Richmond wins 1-0 in 14
The Richmond Flying Squirrels (20-20) defeated the Harrisburg Senators (22-17), 1-0, in 14 innings at The Diamond on Thursday night.
In a game in which neither team pushed a base runner past second base over the first 13 innings, the Squirrels plated the game-winner without the benefit of a hit in the bottom of the 14th inning. The ballgame marked the longest game of the season for both clubs. Read more
Sox mow down Mudcats, 2-0
Matt Barnes struck out a career-low five batters, but still overwhelmed another opposition with six scoreless innings in Salem’s 2-0 shutout victory over Carolina on Thursday night.
Allowing just two hits, Barnes let his defenders make plays behind him, scattering six groundouts and two fly balls amidst his 74-pitch, 47 strike performance. In eight professional starts, Barnes now possesses a 4-0 record and 0.60 ERA (3 ER/44.2 IP), with 67 strikeouts and six walks. Read more
Senators take down Richmond, 3-1
The Harrisburg Senators (22-16) cruised behind right-hander Jeff Mandel to a, 3-1, victory over the Richmond Flying Squirrels (19-20) in front of 4,281 at The Diamond on Wednesday night. The win marked the fifth straight for the Senators, also netting them the three-game series. Harrisburg is now a perfect 7-0 in road series this season.
The Senators scored an unearned run in the top of the first inning to take an early 1-0 lead. Eury Perez led off and pushed a bunt-single up the first-base line and out of the reach of Richmond left-hander Jason Stevenson. Perez stole second base, and scored a batter later when Jesus Valdez sent a soft-single into center field. The run was unearned due to an error charged to Richmond center fielder Gary Brown on the single from Valdez. Read more
Wilmington tops Lynchburg, 7-5
The Hillcats fell down 4-0 early, but battled to take the lead on a Braeden Schlehuber three run bomb. However, the bullpen couldn’t hold off the Blue Rocks offense late. An emotional game led to two Blue Rocks coaches being ejected, but the Rocks came away with 7-5 win.
Greg Billo got off to a hot start to his day on the mound for the Blue Rocks by striking out three of the first four batters he faced. His offense was able to thank him with two runs in the top of the second. Read more
Salem hangs on to beat Mudcats, 5-4
Envisioning their third shutout of the season when the ninth inning began, the Salem Sox felt fortunate to escape with a slim 5-4 win on Wednesday night at Five County Stadium.
The Mudcats managed nothing against Ryan Pressly or Pete Ruiz, but found an offensive groove in the ninth, batting around and scoring four times against Andrew Jones to push Salem to the brink. With the tying run at third and the winning run at first, Jeremie Tice laced a high line drive to deep right field, but Shannon Wilkerson—Tice’s high school teammate—backpedaled and made the catch to finalize Salem’s one-run triumph. Read more
Senators take opener from Richmond
The Harrisburg Senators (21-16) earned their first victory of the season over the Richmond Flying Squirrels (19-19), 4-2, in front of 3,848 at The Diamond on Tuesday night.
Richmond right-hander Craig Westcott worked around potential trouble in the first inning, but wasn’t as fortunate in the second as the Senators grabbed a 2-0 lead. Devin Ivany sliced a double up the right-field line to start the inning and was bunted to third base. The Squirrels elected to walk eight-hole hitter Sean Nicol to get to the pitcher Paul Demny. Demny then sacrificed Nicol to second base. Eury Perez lined a two-run single to right field, plating both Ivany and Nicol. Read more
Salem, Carolina split twinbill
Thrilled to finally return to action after back-to-back rainouts, the Salem Sox raced past Carolina for an 8-6 win in Tuesday’s opener. In the nightcap, however, the Sox ran out of gas and fell 4-1, managing just three hits, a new season-low.
In game one, Salem led 2-zip on Sean Coyle’s two-run bomb just two batters into the game. Jackie Bradley Jr. led off with a line drive double before Coyle unloaded on Mike Rayl’s delivery, depositing his fifth jack of the season over the fence in left. Miguel Celestino dealt a perfect first and struck out the leadoff batter in the second, but Carolina’s Jeremie Tice launched a solo shot to left to slice the gap in half. Jake Lowery followed the homer with a single, scoring two batters later on Anthony Gallas’ RBI knock that tied the score at two. The Mudcats loaded the bases with two outs, but were unable to take the lead as Tony Wolters skied to left to end the threat. Read more
