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Reading Fightin Phils Game Notes

September 5, 2016 - Eastern League (EL1)
Reading Fightin Phils News Release


HISTORY MADE - Reading hit their 159th home run of the season on 8/17/16 vs. Richmond (Dylan Cozens) to set the new single-season team home run record...It was previously 158 by the 2004 Reading Phillies...Dusty Wathan passed former Reading Phillies manager Bill Dancy (1983-1984, 1988, 1994-1995) for the franchise record in wins as a manager on 7/22/16 vs. Hartford...Wathan now has 372 career wins... ! WHAT A SEASON! - The Fightin Phils have won back-to-back Eastern Division titles...Reading has won 26 series this season while only losing nine...They have split six series and have swept seven... ! TOPS IN THE MINOR LEAGUES - The Fightin Phils have more home runs (182) than any other team in all of Minor League Baseball...Their 736 RBI and 779 runs are currently third in all of the minor leagues behind El Paso (741 RBI, 784 runs) and Las Vegas (770 RBI, 814 Runs) of the Pacific Coast League (AAA)... ! BEST IN THE MINOR LEAGUES - The Fightin Phils currently has the second best winning percentage (.629) in all of minor league baseball...The Salem Red Sox (A+ - Boston) has the best winning percentage (.630) in all of the minor league baseball...The Chicago Cubs (.647) currently have the best winning percentage in professional baseball... ! CHASING HISTORY - Dylan Cozens broke Darin Ruf's single-season home run record (38) and Greg Luzinski's single- season RBI record (120) by hitting a three-run home run in the top of the 3rd against Daniel Camarena of the Trenton Thunder on 9/3/16...Rhys Hoskins is currently at 37 home runs...They are nearing the Eastern League single-season home run record of 41 (Ken Strong, Hazelton - 1930 and Rick Lancellotti, Buffalo - 1979)...Cozens stole his 20th base on 8/19 vs. Erie to become the first 20/20 (home run & stolen base) player in Reading since Marlon Byrd in 2001 (28 home runs & 32 stolen bases)...Hoskins and Cozens were named to the 2016 Eastern League All-Star Team... ! REWRITING HISTORY - The Fightin Phils set a new single-season record by recording their 2,004th total base on 8/26 vs. New Hampshire...team record was 2,003 back in 2000...They also set a new single-season record by recording RBI number 702 on 8/29 vs. Portland...team record was 701 back in 1983...The team currently has 265 doubles (team record was 273 in 2015)...Dylan Cozens currently has 38 doubles (team record was 39 in 1995 by David Doster and 39 by Greg Jacobs in 2007)...Cozens currently has 104 runs (team record was 111 by Bob Dernier in 1980)...He also has 303 total bases (team record was 303 by Darin Ruf in 2012)... ! 30 HOME RUN CLUB - Rhys Hoskins belted his 30th home run on July 28th in Erie...Dylan Cozens hit his 30th home run on August 3rd vs. Bowie...Hoskins is the second player in Reading baseball history to hit his 30th home run before August 1st (Ryan Howard, 2004)...Hoskins and Cozens join Howard (37), Darin Ruf (38, 2012), Greg Luzinski (33, 1970) and Willie Darkis (31, 1983) as the fifth and sixth players in Reading's history affiliated with the Phillies to hit 30 or more home runs in a season...Hal Jones hit 34 home runs in 1960 when Reading was affiliated with the Red Sox...Dylan Cozens and Rhys Hoskins are the first teammates to have 30 or more home runs in a season for the first time in Reading history...They are the first teammates to do it in the Eastern League since 1981 (Glen Falls' Ron Kittle/Randy Johnson)... They are the first teammates to hit 35 home runs or more ever in the Eastern League... ! BASH BROTHERS - Dylan Cozens (39) and Rhys Hoskins (37) currently lead Mark Trumbo (41) and Chris Davis/Manny Machado (33) of the Baltimore Orioles for the most home runs in professional baseball between two teammates...

Cozens and Hoskins have homered in the same game 13 times this season while hitting back-to-back home runs five times...Cozens is currently first in all of professional baseball with 123 RBI...Kyle Jensen of Reno currently has 120 and is second...Hoskins is tied for third with 114 RBI...Nolan Arenado of the Colorado Rockies currently has 117 RBI...

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