Jake Fox homered twice and had three hits, and Mark Leiter allowed just three hits over 6 innings as the Reading Fightin Phils defeated the New Hampshire Fisher Cats, 7-6, on Sunday in Reading, Pa.
Miguel Nunez allowed two runs, but struck Roemon Fields out with a runner on third to end the game for his 17th save of the season.
Leiter allowed three runs while striking out four and walking two.
In the seventh, Rowdy Tellez hit a solo home run and Emilio Guerrero clocked a three-run shot. Ian Parmley also hit a two-run triple in the ninth inning to cut the Reading lead to 7-6 but that’s as close as it would get.
The Fisher Cats (64-70), who saw a two-game win streak snapped, host Trenton today at 7:30 p.m.