Richmond Flying Squirrels | 3001 N Arthur Ashe Blvd., Richmond, VA 23230 | 804-359-3866 | SquirrelsBaseball.com | @GoSquirrels Bowie Baysox (64-54, 34-16) vs. Richmond Flying Squirrels (43-75, 20-31) RHP Chase Johnson (0-5, 4.34) vs. LHP Alex Wells (8-2, 2.11) RHP Ryan Halstead (2-4, 3.63) vs. TBD Tuesday, August 12, 2019 | Games #119/120 | Road Games #59/60 7:05 p.m. | Peoples Natural Gas Field | Bowie, Md. UPCOMING GAMES & PROBABLE PITCHERS Wed., Aug. 13 at Bowie 7:05 p.m. RHP Brandon Lawson (5-7, 3.79) vs. RHP Mike Baumann (2-2, 2.23) Thurs., Aug. 13 at Bowie 7:05 p.m. RHP Sean Hjelle (0-1, 9.00) vs. RHP Tyler Herb (2-2, 4.83) Fri., Aug. 14 Harrisburg 7:05 p.m. TBD vs. LHP Caleb Baragar (3-5, 3.70) Sat., Aug. 15 Harrisburg 6:05 p.m. TBD vs. RHP Alfred Gutierrez (7-5, 4.22) SUNDAY: The Flying Squirrels snapped a four-game losing streak with a 3-1 win over the Bowie Baysox. Alfred Gutierrez worked five innings and allowed one unearned run. Caleb Simpson worked 1.1 scoreless innings and Sam Moll followed with 2019 FLYING SQUIRRELS 1.2 scoreless innings. Tyler Cyr picked up the 24th save of his career, moving him into third place on the franchise career saves Overall Record ..............................43-75 leaders list. Heliot Ramos opened the scoring with a two-run double in the third. Bowie scored on an error in the fourth. In the bottom of the fourth, Peter Maris hit an RBI single to open the lead to 3-1. The Flying Squirrels snapped a franchise-record ten- First Half ..........................................23-44 game losing streak and also snapped an eight-game losing streak against the Baysox. Second Half .................................... 20-31 .................................................16-44 TODAY’S GAME: The Flying Squirrels play the first two of a four-game series against the Bowie Baysox, Double-A affiliate of the Home Baltimore Orioles. Today’s games are the fifth and sixth of eight consecutive games against the Baysox for the Flying Squirrels. Road ..................................................27-31 The two teams split a rain-shortened, two-game series at The Diamond from April 9-10. The Flying Squirrels won two of three in Bowie from April 29-May 1. Bowie swept a rain-shortened, two-game set at Prince George’s Stadium from May 10-11 and also Place (E.L. Western) ................6th/-17.0 swept a three-game set at The Diamond from July 22-24. The Baysox won three of four at The Diamond last weekend. Bowie Streak .................................................... W1 had won eight consecutive games against Richmond dating back to May 10 prior to Sunday’s game. The Flying Squirrels are playing their third double-header in the last week. Last 5 ......................................................1-4 Last 10 .................................................. 2-8 THE FLYING SQUIRRELS have lost 11 of their last 15 games since July 28. Overall this season, the Richmond offense ranks last in the league with a .218 batting average. The pitching staff has combined for a 3.69 team ERA, which is eighth in the circuit. Richmond’s -145 run differential is last in the league (next closest is Altoona at -18). The previous franchise-worst is -80 in 2017. HOME ATTENDANCE INFO .............. 330,138 THE BAYSOX have won three of the last four games, all in last weekend’s series at The Diamond. The Baysox are in second 2019 Home Attendance place in the E.L. Western Division’s second-half standings, 1.5 games behind first-place Erie. Bowie’s pitching staff has combined Home Openings ..................................55 for a 3.25 ERA, best in the league. The Baysox offense has combined to hit .243, which is third in the league. Bowie’s roster .................. 6,003 includes 11 of MLB.com’s top-30 Orioles prospects, including Yusniel Diaz (5 - on IL), Dean Kremer (8), Michael Baumann (9), Zac Average Attendance Lowther (10), Ryan McKenna (13), Cody Sedlock (17), Alex Wells (20), Rylan Bannon (24), Mason McCoy (25), Zac Pop (26 - on IL) and Brett Cumberland (30). RICHMOND vs. BOWIE FOR RICHMOND: Right-hander Chase Johnson makes his second start of the season for the Flying Squirrels in Game 1. He 2019 vs. Bowie .................................4-10 made his first start of the year on Thursday in Altoona and allowed one unearned run over 3.1 innings. Over his last four overall appearances, Johnson has posted a 0.79 ERA (1 ER/11.1 IP), holding opponents to a .200 batting average. Johnson has pitched at Richmond .................................. 2-6 two games against the Baysox this year, going 0-2 with a 6.75 ERA (4 ER/5.1 IP). He has pitched 27 relief outings this year for at Bowie .......................................... 