
Flying Squirrels, Baysox split twin bill
The Flying Squirrels (37-35) and Baysox (33-40) split a pair of games on Saturday night with Bowie winning the opener 9-4 and Richmond taking the evening affair, 5-1.

The Flying Squirrels (37-35) and Baysox (33-40) split a pair of games on Saturday night with Bowie winning the opener 9-4 and Richmond taking the evening affair, 5-1.

The seventh annual James River Expedition kicks off June 24 with 29 ecologically-minded students from across Virginia’s James River basin.

For the second consecutive night, the Flying Squirrels (36-34) were denied a nine-inning game, this time dropping a rain-shortened affair 6-5 to the Bowie Baysox (32-39) on Friday at The Diamond.

VCU Health celebrated a significant milestone in the redevelopment of its downtown medical campus on Friday, breaking ground on a $349.2 million outpatient facility.

The Commonwealth will graduate its 128th generation of Virginia State Troopers at a ceremony on Friday.

The Flying Squirrels (36-33) snuck out a rain-shortened 2-1 win over the Altoona Curve (35-31) in the series finale during a muddy Thursday evening at The Diamond.

Richmond hurler Dan Slania struck out seven batters in a spot start on Wednesday as the Flying Squirrels and Altoona Curve (35-30) split a doubleheader at The Diamond.

VCU will face Temple at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y. as part of the Championship Round of the 2018 Legends Classic, presented by Old Trapper.

Gas prices in Virginia have fallen 4.5 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $2.66/g yesterday, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 4,081 stations in Virginia.

The Flying Squirrels could not overcome an early five-run deficit on Sunday, dropping the final game of the series in Harrisburg by a score off 6-5 at FNB Field.
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