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Bridgewater, NJ – The Somerset Patriots (31-19) defeated the Long Island Ducks (31-19) 5-2 at TD Bank Ballpark on Tuesday evening. With the win, the Patriots have moved into a first place tie with the Ducks in the Liberty Division. The Patriots took a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the third inning on a solo home run by Michael …

​Bridgewater, NJ- The Somerset Patriots have announced the signing of right-handed pitcher Jonathan Cheshire for the 2019 season. He is active for the Tuesday, June 18th game against the Long Island Ducks. Cheshire enters his first season with the Somerset Patriots and first in the Atlantic League. The 24 year-old righty spent the first two-plus years of his professional career in …

Bridgewater, NJ- The Somerset Patriots have recently enjoyed a historic run of fan attendance at TD Bank Ballpark – the “Jewel of the Atlantic League.” The Somerset Patriots welcomed six-straight crowds topping 6,000 fans, in a streak stretching from Friday, June 7th through Sunday, June 16th. “It was a great stretch of games at the ballpark that continued to reinforce …

Bridgewater, NJ – David Kubiak (6-1) threw a complete game, two-hit gem to lead the Somerset Patriots (30-19) to a 3-1 win and series sweep of the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs (16-35) before 6,289 fans at TD Bank Ballpark on Sunday afternoon. “I was just throwing strikes,” said Kubiak. “That’s pretty much been my plan all year and it’s worked …

Bridgewater, NJ – The Somerset Patriots (29-19) used the long ball to defeat the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs (16-34) 9-7 before a season-high 8,205 fans at TD Bank Ballpark on Saturday evening. The Blue Crabs took an early 2-0 lead in the top of the first inning on a two-run home run by Joe Benson (1). The Patriots wasted no …

Bridgewater, NJ – The Somerset Patriots (28-19) defeated the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs (16-33) 3-1 before 6,601 fans at TD Bank Ballpark on Friday evening. The Patriots took the lead in the bottom of the second inning on an RBI single by Scott Kelly. The Blue Crabs knotted up the game in the top of the fourth inning on an …

Bridgewater, NJ – The Somerset Patriots have teamed up with RWJ University Hospital Somerset (RWJUH Somerset), an RWJBarnabas Health facility, to host a baseball/softball equipment drive at TD Bank Ballpark for the games on Wednesday, June 19th and Saturday, July 27th.The Somerset Patriots take on the Long Island Ducks at 7:05 pm for both games. The Somerset Patriots and RWJUH …

Franklin High School Lady Warriors display their championship rings on June 10. The Franklin High School Lady Warriors basketball team received the final memento of its historic 2018-19 campaign on June 10: the championship rings. Holding an intimate dinner for team members, coaches and family at the Chimney Rock Inn, the girls celebrated each other one more time. The rings …

Bridgewater, New Jersey – The Somerset Patriots (26-17) completed a weekend sweep of the York Revolution (13-30) with a 4-3 win Sunday afternoon at TD Bank Ballpark. The Patriots opened the scoring on a beautiful afternoon in the bottom of the second inning. Justin Pacchioli reached base on a two-out double down the left field line, stole third base and …

Bridgewater, NJ – The Somerset Patriots (25-17) defeated the York Revolution (13-29) 5-4 in ten innings before 6,014 fans at TD Bank Ballpark on Saturday evening. Trailing 4-2 in the bottom of the tenth inning, Somerset rallied for three runs. Will Kengor drove in one and Edwin Espinal tied up the game with an RBI base hit. After a double …