(Reading, Pa) - Dylan Cozens tied Darin Ruf's single-season home run of 38 home runs in the bottom of the first inning on Wednesday night by hitting a two-run home run. He also tied Greg Luzinski's RBI record of 120 by hitting a run-scoring single in the bottom of the eighth. It propelled the Fightin Phils (87-49) to a 14-6 win over the Portland Sea Dogs (53-81). Reading's magic number to clinch the Eastern Division is now three due to Trenton losing to New Hampshire.

Nate Freiman hit a two-run double off Fightins starter Tom Eshelman (5-5) in the top of the first to give the Sea Dogs a 2-0 lead. Cozens two-run home run off Sea Dogs starter Keith Couch (9-5) in the bottom of the first tied the game at 2-2. Scott Kingery put Reading ahead 4-2 in the bottom of the third as he hit a two-run home run off Couch. It was his second home run with the Fightin Phils.

Harold Martinez hit a RBI single off Couch in the bottom of the fourth to give Reading a 5-2 lead. The Fightin Phils scored four more runs in the bottom of the fifth to extend their lead to 9-2. Jorge Alfaro hit a two-run home run off Couch. It was his 15th home run of the season and his second-straight game with one. Ty Buttrey entered the game after the Alfaro home run. He gave up a RBI triple to Rhys Hoskins, which was his first of the season. KC Serna hit a RBI single to score Hoskins for the final run of the inning.

Osmel Aguila led off the bottom of the sixth with a home run against Buttrey. It was his fifth home run of the season. Christian Marrero hit a home run in the following at-bat to give Reading an 11-2 win. It was his his eighth home run of the season. Alfaro hit a one-out double then scored on a RBI double from Cozens to give Reading a 12-2 lead.

Eshelman left the game after six innings. He allowed two runs off six hits with four strikeouts. Joey DeNato pitched the top of the seventh. Portland scored two runs off him to cut Reading's lead to 12-4. Gregory Infante pitched the top of the eighth inning and he gave up two runs as the Sea Dogs made it 12-6.

Cozens and Jake Fox each hit RBI singles off Austin Maddox in the bottom of the eighth to give Reading a 14-6 lead. Jesen Therrien pitched a scoreless top of the ninth inning to finish the game for the Fightin Phils. Every Fightin Phils had at least one RBI. Reading finishes the month of August at 16-13. Jorge Alfaro recorded his third, four-hit game of the season.

The Fightin Phils and Portland Sea Dogs wrap up their season-series on Thursday night. First pitch is at 6:35 pm. Fans can listen to the game on Sports Radio AM 1240/FM 98.5 and fightins.com beginning at 6:05 pm.

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