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Ponies Take Down Squirrels Thursday at the Diamond

August 18, 2022 - Eastern League (EL)
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RICHMOND, VA - The Binghamton Rumble Ponies got off to a quick start in the first and added insurance in the ninth to defeat the Richmond Flying Squirrels 7-4 on Thursday night at The Diamond. The Ponies have won two of the first three games in the series.

Binghamton (14-27, 42-68) was led by Ronny Mauricio and Zach Ashford, as Mauricio got the Ponies on the board in the first with an RBI double and smashed a long two-run homer to right in the fifth, his 23rd of the year, that put Binghamton up 5-1. In between, Zach Ashford had a two-out RBI single in the second and a sacrifice fly in the fourth. Mauricio finished 2-5 with a run scored and three runs batted in, as he now has 73 RBI on the season.

Richmond though would claw back into the game with a solo homer in the fifth from Riley Mahan that cut the Ponies lead to 5-2. Armani Smith added an RBI double in the sixth to make it a two run game and Brandon Martorano blasted a solo home run to begin the eighth to make it 5-4.

Later in the eighth, Richmond (13-28, 53-57) would have a runner on third with one out, but Dedniel Núñez struck out Brett Auerbach for the second out of the inning. Two batters later, with runners on second and third, Grant Hartwig got Carter Aldrete to line out to short, with Mauricio making a jumping catch to end the inning.

Holding on to a one-run lead in the ninth, the Ponies tacked on two insurance runs with two out RBI singles from Luke Ritter and Carlos Cortes to give the Ponies a 7-4 lead. Grant Hartwig pitched a scoreless ninth for his first save since joining Binghamton.

Jose Chacin (2-8) allowed two earned runs over six innings with no walks and four strikeouts to earn his second consecutive win. Kai-Wei Teng (5-9) allowed five runs and seven hits over five and a third frames with four walks and seven strikeouts.

The two teams continue their series on Friday night with first pitch at 6:35 PM and pregame coverage beginning at 6:20 PM on the WNBF Rumble Ponies Radio Network.

Postgame Notes: Ashford finished 2-3 with two RBI and a run scored...Nick Meyer scored three runs and reached base three times...Jeremy Vasquez was 1-2 with two walks.

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