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ERA still coming down, 3-1 strike out to walk ratio

clipped from www.readingphillies.com PITCHER W-L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB SO WP OPP AVG BK AB SF SAC C Chapman 4 - 1 3.18 24 0 0 0 1 28.1 25 10 10 2 0 9 26 1 .245 0 102 1 4

New ERA 3.33

Reading Phils 5 vs. Altoona Curve 6

Altoona Bottom 5th

• Pitcher Change: Chance Chapman replaces Yohan Flande, batting 9th.
• Jose Tabata singles on a line drive to left fielder Jeremy Slayden.
• Pedro Alvarez strikes out swinging.
• Jason Delaney strikes out swinging.
• Jonel Pacheco singles on a line drive to left fielder Jeremy Slayden. Jose Tabata to 2nd.
• Miles Durham strikes out swinging.

Mid Season Stats

The R-Phils are 19-15 and in third place in their division. They are 7.5 games behind first place team Akron Aeros.

Nice Stats

ERA coming down (3.86), 4-1 record, 2:1 strikeout to walk ratio; I see a start on the horizon!

Great Job Chance!

Baseball and Bubble Gum

OMG! Chance Chapman gave us this gum! I will never chew it for the rest of my life! Well maybe just a piece or two, but the rest I will save for ever! I swear!

Final Score

July 7, 2009 R-Phils Game Recap

Akron, OH -- In a wild game that saw a total of 18 runs and 30 hits, five Reading double plays, four Akron errors and ended in a protest, the Phillies came out on top of the Aeros 11-7 in the opener of a three-game series at Canal Park.

Reading got off to a great start offensively, scoring five runs off of Akron starter Mike Tejera (0-1), who was making his debut with the Aeros, in the first two innings The early outburst was highlighted by a pair of RBI singles from Neil Sellers giving the Phillies the 5-0 lead.

Akron would narrow the gap against Vance Worley in a controversial fourth inning. With one out and the bases loaded and a run in on a RBI single from Beau Mills, John Drennen hit a chopper on the right side of the infield. Carlos Rivero ran into first baseman Kevin Mahar, who was late getting to the ball because of the collision, and Drennen reached on an infield single forcing in another run and decreasing the R-Phils' lead to 5-2. The play, which was disputed by Steve Roadcap and not overturned, would result in the remainder of the game being play under protest by the R-Phils.

Following a prolonged deliberation, Jared Goedert added a RBI single to left-center to make it a 5-3 game. Worley (6-5) would get Jose Constanza to hit into a 4-3 double play and escape the inning with the lead still intact.

The Phillies (48-35) would answer in the very next half inning. Jeremy Slayden got the Reading rally started with his fifth Eastern League home run of the season -- a one-out shot to the bleachers in right field -- giving the R-Phils a 6-3 advantage. Tereja would later issue a two-out walk to Kevin Nelson and give up a base hit to Quintin Berry forcing the end of his night. Reliever Neil Wagner entered the game and surrendered RBI base hits to Carlos Leon and Michael Taylor helping the Phillies to reclaim their three-run lead at 8-3.

Reading never looked back answering Akron's run in the bottom of the sixth with a run of its own in the top of the seventh on a RBI double from Taylor. The R-Phils then answered the Aeros (55-30) run in the bottom of the seventh with two in the top of the eighth putting themselves ahead 11-5.

A two-out, two-run homer from Nick Weglarz in the bottom of the ninth off of Mike Zagurski completed the scoring.

Worley got the win even though he gave up four runs on a career-high 11 hits in 5 1/3 innings. The victory helped the Phillies clinch the season series from the Aeros as Reading has taken six of the first eight games in the 10-game season set.

Defensively, Reading matched a season-high by turning the five double plays in a contest that ended up as the longest nine-inning game played by the team this season at 3:26.

Taylor, who went 3-for-4 in the contest with two RBI, became the first R-Phil to steal three bases in a game since Michael Bourn in 2006.

Of the eight walks issued by Akron pitching, five of them came in to score.

The three-game series continues on Wednesday as right-hander Mike Stutes (5-4, 4.46) gets the start for Reading against right-hander Josh Tomlin (8-5, 4.09). First pitch is scheduled for 7:05 p.m.

Another Win For Chapman

The R-Phils took on cross state rivals, Altoona Curve (Pittsburgh Pirates) Tuesday night in Reading.

Chapman, now 4-1 for the season, replaced Michael Zagurski at the top of the 11th. With his first professional at bat, he went down swinging in the bottom of the inning.

His teammate, Kevin Mahar, homered on a fly ball to left center field at the bottom on the 12th to give Chance the win!