Senators Pitching Shuts Down Reading

The Senators came into the series tied for first place with Reading and Erie. Last evening the Senators defeated Reading 8-2 (Box Score). Bowie beat up on Erie 10-3. With those teams losing and the Senators win they take sole possession of first place of the Eastern League’s Southern Division, at least for today.

Senators’ pitchers Bobby Brownlie, Josh Perrault, and Tim Bittner combined to allow 5-hits, and 2 runs. Brownlie got the win allowing 2 runs, on 3 hits, over 6 innings pitched.

Harrisburg got on the board early as Mike Daniel got on base due to a throwing error in the 1st inning. With Justin Maxwell at bat, Daniel steals 2nd and then advanced to 3rd on another throwing error. Maxwell grounded out, but Daniel got a good jump and was able to score from 3rd.

The Senators went on to score 4 in the 5th and, 3 in the 8th. The Senators hitters were lead by:
William Bergolla: 2/5, double, 2 RBI’s, and a run scored
Yurendell de Caster: 3/5, RBI and a run scored.
Ian Desmond: 2/4, RBI and a run scored.

Player of the Game
P - Bobby Brownlie
INF – Yurendell de Caster