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Bridgewater, NJ- The Somerset Patriots (13-3, 48-31) defeated the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs (6-8, 32-45) 4-3 in ten innings before 6,963 fans at TD Bank Ballpark on Thursday evening. With the bases loaded and one out, Alfredo Rodriguez hit a sacrifice fly to center field to bring home Mike Fransoso as the winning run.

Bridgewater, NJ- The Somerset Patriots welcomed their 7,000,000th Fan to TD Bank Ballpark on Thursday, July 26th. At 6:34 pm, Dan Heitkamp of Washington Township purchased the ticket to the game and entered the main gate with his 4-year old godson Logan where he was greeted by Somerset Patriots President/General Manager Patrick McVerry and Manager Emeritus Sparky Lyle among the …

Bridgewater, NJ- The Southern Maryland Blue Crabs (6-7, 32-44) defeated the Somerset Patriots (12-3, 47-31) 3-2 in ten innings in the first game of a day-night doubleheader at TD Bank Ballpark on Wednesday afternoon. The Blue Crabs took the lead in the top of the tenth inning on an RBI single by Teodoro Martinez for the 3-2 final.

Bridgewater, NJ- The Somerset Patriots (13-3, 48-31) defeated the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs (6-8, 32-45) 7-1 in the night game of the doubleheader at TD Bank Ballpark on Wednesday evening. Starting pitcher David Kubiak (7-1) struck out a team season-high 11 batters over seven innings for the complete game. He allowed a run on five hits and walked one batter.

Bridgewater, NJ- The Somerset Patriots (12-2, 47-30) defeated the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs (5-7, 31-44) 4-1 at TD Bank Ballpark on Tuesday evening. Making his Somerset Patriots debut on the same day he signed, starting pitcher Bobby Blevins (1-0) pitched six scoreless innings of two-hit baseball for the win.

Bridgewater, NJ- The Somerset Patriots have announced the signing of right-handed pitcher Stephen Perakslis. Perakslis enters his first season with the Somerset Patriots and the Atlantic League. He began the 2018 season in Arkansas, the Double-A affiliate of the Seattle Mariners, where he had a 3-1 record and 27 strikeouts over 41.2 innings pitched in 28 games. 

Bridgewater, NJ- The Somerset Patriots have signed right-handed pitcher Bobby Blevins. He will be activated for Tuesday night’s game against the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs and is expected to start. Blevins enters his first season with the Somerset Patriots and his seventh season overall in the Atlantic League. He has previously played for the Long Island Ducks (2012, 2013-2016) and …

Bridgewater, NJ- The Somerset Patriots (11-2, 46-30) defeated the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs (5-6, 31-43) 6-0 at TD Bank Ballpark on Monday evening. The Patriots broke open a scoreless game with six runs in the bottom of the fifth inning. Yovan Gonzalez got the scoring started with an RBI double and came home on a two-run single by Mike Fransoso. …

Central Islip, NY- The Somerset Patriots (10-2, 45-30) once again battled back and erupted for 12 runs to sweep their Liberty Division rival Long Island Ducks (6-6, 36-39) by a score of 12-9 on Sunday night at Bethpage Ballpark. The Patriots scored first for the seventh straight ballgame on Sunday, when red-hot Alfredo Rodriguez grounded a base hit up the middle …