Game 16: Reading 6 Lexington 2 Reading earned a Middlesex League Liberty Co-Championship with a great win vs. Lexington at Dodd Stadium in Norwich, CT. The game was played at the beautiful minor league park as an alternative to the traditional Cooperstown trip. Teams were treated well, with pre-game and post-game access to players’ clubhouses, indoor batting cage, public address system and music throughout the game – the complete professional experience! Scott Tully took the mound for Reading on just 3 days rest and he retired Lexington in order in the first. Reading came out swinging in the bottom half as Anthony Spano, Mike O’Leary, and Liam Kenneally each singled for a 1-0 Reading lead. The score remained 1-0 after two innings, and then Reading struck again in the 3rd. With one out, Derek Galante singled and Sean O’Neill walked. After a 2nd out, Galante and O’Neill pulled off a double steal and Rob DiLoreto hit a bullet to left, singling both runners home. Chris Ehl followed with an RBI single of his own to give Reading a 4-0 lead. In the meantime, Tully retired the side in order in the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th innings. Reading tacked on a big run in the 4th via a Kenneally double and a Tully 2-out RBI single. Lexington got its first hit in the 5th, but did not threaten. Reading did, though, scoring another run in the 5th on singles by Spano and O’Leary and a run-scoring single by Galante. Up 6-0, in the 6th, Tully may have tired a bit, and yielded a run in the 6th. Lexington scored another run in the 7th, but Tully bore down and struck out the last two hitters for a 6-2 win and a Reading co-championship! All told, Reading banged out 12 hits, with Spano, O’Leary, Kenneally, Galante, and Tully each getting 2 hits. Tully gave up just one earned run on 4 hits and 9 strikeouts.