The Richmond Flying Squirrels surrendered three runs in the ninth inning and fell to the Erie SeaWolves, 7-4, on Sunday afternoon at The Diamond.

  

Richmond (12-27) dropped four of six games in the series against Erie (25-14). A two-out rally in the top of the ninth sealed the loss. With the score tied, reliever Nick Garcia (2-1) allowed a two- out, go-ahead double to Eliezer Alfonzo. Following back-to-back walks to load the bases, Max Anderson’s infield pop-up brought in two more runs, stretching Erie’s lead to 7-4. Eduardo Valencia opened the scoring in the first with a two-run homer, giving the SeaWolves an early lead. Richmond answered in the second when Drew Ellis singled and later scored on Zach Morgan’s sacrifice fly.

Erie extended its advantage to 4-1 in the fourth on a two-run shot by Roberto Campos, but the Flying Squirrels responded with three runs in the bottom half. Cal Mitchell led off with a solo home run, his second with Richmond, followed by a two-run homer from Aeverson Arteaga to tie the game at 4-4.

Cameron Cotter threw two scoreless innings of relief for Richmond, escaping a jam in the sixth with help from Jairo Pomares and Diego Velasquez, who combined to throw out a runner at the plate.

Drew Sommers (2-0) earned the win for Erie with two score-less innings of relief. Yosber Sanchez picked up his third save of the season.

The game lasted two hours, 34 minutes and drew 9,143 fans.

The Flying Squirrels began a five-game road series Tuesday night against the Binghamton Rumble Ponies. The team returns home for a six-game set against the Harrisburg Senators, the Double-A affiliate of the Washington Nationals, May 27 through June 1.