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The Squirrels pitching staff continued to shine over the weekend in a tight 2-1 series with tied-for-last in the Western Division Harrisburg Senators (12-18), to the point that going into Sunday’s game four of the top 10 pitchers in the Eastern League were Flying Squirrels.
The Flying Squirrels (18-12) stop off in Bowie to play 3 with the Baysox (15-15).
Richmond leads the head-to-head series 4-3, with 22 more games yet to be played between to 2 clubs. The last time that the Flying Squirrels visited the hated Bowie Baysox they only picked up 1 of the 4 games, but flipped the script and took 3 straight and 2nd place from the Baysox when they came to visit the Diamond.
The Squirrels pitching staff continued to shine over the weekend in a tight 2-1 series with tied-for-last in the Western Division Harrisburg Senators (12-18), to the point that going into Sunday’s game four of the top 10 pitchers in the Eastern League were Flying Squirrels. Friday night’s 5-3 Richmond win was cemented in the 7th when a Thomas Neal single let Darren Ford score from 3rd, helping Daryl Maday (5-0, 1.78) pick up the win and become the only pitcher in the Eastern League with 5 wins and no losses. David Mixon held the Senators to 1 hit through 7 innings in Saturday’s 1-0 pitching-duel Richmond victory, with Ambort’s 8th inning homerun making the difference. Harrisburg took the 3rd game in the series on Sunday afternoon with a 3-run 5th inning knocking Richmond starter Craig Clark out of the game.
The Baysox return to Bowie after a 4-6 road trip through Richmond, Harrisburg, and Trenton, including a 15-4 shellacking at the hands of the Trenton Thunder (15-15) yesterday. After a hot 8-1 home start, Bowie is looking to get their mojo back after having lost the last 5 at Prince George’s Stadium.
Ronnie Ray (0-1, 6.57) will be stepping out of his relief role and starting on Monday for Richmond in place of the injured Mike MacDonald (1-2, 2.70). No replacement starter has been brought in, raising expectations that MacDonald will be ready to go for his next scheduled start. Ray went 1-5 with a 5.79 ERA in 43 games (3 starts) last year with the AAA Fresno Grizzlies. He has appeared in 9 games with no starts so far for Richmond.
Monday May 10 – 7:05PM (AWAY)
Richmond Flying Squirrels vs Bowie Baysox
Ronnie Ray (0-1, 6.57) vs Steve Johnson (1-2, 3.66)
Tuesday May 11 – 7:05PM (AWAY)
Richmond Flying Squirrels vs Bowie Baysox
Wednesday May 12 –11:05AM (AWAY)
Richmond Flying Squirrels vs Bowie Baysox
Eastern League Standings
| Eastern Division | ||||||||
| Club | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Away | L 10 | Streak |
| New Hampshire | 19 | 11 | .633 | – | 9-5 | 10-6 | 6-4 | L2 |
| Portland | 17 | 11 | .607 | 1.0 | 6-6 | 11-5 | 7-3 | W4 |
| Binghamton | 18 | 12 | .600 | 1.0 | 9-7 | 9-5 | 7-3 | W2 |
| Trenton | 15 | 15 | .500 | 4.0 | 9-8 | 6-7 | 5-5 | W4 |
| Reading | 11 | 18 | .379 | 7.5 | 8-8 | 3-10 | 3-7 | W1 |
| New Britain | 6 | 23 | .207 | 12.5 | 1-14 | 5-9 | 2-8 | L3 |
| Western Division | ||||||||
| Club | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Away | L 10 | Streak |
| Altoona | 19 | 10 | .655 | – | 10-5 | 9-4 | 7-3 | L1 |
| Richmond | 18 | 12 | .600 | 1.5 | 11-3 | 7-8 | 8-2 | L1 |
| Erie | 16 | 14 | .533 | 3.5 | 8-5 | 7-9 | 6-4 | W1 |
| Bowie | 15 | 16 | .484 | 5.0 | 8-6 | 7-10 | 3-7 | L4 |
| Akron | 12 | 18 | .400 | 7.5 | 3-11 | 9-7 | 4-6 | L1 |
| Harrisburg | 12 | 18 | .400 | 7.5 | 5-11 | 6-7 | 2-8 | W1 |
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John Murden
John Murden covers Church Hill, the Fan, Carytown/Museum District , Northside, and random Richmond stuff for RVA News.
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