Franklin's mint performance sinks Goats
Reading 6-10-0Hartford 3- 8-0WP: Franklin Kilome (4-6)LP: Heath Holder (0-1)S: Seth McGarry (4)HR: Grullon (13), Hernandez (11)T- 2:51A- 5,836
Reading 6-10-0
Hartford 3- 8-0
WP: Franklin Kilome (4-6)
LP:
S:
HR: Grullon (13), Hernandez (11)
T- 2:51
A- 5,836
HARTFORD- Franklin Kilome pitched 6 2/3 innings of two-run baseball, belted two doubles, knocked in a run and scored a run to lift the Reading Fightin Phils to a 6-3 win over the Hartford Yard Goats Monday night, before 5,836 at Dunkin' Donuts Park. Kilome, a member of the Philadelphia Phillies 40-man roster, allowed Hartford (45-47) two runs on six hits. The right hander walked three and struck out five, as he beat the Yard Goats for the second time in two weeks and pulled Reading (44-49) to within 1 1/2 games of third place Hartford.
The Yard Goats overcame an early 1-0 deficit on a run-scoring single by
Kilome helped his own cause with a double and run scored in the fifth, then added an RBI-double in the sixth inning. The Yard Goats closed out the scoring with a run-scoring single by Bednar in the ninth inning off of
Hartford starter
Game two of the three-game series is Tuesday night at 7:05. RHP