Ricardo Pinto may have turned in the best pitching performance Friday.  He threw eight one-run innings for Reading.  Lakewood’s Alberto Tirado and the GCL Phillies’ Nick Fanti pitched five shutout innings for their teams.

But the most eye-opening performance can be attributed to Reading’s Dylan Cozens.  He played both seven-inning games of a double header and went a combined 5-9 with a double, 2 HR (37), 6 RBI (114), and stole a base (20).  His 37th HR e tied Ryan Howard’s output for Reading in 2004.  He is one short of Darin Ruf’s franchise record of 38, set in 2012. Continue reading Box Score Recap – 8/19/2016 →