The Flying Squirrels (59-55, 26-19), the Double-A affiliate of the San Francisco Giants, won five of six from the Senators (53-60, 22-23), the Double-A affiliate of the Washington Nationals, 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.
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.
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.
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.
Tickets are available online at SquirrelsBaseball.com/Tickets, by phone at 804-359-FUNN (3866) or in person at the Flying Squirrels ticket office.
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Chris Graham
