Squirrels blast three home runs in season-ending win
RICHMOND, Va. - Brandon Van Horn , Jose Layer and Heliot Ramos each hit a home run as part of a six-run, fourth inning to lead the Richmond Flying Squirrels over the Bowie Baysox, 7-1, on Monday afternoon at The Diamond.
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Richmond (55-84, 32-40) welcomed 6,631 fans to The Diamond for the season finale, bringing the total season attendance to 400,321. It was the first season since 2015 that the Flying Squirrels welcomed over 400,000 fans to The Diamond.
For the sixth time in franchise history, the Flying Squirrels finished the season first in the Eastern League in overall attendance (6,255). It was the highest average attendance since 2014.
The Flying Squirrels finished the season with an overall record of 55-84, winning seven of the final eight games and four of the last five series.
Richmond took the lead in the bottom of the first inning when
Leading, 1-0, over Bowie (76-64, 46-26) in the fourth inning, Van Horn and Layer smacked back-to-back home runs against
See ya 👋
— Richmond Flying Squirrels (@GoSquirrels) September 2, 2019
Brandon Van Horn blasts his first Double-A homer, a two-run shot
We’re up 3-0 in the fourth inning pic.twitter.com/JWB6puypWg
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Jose Layer cranks his first Double-A home run and we’ve got a 4-0 lead in the fourth pic.twitter.com/Qlc5paeRR9
Later in the inning, Ramos over the left-field fence for a three-run homer to put Richmond up, 7-0. It was the third home run of the inning for the Flying Squirrels, a new season high. Richmond tied a season high with six runs in the frame.
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— Richmond Flying Squirrels (@GoSquirrels) September 2, 2019
Jose Layer cranks his first Double-A home run and we’ve got a 4-0 lead in the fourth pic.twitter.com/Qlc5paeRR9
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— Richmond Flying Squirrels (@GoSquirrels) September 2, 2019
Jose Layer cranks his first Double-A home run and we’ve got a 4-0 lead in the fourth pic.twitter.com/Qlc5paeRR9
FINAL - Flying Squirrels 7, Baysox 1
— Richmond Flying Squirrels (@GoSquirrels) September 2, 2019
High 🖐️s for closing out the 10th season of Flying Squirrels baseball with a win pic.twitter.com/nyLRDTLYA1
The 2020 Flying Squirrels season begins on Thursday, April 9 at Prince George's Stadium against the Bowie Baysox. Richmond will play 70 games at The Diamond in 2020, beginning with the home opener on Thursday, April 16 at 6:35 p.m. against the Baysox. A full overview of the 2020 schedule can be found here.
For tickets or more information, call 804-359-3866 (FUNN), visit SquirrelsBaseball.com/Tickets or stop by the Flying Squirrels box office.
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