Christian Marrero hit a walk-off home run in the bottom of the ninth to secure a 5-4 win over the New Hampshire Fisher Cats (25-28). The Fightin Phils (37-18) are now 19-games over .500 and have seven walk-off wins this season.

Rowdy Tellez hit a two-out, solo home run off Ricardo Pinto in the top of the first to give New Hampshire a 1-0 lead. Tellez's home run was the 11th allowed by Pinto this season. Reading took a 2-1 lead off John Anderson in the bottom of the third. KC Serna tied the game with a RBI double then scored on a sacrifice fly from Jesmuel Valentin.

New Hampshire tied the game at 2-2 in the top of the fourth as Melky Mesa scored on a fielding error by Roman Quinn. Rhys Hoskins hit a solo home run off Anderson in the bottom of the fourth to give Reading a 3-2 lead. The home run for Hoskins was his 10th of the season.

Pinto turned in six quality innings as he allowed two runs (one earned) off five hits and one walk with a season-high seven strikeouts. Hoby Milner entered the game in relief in the top of the seventh. The Fisher Cats scored two runs (one earned) off Milner in the top of the eighth to grab a 4-3 lead. Miguel Nunez (2-1) entered the bottom of the eighth with two outs and struck out Matt Dean to end the inning.

Dylan Cozens tied the game at 4-4 in the bottom of the ninth as he homered off the first pitch from Murphy Smith. The home run for Cozens was his 15th of the season. Nunez earned his second win of the season while Milner was charged with a blown save.

The Fightin Phils and New Hampshire Fisher Cats will play again on Saturday night. First pitch is at 6:35 pm from FirstEnergy Stadium. Fans can listen to the game on Sports Radio AM 1240/FM 98.5 and fightins.com beginning at 6:05 pm. Fans can watch the game on MiLB.tv beginning at 6:35 pm.

Tickets for the 2016 season are available online at Fightins.com, by phone at 610-370-BALL, and in-person at FirstEnergy Stadium.