Squirrels back home to battle Binghamton

Richmond lost 3 of the 4 recent games in Reading, but won a doozy of a morning game on Monday. David Mixon pitched into the 8th inning, allowing only 2 earned runs and 8 hits. Also: BOGO KRAFT Singles Tuesday Night Tickets, baseball give-a-way, free floppy hats, and more *%$! fireworks.

June 15, 2010; 10:28 AM • by John Murden

Again the Flying Squirrels come off a commanding win over the Reading Philies for a series with the Binghamton Mets. Also: BOGO KRAFT Singles Tuesday Night Tickets, baseball give-a-way, free floppy hats, and more *%$! fireworks.

Richmond lost 3 of the 4 recent games in Reading, but won a doozy of a morning game on Monday. David Mixon pitched into the 8th inning, allowing only 2 earned runs and 8 hits. He also followed up a Skyler Stromsmoe HR in the 1st with his own homerun in the 3rd (the first of his career). Tyler La Torre knocked in a 2-run homer in the 9th to to cap Richmond’s 7-2 victory over Reading. This was the Squirrel’s last game in Reading for season, putting them at 3-8 for the year at FirstEnergy Stadium.

The Squirrels (31-33) split a 4-game series in Binghamton back at the end of May. Going into that series, the Flying Squirrels were 5 games above .500; they’ve since lost 12 of 17 and have fallen to 31-33 and 4th place in the Western Division. The Mets (30-33) haven’t exactly been hot, bumping along around .500 themselves.

Like before, this ought to be a contest of the Mets’ hitting vs the Flying Squirrels’ pitching and defense. The Mets’ Nick Evans, Kirk Nieuwenhuis, and Zach Lutz are among the league leaders in homeruns and Binghamton has scored some runs: Binghamton is 4th in the Eastern League with 313 runs in 63 games (4.96 per game). The B-Mets are among the heaviest-hitting, highest-scoring team that the Flying Squirrels have faced this season and managed to put up 10 and 9 runs in the 2nd and 3rd games of the last series.

The B-Mets are still letting through a lot or runs for the other guys, though. Trailed only by the woeful New Britain Rock Cats (17-45), Binghamton has allowed theor opponents over 100 more runs than league-leading Altoona (and 74 more than Richmond).

These 3 games will be Binghamton’s only visit to Richmond this season.

Tuesday June 15 – 7:05PM
Richmond Flying Squirrels vs Binghamton Mets
Clayton Tanner (3-4, 3.72) vs Mike Antonini (3-4, 4.33)
The first 3,000 fans of all ages will receive a Logo Baseball presented by Coca-Cola Classic! It’s also Tribute to Hush Puppies and the Fryer Night at The Diamond! KRAFT Singles Tuesday Night Tickets: Buy 1 Ticket, Get 1 Free from KRAFT Singles with purchase. Bring your package wrapper to a Flying Squirrels Game on Tuesdays for a steal of a deal! Visit kraftsingles.com for more info! Exclusions apply.

Wednesday June 16 – 7:05PM
Richmond Flying Squirrels vs Binghamton Mets
It’s Fishing Night at The Diamond! The first 3,000 fans of all ages will receive a Floppy Hat! It’s also Allen & Allen 100 Hometown Heroes! It’s also WAWA Wednesday – If the Squirrels win you win a coupon courtesy of WAWA!

Thurdsay June 17 – 7:05PM
Richmond Flying Squirrels vs Binghamton Mets
Come out to The Diamond and enjoy Fireworks presented by AT&T!

Eastern League Standings

EAS Eastern
Club	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Away	L 10	Streak
Trenton	38	23	.623	–	23-10	15-13	8-2	W7
New Hampshire	39	25	.609	0.5	18-10	21-15	5-5	W3
Portland	33	29	.532	5.5	16-13	17-16	7-3	W1
Binghamton	30	33	.476	9.0	16-14	14-19	5-5	L3
Reading	27	35	.435	11.5	19-16	8-19	5-5	L1
New Britain	17	45	.274	21.5	6-25	11-20	3-7	L1

EAS Western
Club	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Away	L 10	Streak
Altoona	41	22	.651	–	19-13	22-9	6-4	W1
Bowie	33	30	.524	8.0	15-14	18-16	5-5	W3
Akron	32	31	.508	9.0	15-19	17-12	9-1	L1
Richmond	31	33	.484	10.5	17-14	14-19	4-6	W1
Harrisburg	29	34	.460	12.0	14-20	15-14	2-8	L3
Erie	26	36	.419	14.5	12-18	14-18	1-9	L7