Richmond Flying Squirrels | 3001 N Arthur Ashe Blvd., Richmond, VA 23230 | 804-359-3866 | SquirrelsBaseball.com | @GoSquirrels Richmond Flying Squirrels (43-44) vs. Bowie Baysox (51-34) RHP Matt Frisbee (5-1, 1.29) vs. RHP Blaine Knight (3-3, 4.07) RHP Akeel Morris (2-0, 7.45) vs. RHP Cody Sedlock (5-2, 4.01) Saturday, August 14, 2021 | Games #88/89 | Road Games #42/43 7:05 p.m. | Prince George’s Stadium | Bowie, Md. UPCOMING GAMES & PROBABLE PITCHERS Sun., August 15 at Bowie 1:35 p.m. RHP Trenton Toplikar (2-6, 4.90) vs. RHP Gray Fenter (4-2, 6.75) Mon., August 16 OFF DAY Tues., August 17 Erie 6:35 p.m. TBD vs. RHP Aaron Blair (0-2, 4.15) Wed., August 18 Erie 6:35 p.m. TBD vs. LHP Michael Plassmeyer (1-6, 4.42) THURSDAY: The Flying Squirrels fell to the Bowie Baysox, 8-6. Bowie jumped ahead, 2-0, in the first with back-to-back homers by Seth Mejias-Brean and Kyle Stowers. Richmond tied the game in the fourth with a two-run double by Jacob Heyward. In the 2021 FLYING SQUIRRELS fifth, Diego Rincones hit a two-run homer to put the Flying Squirrels ahead, 4-2. In the bottom of the fifth, Cadyn Grenier hit a Overall Record ..............................43-44 solo homer and Zach Watson gave the Baysox a 5-4 lead with a two-run double. Bowie pulled away with three runs in the sixth inning. The Flying Squirrels closed the score to 8-6 with a two-run homer by David Villar in the top of the seventh. Diogenes First Half ..........................................33-27 Almengo worked a scoreless ninth inning to pick up his seventh save. Second Half ......................................10-17 ............................................... 24-24 TODAY’S GAMES: The Flying Squirrels play the fourth and fifth of a six-game series against the Bowie Baysox, Double-A affili- Home ate of the Baltimore Orioles. The Baysox are the only team the Flying Squirrels play more than two series against in 2021. This Road ................................................. 19-20 is the last of four sets between the two teams this year. In the Flying Squirrels’ last trip to Bowie from July 6-11, they went 4-2. The Baysox went 4-2 at The Diamond from May 18-23 and 5-1 in Richmond from July 27-August 1. Place (AA-NE Southwest) ........ 5th/-11.0 Streak .....................................................L2 DOUBLE DIP: The Flying Squirrels are 9-3 in double-header games this season. They swept a twinbill against Hartford on May 8, split a pair on May 27 at Reading, swept two on May 29, won twice on June 10 against Harrisburg, split a double-header on Last 5 .................................................... 3-2 July 2 against Binghamton and split two at Bowie on July 9. Last 10 .................................................. 4-6 THE FLYING SQUIRRELS have dropped two straight after winning the previous three. Since July 21, the Flying Squirrels have gone 5-15. They are in fifth place in the six-team Double-A Northeast Southwest Division, 11.0 games behind first-place Akron. HOME ATTENDANCE INFO For the season, the Richmond offense is ranked ninth in the league with a .232 batting average. The pitching staff is ranked .............206,397 third in the league with a 3.87 ERA for the season. 2021 Home Attendance Home Openings ..................................45 THE BAYSOX have won eight of the last 12 games. They split last week’s road series against the Somerset Patriots. The Baysox ...................4,587 are currently second in the division and sit 2.0 games out of the second postseason spot for the league. The Bowie offense Average Attendance is ranked eighth in the Double-A Northeast with a .240 batting average. Bowie’s pitching staff is ranked sixth with a 4.18 ERA. Bowie’s roster features seven of MLB.com’s top-30 Orioles prospects, including RHP Grayson Rodriguez (2), LHP D.L. Hall (3 - on IL), OF Yusniel Diaz (8), 2B Terrin Vavra (10 - on IL), OF Kyle Stowers (22), LHP Drew Rom (25) and SS Joseph Ortiz (29). RICHMOND vs. BOWIE .................................8-13 FOR RICHMOND: Right-hander Matt Frisbee makes his seventh Double-A start and second against Bowie in Game 1. He made 2021 vs. Bowie his first Double-A outing since May last Sunday at The Diamond against Reading and allowed one run over 6.0 innings in a win. at Richmond .................................. 3-9 He faced the Baysox on May 19 at The Diamond and was hit with his only Double-A loss this season after allowing two runs (one earned over 5.0 innings. Frisbee was selected as the Double-A Northeast Pitcher of the Month for May. He was promoted to at Bowie .......................................... 