Senators "Walked Off" by Reading, Again, 5-4

Harrisburg Senators Postgame Notes

Reading Fightin Phils 5, Harrisburg Senators 4

Summary

The Harrisburg Senators lost to the Reading Fightin Phils 5-4 Saturday night in Reading. Reading scored two runs in the eighth and a run in the ninth to walk off the Senators for a second straight game. Harrisburg led 4-2 into the last of the eighth when with two outs, Reading hit back-to-back home runs to tie the game. The game ended on a bases loaded single to the wall in right field.

The Big Play

The Senators were leading 4-2 into the last of the eighth inning when with two outs and no one on Reading’s Madison Stokes and Carlos De La Cruz hit back-to-back home runs to tie the game.

On Capitol Hill

• Mitchell Parker started and went five innings. He allowed two runs on four hits while facing 18 batters.
• Jack Sinclair tossed a scoreless sixth inning.
• Lucas Knowles made his double-A debut and allowed back-to-back home runs with two outs in the eighth inning.
• Joel Peguero took the loss when an unearned run scored in the bottom of the ninth.

With the Gavel

• Leonel Valera went 2-for-4 with a home run and scored twice. He ran his hitting streak to a Senators season-high ten games.
• Onix Vega had two hits, drove in a run, and scored a run.
• Blake Rutherford singled and doubled, drove in a run, and scored a run.
• JT Arruda went 2-for-5 and scored a run.

Filibusters

It was the first time in seven games the Senators didn’t score at least seven runs… When play started Tuesday, May 9 the Senators team batting average was .211 and it’s now .234 after the game tonight… Harrisburg has lost three times in a walk off including the past two games.

On the Docket

The Senators and Reading Fightin Phils play game five of their six-game series at First Energy Stadium in Reading Saturday at 5:15 p.m. The game can be heard on CBS Sports Radio Stations 96.5 FM, 95.3 FM, and 1400 AM beginning at 5:00 p.m.

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