Fightin Phils replay: Somerset 5, Reading 4
Jul. 28—Tuesday's game
Somerset 5
Reading 4 (10)
Game recap: The Fightin Phils were unable to score the tying run despite loading the bases with no outs in the 10th inning and fell to the Patriots in a Double-A Northeast League game at FirstEnergy Stadium.
Rafael Marchan began the bottom of the 10th on second and went to third on a wild pitch. Bryson Stott and Madison Stokes then walked against Kevin Gadea.
Gadea then struck out Josh Stephen, got Grenny Cumana on a pop-up to the mound, and struck out Colby Fitch to end it and earn his first save.
Somerset (44-28) had taken the lead in the top of the inning on a two-out single by Michael Beltre off Brian Marconi (1-2).
The Fightin Phils (29-44), who have lost two straight, tied it in the ninth. Fitch led off with a walk and scored on a one-out double by Logan Landon against Addison Russ (2-1). Russ spent the 2019 season with Reading; he was traded by Philadelphia to the Yankees last season for reliever David Hale.
Reading scored a run in the first when Stokes singled to drive in Marchan, who had doubled. After Somerset tied it in the second, the Fightins went up 3-1 in the bottom of the inning on Luke Miller's two-run home run, his 11th homer of the season.
Beltre hit a two-run homer in the fourth, his 12th, to tie it. The Patriots took the lead on an error by pitcher Josh Hendrickson in the fifth.
Phillers: Left-hander Kyle Dohy struck out the side on nine pitches in the sixth. ... Before the game, Philadelphia announced several roster moves involving the Fightins. Catcher Rafael Marchan was sent down from Triple-A Lehigh Valley, while catcher Rodolfo Duran was promoted to the IronPigs. Infielder McCarthy Tatum was sent to High-A Jersey Shore, and right-hander Tyler Phillips was added to the development list. ... Marchan, 22, had been hitting .200 with 14 RBIs in 40 games with Lehigh Valley. A member of the Phillies' 40-man roster, Marchan has hit .278 (5-for-18) in eight games for Philadelphia this season. ... Duran was hitting .182 with five homers and nine RBIs in 30 games for Reading. ... Tatum was hitting .181 with seven homers and 19 RBIs in 59 games for the Fightins. ... Phillips was claimed off waivers by the Phillies from Texas last week. He was 1-5 with a 6.75 ERA in 10 games, nine starts, combined between Double-A Frisco (1-2, 4.70 in six games) and Triple-A Round Rock (0-3, 9.90 in four games).
On deck: Reading and Somerset will meet in the second game of the six-game series Wednesday at 7:05 p.m. Righty Jack Perkins (2-1, 2.56) is scheduled to start for the Fightins.
