Richmond pitching shuts out Erie in 1-0 win to close regular season
ERIE, Pa. – A strong pitching performance propelled the Richmond Flying Squirrels to a 1-0 shutout win over the Erie SeaWolves in the final game of the 2023 regular season on Sunday afternoon at UPMC Park.
ERIE, Pa. – A strong pitching performance propelled the Richmond Flying Squirrels to a 1-0 shutout win over the Erie SeaWolves in the final game of the 2023 regular season on Sunday afternoon at UPMC Park.
The Flying Squirrels (74-64, 41-28) picked up a series win against the SeaWolves (75-62, 38-31) with the victory and ended the regular season winning four of the final five series.
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Squirrels are on the board in the seventh pic.twitter.com/PvQrKG6tRZ
Scoreless in the top of the seventh, Erie reliever Trevin Michael (Loss, 0-1) issued a double and two walks to load the bases. Will Wilson worked a five-pitch walk to bring home Carter Aldrete from third to boost Richmond ahead, 1-0.
Blake Rivera stranded two baserunners in the bottom of the seventh and posted two strikeouts. Evan Gates (Save, 6) issued a pair of walks in the eighth inning but stranded both runners.
Erie notched a leadoff single in the bottom of the ninth, but Gates responded with a strikeout and two flyouts to secure the victory.
Over four innings, Richmond starter Wil Jensen held the SeaWolves to one baserunner and struck out two batters. After allowing a single in the first inning, Jensen retired 11 batters in a row to conclude his regular season.
Reliever Hunter Dula (Win, 1-0) followed with a scoreless sixth and seventh inning with a strikeout and a pickoff.
Erie starter Jackson Jobe gave up four hits over six scoreless innings and totaled six strikeouts.
Game 1 of the Southwest Division Series will be played on Tuesday as the Flying Squirrels host the SeaWolves at The Diamond. First pitch is scheduled for 6:35 p.m.
Tickets for the Flying Squirrels’ home playoff games are available online at SquirrelsBaseball.com/Tickets, by phone at 804-359-FUNN (3866) or in person at the Flying Squirrels ticket office. In the event that any Championship Series games are not played, fans who purchase tickets will receive a credit which can be used for tickets to a Flying Squirrels home game in 2024.