Saturday, May 11, 2013

Game 11: Reading 3 Lexington 4 Reading suffered a very tough loss under the lights at Lexington. Lexington took a 1-0 lead in the first on a single, 2-base error, and single. After that, pitcher Scott Tully stifled Lexington for the next 3 innings, recording every out by strikeout. Reading's only real offense on the night came in the 4th inning when Liam Kenneally singled, Derek Galante walked, Sean O'Neill advanced the runners with a sacrifice bunt, and Tully singled home two runs. After an error, DH Rob DiLoreto scored Tully on a sacrifice fly to give Reading a 3-1 lead. But Reading gave it back in the bottom of the 5th. A leadoff single and two misplayed bunts loaded the bases. Although Tully struck out three batters, all three runners on base scored on a combination of three wild pitches/passed balls to give Lexington a 4-3 lead. Reading loaded the bases with one out in the 6th but could not push across the tying run. Reading only had 3 hits, 2 of them by Kenneally. Tully struck out 15 batters in 6 innings, but suffered his first loss of the season.