Flying Squirrels close 2024 season with 5-1 loss
ALTOONA, Pa. – The Richmond Flying Squirrels lost their season finale to the Altoona Curve, 5-1, on Sunday afternoon at Peoples Natural Gas Field.
ALTOONA, Pa. – The Richmond Flying Squirrels lost their season finale to the Altoona Curve, 5-1, on Sunday afternoon at Peoples Natural Gas Field.
The Flying Squirrels (64-74, 30-39) lost four-of-six on the road against the Curve (62-76, 33-36) to close the season.
Higgy drops one into left and we're on the board just three batters in! pic.twitter.com/5gb1qOfWDV
— Richmond Flying Squirrels (@GoSquirrels) September 15, 2024
In the top of the first inning, Turner Hill led off with a walk, moved to second on a groundout and swiped third for his 30th stolen base of the year across three levels, third-most in the Giants organization. He came in to score on a single by Matt Higgins to open a 1-0 Flying Squirrels lead.
The Curve tied the score, 1-1, in the bottom of the fourth inning. Endy Rodriguez led off with a walk, moved to third on a single by Nick Cimillo and scored on a groundout by Kervin Pichardo.
Jase Bowen moved Altoona ahead, 2-1, with a solo homer to lead off the bottom of the fifth against Richmond starter Jack Choate (Loss, 1-4). Two pitches later, Eli Wilson hit a solo homer to left to push the Curve lead to 3-1.
Later in the fifth, Nick Cimillo tripled home Rodriguez to extend the Altoona lead to three runs. Wilson added an RBI single in the sixth to move the score to 5-1.
Richmond relievers Seth Corry and Will Bednar each pitched a scoreless inning to close the game.
Altoona relievers Blake Townsend (Win, 1-0), J.C. Flowers and Cy Nielson held the Flying Squirrels to one hit over the final six innings.
The Flying Squirrels open the 2025 season at The Diamond on Friday, April 4 against the Akron RubberDucks. Full-Season Memberships for the 2025 season are on sale now. The full 2025 Flying Squirrels schedule can be found here.
Movies in the Outfield continues with a showing of “Happy Gilmore” on Sept. 21 and “Hotel Transylvania” on Oct. 12. Tickets and more information are available online at SquirrelsBaseball.com, by phone at 804-359-FUNN (3866) or in person at the Flying Squirrels ticket office.