The Reading Fightin Phils (87-49) hit five homers and received six strong innings from Thomas Eshelman (5-5) in a 14-6 rout of the Portland Sea Dogs on Wednesday night at FirstEnergy Stadium.

Eshelman led Reading to its fourth straight win (51- 19 at home), working six strong innings on six hits, two runs, no walks and four strikeouts.

Keith Couch (9-5) suffered the loss for Portland, allowing a career-high three homers on eight hits and seven runs over 4 1/3 innings pitched.

Portland took a 2-0 lead in the first inning on two-run double by Nate Freiman (2-for-5), plating Mauricio Dubon (2-for-5) and Aneury Tavarez (4-for-5, double).

Reading scored the next 12 runs. Dylan Cozens tied the game in the first inning with a two-run homer, his 38th of the season. In the third, Scott Kingery gave Reading the lead for good, nailing a two-run shot into the left-field seats.

Jorge Alfaro hit the third two-run homer off Couch in the fifth. Osmel Aguila and Christian Marrero hit solo homers off Ty Buttrey.

The Sea Dogs added two runs in the seventh inning off Joey DeNato. Yoan Moncada reached on an error to score Cody Decker and Dubon had a sacrifice fly. In the eighth, the Sea Dogs made it 12-6 on a two-run single by Tzu-Wei Lin.

The Sea Dogs and Fightin Phils meet for the final time this season tonight at FirstEnergy Stadium, with first pitch scheduled for 6:35 p.m.