The New Britain Rock Cats defeated the Reading Phillies, 2-0 Tuesday night behind excellent pitching from Mike McCardell. McCardell went 7 innings, giving the R-Phils just 5 hits and 3 walks, striking out 8. He is now 4-2 with the Rock Cats and 13-4 overall for the season in the Twins' system. Mike Cisco was the hard luck loser for Reading, despite a stellar effort of his own. Cisco went 6.2 innings, surrendering only 1 run on 3 hits and 1 walk. Kevin Mahar (307) had 3 more hits for Reading, and Domonic Brown had 2 hits to raise his AA average to .298. Reading stays 1.5 games ahead of Erie, thanks to Harrisburg's 8-7 win over the Sea Wolves. Reading has 7 games left, Erie has 6. Mike Stutes (8-7) will go tonight.
The Phillies have announced that they are shutting Kyle Drabek down for the year. Playoffs notwithstanding, the front office has decided that 158 innings is enough for the 21 year old who sat out more than a year after surgery. Kyle compiled a 12-3 season with Clearwater and Reading.
In another note, Carlos Monasterios has been promoted from Clearwater.
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