LAURELDALE, Pa. (Interstat) — Luke Shliger homered twice and drove in three runs, and Max Alba allowed one earned run over five innings as the Erie SeaWolves beat the Reading Fightin Phils 6-1 on Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2026, in an Eastern League (AA) game at FirstEnergy Stadium. Erie finished with nine hits, scoring four runs in the second inning, one in the third and one in the sixth. Reading had five hits and scored once in the second. Alba (3-5) gave up three hits and struck out two. Cody Bowker (5-6) took the loss after yielding five earned runs on seven hits with six strikeouts in five innings. Luke Taggart struck out three over two scoreless innings, while Tanner Kohlhepp and Reading’s Daniel Harper each tossed two hitless scoreless innings. Chris Meyers also homered for Erie, and Bryan Rincon homered for Reading. Attendance was 3,765 for the game that lasted 2 hours, 15 minutes. Erie improved to 78-54, while Reading dropped to 63-66.