Harrisburg Senators Blank Reading Phillies - AA, Eastern League

MLN - THE RAW FEED - www.mlntherawfeed.com - Harrisburg, PA – The Harrisburg Senators used three pitchers to blank the Reading Phillies, 3-0, Wednesday night at Commerce Bank Park. RHP Shairon Martis led the way, firing five shutout innings while Roger Bernadina and Justin Maxwell paced the offense with 2-for-4 nights at the plate.  

   The Senators got on the board in the 2^nd inning when Maxwell led off with a single. He stole second and went to third when the throw
ADVERTISEMENT went into center field. Two batters later, Luke Montz drove Maxwell home with a sacrifice fly. 

   That was all the Senators would get off Reading starter Kip Bouknight, as he pitched six innings and allowed the one unearned run on four hits and a walk. 

   Harrisburg struck for two more runs in the 7^th inning against LHP Fabio Castro. Bernadina tripled to start the inning, then Castro walked the next two batters to load the bases. Ian Desmond worked a third consecutive walk to plate a run and make it 2-0. Two batters later, Mike Daniel lifted a sacrifice fly to right field to plate Bernadina and make it 3-0; meanwhile a Senators runner was hung up between second and third to end the inning. 

   Martis picked up the win to move to 3-1 while Bouknight, a former Senator, dropped to 3-4. Josh Perrault and Steve Schmoll delivered two scoreless relief innings each, with Schmoll notching his second save of the year. 

   Harrisburg is back to ten games over .500 at 24-14. The Phillies are 18-20 with the loss. It was the second shutout win of the year for the Senators. 

   The rubber match of the series is set for Thursday at 12:05 PM. RHP Marco Estrada takes the start for Harrisburg against Reading RHP Carlos Carrasco.

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