HARRISBURG, Pa. (Aug. 12, 2026) — The Senators were one strike away from sweeping Wednesday's doubleheader before Ty Hanchey tied the game with a three-run homer. Harrisburg took game one 6-2, and Richmond won game two 7-6 in 11 innings.
In game one, RHP Holden Powell opened on the mound with a scoreless first inning.
The Sens took the lead in the bottom of the first. Nick Mitchell doubled leading off, and Devin Fitz-Gerald drove him in with a single.
Branden Boissiere doubled to put men on second and third with nobody out. Elijah Green then scored Fitz-Gerald with a sac fly to center to lead 2-0.
In the second, after Kervin Pichardo and Cortland Lawson reached with one out, a two-RBI single from Mitchell doubled the Harrisburg lead to 4-0.
RHP Josh Randall followed Powell, coming on in the second. He threw three scoreless innings before Richmond plated a run in the fifth and a run in the sixth.
In all, Randall allowed just two runs in five innings of work. He scattered five hits and three walks with four strikeouts.
The Senators added insurance in the bottom of the fifth with an RBI single from Caleb Lomavita and an RBI sac fly from Sam Brown.
The Sens led the Squirrels 6-2 heading into the seventh of game one.
RHP Sandy Gaston came on to close the game. Richmond loaded the bases with two outs after a single and two walks, bringing the tying run to the plate. Gaston struck out Jose Astudillo to end the game and close the 6-2 win.
That marked Harrisburg's third win in a row.
Game two cruised along in the Senators' favor.
LHP Josh Hartle faced the minimum through the first four innings and did not allow a hit until Charlie Szykowny's infield single in the fifth.
Meanwhile, Harrisburg again jumped out to an early lead. In the second, Elijah Green led off with a walk and Ethan Petry drilled a double to put men on second and third with nobody out.
After one out and with the Richmond infield drawn in, TJ White hit the ball hard on the ground to the Maui Ahuna. The shortstop tried to throw out Green at the plate, but the throw was late. The Sens took a 1-0 lead.
Petry advanced to third on White's RBI fielder's choice. Then Cortland Lawson dropped down a sac bunt up the first baseline to score Petry and lead 2-0.
Another run scored in the third on Petry's 110-mile-per-hour double to right-centerfield to score Green from first base. The Senators led 3-0 which held until the seventh.
Hartle's only trouble came in the fifth after a leadoff walk, wild pitch and Szykowny's infield single had men on first and third with no outs. Hartle then struck out Ahuna and induced an inning-ending 6-4-3 double play to escape the jam and hold the 3-0 lead intact.
Onto the seventh, still leading 3-0, Hartle was pulled after a one-out double from Sabin Ceballos.
Hartle went 6.1 innings, allowing just two hits, three walks and striking out two.
RHP Luke Young came on for the save and walked the first batter he faced to put men on first and second with one out. Young then struck out Ahuna.
Ty Hanchey came on as a pinch hitter. Young got ahead of the hitter 1-2, but Hanchey launched the two-strike changeup out to rightfield for a game-tying three-run homer.
Game two went into extras tied 3-3.
Each side plated the placed runner in each the eighth through 10th innings.
Tied 6-6 heading onto the 11th, the Flying Squirrels took a 7-6 lead on Dayson Croes' RBI groundout to first.
In the bottom of the inning, the Senators loaded the bases with two outs against Richmond's Mitch White (W, 4-4). Branden Boissiere lined a ball to centerfield, reeled in by Trevor Cohen for the final out.
The Squirrels won 7-6.
Game four of the series come Thursday night at 6:30 p.m. RHP Yoel Tejeda Jr. (0-2) is slated to start.