Richmond Flying Squirrels (SFG) (12-7) vs. Hartford Yard Goats (COL) (9-10) LHP Garrett Williams (1-0, 5.56 ERA) vs RHP Peter Lambert (1-1, 1.69 ERA) Friday, April 27th- 7:05 P.M. The Diamond, Richmond VA Game # 20 : (12-7) Home Game #8 : (6-1) Radio: Fox Sports 910 (6:35 P.M.) Internet: FoxSportsRichmond.com UPCOMING GAMES AND PROBABLE STARTERS Saturday, April 28th vs Hartford Yard Goats: RHP Cory Taylor (2-1, 4.96 ERA) vs RHP Parker French (0-2, 8.59 ERA) First Pitch 6:00 P.M. Sunday, April 29th vs Hartford Yard Goats: RHP Shaun Anderson (3-1, 2.86 ERA) vs LHP Jack Wynkoop (0-1, 4.20 ERA) First Pitch 1:05 P.M. Monday, April 30th vs Altoona Curve: TBD vs RHP J.T. Brubaker (1-1, 1.57 ERA) First Pitch 6:35 P.M. Squirrels Drop First Series of 2018: + The Flying Squirrels lost their first series of the 2018 season on Wednesday against the Bowie Baysox. Until the Baysox series, the Squirrels had won their past four series in a row (Hartford, Reading Bowie, Altoona). In an abbreviated two game 2018 SQUIRRELS AT A GLANCE series, the Squirrels lost game one against Bowie, were rained out in game two, and lost game three. Richmond did not win four series’ in a row all 2017. Richmond enters the series against the Yard Goats with a 0.5 game lead for first place in the Regular Season Record ..........................12-7 vs. Western Division .................................5-4 Western Division. vs. Eastern Division ...................................7-3 Home ...........................................................6-1 Home Run Heroes: Road .............................................................6-6 +Despite losing two games in a row to end their five-game road trip, the Squirrels power bats came to play. Richmond hit nine home runs over the five game road trip including at leastone home run in each game. Richmond is currently tied with Place EL Western........................................1st Reading for first in the Eastern League with 17 total home runs. Dylan Davis leads the team with four long balls and Jonah Games Behind .............................................0.0 Arenado is in second with three. The Squirrels 17 home runs is the most home runs hit in the month of April in franchise history. Last 15 .......................................................10-5 Last 10 .........................................................6-4 Patience at the Plate: Last 5............................................................2-3 + The Flying Squirrels have walked 78 times already this season which ranks them first in the Eastern League. Squirrels outfielder Ronnie Jebavy and Matt Lipka are currently first and second in the league respectively with 14 walks for Jebavy and 2018 Home Attendance.....................32,623 12 walks for Lipka. Last year in April the Squirrels walked 66 times. In 2017, the Squirrels finished last in the Eastern League Home Dates .................................................70 walking only 399 times. For comparison, Reading walked 503 times in 2017 to lead the league. Despite leading the League in Nightly Average Attendance ...............5,538 walks, the Squirrels also leads the league with 112 strikeouts. Eastern League Rank .................................1st Speedy Squirrels: SQUIRRELS APRIL SCHEDULE (12-7) + Richmond ranks second in the Eastern League with 27 stolen bases this season behing Hartford (31). Matt Lipka and Ron- nie Jebavy lead the team with seven and six stolen bases. Despite a .220 team batting average the Squirrels rank fourth in the 4/5 @TRN L (2-5) Eastern League with an on base percentage of .316. 4/6 @TRN W (5-2) 4/7 @TRN L (2-6) New Captain and First Mate’s: 4/8 @TRN W (3-2) 10 + Willie Harris represents the seventh manager to guide the Richmond Flying Squirrels at The Diamond. Joining Willie will be 4/9 @HFD W (5-2) first-time hitting coach Francisco Morales and first-time pitching coach Glenn Dishman. Willie Harris was a 12-year veteran 4/10 @HFD W (8-6) in the big leagues spending seasons with the Orioles, White Sox, Red Sox, Braves, Nationals, Mets, and Reds. Harris was a 4/11 @HFD L (1-3) member of the 2005 World Series Chicago White Sox. Also joining Willie’s staff this season will be fundamentals coach Gary 4/12 OFF Davenport who has been a member of the Giants minor league systems for 15 years. 