RICHMOND, Ind. — The Richmond Flying Mummies wasted little time taking control Friday night at Don McBride Stadium, scoring eight runs through the first two innings and cruising to a 12-3 win over the Rockford Rivets. With the victory, Richmond improves to 10-8 on the season and completes a two-game home sweep of Rockford (8-10).

After surrendering an unearned run in the top of the first, the Mummies immediately answered with a five-run bottom half. Prince DeBoskie, Drew Phillips, Landen Fry, DJ Scheumann, Jimmy Chadwell, and Caden Fahy all contributed as Richmond sent nine batters to the plate and grabbed a 5-1 lead.

The offense kept rolling in the second inning. DeBoskie opened the frame with another hit before Fry, Scheumann, Chadwell, and Cal Schembra helped plate three more runs, pushing the advantage to 8-1. Richmond added three more in the fourth, highlighted by Eric Harper’s three-run homer to right field, extending the lead to 11-1.

Landen Fry paced the offense with a 3-for-4 night, scoring three runs and driving in another. Chadwell finished with three RBIs, while Schembra collected three RBIs of his own, including a run-scoring triple. Fahy enjoyed his best game of the season, going 3-for-4 with a double and an RBI.

On the mound, starter Parker Bleck continued his strong start to the summer, allowing just one earned run over four innings while striking out three. Elias Murdock (1-0) earned the win after striking out six across three innings of relief, and Dillon Eden closed out the final two frames.

Rockford threatened briefly with two unearned runs in the fifth and additional runners on base, but Richmond’s pitching staff settled in and struck out 10 Rivets hitters on the night.

The Flying Mummies now head north for a two-game weekend road series against the Madison Mallards (10-6) at Warner Park. First pitch for Saturday’s game is scheduled for 7:05PM EST.

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The Richmond Flying Mummies are a proud member of the Northwoods League. The Northwoods League is the proven leader in the development of elite college baseball players. Having completed its’ 32nd season, the Northwoods League is the largest organized baseball league in history with 26 teams, drawing significantly more fans, in a friendly ballpark experience, than any league of its kind. A valuable training ground for coaches, umpires, and front office staff, nearly 2400 NWL alums have been drafted and over 410 Northwoods League players have advanced to Major League Baseball, including three-time All-Star and 2016 Roberto Clemente Award winner Curtis Granderson, three-time Cy Young Award winner and two-time World Series Champion Max Scherzer (TOR), two-time World Series Champions Ben Zobrist and Brandon Crawford and World Series Champion and Cy Young Award winner Chris Sale (ATL). As well as 2019 Rookie of the Year and 2019/2021 Home Run Derby Champion Pete Alonso (BAL) and 2023 World Series Champion, MLB All-Star, MLB Gold Glove, two-time Silver Slugger winner and two-time All-MLB first team shortstop Marcus Semien (NYM). League games are viewable live on FloSports.tv.