MLN Newswire - www.mlntherawfeed.com -(Reading, PA) – Phillies’ 1B Brian Stavisky (3-for-3, HR, 2 RBI, 2B, 4
RS) homered twice and 3B Neil Sellers (1-for-4, HR, 2 RBI) blasted
what proved to be the game-winning 2-run homer in the eighth as the
Reading Phillies (57-46) defeated the Portland Sea Dogs (50-53) 6-5 on
Wednesday night at First Energy Stadium. The Sea Dogs have dropped 2
of 3 in the series and fall a ½ game out of second place (Trenton was
postponed).
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DH Jon Still (2-for-5, HR, 2 RBI) launched a 2-run homer in the top of
the ninth inning with 2-outs and established a new franchise record
for RBI in July with 28. Still’s homer came off LHP Mike Zagurski,
who walked two in the ninth but retired SS Iggy Suarez (1-for-4, 2B)
on a fly out to end the game.

RHP Chance Chapman (5-1) worked 1.1 innings on two walks to earn the
win. LHP Sergio Escalona yielded 1.2 scoreless innings on one hit and
two strikeouts to earn the hold. Portland had runners at first and
second with nobody out in the eighth but Escalona retired the next
three batters to end the threat.

RHP Jarod Plummer’s homerless streak ended in the fourth inning when
Stavisky led off the frame with a homer to left field. Plummer had
not yielded a long ball in his previous five starts (covering 28 IP)
and took a no-decision, allowing three runs (two earned) on seven hits
over 5 IP. Stavisky snapped a 3-3 tie with a lead-off homer off
losing pitcher RHP Ryne Miller (0-1) in the sixth inning. Miller
retired 6 of 7 batters but suffered his first Double-A loss. In the
eighth inning, RHP Bryce Cox retired the first two batters but
Stavisky doubled and Sellers homered to right-center field. Cox had
not allowed a homer in 42.2 IP on the season.

Portland trailed 2-1 after four innings but scored twice off RHP Mike
Stutes (ND, 5 IP, 7 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 4 SO) in the fifth. 2B Ryan
Khoury (1-for-4, HR, RBI) led off the inning with a solo-homer to left
field. CF Ryan Kalish (1-for-4, 2B, BB, 2 RS) followed with a walk
and scored on 3B Jorge Jimenez’s (2-for-4, RBI, 2B, BB) double down
the right-field line. The Phillies responded in their half of the
fifth when 2B Brad Harmon (1-for-3) led off with a double and scored
on C Tim Kennelly’s (1-for-3, RBI) double to shallow right.

The Sea Dogs made it three straight games by scoring in the first
inning and took a 1-0 lead. Kalish extended his hitting streak to
10-games with a double to right-centerfield and scored on a wild
pitch. Reading tied the game in the second inning on SS Ozzie
Chavez’s (1-for-3, RBI) run-scoring single to center field.

Portland ends their 4-game series with the Reading Phillies on
Thursday night at First Energy Stadium beginning at 7:05 PM. RHP Ryne
Lawson will face off against Reading RHP Vance Worley. Catch all the
action on the U.S. Cellular Sea Dogs Radio Network beginning at 6:35
PM with the Pre-Game Show built by CorrectDeck.

Notes...Still’s 28 RBI in July surpassed the mark held by Kevin Millar,
who knocked in 26 runs in July, 2007...Portland has been retired in
order only twice in the series, reaching base safely in 25 of 27
innings...The Sea Dogs went 0-for-9 with runners-in-scoring position and
stranded 11 runners on base...RF Kevin Mahar robbed Kalish of a
solo-homer to lead-off the third inning by making a leaping catch over
the right-field wall.

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