Tag Archives: 2016 Season

Bridgewater, NJ- The Somerset Patriots have announced the signing of right-handed pitcher Bryce Morrow.   Morrow enters his first season with the Somerset Patriots and first in the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball. Earlier this season, the righty made nine starts for Double-A San Antonio of the San Diego Padres organization.   The Grand Rapids, Michigan native spent the first …

Bridgewater, NJ – The New Britain Bees (33-33) defeated the Somerset Patriots (36-31) 8-7 at TD Bank Ballpark on Thursday evening.   Trailing 8-3 in the bottom of the eighth inning, the Patriots rallied for four runs to cut the lead to one run. Trayvon Robinson singled home a run and a Carlos Guzman three-run blast (7) put the Patriots in …

Bridgewater, NJ – The New Britain Bees (32-33) defeated the Somerset Patriots (36-30) 8-7 at TD Bank Ballpark on Wednesday evening.   The Bees broke a 7-7 tie in the eighth inning after Greg Golson tripled and came home to score on a wild pitch for what would be the 8-7 final score.   Trailing 7-6 in the seventh inning, …

Bridgewater, NJ – The Somerset Patriots (36-28) defeated the New Britain Bees (30-33) 4-1 at TD Bank Ballpark in their first-ever meeting in Bridgewater on Monday evening.   The Patriots jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the second inning. Carlos Guzman led off with a single, Matt Fields drew a walk, and Scott Kelly was hit by a pitch …

Bridgewater, NJ- The Somerset Patriots have announced the re-signing of right-handed starting pitcher Will Oliver.   Oliver returns for his second season with the Somerset Patriots and second in the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball. The righty made five starts for Reynosa of the Mexican League to begin the 2016 season.   The Newport Beach, California native joined the Patriots …

Bridgewater, NJ- Steve Kalafer, Founding Chairman of the Somerset Patriots Baseball Club, has announced that the team’s home, TD Bank Ballpark (Bridgewater, NJ), has been named Ballpark Digest’s Best Independent Ballpark in the nation for the second straight year.   “We are honored once again to be voted as the Best Independent Ballpark by Ballpark Digest. This award isn’t just …

Sugar Land, TX – The Sugar Land Skeeters (32-30) swept the doubleheader from the Somerset Patriots (35-27) Saturday evening at Constellation Field. The two teams combined to play 17 innings and 5 hours and 44 minutes of baseball. The Skeeters are now 8-1 against the Patriots this season. Somerset remains just 1.0 game up on the Long Island Ducks with …

Bridgewater, NJ- The Somerset Patriots have announced that left-handed starting pitcher Darin Gorski’s contract was purchased by the New York Mets organization. He will report to the Triple-A Las Vegas 51’s where he is expected to start Friday night’s game.   Gorski returns to the same organization where he spent seven seasons of his professional career. The southpaw pitched with …

New Britain, CT – Kyle Simon hurled a complete game two-hit shutout as the New Britain Bees (28-30) won the rubber match against the Somerset Patriots (34-25) 3-0 Wednesday evening at New Britain Stadium.   “He was throwing first pitch strikes all night long,” said Somerset Patriots Manager Brett Jodie. “He was challenging us and attacking us and we just …

New Britain, CT – A night after suffering their largest margin of defeat of the season, the Somerset Patriots (34-24) bounced back by clobbering the New Britain Bees (27-30) 10-2 Tuesday evening at New Britain Stadium. The Patriots scored seven runs in the seventh inning which was highlighted by a Carlos Guzman grand slam (6).   “Sean Gleason and I …