Richmond Flying Squirrels | 3001 N Boulevard, Richmond, VA 23230 | 804-359-3866 | SquirrelsBaseball.com | @GoSquirrels Hartford Yard Goats vs. Richmond Flying Squirrels LHP Jack Wynkoop vs. RHP Logan Webb April 4, 2019 | Game #1 | Home Game #1 6:35 p.m. | The Diamond | Richmond, Va. Sports Radio 910 The Fan | MiLB.TV UPCOMING GAMES & PROBABLE PITCHERS Fri., April 5 vs. Hartford 7:05 p.m. RHP Brandon Gold vs. LHP Conner Menez Sat., April 6 vs. Hartford 6:05 p.m. LHP Ty Culbreth vs. LHP Garrett Williams Sun., April 7 vs. Hartford 1:05 p.m RHP Rico Garcia vs. TBD Mon., April 8 vs. Bowie 6:35 p.m. TBD vs. TBD TONIGHT’S GAME: The Richmond Flying Squirrels open their 10th season with the first of 2019 FLYING SQUIRRELS four games against the Hartford Yard Goats, Double-A affiliate of the Colorado Rockies. Overall Record .................................. 0-0 Home ............................................... 0-0 PACKING THE HOUSE: Tonight marks the tenth consecutive home-opening sellout for Road ................................................. 0-0 the Flying Squirrels. Last season’s home-opening crowd of 9,845 marked the largest in Place (E.L. Western) ....................T-1st/-- franchise history, and it is one of just three crowds in Flying Squirrels history to surpass Streak .......................................................... the official sellout mark of 9,560. Tonight’s sellout is the 49th in Flying Squirrels history. Last 5 ........................................................... Richmond holds a 32-19 record (including three double-headers) when The Diamond is Last 10 ......................................................... at capacity. ATTENDANCE INFO HOME EARLY: Tonight’s game is tied for the earliest home opener in franchise history, 2019 Home Attendance ............................. tying the Squirrels’ Opening Day game on April 4, 2013, 1 -0 loss to the New Britain Rock Home Openings ....................................... Cats. It’s also tied for the second-earliest season-opener in team history behind only Average Attendance .............................. Opening Day in 2014, when the Squirrels started the season on April 3 in Connecticut against the Rock Cats. RICHMOND vs. HARTFORD 2019 vs. Hartford .............................. 0-0 OPENING WITH THE GOATS: The Flying Squirrels open against the Yard Goats for the at Richmond .................................. 0-0 third time in the last four years. In 2016, the Squirrels were supposed to begin the season at Hartford ...................................... 0-0 in Hartford, but the game was relocated to The Diamond due to construction delays of All-Time vs. Hartford ................... 19-20 Dunkin’ Donuts Park. In that game, the first in Hartford’s franchise history, the Squirrels at Richmond ..................................11-8 lost, 5-4. The two teams last met on Opening Day in 2017, an 11-1 Richmond win, which is at Hartford ................................... 8-12* the most lopsided Opening Day score in Flying Squirrels history. ON THE HOMESTAND Batters HOME COOKIN’: In the franchise’s first nine home openers, the Flying Squirrels have Games ......................................................... combined to go 7-2, including wins in each of the last four. The Flying Squirrels also won Record ......................................................... the first three home-opening games from 2010-12, and the only two losses came in back- Batting Average ........................................ to-back season in 2013 and 2014. RISP .............................................................. Runs/Runs Per Game .............................. STARTING AGAIN: This year’s season-opening roster includes five Flying Squirrels play- Home Runs ................................................ ers who have suited up on Opening Day for Richmond in previous seasons. Ryan How- ard, Jonah Arenado and Dylan Davis were with Richmond on Opening Day last year. Pitchers Catcher Matt Winn was in the Squirrels’ starting lineup on Opening Day in 2016 and 2017. ERA ............................................................... Chris Shaw was the starting first baseman in 2017. Starter W/L ................................................. Starter ERA ................................................. FOR RICHMOND: Right-hander Logan Webb makes the first Opening Day start of his Reliever W/L ............................................... professional career. Currently rated by Baseball America as the No. 6 Giants prospect, Reliever ERA .............................................. Webb was a California League All-Star in 2018 with San Jose, going 1-3 with a 1.82 ERA Saves/Opps ............................................... across his 21 outings. Last year was his first full season back after undergoing