Barfield, De La Guerra Homer in 4-3 Loss
Portland, Maine- Cole Irvin threw a career-high eight innings and the Reading Fightin Phils (51-35) edged out a win over the Sea Dogs (40-44) 4-3 in front of 7,124 on Saturday night at Hadlock Field.
Portland, Maine- Cole Irvin threw a career-high eight innings and the Reading Fightin Phils (51-35) edged out a win over the Sea Dogs (40-44) 4-3 in front of 7,124 on Saturday night at Hadlock Field.
Irvin (3-0) allowed two runs on just three hits over his eight innings of work, he walked four and struck out seven. Irvin threw 109 pitches and 70 strikes.
Portland took an early lead on a solo homer by
Reading tied the game in the second on an RBI single by
The Sea Dogs regained the lead with two outs in the fifth on an RBI single by
Once again, Reading answered - this time in the seventh. After a one-out single by Tromp,
The Fightins added another run in the top of the ninth off of Ysla. With the bases empty and two out, Numata doubled then Sandberg hit a seeing-eye single up the middle for an insurance run.
It turned out to be needed, because
The season series between Reading and Portland concludes tomorrow with a 1:00 PM start at Hadlock Field. LHP