Victor Bericoto launched two home runs, but the Richmond Flying Squirrels fell to the Harrisburg Senators, 8-6, in a back-and-forth contest Sunday afternoon at FNB Field.

The loss sealed a tough road trip for Richmond (2-7), which dropped four of six games in the series against Harrisburg (4-5).

The Flying Squirrels jumped ahead early when Carter Howell and Diego Velasquez led off the game with consecutive singles. Two batters later, Bericoto Victor Bericoto crushed a three-run homer — his first of the season — for a 3-0 lead. 

Harrisburg responded in the bottom of the first on an RBI single by Phillip Glasser, then tied it in the second on Daylen Lyle’s two-out, two-strike single that plated two runs.

Richmond regained the lead in the third on RBI singles from Justin Wishkoski and Matt Higgins, making it 5-3.

But the Senators answered again in the bottom half as Carlos De La Cruz belted a two-run homer to even the score at 5-5.

Yohandy Morales put Harrisburg ahead 6-5 with a solo shot in the fifth. Bericoto tied it again in the sixth with his second homer of the day — his first multi-homer game at Double-A and the second of his career.

The Senators pulled ahead for good in the seventh on Glasser’s RBI single off reliever Braxton Roxby (0-1) and added an insurance run in the eighth.

Richmond threatened in the ninth, loading the bases with one out, but Junior Santos (Save, 1) induced a game-ending double play from Wishkoski. Ivan Armstrong (1-0), a former Giants minor leaguer, earned the win for Harrisburg. 

The Flying Squirrels returned home to The Diamond for a six-game series against the Chesapeake Baysox, continuing through Sunday.