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Richmond, VA - After dominating the Eastern League for the first half of the season with Binghamton, right fielder Brian Happel wasted no time getting to work for his new team, here in Richmond. Happel nearly carried the team on his back to an exciting win. Unfortunately, the Flying Squirrels came up just short, losing 9-6 in 11 innings against Harrisburg. "We didn't give up, and that's the important thing," said Happel afterwards, "Losing games like this can be tough, but the beauty of it is we'll be right back at it tomorrow."
VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS: Happel started his stint with Richmond hot, getting 5 hits
The game didn't start very well for Happel. He came up in the first inning with runners at first and second. But, "The Kid" popped up, leading to an out via the infield fly rule. His teammates did come through the next inning though. A single to left by Charlton knocked in two runs to give Richmond the early lead. Happel then came up in the third and surely won over a lot of fans when he turned on a 1-1 fastball, blasting it over the wall in right-center field for a solo home run, his 19th of the year overall. "That one felt good, especially after I missed out on that opportunity in the first. I just wanted to get on, but I was really able to explode on that inside pitch and send it over the fence," said Happel.
VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS: Happel comes through in the clutch, hitting a game-tying double in the 8th.
Happel showed off his ability to come through in the clutch, as well. The Flying Squirrels blew a four run lead and entered the bottom of the eighth inning trailing by 2. But, with the bases loaded, Happel stepped up to the plate and came through. He crushed the first pitch he saw down the right field line for a double, sending two runs home to tie the game, his fourth hit to that point. Even Manager Dave Machemer was impressed, "To come in like he did and knock the ball all over the place, with a brand new team, needless to say, he didn't wait around to win over his new teammates, or his manager for that matter."
Happel just misses a walk-off homer in the 10th by mere feet, instead settling for his second double of the game.
Happel nearly capped it with a walk-off home run. In the tenth inning, he smacked an 0-1 fastball to deep right field. It hit off the wall, missing a game-winning home run by just a couple of feet. The runner at first had to hold up initially to wait and see if the ball would be caught, then scampered to third when it went off the wall. Had he been able to run the whole time, he would've easily scored and the game would've been over. Unfortunately, Happel and Palmeiro were stranded at second and third. And, the Senators managed to put together three runs in the top of the 11th for the win. Happel finished the night 5-6 with 2 doubles, a home run and 3 RBI. Not too bad for a debut.
| HAR at RIC - All American Park | ||||||||||||
| Jul 8, 2011 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | R | H | E |
| Harrisburg Senators (41-47) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 2 |
| Richmond Flying Squirrels (42-46) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 17 | 0 |
| W: Daniel Wada (3-1) L: Miguel Quintero (0-4) S: Andy De La Rosa (22) | ||||||||||||
| Scoring Summary | ||||
| SCORING DETAILS | HAR | RIC | ||
| RIC | 2 | Charlton SINGLED to left, Baldwin and Gettis score | 0 | 2 |
| RIC | 3 | HAPPEL HOMERED to right, Happel scores | 0 | 3 |
| RIC | 4 | Angel SINGLED to right, Palmeiro scores | 0 | 4 |
| HAR | 7 | Mortero SINGLED to center, Feliciano scores | 1 | 4 |
| HAR | 7 | Barrow DOUBLED to center, Cordero and Mortero score | 3 | 4 |
| HAR | 8 | Mortero DOUBLED to right, Cordero scores | 4 | 4 |
| HAR | 8 | Barrow DOUBLED to center, Mortero and Marquez score | 6 | 4 |
| RIC | 8 | HAPPEL DOUBLED to right, Ogle and Kepuha score | 6 | 6 |
| HAR | 11 | Clark HOMERED to center, Watson, Ogawa and Clark score | 9 | 6 |
| Harrisburg Senators | ||||||||
| HITTERS | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | HR | AVG |
| Barrow, LF | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .238 |
| Aguilar, 1B | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .321 |
| Watson, C | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .222 |
| Ogawa, 2B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .298 |
| Clark, CF | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .259 |
| Feliciano, SS | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .262 |
| Cordero, 3B | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .306 |
| Mortero, RF | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .291 |
| Trevino, P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .091 |
| Andrade, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Krueger, PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .286 |
| Gil, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .286 |
| Germano, PH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .380 |
| Elmore, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Prado, PH | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .269 |
| Marquez, PR | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .295 |
| Hanley, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 |
| Harris, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Haynes, PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .271 |
| Wada, De La Rosa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| TEAM TOTALS | 47 | 9 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | |
| BATTING: 2B: S. Barrow 2 (9), L. Mortero (15) HR: B. Clark (3) RBI: B. Clark 3 (14), S. Barrow 4 (23), L. Mortero 2 (29) HBP: P. Ogawa | ||||||||
| BASERUNNING: SB: E. Aguilar (8) | ||||||||
| FIELDING: E: P. Feliciano (12), L. Mortero (2) | ||||||||
| Richmond Flying Squirrels | ||||||||
| HITTERS | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | HR | AVG |
| Kephua, SS | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .167 |
| Charlton, 1B | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .327 |
| Palmeiro, C | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .213 |
| HAPPEL, RF | 6 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .392 |
| Bernero, CF | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .273 |
| Angel, 2B | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .289 |
| Rohlinger, 3B | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .307 |
| Baldwin, LF | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .306 |
| Gettis, P | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .300 |
| Almanza, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Pulido, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Marino, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Aguilar, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Childs, PH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Ogle, PR | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Brady, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Pressley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .277 |
| Quintero, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Pinto, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| TEAM TOTALS | 50 | 6 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 1 | |
| BATTING: 2B: B. HAPPEL 2 (26) HR: B. HAPPEL (19) RBI: R. Angel (35), B. HAPPEL 3 (82), S. Charlton 2 (17) | ||||||||
| Harrisburg Senators | ||||||||
| PITCHERS | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA |
| J. Trevino | 3.1 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4.92 |
| D. Andrade | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.70 |
| J. Gil | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.57 |
| J. Elmore | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.36 |
| L. Hanley (BS, 2) | 0.1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7.07 |
| J. Harris | 1.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.99 |
| D. Wada (W, 3-1) | 1.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.38 |
| A. de la Rosa (S, 22) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2.73 |
| TEAM TOTALS | 11.0 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 1 | |
| Richmond Flying Squirrels | ||||||||
| PITCHERS | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA |
| M. Gettis | 6.0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4.88 |
| L. Almanza (H, 1) | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| R. Pulido (BS, 2) | 0.1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.68 |
| E. Marino | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | --- |
| L. Aguilar | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| E. Brady | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.72 |
| M. Quintero (L, 0-4) | 1.1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8.10 |
| L. Pinto | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.60 |
| TEAM TOTALS | 11.0 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | |
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