The Richmond Flying Squirrels were held hitless into the eighth inning before taking a brief lead, but ultimately fell 3-2 in walk-off fashion to the Binghamton Rumble Ponies on Saturday night at Mirabito Cameron Carter Stadium.

  

Richmond (13-30) suffered its third walk-off loss of the series against Binghamton (25-17), despite a two-run rally that broke up a no-hit bid and flipped the lead late in the game.

Binghamton starter Zach Thornton carried a perfect game through 6.1 innings and struck out six. Reliever Anthony Nunez took over and recorded the final two outs of the seventh before walking Drew Ellis and Cal Mitchell to open the eighth. After a sacrifice bunt and a strikeout, Sabin Ceballos delivered a two-out, two-run double to give Richmond a 2-1 lead and end the no-hitter. 

The Rumble Ponies answered in the bottom of the ninth. Nick Garcia (2-2) allowed a double and a walk before a double steal put both runners in scoring position. After striking out Kevin Parada for the second out, Garcia gave up a game-winning two-run double to Wyatt Young.

Alex Carrillo (2-1) picked up the win for Binghamton, pitching a scoreless top of the ninth despite allowing two hits.

The Rumble Ponies struck first in the fourth inning when JT Schwartz walked and scored on a two-out double by William Lugo off Richmond starter Manuel Mercedes. Mercedes allowed one run on three hits with a season-high six strikeouts over five innings.

Cameron Cotter added 1.1 scoreless innings in relief for Richmond.

The Flying Squirrels wrapped up the six-game road series with a doubleheader Sunday afternoon, losing both games to the Ponies.

Richmond returns to The Diamond next week for a six-game homestand against the Harrisburg Senators, Double- A affiliate of the Washington Nationals, beginning Tuesday.