Hartford 2-5-1Richmond 3-11-2WP- Dusten Knight (2-0)LP- Mitch Horacek (0-1)S- Ray Black (4)T- 2:16A- 5,165
Hartford 2-5-1
Richmond 3-11-2
WP- Dusten Knight (2-0)
LP- Mitch Horacek (0-1)
S- Ray Black (4)
T- 2:16
A- 5,165
RICHMOND, VA- Dylan Davis continues to wreak havoc on the Hartford Yard Goats. Davis snapped a 2-2 tie in the seventh inning with a towering home run over the wall in left center field off of soutpaw Mitch Horacek, to lift the first place Richmond Flying Squirrels (14-8) to a 3-2 victory over Hartford Sunday afternoon. Davis' fifth home run of the season was his ninth hit in 22 at bats against Hartford. After winning seven straight, the Yard Goats (11-11) dropped two in a row to Richmond in the three-game set.
Left handed pitcher Jack Wynkoop threw only 62 pitches and gave Hartford a quality start, allowing two runs on five hits over six innings. He walked one and struck out one, lowering his ERA to 3.86. Meanwhile, Shaun Anderson, acquired by the San Franciso Giants from the Boston Red Sox for Eduardo Núñez last season, held the Yard Goats scoreless through five innings, but Hartford tied the game in the sixth inning. Sam Hilliard and Brian Mundell delivered back-to-back singles, and then with two outs, Bobby Wernes singled to right field to knock in one run. On the same play, Mundell scored the tying run on an overthrow to the plate by Matt Lipka.
Ray Black, who struck out the side in his only appearance against Hartford at Dunkin' Donuts Park, notched his fourth save, retired the Goats in order in the ninth inning, two on strike outs.
Richmond took a 1-0 lead in the first inning, when Ronnie Jebavy reached second on an infield single and overthrow by third baseman Wernes. He moved to third on a ground out and scored on Ryan Howard's sacrifice fly. The Yard Goats threatened in the third inning on a two-out single by Yonathan Daza, a walk to Brendan Rodgers and a double steal. But Anderson struck out Hilliard to end the inning.
Anderson helped his own cause in the third inning, when he hit a wind-blown opposite field double off the warning track in right field. Following a Ronnie Jebavy single, Anderson scored on a sacrifice fly by Ali Castillo.
Hartford managed just five hits, including the run-scoring single by Wernes. Jebavy went 4-for-4 with a run scored to pace Richmond's 11-hit attack.
The Yard Goats continue their two-city, six-game road trip Monday night at 6:30 in Harrisburg. RHP Ryan Castellani will pitch for the Yard Goats against RHP Jaron Long for Harrisburg. The game will be broadcast on AM 1410 WPOP and streamed on newsradio.1410.com and MiLB.com.
