Bandura, Ceballos lead Squirrels over SeaWolves
ERIE, Pa. – Scott Bandura and Sabin Ceballos combined for five RBIs as the Richmond Flying Squirrels beat the Erie SeaWolves, 8-6, on Saturday night at UPMC Park.
ERIE, Pa. – Scott Bandura and Sabin Ceballos combined for five RBIs as the Richmond Flying Squirrels beat the Erie SeaWolves, 8-6, on Saturday night at UPMC Park.
The Flying Squirrels (41-63-1, 20-17 second half) clinched a series win over the SeaWolves (62-44, 17-20).
Clutch knock from Sabin and we’ve got the lead pic.twitter.com/enI0xEEM0B
— Richmond Flying Squirrels (@GoSquirrels) August 9, 2025
After the SeaWolves scored a run in the first, the Flying Squirrels took a 2-1 lead in the second. Turner Hill scored on a wild pitch by Erie starter Andrew Sears (Loss, 0-1) and Ceballos drove in Bandura with a single.
Josue Briceño moved Erie back in front with a two-run homer in the third.
Scott squares it up! pic.twitter.com/6LSshz6CpL
— Richmond Flying Squirrels (@GoSquirrels) August 9, 2025
In the top of the fourth, Bandura tied the score with an RBI double and came in to score on a single by Ceballos for a 4-3 Flying Squirrels lead.
3️⃣ bases for Scott Bandura to pad the league
— Richmond Flying Squirrels (@GoSquirrels) August 10, 2025
That’s 3️⃣ hits and 3️⃣ RBIs for him tonight pic.twitter.com/6FGssjqENj
Bandura plated two runs with a triple in the top of the fifth inning, pushing the lead to 6-3.
The SeaWolves scored runs in the fifth and sixth to pull within a run, but a wild pitch scored Carter Howell in the top of the seventh and Justin Wishkoski brought in a run with a groundout to extend the Richmond lead to 8-5.
Carlos Mendoza closed the deficit to 8-6 with an RBI single in the bottom of the seventh against Evan Gates (Win, 3-2).
Tyler Vogel (Save, 1) worked around two hits to close the game and finished his outing with four strikeouts.
Bandura went 3-for-5 with a double, a triple and three RBIs. Ceballos was 2-for-4 with two RBIs. Hill had four hits and scored three runs.
The series concludes on Sunday afternoon. Left-hander Nick Zwack (0-0, 1.26) will start for Richmond opposed by Erie right-hander Kenny Serwa (4-4, 3.38). First pitch is scheduled for 1:05 p.m. at UPMC Park.
The Flying Squirrels return to The Diamond next Tuesday through Sunday to face the Altoona Curve, Double-A affiliate of the Pittsburgh Pirates. 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.