4/13 vs REA W (3-1) 4/14 vs REA W (5-4) Fact’s and Stats: 4/15 vs REA W (7-6) + The last time the Squirrels finished with a winning record in the month of April was in the 2014 season (14-10 record in 4/16 vs BOW W (4-2) April) + The Flying Squirrels have sold out nine straight opening nights at The Diamond including 2018’s franchise record 9,845 fans 4/17 vs BOW W (1-0) + The Flying Squirrels are 6-2 in one run games this season 4/18 vs BOW W (1-0) + The Squirrels pitching staff has a combined 2.98 ERA which ranks third in the Eastern League. 4/19 vs BOW L (1-6) 4/20 @ALT W (6-3) Today’s Starters: Richmond’s Garrett Williams 4/21 @ALT L (6-7) + Left-hander Garrett Williams will make his fourth start of the season tonight and his second start against the Yard Goats. 4/22 @ALT W (5-4) Williams made his Double-A debut against the Yard Goats on 4/9 where he tossed 5.0 innings allowing two earned runs with 4/23 @BOW L (2-4) six strikeouts earning the win. Williams entered the 2018 season ranked the #7 prospect in the Giants organization according 4/24 @BOW PPD to Baseball America. Williams was drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 7th round of the 2016 MLB June draft out of 4/25 @BOW L (2-3) Oklahoma State University. 4/26 OFF 4/27 vs HFD Hartford’s Peter Lambert: 4/28 vs HFD + Left-hander Peter Lambert will make his fourth start of the season and his first against the Squirrels. The 21-year-old enters 4/29 vs HFD the contest with a 1-1 record and a 1.69 ERA. Lambert is coming off the best out of the year so far after tossing 7.0 scoreless 4/30 vs ALT innings against Harrisburg on 4/21 allowing just six hits with no walks and eight strikeouts. Lambert has walked just four bat- ters in 16.0 innings pitched so far this year. Lambert was selected in the 2nd round (44th overall) of the 2015 MLB June draft out of San Dimas High School in California. RECENT TRANSACTIONS + Daniel Carbonell released from organization Down on the Farm: + John Riley transferred from Augusta (A) to + Sacramento (AAA)- Defeated Reno, 8-3 in the first game of the series. Former Flying Squirrel Andrew Suarez earned Richmond (AA) the win tossing 7.0 innings allowing just three hits and one earned run while striking out nine batters. Suarez has a 2-0 record + Jordan Johnson transferred to EXT Spring Training and a 1.08 ERA with Sacramento this year + 4/18: Jordan Johnson transferred from EXT + San Jose- OFF Spring Training to Richmond (AA) + Augusta- Defeated Greenville, 8-7. The GreenJackets now have a record of 14-6 in the month of April. + 4/18: John Riley transferred to Augusta (A) + Salem-Keizer- N/A FOR UP-TO-DATE PLAYER AND TEAM NEWS, STATS, AND OTHER INFORMATION VISIT SQUIRRELSBASEBALL.COM TODAY’S FLYING SQUIRRELS STARTER 2 LHP #16 GARRETT WILLIAMS HT: 6-1 WT: 200 BATS/THROWS: L/L PRO EXPERIENCE: 3rd Season AGE: 23 BORN: September 15th, 1994 in Lubbock, TX RESIDENCE: Lubbock, TX ACQUIRED: Drafted by the Giants in the 7th round of the 2016 MLB draft from OKST 2018 SEASON STATISTICS CLUB W-L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB SO AVG Richmond 1-0 5.56 3 3 0 0 0 11.1 10 9 7 1 7 11 .233 Williams in 2017: 2018 Game Log + Williams started the season with Augusta (A) where he pitched in 12 DATE OPP DEC IP H R ER BB SO RESULT games starting 11 of them 4/9 @HFD W 5.0 2 2 2 0 1 W (5-2) + Had a 4-3 record and a 2.25 ERA over 64.0 innings with Augusta 4/15 vs REA ND 4.0 4 4 2 5 3 W (7-6) + Was promoted to San Jose (A+) on July 31st where he would finish out 4/20 @ ALT ND 2.1 4 3 3 2 2 W (6-3) the season + With San Jose, Williams found continued succcess pitching to a 2-2 re- cord and a 2.45 ERA +Williams had a combined 6-5 record and a 2.32 ERA between Augusta (A) and Sna Jose(A+) Williams in 2016: + Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 7th round out of Oklahoma State University + Allowed just two earned runs over 7.0 innings with the AZL Giants (ROK) prior to getting promoted to Salem-Keizer (SS) + Williams struggled a bit with the Volcanoes allowing 16 earned runs over 25.1 innings for a 5.68 ERA Miscellaneous: + Williams begins the 2018 season ranked the #7 prospect in the Giants organization according to Baseball America + Williams has a career 8-7 record and a 2.99 ERA over 129.1 innings pitched + In his final season at Oklahoma State, Williams made 18 appearances, including two starts … racked up 25 strikeouts in just 18.1 innings … had 2018 BY THE NUMBERS career day vs.