John Michael Bertrand pitched six scoreless innings and Turner Hill tied a franchise record for triples as the Richmond Flying Squirrels beat the Altoona Curve 2-1 on Sunday at Peoples Natural Gas Field.

Richmond (21-46-1) closed the first half of the Eastern League season with its first series win of 2025, taking two of three games against Altoona (30-38) on the road this week.

Bertrand (2-6) allowed two hits, one walk and struck out two in six innings. He retired the first nine batters he faced before Mitch Jebb singled to lead off the fourth. A double play erased that runner, and Bertrand faced the minimum over his first five innings.

The Flying Squirrels took a 1-0 lead in the first inning when Diego Velasquez doubled and later scored on Hill’s triple off Altoona starter Emmanuel Chapman (5-2). Hill hit a second triple in the fourth inning and scored on a sacrifice fly by Thomas Gavello to extend Richmond’s lead to 2-0. 

Hill matched the single-game franchise record by hitting two triples, joining Francisco Peguero (2011), Slade Heathcott (2017) and Caleb Gindl (2017). Reliever Cameron Cotter struck out three batters in the seventh inning, while Ian Villers threw a perfect eighth.

Braxton Roxby earned his third save despite allowing a run in the ninth. After a walk and a two-out error on a pickoff attempt, Nick Cimillo doubled to bring Altoona within 2-1. Sammy Siani then grounded out to end the game. The run ended Roxby’s streak of 13 consecutive games without allowing an earned run, his first since April 29.

The Flying Squirrels opened the second half on Tuesday at The Diamond against the Reading Fightin Phils, the Double-A affiliate of the Philadelphia Phillies.