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Nick Howard (So., Olney, Md.) went a career-best 5-for-5 and drove in three runs to lift the No. 5 Virginia baseball team to a 6-2 win over Richmond Tuesday evening at Davenport Field. Howard is the first Cavalier to record five hits in a game since Stephen Bruno on April 21, 2012, at Duke.
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The Richmond Flying Squirrels (10-10) claimed their fourth consecutive win as four hurlers combined to blank the Altoona Curve (8-11), 3-0, in front of 3,018 at The Diamond on Tuesday night. The win returns the Squirrels to a .500 record for the first time since they fell under .500 at 4-5.
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The Richmond Flying Squirrels (9-10) got five runs off right-hander Jameson Taillon early, and then used a five-run eighth inning to defeat the Altoona Curve (8-10), 10-6, in front of 4,573 at The Diamond on Monday night. The win is the third consecutive for the Squirrels, as they get back within a game of .500 after a difficult 1-6 road trip.
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The Richmond Flying Squirrels (8-10) held off the hard-charging Reading Fightin Phils (8-8), 4-3, in front of 6,484 at The Diamond on Sunday afternoon. The victory made it three-of-four over Reading for Richmond, as they claimed their second series win of the season.
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The Richmond Flying Squirrels (7-10) and Reading Fightin’ Phils split a doubleheader at The Diamond in front of 8,407 at The Diamond on Saturday night. Reading grabbed the first game, 3-2, while the Squirrels took the second game, 4-1.
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Ricky Oropesa drove in four runs and Justin Fitzgerald worked six strong innings as the Richmond Flying Squirrels (6-9) moseyed past the Reading Fightin’ Phils, 7-1, in front of 8,824 at The Diamond on Thursday night.
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The Richmond Flying Squirrels (5-9) endured a rough final day of their week-long road trip, falling in the completion of Tuesday night’s suspended ballgame before also dropping the finale of a three-game set with the Altoona Curve (6-7) on Wednesday afternoon. After the Curve walked off with the win in game two of the series, they held off the Squirrels, 4-3, to claim the series win. The Squirrels limp home following the series, having gone just 1-6 on their first road trip of the season.
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In stark contrast to a day earlier when they conceded 15 runs, the Richmond Flying Squirrels (5-7) blanked the Altoona Curve (4-7), 2-0, on Monday night at Peoples Natural Gas Field. The win in the series opener snapped a six-game losing skid for the Squirrels and also marked their first road win of the season.
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The Trenton Thunder (7-3) completed a four-game sweep of the Richmond Flying Squirrels (4-7) with an emphatic, 15-1, win on Sunday afternoon at ARM & HAMMER Park. The loss for the Squirrels established a new franchise record for most lop-sided defeat and also extended Richmond’s losing streak to six games. That string matches the longest losing skid in the short history of the franchise as well.
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The Richmond Flying Squirrels (4-6) lost their fifth consecutive ballgame on Saturday night at ARM & HAMMER Park, falling to the Trenton Thunder (6-3), 3-0. Four Thunder pitchers combined to blank the Squirrels, who remain winless on their first road trip of the season. With the win, Trenton takes the four-game series by virtue of claiming the first three games.
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