5-4 Triple-A on June 3 and made 11 appearances (nine starts) for Sacramento, going 1-6 with a 7.64 ERA. He was assigned back to All-Time vs. Bowie ................... 120-132 the Richmond roster on August 6. On May 13 at Harrisburg, Frisbee worked 6.0 perfect innings in the Flying Squirrels’ first-ever nine-inning no-hitter. He spent most of the 2019 season with San Jose, going 9-8 with a 3.17 ERA in 22 outings (20 starts). He at Richmond ............................. 69-68 went 4-2 with a 1.91 ERA in his last 10 appearances (56.2 IP) of the season while picking up 60 strikeouts. Following the season, at Bowie ...................................... 51-64 Frisbee was named a Giants Organizational All-Star by MiLB.com. He was drafted by the Giants in the 15th round in 2018 out of UNC Greensboro. For more on Frisbee, see page two. Right-hander Akeel Morris makes his fifth start for Richmond and his second since returning to the roster from Triple-A in ON THE ROAD TRIP Game 2. In his first start back with Richmond on Saturday against Reading and pitched 6.0 scoreless innings, allowing two hits Games ...................................................... 3 in a combined shutout. He made his previous five appearances, including four starts, for Triple-A Sacramento, going 1-3 with a 10.23 ERA. He was assigned back to Richmond on August 1. He signed with the San Francisco Giants on June 19 from the inde- Record ................................................... 1-2 pendent Long Island Ducks, where he made two starts and combined for 11.0 scoreless innings of work. Morris, a native of St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, was drafted by the New York Mets in the 10th round in 2010 and reached the big leagues with them for the first time in 2015. He has also appeared in the majors with the Atlanta Braves and the Los Angeles Angels. After reaching Batters free agency following the 2018 season, Morris signed with the High Point Rockers of the independent Atlantic League to begin Batting Average .............. .245 (26/106) the 2019 season, where he pitched as a reliever. He was traded to the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs and then swapped again before making an appearance to the New Britain Bees, where he finished the year going 7-4 with a 4.94 ERA in 16 outings (13 RISP ......................................... .267 (4/15) starts). For more on Morris, see page two. Runs/Runs Per Game .................. 16/5.3 FOR BOWIE: Right-hander Blaine Knight seventh Double-A start and 11th overall appearance in the league in Game 1. He Home Runs ..............................................7 pitched out of the bullpen in his most recent outing last Friday at Somerset and allowed one run over 3.0 innings. He has faced Richmond once this season, tossing 4.0 innings and allowing one run in a relief outing on July 6 at Prince George’s Stadium. As a starter with the Baysox, Knight has gone 1-3 with a 5.33 ERA, but he is 2-0 with a 1.80 ERA in four relief outings. Knight began Pitchers the season with High-A Aberdeen and went 0-1 with a 2.41 ERA in four starts. He was drafted by the Orioles in the third round ERA ..........................5.40 (15 ER/25.0 IP) in 2018 out of the University of Arkansas. Starter W/L ........................................... 1-2 Right-hander Cody Sedlock takes the mound in Game 2 for his 12th start and 17th appearance of the season. Last time out, Starter ERA ............... 6.06 (11 ER/16.1 IP) Sedlock allowed one run over 5.2 innings in a win at Somerset last Saturday. He pitched at The Diamond on July 27 and held the Flying Squirrels to one run in 5.0 innings with seven strikeouts, matching a season high. Over his last three starts since Reliever W/L ........................................ 2-3 July 27, Sedlock is 3-0 with a 2.16 ERA (4 ER/16.2 IP). He has faced Richmond four times this season, going 3-0 with a 2.84 ERA Reliever ERA ............... 4.15 (4 ER/8.2 IP) (6 ER/19.0 IP). He was drafted in the first round (27th) by the Orioles in 2016 out of the University of Illinois. He was a Carolina League All-Star in 2019 with the Frederick Keys Saves/Opps ...........................................1/1 BIG FLIES IN BOWIE: The Flying Squirrels have combined to hit 18 home runs at Prince George’s Stadium in nine games this THIS DATE IN HISTORY season. During the Flying Squirrels’ first visit to Bowie from July 6-11, they hit 11 home runs. They have added seven more homers this week’s series. In the nine games in Bowie this year, Vince Fernandez and Frankie Tostado have hit three homers, In 2015, the Flying Squirrels beat the Sandro Fabian, Heliot Ramos, Diego Rincones, David Villar and Brandon Martorano have hit two.