August 27-28

Monday morning at the mall for lunch, later in the day we were back in Baseballtown as the Binghamton Mets came to town. The R-Phils took the opener on Monday by the final score of 4-1 as the odyssey of Darin Ruf continues, he went yard in the fifth inning for his league-leading thirty-sixth home run. Tug Hulett had a two-run double and Jake Fox had an RBI two-base hit as well but the story on this night was Trevor May who pitched eight innings of two-hit ball and struck out nine for the win. On Tuesday night it was Home Run Derby as the R-Phils outlasted the B-Mets by a count of 12-8. Tommy Joseph hit a round-tripper and had three RBI, Tyson Gillies duplicated that with a long ball and three RBI of his own. Jake Fox went yard as well and had two ribbies, Tug Hulett had an RBI single and pitcher Colby Shreve knocked home a run on a fielder's choice. The highlight of the night came in the sixth inning when Darin Ruf did it again, his two-run bomb was his thirty-seventh home run of 2012, that ties the Reading franchise record established by Ryan Howard in 2004. Since August began Darin has been on a wonderful ride, his play has caught the attention of the organizational bigwigs in Philadelphia. There is talk that he may get a look at the major league level in September but that remains to be seen. Shreve was the winning pitcher in relief of starter Ethan Martin, Kyle Simon finished it for the save. The series will continue on Wednesday (with the possibility of more history being made) and wraps up on Thursday. Take care, thanks for reading.