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  Friday, May 12 7:05pm ET
New Britain 6, Reading 4
 
  RECAP

NEW BRITAIN, Connecticut (Ticker) -- Luis Rivas and Bobby Kielty each drove in a pair of runs to lead the New Britain Rock Cats to a 6-4 victory over the Reading Phillies. Rivas hit a sacrifice fly in the fourth inning and broke a 3-3 tie with an RBI single in the sixth. Kielty hit a solo homer in the bottom of the first inning and drew a bases-loaded walk during the three-run sixth. Tommy Peterman went 3-for-4 and A.J. Pierzynski singled in the first inning to extend his hitting streak to 11 games for New Britain, which won its second in a row after dropping 12 of 16. Peter Fisher (2-2) allowed three runs and seven hits in six innings to pick up the win and Brent Stentz notched his fourth save despite giving up a run and two hits in the ninth. Brian Harris doubled twice and drove in a pair of runs for Reading, which lost for the fifth time in its last six road games. Geoff Geary (0-2) surrendered six runs and 12 hits over five innings to suffer the loss.

 


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Harrisburg 6
Binghamton 1

New Haven 6
Erie 3

Akron 6
Portland 5

Norwich 9
Bowie 8

New Britain 6
Reading 4

Trenton 5
Altoona 2