homer in the bottom of the eighth inning to top Somerset, 6-4. He added a solo home run to center on Saturday night. THIS DATE IN HISTORY SIMON SAYS: Simon Whiteman is batting .364 (12-for-33) over his last 10 games since July 15 with four doubles, one homer In 2018, the Flying Squirrels beat the and five RBIs. He has led off three of the last four games with a first-inning single. Whiteman leads the team with 12 stolen bases Reading Fightin Phils, 2-1. Conner this season, which is tied for fourth in the Double-A Northeast. For the year, Whiteman has picked up a total of 29 steals in Menez picked up 10 strikeouts over 32attempts, which includes his time with High-A Eugene, where he played 28 games to begin the season. his 5.2 innings. John Polonius was hit BREAKING OUT: David Villar has hit .307 (38-for-124) with six homers and 15 RBIs over his last 33 games since June 16.