Fisher Cats Sweep Phillies With 10-5 Win
(Reading,
PA)-Moises Sierra homered and drove
in four runs and B.J. LaMura earned
the win as the Fisher Cats completed a three-game sweep of Reading with
a 10-5
win on Thursday morning.
The
win was the fourth straight for New Hampshire (15-9) on the roadtrip,
and moves
the club back into a first-place tie with the Phillies (16-10).
The
Fisher Cats picked up three runs in the top of the first inning. Anthony
Gose reached on an error, Darin
Mastroianni walked, and Sierra (1-for-4, HR, 4 RBI) blasted a
three-run
homer off Reading starter J.C. Ramirez to make it 3-0.
Reading
came right back in the bottom of the first to cut the lead. Freddy Galvis and Matt Miller drew walks,
moving up on a passed ball. Galvis
scored on a ground out by Matt Rizzotti and Miller scored on a single
by Carlos
Rivero to cut the New Hampshire lead to 3-2.
The
Fisher Cats put three more runs on the board in the top of the third
inning. Gose walked, was balked to second
and moved
to third on a fielders choice by Mastroianni.
Sierra then picked up his fourth RBI of the game with a
sacrifice fly to
make it 4-2. Mike McDade reached on an
error, scoring Mastroianni. And after
Mark Sobolewski walked, John Tolisano doubled to make it 6-2.
Matt
Rizzotti hit his fourth home run of the season, a solo shot, with one
out in
the bottom of the third inning to cut the lead to 6-3.
Reading
added single runs in the fifth and seventh innings to close to within
6-5. Galvis tripled in the fifth and
scored on a
Matt Miller ground out. Miller singled
home Fidel Hernandez in the last of the seventh inning.
In
the top of the eighth inning, McDade hit his second home run of the
season, a
solo shot off Phillies reliever Tyson Brummett to make it 7-5.
The
Fisher Cats added three more runs in the top of the ninth inning. Adeiny Hechavarria reached on an error and
Gose walked. Mastroianni bunted the
runners into scoring position. After
McDade was intentionally walked, Sobolewski plated two with a single
and
Tolisano
LaMura
(2-1) worked five innings, allowing four hits and four runs. He walked three and struck out one. Clint Everts worked a perfect sixth before
yielding
the Miller RBI single in the seventh.
Evan Crawford retired the four batters he faced, including a
strikeout
of Rizzotti with the tying run on base to end the seventh inning. Alan Farina worked a perfect ninth inning.
Reading
starter Ramirez (4-1), who entered the game unbeaten in his first four
starts
with a 1.03 ERA, left after 2.2 innings in which he gave up six runs,
three earned,
on two hits.
New
Hampshire returns to Northeast Delta
Dental Stadium tomorrow (Friday, May 6) at 6:35pm to take on the
Binghamton. RHP Joel Carreno (0-3, 6.56)
is the scheduled
starter for the Fisher Cats against Mets southpaw Mark Cohoon (1-2,
2.70). An Atlas Fireworks Show will follow
the game.
For tickets and information, call (603) 641-2005 or visit www.nhfishercats.com.
Radio
coverage begins at 6:15pm with Bob Lipman & Dick Lutsk on the WGIR Fisher Cats Radio Network.