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The Altoona Curve (6-7) got out front early and then held off the Richmond Flying Squirrels (7-8), 4-3, in the series-opener of a three-game set on Thursday night at Peoples Natural Gas Field. The Squirrels got out quickly against Curve right-hander Brandon Cumpton in the first inning when Ryan Cavan delivered a one-out single. A…
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A day after allowing a franchise-record 19 runs, the Richmond Flying Squirrels (7-7) rode stellar pitching to a, 2-1, victory over the Reading Phillies (10-4) in the finale of a three-game series on Wednesday morning at The Diamond. After two scoreless innings, the Squirrels struck first in the third inning against Reading right-hander David Buchanan. …
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The Reading Phillies (10-3) handed the Richmond Flying Squirrels (6-7) their roughest night in franchise history, winning going away 19-6 in front of 3,526 at The Diamond on Tuesday night. The 19 runs were the most ever allowed in a game by the Squirrels as were the 22 hits the R-Phils recorded. Reading also broke…
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The Richmond Flying Squirrels (6-6) dropped a back-and-forth affair to the Reading Phillies (9-3), 5-3, in front of 2,847 at The Diamond on Monday night. Right-handers Craig Westcott and Tyler Cloyd each posted a pair of scoreless innings to start the night, but each club was able to break through offensively in the third inning. …
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The Richmond Flying Squirrels (6-5) claimed a four-game series win over the Altoona Curve (4-5) with a, 3-1, triumph in the series-finale in front of 7,691 at The Diamond on Sunday afternoon. Squirrels’ starter Justin Fitzgerald started with a pair of scoreless innings, and the Richmond offense staked him to the lead in the bottom…
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Johnny Monell’s fourth-inning home run was the difference as the Richmond Flying Squirrels (5-5) turned the tables on the Altoona Curve (4-4), posting a 1-0 shutout in front of 7,759 at The Diamond on Saturday night. Left-hander Mike Kickham for Richmond and right-hander Brandon Cumpton engaged in a spirited pitchers duel in the early portion…
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The Richmond Flying Squirrels (4-5) were shutout for the first time on the year by left-hander Nate Baker and the Altoona Curve (4-3), 6-0, in front of 8,169 on Friday night at The Diamond. Pitching controlled the early portion of the ballgame, but wildness from Richmond right-hander Chris Heston allowed Altoona to break through first…
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Juan Perez provided a game-winning two-run home run as the Richmond Flying Squirrels (3-3) held off the Bowie Baysox (1-5), 5-4, on Tuesday night at Prince George’s Stadium. The win was the third straight for the Squirrels and sent Bowie to a fifth consecutive loss. Richmond took the early lead in the second inning, tallying…
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Chris Dominguez pushed the Richmond Flying Squirrels (2-3) out front early and they held on for a, 5-4, series-opening victory over the Bowie Baysox (1-4) on Monday night at Prince George’s Stadium. Richmond got on the board first, plating a run in the top of the first inning off of Bowie right-hander Zach Clark. Clark…
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The Richmond Flying Squirrels (0-1) ninth-inning rally was turned back, as the New Britain Rock Cats (1-0) claimed a, 3-2, season-opening victory in front of 4,653 at New Britain Stadium on Thursday night. The Rock Cats struck first against Squirrels’ starter Justin Fitzgerald in the bottom of the first inning. Darin Mastroianni opened the night…
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