TONIGHT: The Reading Fightin Phils and the New Britain Rock Cats meet in the opener of 3­game series...The 2013 FIGHTIN PHILS BY THE #S Harrisburg Senators rallied for 4 runs in the bottom of the 8th inning to pick up a 4­1 win over the Fightin Phils Record: 49­67 (.422) on Thursday night in front of 4,368 fans at Metro Bank Park. Home: 26­30 (.464) Road: 23­37 (.383) TONIGHT'S STARTERS: Reading ­ RHP Brody Colvin, 22, gets the start in the opener for the Fightin Current Streak: Lost 2 Phils...Received a no­decision in his last outing 8/3/13 at Trenton...Allowed 5 runs and 6 hits in 5 Last 5 Games: 1­4 innings...Struck out 2 batters and walked 5...Threw 83 pitches, 44 strikes...Went 6­10 with a 5.87 ERA in 30 Last 10 Games: 3­7 games, 25 starts, with Clearwater and Reading in 2012...Selected by the Phillies in the 7th round of the 2009 Place: 6th draft. Games Back: ­23.5 2013 Home Attendance: 335,036 New Britain ­ RHP B.J. Hermsen, 23, makes the start for the Rock Cats...Received a no­decision in his outing 2013 Year­to­Date Average: 6,204 8/3/13 against Erie...Allowed 3 runs and 3 hits in 3 innings...Struck out 2 batters and walked 2...Went 12­6 with 2013 Eastern League Rank: 2nd a 2.88 ERA in 26 starts combined with Fort Myers and New Britain in 2012...Selected by the Twins in the 6th 2013 PHILS VS. NEW BRITAIN round of the 2008 draft. Record: 6­2 (.750) TEACH ME HOW TO DUGAN: Kelly Dugan has hits in 8 straight games, his longest hit streak of the season, Batting Avg: .277 over which he his hitting .355 (11x31) with a double, 3 home runs, 4 RBIs and 5 runs scored...He has hits in 13 Runs/Per Game Avg: 48/6.0 of his last 14 contests overall and is batting .333 (17x51) over that stretch...The California­native picked up his 3 Home Runs: 10 outfield assist with the Fightin Phils by throwing out Justin Bloxom at the plate on Thursday night...Dugan has ERA: 3.42 doubled his career home run total to 30 with 15 this season...Overall, the 22­year­old is hitting .308 in 87 games Saves/SVO: 2/2 with 19 doubles, 4 triples, and 48 RBIs in addition to his 15 homers with Clearwater and Reading. 2013 PHILS EL RANKINGS Batting Avg: .246 (T­10th) WALK ON THE WILD SIDE: Jesse Biddle walked a career­high 7 batters on Thursday night in Harrisburg...It Runs: 471 (12th) was the first time a Reading pitcher walked 7 batters since Ethan Martin issued 7 walks 8/23/12 against Home Runs: 113 (1st) Erie...Biddle leads the Eastern League with 69 walks the Fightins are tied for 2nd in the league having issued Stolen Bases: 91 (6th) 471 walks overall. ERA: 4.50 (12th) Strikeouts: 799 (9th) ODDS AND ENDS: Jesse Biddle is batting .429 (6x14) this season and will get to hit again in his next start 8/14 Walks: 471 (T­2nd) 2013 ASSORTED RECORD 2013 TEAM HIGHS TOTAL HOME AWAY Longest Winning Streak: 5, 6/13 vs. BOW­6/18 vs. POR vs.Binghamton 1­2 0­0 1­2 Longest Losing Streak: 8, 7/5 @ TRN­7/15 vs. TRN vs.NewBritain 6­2 3­1 3­1 Largest Margin of Victory: 9, 7/27 vs. NBR (12­3) vs.NewHampshire 3­13 1­5 2­8 Largest Margin of Defeat: 10, 5/4 @ NHM (5­15) vs.Portland 7­10 2­5 5­5 Largest Shutout Win: 6­0, 6/10 vs. HAR vs. Trenton 3­8 2­1 1­7 Largest Shutout Loss: 0­9, 4/4 @ NHM vs. Eastern Division 20­35 