Rattlers Lose Home Opener.

Kuroda pitches complete game win:  1 ER

Kuroda:  W(1-0)

BOXSCORE: 2012 RICHMOND FLYING SQUIRREL At 2012 WISCONSIN TIMBER RAT 4/4/2012
 
  FLYING SQUIRREL    AB  R  H RBI AVG     TIMBER RATTLERS    AB  R  H RBI AVG
  M.Brantley CF       5  1  2  1 .400     I.Kinsler 2B        4  0  1  1 .250  
  A.Ramirez SS        5  2  1  0 .200     J.Lowrie SS         4  0  1  0 .250  
  E.Hosmer 1B         5  1  2  2 .400     R.Howard 1B         4  0  2  0 .500  
A-C.Blake 1B          0  0  0  0 ----     M.Carp RF           4  0  0  0 .000  
  L.Morrison LF       5  2  2  3 .400     J.Rivera LF         4  1  2  0 .500  
  D.Murphy 3B         5  1  1  0 .200     C.Patterson CF      4  1  1  0 .250  
  S.Sizemore 2B       4  2  3  1 .750     H.Quintero C        3  1  1  0 .333  
  I.Suzuki RF         3  1  1  1 .333     C.Figgins 3B        3  0  0  1 .000  
  Y.Torrealba C       5  1  4  3 .800     M.Pelfrey P         0  0  0  1 ----  
  H.Kuroda P          4  0  0  0 .000     C.Jakubauskas P     1  0  0  0 .000  
                                          M.Reynolds P        0  0  0  0 ----  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      41 11 16 11                 Totals      31  3  8  3
 
A-Subbed Defensively (1B) For Hosmer In 8th Inning
 
INJURY: Eric Hosmer INJURED (for 15 more games) in 8th inning
 
FLYING SQUIRREL. 1 1 1  2 1 0  2 3 0  - 11 16  1
TIMBER RATTLERS. 0 3 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  3  8  0
 
FLYING SQUIRREL (1-0)    IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
H.Kuroda WIN(1-0)         9       8   3   1   2   3   0 135   1.00
Totals                    9       8   3   1   2   3   0
 
TIMBER RATTLERS (0-1)    IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
M.Pelfrey LOSS(0-1)       6 1/3  10   7   7   3   2   2 127   9.95
C.Jakubauska              1 2/3   5   4   4   1   1   0  43  21.60
M.Reynolds                1       1   0   0   0   1   0  18   0.00
Totals                    9      16  11  11   4   4   2
 
ATTENDANCE- 29,728 DATE- Wednesday, April 4th 2012 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
T- 3:09
LEFT ON BASE- FLYING SQUIRREL: 9  TIMBER RATTLERS: 5
DOUBLE PLAYS- FLYING SQUIRREL: 3  TIMBER RATTLERS: 0
ERRORS- Y.Torrealba
DOUBLES- A.Ramirez(1st), S.Sizemore(1st), Y.Torrealba-2(2nd), I.Kinsler(1st),
         J.Rivera(1st)
HOME RUNS- E.Hosmer(1st), L.Morrison(1st)
STOLEN BASES- M.Brantley(1st), I.Suzuki-2(2nd)
SACRIFICE HITS- I.Suzuki, H.Kuroda, H.Quintero, M.Pelfrey
WALKS- M.Brantley, A.Ramirez, S.Sizemore, I.Suzuki, C.Figgins, M.Pelfrey
STRIKE OUTS- A.Ramirez, S.Sizemore, H.Kuroda-2, M.Carp-2, C.Jakubauskas
GIDP- J.Rivera, C.Figgins
2-out RBI- E.Hosmer, Y.Torrealba-2, M.Brantley, I.Suzuki, S.Sizemore
 
Hiroki Kuroda pitched a complete game and Logan Morrison connected with a 'big
fly' and had 3 RBI as the RICHMOND FLYING SQUIRREL outscored the WISCONSIN
TIMBER RATTLERS 11 to 3.
 
RICHMOND took the lead for good in the top of the 4th inning when they tallied
2 runs on 3 hits.  The RICHMOND offense man-handled the WISCONSIN pitching
staff as they scored in 7 of the 9 innings.  
 
Kuroda(1-0) got the victory, allowing 3 runs for the game. Mike Pelfrey(0-1)
ended up with the loss.  He got hit pretty hard, allowing 10 hits and 3 walks
in 6 and 1/3 innings.