May 15: Harrisburg 10, Reading 1

Javon Moran

3-for-4, 2B

Harrisburg, PA --The Reading Phillies ended a brief road trip with a 10-1 loss to the Harrisburg Senators Thursday afternoon in an Eastern League game at Commerce Bank Park.

The Senators (25-14) won two of three in the series. They have won five of their last six games. The Phillies (18-21) have lost 13 of their last 18 road games.

Marco Estrada (4-2) threw six scoreless innings to get the win. He allowed two hits, walked one and struck out a season-high eight.

The Senators scored three runs in the fourth off Carlos Carrasco (3-4). Ofilio Castro singled and scored on a double by Andrew LaFave. Devin Ivany followed with a triple to make it 2-0. Ivany later scored on a fielder's choice.

LaFave's sacrifice fly in the seventh made it 4-0. The Senators put it away with three two-out runs in the eighth on RBI singles by Jorge Padilla, Roger Bernadina, Castro and LaFave. Two more runs scored on the Phillies' fourth error of the game.

LaFave was 2-for-3 with two runs scored and three RBI.

Reading's lone run came in the eighth on Jeremy Slayden's sacrifice fly.

Javon Moran had three hits for the Phillies to extend his hitting streak to seven games. Lou Marson went 0-for-2 to snap his on-base streak at 26 games.

The Phillies were 0-for-5 with runners in scoring position, 0-for-23 in the series.

May 14: Harrisburg 3, Reading 0

Kip Bouknight

6 IP, 0 ER

Harrisburg, PA --The Reading Phillies had plenty of opportunities but could not come up with the big hit in a 3-0 Eastern League loss to the Harrisburg Senators Wednesday night at Commerce Bank Park.

The R-Phils (18-20) stranded 10 runners on base, seven in scoring position. The Phillies were hitless in 10 at-bats with runners in scoring position.

Harrisburg (24-14) scored an unearned run in the second. Justin Maxwell singled and stole second. He continued to third on a throwing error and scored on a sacrifice fly by Luke Montz.

The Senators got some breathing room in the seventh. Roger Bernadina led off with a triple. Fabio Castro then walked the next three hitters to force in a run and Mike Daniel tacked on the third run of the game with a sacrifice fly.

Shairon Martis (3-1) struggled through five innings but kept the Phillies off the board to get the win. Josh Perrault worked the sixth and seventh innings and Steven Schmoll tossed two scoreless frames for his second save.

Kip Bouknight (3-4) took a tough loss for the Phillies. He allowed an unearned run in six innings.

Greg Golson was 2-for-4 for the Phillies. Lou Marson had a single and walk to extend his on-base streak to 26 games.

May 13: Reading 3, Harrisburg 2

Jason Donald

Go-ahead double

Harrisburg, PA --Jason Donald's one-out RBI double in the top of the ninth inning gave the Reading Phillies a 3-2 Eastern League win over the Harrisburg Senators Tuesday night at Commerce Bank Park.

The Phillies (18-19) have won back-to-back games for the first time since April 26-27. The Senators (23-14) had a three-game winning streak snapped.

With one out in the ninth, Javon Moran singled to right against Zech Zinicola (1-1). Moran was running on an 0-2 pitch and scored easily when Donald rifled the ball down the left field line for the go-ahead double.

The Phillies had taken a 2-0 lead in the second on a two-run homer by Jeremy Slayden, his fourth.

The Senators tied the game in the third on a two-run shot by Justin Maxwell.

Antonio Bastardo threw seven strong innings for Reading. The lefty allowed two runs (one earned) on four hits. He walked two and struck out four.

Jason Kershner (2-1) got the win with a scoreless inning of relief. He walked the bases loaded in the eighth but escaped the inning on a grounder.

Patrick Overholt threw a 1-2-3 ninth with two strikeouts to record his ninth save.

Zinicola was scored upon for the first time this season. He had thrown 17-2/3 scoreless innings between Potomac and Harrisburg before Donald's double in the ninth.

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