Flying Squirrels ready for Trenton Thunder
Squirrels split series with Baysox; Trenton Thunder comes to Diamond for only visit of the season. The Flying Squirrels (44-50) took the last two to split a four-game series at home against the 2nd-place Bowie Baysox (50-45). Still mired in 5th place, the Squirrels are only 5 1/2 games out from a play-off spot going […]
Squirrels split series with Baysox; Trenton Thunder comes to Diamond for only visit of the season.
The Flying Squirrels (44-50) took the last two to split a four-game series at home against the 2nd-place Bowie Baysox (50-45). Still mired in 5th place, the Squirrels are only 5 1/2 games out from a play-off spot going into the heart of summer. In last night’s victory, new pitcher Craig Westcott allowed only 3 hits in 7 innings and picked up hist first win. Firstbaseman Brandon Belt rolled his hitting streak out to 12 games; he’s now hitting .404 with 21 hits. After only 13 games, Belt’s 5 homeruns are 3rd best on the team.
The New York Yankees’ AA farm team Trenton Thunder (58-36) come to town tonight for their first-ever trip to Richmond. The Thunder are fresh off of a series win against the Reading Phillies (45-48) and are pressing hard for the lead in the Eastern Division. The Thunder are a strong pitching club, holding the 4th best ERA in the Eastern League at 3.70 (Richmond leads the league at 3.56). They’ve got 2 7-game winners and 2 6-game winners in the rotation, with Hector Noesi a hot 6-1 (1.74 ERA) in 10 starts after coming up from Tampa in the Florida State League. Thunder thirdbaseman Brandon Laird has 19 homeruns, contributing to a strong Trenton offense: the Thunder have plated 497 runs in 94 games (over 5 per game!), 169 more than the Flying Squirrels’ count of 328 in the same span. If the Squirrels’ pitching holds up and the team can get some runs, this could be some of the best baseball that we’ve seen all season.
Monday July 19 7:05PM (HOME)
Richmond Flying Squirrels vs Trenton Thunder
Michael Main (0-1, 9.00) vs Lance Pendleton (7-4, 3.97)
“Tonight will be RBI (Richmond Business Involvement) Kings Night, recognizing local business making an impact in the community. Fans can nominate the business through Lite 98’s website. All nominees will be invited to attend tonight’s game and an overall winner will be announced! The grand prize includes: first pitch opportunity, 25 Diamond Club tickets and $125 Acorn Dollars to be used at a 2011 game (date TBD), half-page ad in the August edition of Richmond Magazine recognizing the winner, recognition as “Nut of the Week” on CBS 6 (to air 7/22), and on-air recognition on Lite 98!”
Tuesday July 20 7:05PM (HOME)
Richmond Flying Squirrels vs Trenton Thunder
“The first 3,000 fans of all ages will receive a Logo Ball presented by Coke Zero and 98.9 Liberty! KRAFT Singles Tuesday Night Tickets: Buy 1 Ticket, Get 1 Free from KRAFT Singles with purchase. Bring your package wrapper to a Flying Squirrels Game on Tuesdays for a steal of a deal! Visit kraftsingles.com for more info! Exclusions apply.”
Wednesday July 21 12:05PM (HOME)
Richmond Flying Squirrels vs Trenton Thunder
“It’s Camp Day at The Diamond! There will be a Drawstring Backpack Giveaway at the gates to the first 1,500 14 and under! It’s also WAWA Wednesday – If the Squirrels win you win a coupon courtesy of WAWA!”
Eastern League Standings
| EAS Eastern | |||||||||
| Club | W | L | PCT | GB | ELIM# | Home | Away | L 10 | Streak |
| New Hampshire | 57 | 38 | .600 | – | – | 26-19 | 31-19 | 6-4 | W1 |
| Trenton | 56 | 38 | .596 | 0.5 | – | 33-15 | 23-23 | 4-6 | L1 |
| Binghamton | 50 | 45 | .526 | 7.0 | 42 | 26-22 | 24-23 | 5-5 | L1 |
| Portland | 46 | 48 | .489 | 10.5 | 38 | 23-23 | 23-25 | 5-5 | W2 |
| Reading | 45 | 48 | .484 | 11.0 | 38 | 27-22 | 18-26 | 4-6 | W1 |
| New Britain | 28 | 67 | .295 | 29.0 | 20 | 12-38 | 16-29 | 4-6 | L2 |
| EAS Western | |||||||||
| Club | W | L | PCT | GB | ELIM# | Home | Away | L 10 | Streak |
| Altoona | 57 | 36 | .613 | – | – | 26-19 | 31-17 | 4-6 | L1 |
| Bowie | 50 | 45 | .526 | 8.0 | – | 27-20 | 23-25 | 5-5 | L2 |
| Akron | 49 | 45 | .521 | 8.5 | 48 | 24-24 | 25-21 | 8-2 | W4 |
| Harrisburg | 46 | 49 | .484 | 12.0 | 44 | 22-26 | 24-23 | 7-3 | W1 |
| Richmond | 44 | 50 | .468 | 13.5 | 43 | 24-24 | 20-26 | 3-7 | W2 |
| Erie | 38 | 57 | .400 | 20.0 | 36 | 18-26 | 20-31 | 4-6 | L4 |
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John Murden
John Murden covers Church Hill, the Fan, Carytown/Museum District , Northside, and random Richmond stuff for RVA News.
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Those sound like some pretty good deals to go after. Hopefully these baseball teams promote safer communities because business involvement and athlete involvement is crucial to making a safe environment for everyone.