De La Rosa and Arruda Homer, Sens Fall 11-3

HARRISBURG SENATORS POSTGAME NOTES

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SUMMARY

The Harrisburg Senators fell to the Richmond Flying Squirrels 11-3 Tuesday night at FNB Field. Richmond inflicted damage early with five runs in the 1st inning and four runs in the 2nd to open up an early 9-0 lead. The Senators’ scoring was limited to a run in the 4th and two runs in the 5th.

THE BIG PLAY

With Richmond already leading 2-0 in the 1st inning, Vaun Brown hit a two-run single to extend the Richmond lead to 4-0.

FILIBUSTERS

All three of the Senators’ runs scored via home runs by Jeremy De La Rosa and J.T. Arruda; De La Rosa’s was a solo homer in the 4th and Arruda’s was a two-run homer in the 5th… Cortland Lawson went 3-for-3 and scored on Arruda’s home run… Matt Cronin and Michael Cuevas each tossed two scoreless innings out of the bullpen… The Senators went 0-for-8 with runners in scoring position while Richmond went 5-for-20.

ON THE DOCKET

The Senators and Richmond Flying Squirrels play game two of their six-game series Wednesday at 12:00 p.m. at FNB Field. The game can be heard on ESPN 1400am, 96.5 FM & 95.3 FM beginning at 11:45 a.m.

Please find the game summary HERE.