Early scoring drives Richmond to 6-4 victory over Harrisburg
RICHMOND, Va. – The Richmond Flying Squirrels gathered five runs in the first inning and held a steady pitching performance in a 6-4 victory over the Harrisburg Senators on Sunday afternoon at The Diamond.
RICHMOND, Va. – The Richmond Flying Squirrels gathered five runs in the first inning and held a steady pitching performance in a 6-4 victory over the Harrisburg Senators on Sunday afternoon at The Diamond.
The Flying Squirrels (59-55, 26-19) won five-of-six-games against the Senators (53-60, 22-23) this week.
The Senators jumped ahead, 1-0, in the top of the first inning when Terone Harris III drove in a run on a groundout.
Richmond answered back with a five-run bottom of the first to capture a 5-1 advantage. Andy Thomas started the rally with a run-scoring single against Michael Cuevas (Loss, 2-6) and Victor Bericoto pushed the Flying Squirrels to a one-run lead on an RBI groundout.
Andy Thomas evens us up in the first pic.twitter.com/0Ddva8r4cf
— Richmond Flying Squirrels (@GoSquirrels) August 20, 2023
In the next at-bat, Logan Wyatt crushed a three-run homer to right field and sent Richmond to a 5-1 lead. It was Wyatt’s ninth home run of the year and finished the day 2-for-4 with three RBIs.
L💣GAN WYATT SENDS ONE OUT OF HERE pic.twitter.com/8bacnUOc1L
— Richmond Flying Squirrels (@GoSquirrels) August 20, 2023
Harrisburg cut the deficit to 5-2 in the fourth inning when Frankie Tostado plated James wood with a groundout.
Bericoto pushed the Richmond advantage to 6-2 with an RBI single in the bottom of the fifth. Bericoto extended his hit streak to five straight games and has collected eight hits over the stretch.
Bericoto extends the lead 💪 pic.twitter.com/lA3zXUQCX8
— Richmond Flying Squirrels (@GoSquirrels) August 20, 2023
Trey Lipscomb launched a two-run homer in the top of the seventh and closed the score to 6-4.
Evan Gates (Save, 5) stranded a pair of runners, including the potential tying run at first base, in a scoreless ninth inning to secure the victory.
Richmond reliever Spencer Bivens (Win, 3-3) covered 4.1 innings and allowed one run on four hits with four strikeouts mixed in.
The Flying Squirrels are off Monday before starting a two-week road trip, beginning with a six-game series against the Portland Sea Dogs on Tuesday. The team will be back in town for their final homestand from September 5th through the 10th.
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