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Squirrels swept in Sunday doubleheader

Richmond drops five games in trip to Binghamton by combined six runs
May 25, 2025

BINGHAMTON, N.Y. – The Richmond Flying Squirrels were swept in a doubleheader by the Binghamton Rumble Ponies on Sunday afternoon at Mirabito Stadium, falling in the first game, 2-1, before losing the second, 4-2.

BINGHAMTON, N.Y. – The Richmond Flying Squirrels were swept in a doubleheader by the Binghamton Rumble Ponies on Sunday afternoon at Mirabito Stadium, falling in the first game, 2-1, before losing the second, 4-2.

The Flying Squirrels (13-32) lost five games in the series against the Rumble Ponies (27-17) by a combined six runs. Richmond leads the league in one-run losses this year with 11 and losses by two or less with 17.

The Richmond Flying Squirrels were held to one hit after their first seven batters and lost the Rumble Ponies, 2-1, in Game 1 of Sunday’s doubleheader at Mirabito Stadium.

In the top of the first, Drew Ellis hit a two-out, RBI single to lift the Flying Squirrels to a 1-0 lead against Rumble Ponies starter Jack Wenninger (Win, 5-2).

Binghamton jumped ahead, 2-1, in the fourth. William Lugo tied the score with a double and Alex Ramirez added an RBI single against Richmond starter Jack Choate (Loss, 1-3).

Douglas Orellana and Dylan Ross (Save, 1) closed out the final two innings for Binghamton.

Raymond Burgos struck out three batters over 1.1 relief innings.

The Flying Squirrels took a 2-0 lead in the top of the first inning against Rumble Ponies opener Luis Moreno. Sabin Ceballos drove an RBI double and later scored on a single by Cal Mitchell.

In the second, the Rumble Ponies opened with back-to-back singles, setting up a run-scoring groundout by Alex Ramirez to close the score to 2-1.

Binghamton jumped ahead in the bottom of the fourth. Ramirez tied the score with a single and Kevin Parada hit a go-ahead sacrifice fly to give the Rumble Ponies a 3-2 lead. Ramirez struck again in the sixth with an RBI single to extend the lead to 4-2.

Seth Lonsway (Loss, 2-3) threw 5.1 innings and allowed four runs.

Binghamton reliever TJ Shook (Win, 3-0) threw three hitless and scoreless innings out of the bullpen. Carlos Guzman (Save, 3) finished the game with a 1-2-3 seventh.

The Flying Squirrels open a six-game series against the Harrisburg Senators, Double-A affiliate of the Washington Nationals, on Tuesday night at The Diamond. Left-hander Joe Whitman (2-4, 4.21) will start for Richmond. First pitch is scheduled for 6:35 p.m.

Tickets are on sale online at SquirrelsBaseball.com/Tickets, by phone at 804-359-FUNN (3866) or in person at the Flying Squirrels ticket office.

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