Squirrels homer three times but fall to Baysox
BOWIE, Md. – Facing an early deficit, the Richmond Flying Squirrels hit three solo home runs but fell to the Bowie Baysox, 15-5, on Thursday night at Prince George’s Stadium.
BOWIE, Md. – Facing an early deficit, the Richmond Flying Squirrels hit three solo home runs but fell to the Bowie Baysox, 15-5, on Thursday night at Prince George’s Stadium.
The Flying Squirrels’ (40-32, 0-3) pitching staff tied a season-high nine walks allowed as they fell in their third straight game against the Baysox (30-42, 3-0).
The Baysox rattled off four runs and four hits in the first inning. After a leadoff double, Colton Cowser opened the scoring with an RBI double. Cesar Prieto drove in a run with a single and Coby Mayo launched a two-run homer to vault the Baysox ahead by four runs.
With two outs in the third inning, Brett Auerbach propelled a solo home run to left field to cut the deficit to 4-1. It was Auerbach’s eighth home run of the year.
Brett Auerbach lifts his eight homer of the year
— Richmond Flying Squirrels (@GoSquirrels) June 30, 2022
We’re on the board, down 4-1 in the 3rd at Bowie pic.twitter.com/RtDQATHimt
Bowie widened the margin to 9-1 with a five-run fourth inning. Richmond starter Ryan Murphy (Loss, 0-1) allowed an RBI single and a run-scoring double before allowing a three-run homer to J.D. Mundy. Murphy gave up nine runs, nine hits and five walks with four strikeouts in his Double-A debut.
Shane Matheny moved the score to 9-2 in the fifth inning with a solo home run against Bowie starter Drew Rom (Win, 4-1). Rom finished the night with three runs allowed (all off solo homers) over six innings with seven strikeouts.
.@smatheny2 crushes a solo homer to center 💥
— Richmond Flying Squirrels (@GoSquirrels) July 1, 2022
It’s his ninth homer of the season pic.twitter.com/pTfU0QfGJj
Leading off the sixth inning, Diego Rincones blasted a solo home run to left-center field and pushed the score to 9-3. It was the fifth home run of the season for Rincones, all of which came in the month of June.
Diego Rincones drives a solo homer to left
— Richmond Flying Squirrels (@GoSquirrels) July 1, 2022
His fifth home run of the season closes the score to 9-3 in the 6th pic.twitter.com/vWZ3869lMB
The Baysox tacked on five more runs to increase their lead to 14-3 in the sixth inning. Hudson Haskin led off the frame with a home run, an RBI double, a Richmond throwing and a pair of RBI singles jumped the Baysox to double digits for the second consecutive night.
Haskin upped the Bowie advantage to 15-3 with an RBI double in the eighth inning.
With two outs and the bases loaded in the ninth inning, Matheny lined a two-RBI single to right field that made the score 15-5. Matheny gathered three RBIs in his 2-for-5 performance.
On Friday, the Flying Squirrels and Baysox will square off at 7:05 p.m. from Prince George’s Stadium. Right-hander Kai-Wei Teng (4-5, 4.79) will get the start for Richmond opposed by right-hander Noah Denoyer (0-1, 1.72) for Bowie.
The Richmond Flying Squirrels’ Independence Day game has sold out, but additional fireworks shows will be held on Thursday, July 7 and Saturday, July 9. Tickets remain for the other five games of the Flying Squirrels’ homestand at SquirrelsBaseball.com/Tickets, by phone at 804-359-3866 or in person at the Flying Squirrels ticket office.