Rosa's Big Day Pushes Baysox Past Squirrels, 8-4

RICHMOND, Va.- INF/OF Garabez Rosa tied his career-high with four hits and drove in four runs as the Bowie Baysox (16-14) won their third straight with an 8-4 win over the Richmond Flying Squirrels (11-17) on Sunday afternoon at The Diamond in Richmond.

The four-hit game for Rosa (4-5, HR, 4 RBI, 2 R) is the eighth of his career and his first since 7/27/16 vs. Hartford. The four RBI are the most since knocking in five on 4/16/16 at Akron.
Bowie jumped out to an early 2-0 lead in the second on the strength of Rosa's two-run shot off of Richmond starter Matt Gage . The home run was Rosa's fourth of the season.
In the top of the fifth, three consecutive Baysox singles loaded the bases with one out before Adrian Marin knocked home a pair with a two-run single to stretch the lead to 4-0.
Rosa led off the sixth with a single, advanced to second on a single, took third on a flyout and scored on Jay Gonzalez's sac fly to give the Baysox a 5-0 lead.
Gage (0-3) allowed the five runs on nine hits while walking two and fanning one over 5.2 IP.
Bowie starter Tanner Scott (n/d) surrendered one hit to go along with six strikeouts over his three innings of work.
Richmond got a pair back in the home half of the sixth to cut the lead to 5-2 as Dylan Davis knocked home a run with an RBI double and later scored on Tyler Horan's RBI groundout.
Both runs were charged to Baysox RHP Jason García (2-0) who allowed the two runs on three hits while walking three and fanning three in 2.1 IP. RHP Ryan Meisinger (2.0 IP, 2 H, R, ER, K) got the final six outs to notch his third save of the year.
The Baysox quickly answered back with a run of their own as Marin got things started in the seventh with a triple and later scored on Rosa's RBI groundout to make it a 6-2 game in favor of the visitors.
RBI singles from Miguel Gómez and Eliezer Zambrano over the next two innings brought the Flying Squirrels within 6-4.
Bowie responded with a pair of insurance runs in the ninth as Rosa delivered an RBI single and Aderlin Rodriguez plated a run of his own with an RBI groundout to open up an 8-4 advantage.
Marin (2-4, 3B, 2 RBI, R) and Tucker Nathans (3-5, 2B, R) also had multi-hit games for manager Gary Kendall's squad.
The Baysox head to Reading to open a three-game set with the Fightin Phils on Monday night at FirstEnergy Stadium in Reading. RHP Matthew Grimes (0-2, 3.98) will toe the rubber for Bowie against Reading RHP Tom Eshelman (3-0, 3.10).