Doubleheader Split; Title On The Line In Season Finale
RVA - The Flying Squirrels (62-77) and Bowie Baysox (72-67) split a pair of close contests on Sunday evening in front of a sellout crowd of 9,560 fans at The Diamond.Richmond snagged the opening game of the doubleheader 6-5 on a walkoff single from Rando Moreno. Bowie claimed the night
RVA - The Flying Squirrels (62-77) and Bowie Baysox (72-67) split a pair of close contests on Sunday evening in front of a sellout crowd of 9,560 fans at The Diamond.Richmond snagged the opening game of the doubleheader 6-5 on a walkoff single from
Game One
Tied 5-5 in the bottom of the seventh inning, Moreno delivered his fourth game-winning hit of the season, lifting Richmond to victory in game one Sunday. Moreno, who entered in the sixth inning for an injured C.J. Hinojosa, hobbled out of the batters box towards first while scoring
The run in the seventh negated a game-tying homer form
Hall replaced Herb who lasted six innings in the no-decision. Herb allowed four runs on eighth hits. He departed with the lead. Herb walked three and struck out six, using 95 pitches in the effort.
A back-and-forth affair early, eventually settled into a well-pitched contest for both
Dylan Davis regained the lead Richmond in the second inning with his ninth home run of the season. Davis cranked a line drive shot that disappeared over the center field fence, giving the Squirrels a 3-2 advantage. Bowie returned fire once again, this time with an RBI single off the bat of Austin Hays to tie the game, 3-3.
Bowie grabbed a 1-0 lead in the first inning. Tyler Herb started the game with a four-pitch walk to
The Squirrels countered with two runs in the bottom of the first against Lucas Long. C.J. Hinojosa worked a walk and
The Baysox quickly tied the game, 2-2 in the top of the second. Designated hitter
Game Two
Bowie took advantage of a defensive Richmond miscue to score the only run in the night cap on Sunday.
The Richmond offense struggled to generate any offense against
Richmond's
Tanner Scott was limited to two innings in the short start. Scott struck out four and walked two, escaping with the bases loaded in the second inning.
The eighth season of Flying Squirrels baseball will conclude on Labor Day with a 12:05 p.m. start. Tickets for the remainder of the season as well as season ticket information for the 2018 season can be found at www.squirrelsbaseball.com