Richmond Flying Squirrels (SFG) (27-24) vs. Reading Fightin Phils (PHL) (23-30) RHP Cory Taylor (7-1, 3.99 ERA) vs RHP Harold Arauz (0-0, 9.00) Sunday, June 3- 2:15 P.M. FirstEnergy Stadium, Reading, PA Game # 52 Road Game #27 : (14-12) Radio: Fox Sports 910 (1:45 P.M.) Internet: FoxSportsRichmond.com UPCOMING GAMES AND PROBABLE STARTERS Monday, June 4 @ Reading Fightin Phils RHP Shaun Anderson (5-2, 3.09 ERA) vs. LHP JoJo Romero (3-4, 4.92) First Pitch 9:45A.M Tuesday, June 5 @Trenton Thunder RHP Jordan Johnson (5-4, 3.46) vs. RHP Trevor Stephan (0-1, 5.40) First Pitch 7:00 P.M. Wednesday, June 6 @Trenton Thunder LHP Garrett Williams (1-4, 6.75) vs. LHP Ryan Bollinger (3-0, 1.44) First Pitch 7:00 P.M What’s Happening: + The Flying Squirrels continue their seven-game road trip with the third of four contests against the Reading Fightin Phils this afternoon at 2:15 p.m. Richmond won the opener 7-6 in extra innings but lost the second contest 5-4 on Saturday. Richmond took 2018 SQUIRRELS AT A GLANCE a pair of late-inning leads on Saturday, but could not hold on. Ali Castillo smacked his second home run of the year in the eighth in- ning, moving Richmond ahead 3-2 and Matt Lipka delivered an RBI single for a 4-3 lead in the ninth. Reading’s Austin Bossart tied the Regular Season Record ........................27-24 game with a solo homer in the bottom of the eighth and won the contest with a base hit into left field, completing a two-run ninth. vs. Western Division .............................11-15 Richmond closer Caleb Simpson (2-2) suffered the loss, allowing a pair of unearned runs in the ninth. vs. Eastern Division .................................16-9 Home .......................................................13-12 Keep Your Enemies Close Road .........................................................14-12 +The Squirrels have played three consecutive games decided by one run. The last five contests have been within two runs either way. Richmond defeated Bowie in the bottom of the ninth on Thursday (7-6) and Reading in the 10th on Friday (7-6) before dropping Place EL Western...................................... 2nd Saturday’s contest, 5-4. Richmond is 10-9 in one-run games, tied for second most wins in the league in the category. Altoona leads the Games Behind .............................................2.5 way with in percentage with a 12-5 record in one-run games (.706). Last 15 .........................................................7-8 Last 10 .........................................................5-5 Double Down Last 5............................................................3-2 Flying Squirrels shortstop Ryan Howard smacked a double in the first game of the series in Reading. Howard has 16 doubles on the year, placing him tied with Yonathan Daza for second in the league. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and Corban Joseph lead the league with 2018 Home Attendance.................. 136,734 18 doubles each. Brandon Bednar led the Squirrels last year with 24 doubles. Thomas Neal holds the Flying Squirrels single-season Home Dates .................................................67 doubles record with 40. Javier Herrera (37, 2013) and Christian Arroyo (36, 2016) are next in line. Howard has hit safely in 12 of his Nightly Average Attendance ...............5,696 last 15 games. Eastern League Rank .................................1st New Rules, Rule Minor League Baseball’s new rules for extra innings favored Richmond on Friday in Reading. The Flying Squirrels improved to 2-1 in SQUIRRELS JUNE SCHEDULE extra innings this season and none of the extra inning games have gone longer than 10 innings. Richmond won the first extra inning contest on April 8 in Trenton, but lost the second extra inning affair on May 2 against Altoona. 6/1 @ REA W 7-6 (10) 6/2 @ REA L 5-4 6/3 @ REA 2:15 p.m. Walk-It Off 6/4 @REA 9:45 a.m. Thursday marked the third time Richmond won in the last at bat of a game. The Squirrels first walk-off win this season occurred on 6/5 @TRE 7:00 p.m. April 15 against Reading. Jerry Sands brought home the winning run that day, scoring Matt Lipka on a base hit to left field. Dillon 6/6 @TRE 7:00 p.m. Dobson won the second such game when he connected on a walk-off homer on 5/11 vs. Trenton. 