Brickhouse's rock-solid start leads Squirrels' shutout
HARRISBURG, Pa. – A career night for starting pitcher Bryan Brickhouse commanded the Richmond Flying Squirrels to a 2-0 victory over the Harrisburg Senators Tuesday night at FNB Field.
HARRISBURG, Pa. – A career night for starting pitcher Bryan Brickhouse commanded the Richmond Flying Squirrels to a 2-0 victory over the Harrisburg Senators Tuesday night at FNB Field.
The Flying Squirrels (17-11) snapped their three-game losing streak while holding the Senators (14-13) to four hits on the night.
Have a day, 🧱🏠
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Career-high 🔟 strikeouts for over 6.2 scoreless innings for Bryan Brickhouse pic.twitter.com/wOLW5ZNlv4
Brickhouse (Win, 1-1) tallied a career-high 10 strikeouts over 6.2 innings without allowing a run or walk. He allowed four hits, including three doubles, but stranded each baserunner.
Brickhouse struck out the side in the second inning and closed out his start with back-to-back strikeouts. Travis Perry gathered a strikeout over three batters faced. Chris Wright (Save, 4) induced a game-ending double play to complete the shutout.
Diego Rincones singles home Brett Auerbach and we’ve got a 1-0 lead in the 6th pic.twitter.com/gnVCZpl9rb
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Diego Rincones pushed the Flying Squirrels to a 1-0 lead in the sixth inning with an RBI single that brought home Brett Auerbach from second base.
Frankie Tostado doubles the lead with an RBI double
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We’re ahead, 2-0, in the 8th pic.twitter.com/BsPRSPlMfU
In the eighth inning, Frankie Tostado torched an RBI double to center field that extended the Richmond lead to 2-0. Both runs that scored for the Flying Squirrels occurred with two outs.
The Senators’ best scoring chance came in the sixth with a runner at second and one out, but Shane Matheny made back-to-back impressive plays at shortstop to hold Harrisburg scoreless. Matheny ended the sixth with a sliding grab and completed a long throw to first to end the inning.
Ronald Herrera (Loss, 1-2) gave up one run and four hits over six innings with seven strikeouts in his start for the Senators.
The series continues Wednesday with a first pitch scheduled for 6:30 p.m. from FNB Field. Right-handed pitcher Gray Fenter (0-1, 3.31) is scheduled to start for Richmond and right-hander Richard Guasch (2-3, 4.37) will start for Harrisburg.
The Flying Squirrels return home May 24-29 for a six-game series against the Hartford Yard Goats. Tickets are available online at SquirrelsBaseball.com/Tickets, by phone at 804-359-3866 or in person at the Flying Squirrels ticket office.