Minor Leagues | Reading is rocked with Utley in lineup

AKRON, Ohio - Not even Chase Utley's game-long appearance in the lineup could lift the Reading Phillies over Akron last night in the Eastern League. The Aeros won, 8-0.

Utley, playing his third game as part of a major-league rehabilitation stint, went 0 for 4 with a strikeout and a walk, playing the entire game at second base.

He was 1 for 10 in the three games, with the walk and two strikeouts.

Bobbie Brownlie went five innings and got the win.

Trenton 7, Binghamton 0

TRENTON - Chase Wright scattered four singles in a complete-game shutout as the Thunder beat the Mets to clinch a spot in the Eastern League playoffs for the third consecutive season.

Wright allowed singles in the fourth, fifth, seventh and ninth innings. It was the first nine-inning complete-game shutout by a Trenton pitcher since Tyler Clippard's no-hitter on Aug. 17, 2006.

Thunder righthander Alan Horne, who will be on the mound today, was named the EL pitcher of the year.

The 24-year-old is 12-4 with a league-leading 2.97 ERA, while striking out 158 batters and walking 51 in 142.1 innings.

Syracuse 5, Ottawa 4

SYRACUSE, N.Y. - John-Ford Griffin's RBI single in the bottom of the ninth led the Chiefs past the Lynx in the International League.

Hagerstown 3, Lakewood 1

LAKEWOOD, N.J. - Trevor Lawhorn had a pair of RBI doubles to lead the Suns past the BlueClaws in the South Atlantic League.

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WP: Bobbie Brownlie (1-2). LP: Joshua Outman (1-3). HR: A–Brandon Pinckney (3), Stephen Head (1). A: 9,388.

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WP: Chase Wright (5-2). LP: Jose Sanchez (4-8). A: 7,041.

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WP: Jamie Vermilyea (2-2). LP: Anderson Garcia (1-4). HR: S–Hector Luna (7). A: 5,288.

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WP: Coby Mavroulis (2-1). LP: Edgar Garcia (3-9). Save: Josh Wilkie (10). A: 7,104.

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WP: Patrick Green (1-5). LP: Kyle Pearson (0-3). Save: Arthur Santos (8). HR: L–Jamie Romak 2 (15), Brad Corley (14). A: 3,236.