LAURELDALE, Pa. (Interstat) — Bryan Rincon drove in five runs and Aroon Escobar homered as the Reading Fightin Phils routed the Hartford Yard Goats 21-4 on Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2026, at FirstEnergy Stadium in Game 1 of a Double-A Eastern League playoff series. Reading leads the series 1-0. Reading pounded out 16 hits and broke open the game with a 12-run first inning, adding four more in the second and five in the sixth. Hartford finished with six hits and scored three runs in the first and one in the fifth. Pedro León had three hits and three RBIs, Austin Murr added two hits and three RBIs, and Evan Gates earned the win with 1 1/3 scoreless innings of relief. Connor Staine took the loss. Victor Juarez and Hunter Mann each threw a scoreless inning for Hartford, while Daniel Harper and Keegan Batka also pitched scoreless relief for Reading. The game took 3 hours, 27 minutes and drew 6,422 fans. Hartford is now 66-71, while Reading is 68-67.