6/7 @TRE 7:00 p.m. 6/8 vs. HBG 7:05 p.m. First Blood: 6/9 (DH) vs. HBG 5:05p.m. + The first run of the game has proved to be crucial for the Flying Squirrels this season. The Squirrels have a record of 21-6 when 6/9 vs. HBG TBD 6/10 vs. HBG 1:05 p.m. they score first in games. When opponents score first against the Squirrels, Richmond has a 6-18 record. Equally important for the 6/11 OFF Squirrels is maintaining the lead once captured. Richmond’s pitching staff has completed 19 of their 24 save opportunities this season 6/12 vs POR 6:35 p.m led by Caleb Simpson who is 8-for-11 in saves this season. 6/13 vs. POR 6:35 p.m. 6/14 vs. POR 6:35 p.m. Mr. .400 6/15 @ HBG 7:00 p.m. +Luigii Rodriguez smacked hit fourth home run of the year on Friday and a pinch-hit double on Saturday. Luigi is hitting .405 entering 6/16 @HBG 6:00 p.m. Sunday. He currently ranks second in the league and second in all of MILB in average. His .477 OBP leads all MILB. Below ia a break- 6/17 @HBG 1:30 p.,m 6/18 OFF down of the Squirrels best hitters, year-by-year. (min. 2.7 PA per team game) 6/19 vs. ALT 6:35 p.m. 6/20 vs. ALT 6:35 p.m. 2017 2016 2015 2014 6/21 vs. ALT 6:35 p.m. Brandon Bednar .280 Christian Arroyo .274 Rando Moreno .275 Matt Duffy .332 6/22 vs. BOW 7:05 p.m. 6/23 (DH) vs. BOW 6:05 p.m. 2013 2012 2011 2010 6/23 vs. BOW TBD Mark Minicozzi .309 Daniel Mayora .281 Roger Kieschnick .255 Thomas Neal .291 6/24 vs. BOW 1:05 p.m. 6/25 @HFD 7:05 p.m. 6/26 @HFD 7:05 p.m Today’s Starter: Richmond’s Cory Taylor 6/27 @HFD 7:05 p.m. + Taylor will make his team-leading 11th start of the season and his second against the Reading Fighting Phils. Taylor worked the final 6/28 @HFD 7:05 p.m. game of the Akron series on Monday at Canal Park and worked six innings to earn his seventh win of the year. Taylor has won his 6/29 @HBG 7:00 p.m. last four starts and his last five decisions for the Flying Squirrels. Taylor’s seven wins ranks second in the Eastern League, trailing New 6/30 @HBG 7:00 p.m. Hampshire’s Jordan Romano by one, Funn Facat: All 22 runs allowed by Taylor this season have been earned. Today’s Starter Reading’s Harold Arauz RECENT TRANSACTIONS Arauz will also make his 11th start of the season and his first against the Flying Squirrels. Arauz received a no-decision in his last 5/27: Taylor Hill signed by SF and assigned to RICH outing on Tuesday in Trenton. The Panamanian tossed six innings and allowed just three runs (two earned) on seven hits in the effort. 5/27: Mike Connolly transferred to Extended Spring He struck out a season-high tying eight batters. Arauz is in his first full season at Double-A, having made a brief stop in Reading last 5/29: Taylor Hill transferred to SAC year in one relief appearance. Between three levels last year Arauz went 5-6 with a 1.97 ERA. He appeared primarily for Clearwater 5/29: Miguel Gomez optioned from SF to RICH. (A+), working 20 games, starting six of those. On July 30, 2017 Aruaz tossed a seven-inning no-hitter for Clearwater. He retired the 6/2: Connor Overton transferred to San Jose 6/2: Dillon Dobson placed on RICH DL first 19 batters he faced, pitching with a perfect game into the last inning until he walked a man with one out. He was initially signed 6/2: Mike Connolly transferred from Extended Spring as international free agent by Astros, July 12, 2011 and then traded by Astros with RHPs Vincent Velasquez, Mark Appel and Thomas to Richmond Eshelman and LHP Brett Oberholtzer to Phillies for RHP Ken Giles and SS Jonathan Arauz, Dec. 12, 2015 6/2: John Polonius transferred from SAC to RICH FOR UP-TO-DATE PLAYER AND TEAM NEWS, STATS, AND OTHER INFORMATION VISIT SQUIRRELSBASEBALL.COM TODAY’S FLYING SQUIRRELS STARTER # 38 RHP Cory Taylor 2 HT: 6-2 WT: 255 BATS/THROWS: R/R PRO EXPERIENCE: 4th Season AGE: 23 BORN: December 14, 1993 in Broken Arrow, OK RESIDENCE: Dallas, Texas ACQUIRED: Selected by the Giants in the 8th Rd of the 2015 Draft out of Dallas Baptist Univ. 2018 SEASON STATISTICS CLUB W-L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB SO AVG RIC 7-1 3.99 10 10 0 0 0 49.2 46 22 22 8 24 28 .242 ***Eastern League Pitcher of the Week: July 24-30, 2017*** 2018 Squirrels Game Log 2017 HIGHLIGHTS: DATE OPP DEC IP H R ER BB SO RESULT 4/5 @ TRN ND 4.2 5 2 2 2 5 L (2-5) + Taylor tossed a complete game shutout against Erie on Saturday, July 29th and came 4/10 @ HFD W 5.0 3 2 2 1 3 W (8-6) within two outs of throwing a no-hitter.