Cozens, Hoskins cap Double-A campaigns with even more power

Double-A Reading’s regular season came to an end on Monday afternoon as the club scored five times in the top of the 10th inning to defeat Trenton, 11-6. Yet the day belonged to Fightin Phils bash brothers Dylan Cozens and Rhys Hoskins, who added to their historic individual and collective campaigns by hitting back-to-back home runs in their final at-bats for the repeating Eastern League Eastern division champions.

After going 1-for-4 with an RBI single through the game’s first nine innings, Cozens, the Phillies’ No. 7 prospect, connected on his Minor League-leading 40th home run to lead off the 10th inning, ripping the seventh pitch of the at-bat over the wall in right field. Hoskins (Phillies’ No. 13) followed with his 38th home run to left-center field, marking the 14th game this season that they both hit home runs and the sixth time they went back-to-back.

Most combined RBIs by MiLB teammates since 1988 RBI Players Year Team 262 John Jaha & Jim Tatum 1991 El Paso 260 Gabe Kapler & Robert Fick 1998 Jacksonville 255 Stanton Cameron & Michael Stoner 1997 High Desert 253 Mike Coolbaugh & DT Cromer 1997 Huntsville 251 Tim Clark & Joan Toale 1993 High Desert 246 Adam Piatt & TR Marcinczyk 1999 Midland 244 Marty Cordova & Steve Dunn 1992 Visalia 241 Juan Silvestre & Craig Kuzmic 2000 Lancaster 241 Dylan Cozens & Rhys Hoskins 2016 Reading …

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