Richmond defeats Bowie, earns split

There were no late heroics from the Bowie Baysox (11-16) in the finale of a four-game series, as the Richmond Flying Squirrels (13-14) pulled away to claim a, 6-2, victory on Thursday night at The Diamond.  With the win, the Squirrels managed a split in the series and posted a winning home stand (4-3).

The Squirrels took advantage of a costly error from Bowie shortstop Manny Machado to break on top in the second inning.  Daniel Mayora started the inning with a double into right-center field off of right-hander Bobby Bundy.  Bundy recovered to strike out Chris Dominguez and induce a grounder to Machado from Juan Perez.  Machado charged to field the slow-roller and gloved it cleanly.  However, his throw on the move was high to first and sailed into the Richmond dugout.  Mayora was awarded the plate for a 1-0 lead, while Perez received second base on the error.  A batter later, Bundy walked Johnny Monell to put two aboard with two outs.  Joel Weeks then cracked a two-run double up the first-base line to stretch the Richmond lead to 3-0. Read more

Bowie scores four in the ninth to stun Richmond

The Bowie Baysox (11-15) stunned the Richmond Flying Squirrels (12-14) in the ninth inning at The Diamond on Wednesday night, rallying for four runs to snare a, 5-3, victory in game three of a four-game series.  It was the first time in 11 chances that the Squirrels had failed to win after leading following eight innings. Read more

Baysox shut out Richmond, 2-0

Three Bowie hurlers including right-handed starter Zach Clark combined on a three-hit shutout as the Baysox (10-15) downed the Richmond Flying Squirrels (12-13), 2-0, at The Diamond on Tuesday night.  The shutout loss marked the fourth time on the season that Richmond had been blanked.

Squirrels’ left-hander Mike Kickham struggled with his command from the outset, but the Baysox weren’t able to take advantage until the third inning.  A one-out single from LJ Hoes got Bowie started.  Brandon Waring followed and worked the count full before driving a 3-2 offering from Kickham into the alley in right-center field.  Waring rolled all the way to third as Hoes scored on the RBI triple.  Caleb Joseph made it 2-0 a batter later with an infield-single. Read more

Joseph’s 2 HRs push Richmond past Baysox

Tommy Joseph clubbed two home runs, powering the Richmond Flying Squirrels (12-12) to a, 4-2, victory over the Bowie Baysox (9-15) in the opener of a four-game series at The Diamond on Monday night.

The Squirrels got right after Bowie left-hander Cole McCurry in the first inning.  McCurry did himself no favors by issuing a walk to Richmond lead-off batter Gary Brown.  A batter later, Joseph launched his second home run of the season to left field for a 2-0 lead. Read more

New Britain takes finale from Richmond

The New Britain Rock Cats (14-9) turned back the Richmond Flying Squirrels sweep attempt with a, 5-2, victory in the finale of a three-game series in front of 5,544 on Sunday afternoon at The Diamond.

The Squirrels got on the board first in the third inning against Rock Cats’ left-hander Logan Darnell.  Nick Liles, in his first at-bat of the season, contributed an infield-single to get the Squirrels started with one out.  Gary Brown followed and rifled a double into the left-center field alley.  Liles roared around from first base for a 1-0 lead. Read more

Richmond makes it two straight over New Britain

The Richmond Flying Squirrels (11-11) recorded five double-plays en route to a, 5-3, victory over the New Britain Rock Cats (13-9) in front of 3,037 at The Diamond on Saturday night.  The win is the third straight for the Squirrels and also nets them the victory in the three-game series.

The Squirrels broke a scoreless stalemate with a pair of runs off of New Britain right-hander Steve Hirschfeld in the fourth inning.  Ehire Adrianza got Richmond started with single into right-center field.  Daniel Mayora followed and sprayed a double just fair down the right-field line.  Adrianza advanced to third on the two-bagger.  Wendell Fairley bounced out without advancing the runners, but Gary Brown delivered a two-run single with two outs to left-center field. Read more