Somerset Patriots

Bridgewater, NJ – The Somerset Patriots (5-1, 43-33) defeated the Lancaster Barnstormers (2-3, 36-38) 2-1 at TD Bank Ballpark on Saturday evening. With the win, the Patriots are 7-1 in their last eight games played.   The Barnstormers took a 1-0 lead in the top of the fourth inning on a home run by Sean Halton (9).   Somerset responded …

Bridgewater, NJ – The Somerset Patriots (4-1, 42-33) defeated the Lancaster Barnstormers (2-2, 36-37) 4-3 in ten innings at TD Bank Ballpark on Friday evening.   In the tenth inning, Mycal Jones singled, stole second, and after an intentional walk to Eric Farris, a double steal put runners on second and third. David Vidal was intentionally walked to load the bases …

Bridgewater, NJ – The Lancaster Barnstormers (2-1, 36-36) defeated the Somerset Patriots (3-1, 41-33) 7-4 at TD Bank Ballpark on Thursday evening.   The Barnstormers jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the second inning, highlighted by a three-run home run by K.C. Hobson (4).   Patriots cut the lead to 4-3 in the fifth inning. The first run scored …

Bridgewater, NJ- The Atlantic League of Professional Baseball has named four Somerset Patriots as All-Stars to represent the Liberty Division in the 2016 Atlantic League All-Star Game. The event will be held at Clipper Magazine Stadium, the home of the Lancaster Barnstormers, on Wednesday, July 13th.   Outfielder Aharon Eggleston, infielder Bryan LaHair, and relief pitchers Brandon Sisk and Mike …

Waldorf, MD – The Somerset Patriots (2-0, 40-32) scored 10 unanswered runs from the sixth inning on to rally past the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs (0-2, 24-45) 10-7 Tuesday evening at Regency Furniture Stadium. It was Somerset’s fourth straight win, all of which have been in come from behind fashion. Tonight was the second largest deficit overcome in a win …

Bridgewater, NJ- The Somerset Patriots have announced the signings of shortstop Luis Mateo and right-handed pitcher Rob Bryson.   Mateo enters his first season with the Somerset Patriots and first in the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball. The 26 year-old owns three seasons of service at the Triple-A level, most recently in 2015 with the Oklahoma City Dodgers (Los Angeles). …

Bridgewater, NJ – Vinny Zarrillo’s first professional career home run was a walk off to lead the Somerset Patriots (38-32) to a 4-2 win over the Bridgeport Bluefish (30-40) before 7,315 fans at TD Bank Ballpark on Sunday evening. The game was the final game of the first half of the season.   The former Rutgers star came up to …

Bridgewater, NJ – The Somerset Patriots (37-32) defeated the Bridgeport Bluefish (30-39) 8-7 in 15 innings before 7,271 fans at TD Bank Ballpark on Saturday evening.   The walk off hit came off the bat of Aharon Eggleston to centerfield to end the game.   Trailing 7-4 in the ninth inning, the Patriots scored three runs to tie up the game. Mycal …

Bridgewater, NJ- The Somerset Patriots have announced the signing of outfielder Brian Van Kirk.   Van Kirk enters his first season with the Somerset Patriots and second in the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball. He previously spent the 2014 season with the Camden Riversharks, and hit .268 over 109 games with 11 home runs and 58 RBI.   The Southwest …

Bridgewater, NJ – The Bridgeport Bluefish (30-38) defeated the Somerset Patriots (36-32) 8-4 at TD Bank Ballpark on Friday evening.   The Bluefish put up four runs in the top of the eighth inning to take a 5-2 lead. The inning was highlighted by a three-run home run by Jonathan Galvez (6).   The Patriots cut the lead to just one run …