2-4 Richmond, four games for A-Adv. San Jose and one for Triple-A Sacramento. Johnson was a starter for Richmond in 2018, going 2-5 with a 3.86 ERA in 18 outings. Johnson was drafted in the third round in 2013 out of Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and has gone All-Time vs. Bowie .................... 108-115 4-14 with a 3.99 ERA in his 73 career outings for the Flying Squirrels, including 29 starts. For more on Johnson, see page two. at Richmond ............................. 63-56 Right-hander Ryan Halstead makes his third start of the season and 30th overall appearance for the Flying Squirrels in Game at Bowie ..................................... 45-59 2. He has made two other starts this year on June 24 against Altoona and July 22 against Bowie, combining to allow one run in 8.0 innings. Over his last 14 total outings, including one for Triple-A Sacramento, Halstead has gone 1-0 with a 0.74 ERA (2 ER/24.1 IP). Halstead is in his third season with the Flying Squirrels and has gone 8-8 with a 3.39 ERA in 87 total outings. He has ON THE LAST HOMESTAND pitched against Bowie twice this year, combining for 5.2 scoreless innings. Games ....................................................... 1 Record ....................................................1-3 FOR BOWIE: Left-hander Alex Wells makes his 20th start of the season for the Baysox and his first against the Flying Squirrels. Last time out, he worked 4.1 innings and allowed one run at Trenton on Wednesday. Through his first 16 games of the season, Wells went 8-1 with a 1.83 ERA. Over his last three outings since July 26, Wells is 0-1 with a 3.71 ERA (7 ER/17.0 IP). A native of Batters Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, Wells was selected this season as an Eastern League All-Star. Batting Average .............. .204 (22/108) TOP OF THE CLASS: The Flying Squirrels received top two prospects in the Giants’ system on Friday with the additions of Joey RISP ........................................ .200 (4/20) Bart and Heliot Ramos. Bart is ranked first and Ramos is ranked second both MLB.com andBaseball America’s top-30 Giants prospects lists. Bart is the highest drafted player in Flying Squirrels history (2nd overall - 2018). Ramos is the third-highest draft- Runs/Runs Per Game ..................... 7/1.8 ed player in franchise history (19th overall - 2017), trailing Tyler Beede (14th overall - 2014). All time, the Flying Squirrels roster Home Runs ............................................. 2 has featured 22 players selected in the first round of the MLB Draft. Bart is also the highest ranked player onBaseball America’s Top 100 prospects list (No. 17) in Flying Squirrels franchise history. Pitchers YOUTH MOVEMENT: Outfielder Heliot Ramos became the youngest player in Flying Squirrels franchise history (19 years, 336 days) with his debut on August 9. He is the first teenager ever to suit up for the Flying Squirrels. Ramos is also the sec- ERA ........................... 2.25 (8 ER/32.0 IP) ond-youngest player in the Eastern League this season behind Harrisburg’s Luis Garcia. Ramos is batting .385 (5-for-13) through Starter W/L ............................................1-3 his first four Double-A games with a homer, a double, four RBIs and three walks. Starter ERA ............... 3.13 (8 ER/23.0 IP) CYR-IOUS: Reliever Tyler Cyr picked up the 24rd save of his Flying Squirrels career on Sunday, moving into third place for Reliever W/L ........................................ 0-0 saves in a career in franchise history. Cyr trails only Daryl Maday (28) and Derek Law (26) on the list. Cyr collected 18 saves for the Flying Squirrels in 2017, which ranked third in the Eastern League that year. He picked up three saves in 2018 before an Reliever ERA ..............0.00 (0 ER/9.0 IP) elbow injury ended his season in May. Saves/Opps ...........................................1/1 PITCHERS’ DELIGHT: The 2019 season has been the “Year of the Pitcher” in the Eastern League. There have been eight no-hit- ters thrown in the league this year, one shy of the record nine no-hitters in 1967. On the season, the league has combined for THIS DATE IN HISTORY a 3.58 ERA, the second-lowest in all of minor league baseball’s full-season leagues, down from last year’s mark of 4.01 and the lowest in the EL since 1990 (3.33). The league’s offenses have combined to hit .239, tied for the lowest of all MiLB full-season In 2017, the Flying Squirrels shut out leagues, which is down from .253 last season and the lowest in the EL since 1971 (.234). Richmond’s offense has been held the Reading Fightin Phils, 3-0, at The to a .218 batting average, which would be tied for the sixth-lowest since the EL became a Double-A circuit in 1963 (last - 1972 Elmira Pioneers).