TONIGHT: The Reading Fightin Phils and the New Hampshire Fisher Cats meet in game 2 of a 4­game 2013 FIGHTIN PHILS BY THE #S series...The Fisher Cats led from the start in the series opener as New Hampshire scored a pair of first inning Record: 38­52 (.422) runs and didn't look back in a 5­1 win over the Fightins on Thursday night in front of 6,717 fans at FirstEnergy Home: 19­24 (.442) Stadium. Road: 19­28 (.404) Current Streak: Lost 5 TONIGHT'S STARTERS: Reading ­ RHP Brody Colvin, 22, gets the start in game 2 for the Fightin Last 5 Games: 0­5 Phils...Suffered the loss in his last outing 7/5/13 at Trenton...Allowed 8 runs and 9 hits in 2 innings...Struck out 2 Last 10 Games: 4­6 batters and walked 4...Threw 75 pitches, 36 strikes...Matched season­highs in runs and walks allowed and set a Place: 6th new season­high in hits allowed...Went 6­10 with a 5.87 ERA in 30 games, 25 starts, with Clearwater and Games Back: ­18.0 Reading in 2012...Selected by the Phillies in the 7th round of the 2009 draft. 2013 Home Attendance: 249,132 2013 Year­to­Date Average: 6,076 New Hampshire ­ RHP Deck McGuire, 24, makes the start for the Fisher Cats...Received a no­decision in his 2013 Eastern League Rank: 2nd last start 7/5/13 against Binghamton...Allowed 5 runs, 3 earned, and 8 hits in 5 innings...Struck out 6 batters and walked 2...Threw 101 pitches, 68 strikes...Went 5­15 with a 5.88 ERA in 28 starts with New Hampshire in 2013 PHILS VS. NEW HAMPSHIRE 2012...Selected by the Blue Jays in the 1st round (11th overall) of the 2010 draft...Attended Georgia Tech Record: 3­11 (.214) Batting Avg: .215 AT A LOSS: Reading's current 5­game losing streak is the club's longest since dropping a season­long 7 Runs/Per Game Avg: 48/3.4 straight games 4/30­5/6...Over the course of the the streak, Fightins pitching has allowed 31 runs, 30 earned, Home Runs: 8 and has posted a 6.53 ERA...Meanwhile, Reading's offense has scored 2 runs or less in 4 of the 5 games (11 ERA: 5.29 total) and has posted a .200 average...Prior to the club's recent losing streak, it had won 6 of its previous 8 Saves/SVO: 0/3 games...The Fightins have lost 7 straight against New Hampshire and 10 of the last 11 overall against the 2013 PHILS EL RANKINGS Fisher Cats. Batting Avg: .245 (11th) Runs: 357 (12th) MITCH­A­PALOOZA: In 7 games since returning from Triple­A Lehigh Valley, Derrick Mitchell is 10­for­24 (.417) Home Runs: 85 (1st) with 2 doubles, 3 home runs, 4 RBIs and 9 runs scored...He has also walked 5 times and has stolen 3 Stolen Bases: 75 (5th) bases...His home run leading off the bottom of the 1st inning last night was the 2nd this month by a Reading ERA: 4.49 (T­11th) batter leading off a home game...Albert Cartwright hit a leadoff home run in the 1st inning 7/3 against Strikeouts: 622 (T­8th) Richmond...In 5 games with the IronPigs, Mitchell was 3­for­18 (.167) and he struck out 11 times. Walks: 365 (3rd) 2013 ASSORTED RECORD 2013 TEAM HIGHS TOTAL HOME AWAY Longest Winning Streak: 5, 6/13 vs. BOW­6/18 vs. POR vs. Binghamton 0­0 0­0 0­0 Longest Losing Streak: 7, 4/30 vs. POR­5/6 @ POR vs. New Britain 3­1 0­0 3­1 Largest Margin of Victory: 8, 6/23 vs. RIC (14­6) vs. New Hampshire 3­11 1­3 2­8 Largest Margin of Defeat: 10, 5/4 @ NHM (5­15) vs. Portland 5­8 2­5 3­3 Largest Shutout Win: 6­0, 6/10 vs. HAR vs. Trenton 1­4 0­0 1­4 Largest Shutout Loss: 0­9, 4/4 @ NHM vs. Eastern Division 12­24 3­8 9­16 Largest Comeback Win: 6, 6/19 vs. POR, down 8­2, won 9­8 vs. Akron 2­5 2­5 0­0 Largest Blown Lead: 4 (x3), 7/8 @ TRN, ahead 5­1, lost 10­6 vs. Altoona 4­2 4­0 0­2 Most Runs (Game): 14, 6/23 vs, RIC vs. Bowie 2­4 1­2 1­2 Most Runs Allowed (Game): 15, 5/4 @ NHM vs. Erie 3­3 2­1 1­2 Most Runs (Inning): 5, 7/2 vs. RIC (Btm 6th) vs. Harrisburg 7­9 3­6 4­3 Most Runs Allowed (Inning): 5 (x7), 7/8 @ TRN (Btm 6th) vs. Richmond 8­5 4­2 4­3 Fewest Runs (Game): 0 (x7), 6/29 @ NBR vs. Western Division 26­28 16­16 10­12 Fewest Runs Allowed (Game): 0 (x2), 6/10 vs. HAR April 12­11 Leading After 5 25­8 Most Hits (Game): 17, 6/23 vs. RIC May 9­21 Tied After 5 4­7 Most Hits Allowed (Game) 16, 5/4 @ NHM June 14­14 Trailing After 5 9­37 Most Hits (Inning): 6, 6/23 vs. RIC (Btm 3rd) July 3­6 Leading After 6 30­7 Most Hits Allowed (Inning): 5 (x4), 7/5 @ TRN (Btm 3rd) August 0­0 Tied After 6 3­6 Fewest Hits (Game): 2, 6/25 @ NHM September 0­0 Trailing After 6 5­39 Fewest Hits Allowed (Game): 2, 6/10 vs. HAR Most HRs (Game): 4 (x4), 6/23 vs. RIC Monday 5­4 Leading After 7 27­6 Most HRs Allowed (Game): 4, 5/22 vs. ALT Tuesday 7­8 Tied After 7 5­6 Most HRs (Inning): 3, 6/23 vs. RIC (Btm 3rd) Wednesday 5­7 Trailing After 7 5­41 Most HRs Allowed (Inning): 3, 5/22 vs. ALT (Top 4th) Thursday 4­7 Leading After 8 27­3 Most Batters in an Inning: 10, 7/2 vs. RIC (Btm 6th) Friday 5­7 Tied After 8 3­2 Most Batters in an Inning Opp: 10 (x4), 7/6 @ TRN (Btm 7th) Saturday 6­10 Trailing After 8 3­42 Most LOB: 12, 5/6 @ POR Sunday 6­9 vs. RH Starters 32­44 Fewest LOB: 2, 6/25 @ NHM Series Openers 10­18 vs. LH Starters 6­8 Most Strikeouts of an Opponent: 17, 4/22 @ HAR Rubber Matches 2­2 Phils Starter 6+ IP 12­14 Most Strikeouts by an Opponent: 15, 4/22 @ HAR Series Finales 12­14 Phils Starter 7+ IP 7­6 Most Walks of an Opponent: 12, 5/19 vs. HAR Phils Starter 8+ IP 4­0 3­Game Series 6­11 Most Walks by an Opponent: 11, 6/23 vs. RIC Phils Score First 27­17 Sweep/Swept 2/4 Most Errors: 4, 6/25 @ NHM Opponent Scores First 11­35 4­Game Series 2­3­3 Most Errors by Opponent: 5, 4/6 @ NHM Last AB Decisions 3­4 Swp/Swpt/Split 1/0/2 Most Games With an Error: 6, 4/10 @ POR­4/16 vs. HAR Walk­off Decisions 4­3 DH Swp/Swpt/Split 0/0/4 Most Games Without an Error: 5, 6/2 vs. AKR­6/8 vs. HAR Extra Innings 4­1 Outhit Opponents 32­13 Longest Game (Innings): 12.0, 4/28 vs. NHM Shutouts 2­8 Equal # of Hits 3­7 Longest Game (Time): 4:00, 6/19 vs. POR Day Games 10­12 Outhit by Opponents 3­32 Longest 9­Inning Game (Time): 3:44, 6/23 vs. RIC Night Games 28­40 When Hitting a HR 26­26 Shortest Game (Innings): 7.0 (x10), 6/26 @ NHM Day After Night 9­9 When Not Hitting a HR 12­26 Shortest Game (Time): 1:47, 6/8 vs. HAR (Game 2) One­Run Games 17­14 Commit 0 Errors 21­19 Shortest 9­Inning Game (Time): 2:03, 5/28 @ BOW Three or Less 29­34 Commit 1­2 Errors 15­30 Largest Home Crowd: 8,982, 4/26 vs. NHM More than Three 9­18 Commit 3+ Errors 2­3 Smallest Home Crowd: 1,991, 4/16 vs. HAR High­Water Mark Low­Water Mark Largest Road Crowd: 9,560, 6/15 @ RIC +3, last 11­8 (4/24/13) ­15, last 24­39 (6/12/13) Smallest Road Crowd: 1,078, 5/28 @ BOW ACQUIRED: 7th Round 2009 Draft SCHOOL: Thomas More (LA) High School AGE: 22 2013 GAME­BY­GAME RESULTS REGULAR SEASON HIGHS CAREER HIGHS DATE OPP DEC IP H R/ER BB K SO: 4, 6/13 vs. BOW SO: 9 (x2), 6/28/12 vs. LAK 4/8* @POR ND 5.1 6 3/3 2 2 BB: 4 (x2), 7/5 @ TRN BB: 7, 8/11/12 @ NBR 4/14* vs. ERI W 6.0 3 2/2 3 2 HITS 9, 7/5 @ TRN HITS 10 (x4), 8/20/11 @ LAK 5/1* vs. POR ND 3.0 3 1/1 1 3 IP 8.0, 6/30 @ NBR IP 8.0 (x3), 6/30/13 @ NBR 5/22 vs. ALT W 2.0 1 1/1 1 0 ER 8 (x2), 7/5 @ TRN ER 9, 8/31/12 @ POR 5/26 @ HAR ND 4.0 2 2/2 1 0 LAST TIME OUT: 5/31 vs. AKR ND 0.2 3 4/4 3 0 Suffered the loss in his last outing 7/5/13 at Trenton.