RICHMOND, Ind. — The Richmond Flying Mummies dropped all three games of their home series against the Rockford Rivets, falling to 10-22 on the season after losses of 10-6, 13-12, and 18-2. Rockford improved to 18-13 and moved to within 2.5 games of first place in the Great Lakes East Division.

Despite the sweep, the first two games of series featured no shortage of offense from Richmond. The Mummies racked up 26 hits in the first two games of the series but defensive mistakes and bullpen struggles repeatedly erased promising performances.

The opener saw Richmond carry a 6-2 lead into the sixth before Rockford rallied for eight unanswered runs. Colton Sims homered, while Prince DeBoskie, Jackson Cliatt, Eli Bennett, and Drew Phillips each recorded multi-hit games.

Game Two turned into one of the wildest contests of the season. Richmond piled up 14 hits and built multiple leads, highlighted by Jackson Cliatt’s five-RBI performance and Carson Bittner’s home run, but the Rivets answered with 13 runs of their own to complete the comeback in seven innings, despite committing seven errors.

The finale belonged to Rockford from the middle innings on. After a competitive start, the Rivets erupted for 15 runs over the final four frames. Colton Sims provided Richmond’s lone home run, while Prince DeBoskie, Carson Bittner, and Drew Phillips each collected extra-base hits.

Over the course of the series, with Drew Phillips continuing his torrid stretch at the plate, Jackson Cliatt churning out RBIs in the doubleheader, and Colton Sims homering twice.

The Rivets now find themselves 2.5 games back in the Great Lakes East division, and head back to Rockford for a home series against the second-place team in the division, the Traverse City Pit Spitters. Richmond now turns its attention to the next stop on the schedule, a road series with the 12-20 Kalamazoo Growlers.

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