EL1 Richmond Flying Squirrels

Baysox Hold off Squirrels to Split Series, 4-3

Published on July 25, 2010 under Eastern League (EL1)
Richmond Flying Squirrels News Release


BOWIE, MD - The Bowie Baysox held on to claim a, 4-3, win over the Richmond Flying Squirrels on Sunday night at Prince George's Stadium. The win allowed the Baysox to split a four-game series after the Squirrels had grabbed the first two games.

Joe Mahoney got the Baysox started with his 11th hit of the series in the second inning. His single off of Squirrels' right-hander Mike MacDonald came with one out. A batter later, MacDonald hit Steve Lerud. With two down, Jonathan Tucker sent a soft-single to right field to plate Mahoney with the game's first run.

Bowie was back at it in the third as Greg Miclat and Ryan Adams supplied back-to-back singles to start the inning, putting runners at the corners with nobody out. MacDonald struck out Tyler Henson, but Joel Guzman sent a broken-bat single to center field to score Miclat. With two outs, Brandon Waring made it 3-0 for Bowie when he lined a single to left field.

The Squirrels finally broke through against Bowie right-hander Steve Johnson in the fifth inning. Conor Gillaspie led off the inning with a double off the wall in right field and Brad Boyer followed with a single to score him. Two batters later, Boyer scored when Clay Timpner lifted a sacrifice fly to center field. Richmond eventually left the bases loaded, and left the inning trailing 3-2.

Bowie immediately got one of those runs back and chased MacDonald in the fifth. Henson doubled down the right-field line to open the frame, and Guzman singled him to third with one out. MacDonald departed in favor of righty Daniel Turpen. Turpen bounced Mahoney to third base, but Adams scored when the Squirrels couldn't complete a double play and Bowie led, 4-2.

MacDonald (2-7) surrendered four earned runs over 4 1/3 innings and lost in his first start since June 27th. He conceded eight hits, walked none and struck out three.

Johnson (5-6) departed after six solid innings. He allowed the two earned runs on five hits. He walked three and struck out five as he won for the first time against Richmond in his fifth start against them.

Richmond attempted to rally from behind in the eighth, netting a run against reliever Raul Rivero. Rivero walked Darren Ford to start the inning and Brandon Belt brought him in with a single to left field. However, Pedro Beato entered to squelch the rally with Richmond behind, 4-3. Beato went on to work a scoreless ninth inning, earning his 10th save of the season.

The Squirrels return to Richmond to open a three-game series against the Reading Phillies (Philadelphia Phillies) on Monday night at 7:05 PM at The Diamond. RHP David Mixon (10-5, 3.31) will make the start for the Squirrels against RHP J.C. Ramirez (2-2, 4.80) for Reading.

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