RICHMOND, Ind. — The Richmond Flying Mummies (14-10) welcome the Royal Oak Leprechauns (12-12) for the second of two straight days of doubleheaders at Historic Don McBride Stadium Friday night.
Both games will be condensed, seven-inning contests, with game one serving as a make-up of Wednesday night’s rainout.
Friday’s first game is a redux of Racing Night at Historic Don McBride Stadium as well, with the first 500 fans receiving commemorative rally towels from the Flying Mummies and Winchester Speedway. The festivities also stretch into the parking lot, where fans can interact with actual race cars, and meet and take pictures with drivers.
Following the conclusion of the second game, Mummies fans can stick around for the second Fireworks Friday of the season, presented by Scarrette Pyrotechnics.
Richmond is fresh off back-to-back wins over the Leprechauns in a planned doubleheader on Thursday, 13-7 and 6-4. The team combined for 29 hits across the pair of games, the highest two-game total this season. Not only did the Mummies just make contact, but launched three home runs between both games, including one in each from Trent Lombardo, and one in game two courtesy of Cal Schembra.
The recent offensive explosion has helped catapult the Flying Mummies up the league wide rankings. Richmond is first in triples (10th), fifth in hits (206), tied for seventh in RBI (129), eighth in batting average (.257), and eleventh in runs scored (148).
The chase for first place continues in the Great Lakes East division, as Richmond remains in second just 0.5 games behind the 15-10 Kalamazoo Growlers, and one game ahead of the 13-11 Traverse City Pit Spitters.
Danny Harris (1-1, 3.52 ERA) takes the mound for the Mummies in game one, his second start and sixth appearance overall this season. Dillon Eden (0-1, 11.37 ERA) is in charge of the second game, making his first start and fifth appearance. Jake Rifenburg (0-0, 2.61 ERA) and Hagen Hacker (0-0, 3.18 ERA) will start for Royal Oak in the first and second games, respectively.
First pitch from McBride Stadium is scheduled for 5:05 PM EST, with gates opening one hour prior. Fans can purchase tickets at the gate, or online via the Richmond Flying Mummies website, with only one ticket required to stay for both games. A livestream is also available on FloSports.
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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.
