Fisher Cats Rally, But Fall in 11 to Fightin Phils
April 23, 2016 - Eastern League (EL1)
New Hampshire Fisher Cats News Release
READING, PA - Matt Dean's sacrifice fly in the top of the ninth inning gave the Fisher Cats the lead, but Reading rallied and beat New Hampshire 4-3 in 11 innings on Saturday night.
Rhys (pronounce: REESE) Hoskins homered off Brady Dragmire (0-1) leading off the bottom of the 11th to give the Phils the series win.
Reading (11-5) opened the scoring in the bottom of the first inning. Roman Quinn led off with a single and advanced to third on a stolen base and error. The run scored on a groundout by Angelo Mora.
New Hampshire (5-9) took advantage of a Fightin Phils error to tie the game in the eighth. Jorge Saez doubled and Jorge Flores walked. A grounder hit by Roemon Fields was misplayed, allowing pinch-runner Ian Parmley to cross from third to tie the game at 1-1.
In the top of the ninth, the Fisher Cats went ahead. Rowdy Tellez walked, Melky Mesa singled and K.C. Hobson walked to load the bases. Dean's sacrifice fly made it 2-1 and Wilkin Castillo doubled in Mesa.
Reading was able to score two unearned runs in the bottom of the ninth inning, loading the bases against Chris Smith. Smith then fielded a ground ball by K.C. Serna, but threw wild at home trying for a force, allowing two runs to score and force extra innings.
Both starting pitchers had solid outings. New Hampshire's Shane Dawson allowed just the unearned run in 5.2 IP. He walked three and struck out four. Reading starter Alec Asher allowed one unearned run in 7.2 innings with four strikeouts. Severino Gonzalez (1-0) pitched the final 2.1 innings without allowing a run to earn the win in relief.
The series concludes on Sunday at 2:05 p.m. RHP Jeremy Gabryszwski (0-1, 2.50) will be on the mound for the Fisher Cats against Reading RHP Ben Lively (2-0, 2.00). Coverage with Bob Lipman begins at 1:45 p.m. on the WGIR Fisher Cats Radio Network and online at www.nhfishercats.com.
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