Tommy THIS DATE IN HISTORY John surgery on June 1, 2016. He climbed to Double-A Richmond on July 31, where he In 2013, the Flying Squirrels opened went 1-1 with a 2.77 ERA over his first five Double-A starts before allowing five runs in his their season in front of a sold-out last start of the season. Fore more on Webb, see page two. crowd of 9,560 at The Diamond against thew New Britain Rock Cats. FOR HARTFORD: Left-hander Jack Wynkoop (pronounced WINE-koop) starts on the Richmond pitchers Craig Westcott, mound for the Yard Goats to begin his third consecutive season in the Eastern League. Fabio Castillo, Edwin Quirarte and He spent all of 2017 with Hartford, going 5-11 with a 4.44 ERA across 24 starts. In his sec- Jose Valdez allowed just one run, but ond lap through the circuit last year, Wynkoop went 3-7 with a 6.58 ERA. A native of Vir- the Flying Squirrels lost the game, ginia Beach and alum of Cape Henry Collegiate, Wynkoop was selected by the Rockies 1-0. Adam Duvall led the Richmond in the sixth round of the 2015 MLB Draft of the University of South Carolina. offense with two hits, including the team’s lone extra-base hit. New Brit- HARRIS: Willie Harris returns for a second season managing the Flying Squirrels, becom- ain’s Danny Santana drove in the only ing just the second manager in franchise history to lead the club for multiple seasons run of the game in the eighth inning. (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. HAPPY NEW YEAR: The Flying Squirrels enter their tenth season with an overall record of 622-645 (.491). Last year, the team went 62-76, the second-worst record in franchise history, and finished in last place in the Western Division for the first time. PROSPECT WATCH: The Opening Day roster features eight of Baseball America’s top-30 Giants prospects, including right-handed pitcher Logan Webb (6), outfielderChris Shaw (11), right-handed pitcher Melvin Adon (12), outfielderHeath Quinn (15), left-handed pitch- er 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), Howard (28) and Miller (29). 2019 RICHMOND FLYING SQUIRRELS GAME INFORMATION Page 1 STARTING PITCHER LOGAN WEBB | RIGHT-HANDED PITCHER CAREER HIGHS IP (START): 7.0, 2x, last – 5/18/16 (AUG vs. ASH) HEIGHT WEIGHT BATS THROWS IP (RELIEF): 3.0, 5x, last – 4/16/18 (SJ @ VIS) 6-1 222 Right Right RUNS ALLOWED: 8, 5/24/16 (AUG @ COL) BORN: November 18, 1996 WALKS: 4, 8/24/17 (SK @ EUG) BIRTHPLACE: Rocklin, Calif. STRIKEOUTS: 9, 8/17/18 (RIC vs. HFD) AGE: 22 (Turns 23 on November 18) MOST HITS ALLOWED: 10, 8/21/15 (SK @ EVE) ACQUIRED: 4th round - 2014 SCHOOL: Rocklin (Calif.) High School 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 -- 4/4 Hartford SCORELESS STREAK: RUNS ALLOWED BY INNING (STARTS) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 TOTAL -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- FUNN FACTS - Ranked by MLB.com as No. 5 Giants prospect and No. 6 by Baseball America entering 2019 - Rated by Baseball America as having the “Best Curve- ball” in the Giants system - Logan T. Webb - Grew up in Rockin, Calif., approximately 22 miles from Sacramento - Attended Rockin High School and played baseball and football - Posted a 0.49 ERA with 73 strikeouts during his senior season in 2014 - Threw for 3,767 yards with 47 touchdowns and 18 inter- ceptions in his career and was the starting quarterback in his junior and senior seasons - Committed to play for Cal Poly prior to signing with the Giants Bold - Career High Italics - Relief Outing WEBB vs. HARTFORD --, -- DATE H/R DEC IP H R/ER K/BB WEBB CAREER STATS 4/4 H YR CLUB W-L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB SO 14 AZL Giants (Rk.) 0-0 2.25 3 1 0 0 0 4.0 3 2 1 0 3 5 HARTFORD vs. WEBB (2018) .214 15 Salem-Keizer (A-) 3-6 4.92 14 14 0 0 0 60.1 76 36 33 2 16 40 BATTER AVG HR RBI BB K 16 Augusta (A) 2-3 6.21 9 9 0 0 0 42.0 54 31 29 7 12 30 17 Salem-Keizer (A-) 2-0 2.89 15 0 0 0 0 28.0 26 10 9 1 7 31 Scott Burcham .000 (0/2) 0 0 0 2 18 San Jose (A+) 1-3 1.82 21 20 0 0 0 74.0 54 23 15 2 36 74 Omar Carrizales .000 (0/3) 0 0 0 1 Richmond (AA) 1-2 3.82 6 6 0 0 0 30.2 30 16 13 4 11 26 Frank Duncan .000 (0/2) 0 0 0 1 2018 Totals (A+/AA) 2-5 2.41 27 26 0 0 0 104.2 84 39 28 6 47 100 Mylz Jones .000 (0/2) 0 0 0 1 19 Richmond (AA) MiLB Totals (5 seasons) 9-14 3.77 68 50 0 0 0 239.0 243 118 100 16 85 206 Ryan Metzler .000 (0/2) 0 0 0 2 CURRENT NOTES Brian Mundell 1.000 (2/2) 0 0 0 0 - Making first Opening Day start of professional career Dom Nunez .667 (2/3) 0 0 0 1 - Has made one career start against Hartford (8/17/18) and pitched 5.1 scoreless innings, allowing five Roberto Ramos .500 (2/4) 0 0 1 0 hits and one walk with a Double-A high nine strikeouts in his third overall Double-A start Forrest Wall .000 (0/6) 0 0 1 0 Drew Weeks .000 (0/2) 0 0 1 1 2018 NOTES 2019 SPLITS/MISC.