8­12 12­23 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 RunsAllowed (Game): 15, 5/4 @ NHM vs. Erie 5­5 4­3 1­2 Most Runs (Inning): 6, 7/30 vs. ERI (Btm 5th) vs. Harrisburg 8­11 3­6 5­5 Most RunsAllowed (Inning): 7, 7/29 vs. ERI (Top 7th) vs.Richmond 8­5 4­2 4­3 Fewest Runs (Game): 0 (x9), 8/1 vs. ERI vs. Western Division 29­32 18­18 11­14 Fewest Runs Allowed (Game): 0 (x2), 6/10 vs. HAR April 12­11 Leading After 5 33­11 Most Hits (Game): 17, 6/23 vs. RIC May 9­21 Tied After 5 5­11 Most HitsAllowed (Game) 16, 5/4 @ NHM June 14­14 Trailing After 5 11­45 Most Hits (Inning): 6, 6/23 vs. RIC (Btm 3rd) July 13­15 Leading After 6 38­9 Most HitsAllowed (Inning): 6, 7/29 vs. ERI (Top 7th) August 1­6 Tied After 6 5­8 Fewest Hits (Game): 2, 6/25 @ NHM September 0­0 Trailing After 6 6­50 Fewest Hits Allowed (Game): 2, 6/10 vs. HAR Most HRs (Game): 5, 7/31 vs. ERI Monday 6­6 Leading After 7 37­8 Most HRsAllowed (Game): 4 (x2), 7/14 vs. NHM Tuesday 10­9 Tied After 7 6­7 Most HRs (Inning): 3, 6/23 vs. RIC (Btm 3rd) Wednesday 7­9 Trailing After 7 6­52 Most HRs Allowed (Inning): 3, 5/22 vs. ALT (Top 4th) Thursday 6­9 Leading After 8 36­4 Most Batters in an Inning: 10 (x2), 7/27 vs. NBR (Btm 5th) Friday 7­8 Tied After 8 3­3 Most Batters in an Inning Opp: 13, 7/29 vs. ERI (Top 7th) Saturday 7­13 Trailing After 8 4­55 Most LOB: 12, 5/6 @ POR Sunday 6­12 vs. RH Starters 39­56 Fewest LOB: 2 (x6), 7/31 vs. ERI SeriesOpeners 14­21 vs. LH Starters 10­11 Most Strikeouts of an Opponent: 17, 4/22 @ HAR Rubber Matches 3­4 Phils Starter 6+ IP 18­17 Most Strikeouts by an Opponent: 15, 4/22 @ HAR SeriesFinales 13­21 Phils Starter 7+ IP 9­7 Most Walks of an Opponent: 12, 5/19 vs. HAR Phils Starter 8+ IP 4­0 3­GameSeries 7­15 Most Walks by an Opponent: 11, 6/23 vs. RIC PhilsScoreFirst 32­25 Sweep/Swept 2/6 Most Errors: 4, 6/25 @ NHM OpponentScoresFirst 17­42 4­GameSeries 3­3­5 Most Errors by Opponent: 5, 4/6 @ NHM LastABDecisions 4­6 Swp/Swpt/Split 1/0/5 Most Games With an Error: 6, 4/10 @ POR­4/16 vs. HAR Walk­offDecisions 4­3 DH Swp/Swpt/Split 0/0/4 Most Games Without an Error: 5, 6/2 vs.AKR­6/8 vs. HAR Extra Innings 5­2 Outhit Opponents 38­14 Longest Game (Innings): 12.0 (x3), 8/6 @ HAR Shutouts 2­9 Equal # of Hits 3­10 Longest Game (Time): 4:00, 6/19 vs. POR DayGames 11­14 Outhit by Opponents 8­43 Longest 9­Inning Game (Time): 3:44, 6/23 vs. RIC NightGames 38­53 When Hitting a HR 36­34 Shortest Game (Innings): 7.0 (x10), 6/26 @ NHM Day After Night 10­11 When Not Hitting a HR 13­33 Shortest Game (Time): 1:47, 6/8 vs. HAR (Game 2) One­Run Games 20­17 Commit 0 Errors 26­23 Shortest 9­Inning Game (Time): 2:03, 5/28 @ BOW ThreeorLess 37­45 Commit 1­2 Errors 21­41 Largest Home Crowd: 8,982, 4/26 vs. NHM More than Three 12­22 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) ­17, last 38­55 (7/15/13) 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: 6, 7/13 vs. NHM 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 Received a no­decision in his last start 8/3/13 at Trenton. Allowed 5 runs 6/2 vs. AKR ND 1.0 0 0/0 0 0 and 5 hits in 5 innings. Struck out 2 batters and walked 5. Threw 83 6/5 @ ALT ND 3.1 5 2/2 3 2 pitches, 44 strikes. Start was his 1st since 7/13 against New Hampshire.