Squirrels and SeaWolves wrassle for last place

The Squirrels go to Erie in a fight to stay out of last place. Richmond and Erie both flirted with first place in the Western Division for minute back in May. Both clubs are now double-digit games out of first and falling further back.

June 25, 2010; 10:32 AM • by John Murden

The Squirrels go to Erie in a fight to stay out of last place.

The Flying Squirrels (33-40) picked up one of three in their only visit to Akron (36-36) this season. It is some consolation that the 2 games lost were each by one run (5-4, 3-2) and perhaps could have gone the other way. Still, the Squirrels are 1-9-2 over their last 12 series, with the single success against the craptacular New Britain Rock Cats (19-53).

Richmond and Erie both flirted with first place in the Western Division for minute back in May. Both clubs are now double-digit games out of first and falling further back. The Squirrels have a 1 1/2 game edge over the SeaWolves, but could head back home in last place if they drop all 3 games.

The Eastern League playoffs take the top 2 teams from the Eastern and Western Divisions, so the Squirrels wouldn’t have to catch Altoona to make the post season. They’re actually only 4 1/2 games out of 2nd place, which puts them in a 4-way fight with Bowie, Akron, and Harrisburg. If the Squirrels don’t make something happen in Erie this weekend, though, it’ll be increasingly difficult to think that placing (or even a winning season) is a possability.

After these 3 on the road, the Flying Squirrels return home for repeat series with the Akron Aeros and the Erie SeaWolves.

Friday June 25 7:05PM (AWAY)
Richmond Flying Squirrels vs Erie SeaWolves
RHP David Mixon (7-3, 3.07) for Richmond vs LHP Duane Below (3-6, 4.19)

Saturday June 26 7:05PM (AWAY)
Richmond Flying Squirrels vs Erie SeaWolves

Sunday June 27 1:05PM (AWAY)
Richmond Flying Squirrels vs Erie SeaWolves

Eastern league Standings

EAS Eastern
Club	W	L	PCT	GB	ELIM#	Home	Away	L10	Streak
Trenton	44	27	.620	–	–	25-12	19-15	7-3	W4
New Hampshire	44	29	.603	1.0	–	21-13	23-16	6-4	W2
Portland	36	35	.507	8.0	63	19-16	17-19	4-6	L4
Binghamton	36	36	.500	8.5	63	20-16	16-20	6-4	W1
Reading	34	37	.479	10.0	61	24-17	10-20	7-3	L1
New Britain	19	53	.264	25.5	46	7-28	12-25	2-8	L1

EAS Western
Club	W	L	PCT	GB	ELIM#	Home	Away	L10	Streak
Altoona	48	24	.667	–	–	22-13	26-11	8-2	W6
Bowie	37	35	.514	11.0	–	18-17	19-18	5-5	W1
Akron	36	36	.500	12.0	70	17-20	19-16	4-6	W2
Harrisburg	34	39	.466	14.5	67	15-22	19-17	5-5	L2
Richmond	33	40	.452	15.5	66	18-19	15-21	3-7	L2
Erie	31	41	.431	17.0	65	12-21	19-20	4-6	L3