Reading Phillies Defeat New Britain Rock Cats 3-1 in Classic Pitching Duel

MLN Newswire - www.mlntherawfeed.com –

New Britain, CT – Reading’s Tyson Brummett out-dueled Jeff Manship to lead the Phillies to a 3-1 victory over the Rock Cats on Monday night. 

Manship (1-5, 4.50) tossed six solid innings, limiting the R-Phils to two runs (1 ER) on five hits. He struck out four. Brummett (2-3, 4.05) one-upped him with one run and four hits over six innings. He also struck out four, but walked five batters. 

Reading took an early 1-0 lead in the first when Luke Appert led off with a single and came around to score on a sacrifice fly by Greg Golson. In the second, Kevin Nelson knocked in Neil Sellers with a single for a 2-0 advantage.

Your Ad Here

In the third, Drew Butera and Dustin Martin opened the inning with back-to-back walks. Danny Valencia then singled to center field to score Butera and cut the lead in half, 2-1.  

The R-Phils scored once more in the seventh. Zach Ward walked leadoff man Brad Harman, who stole second base. Ward forced a ground out but then issued two consecutive walks to load the bases. Jason Donald’s sacrifice fly scored Harman for a 3-1 lead.  

Justin Pope notched his fourth save of the season with a perfect ninth.

If you like the daily news of the Raw Feed, SUBSCRIBE TODAY to the nation's only alternative professional sports magazine, SZ, with original features and great action photography in baseball, hockey, basketball, and football. Just $11.99 per year for an e-zine like you’ve never seen!