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Bridgewater, NJ – The New Britain Bees (21-28, 57-62) defeated the Somerset Patriots (26-23, 64-55) 4-3 in ten innings on Saturday evening at TD Bank Ballpark. New Britain broke a 3-3 tie in the top of the tenth inning on an RBI triple by Michael Crouse that would lead to the final score. “They made some plays when …
Read More »LaHair Drives In Four To Lead Patriots To Victory
Bridgewater, NJ – The Somerset Patriots (26-22, 64-54) defeated the New Britain Bees (20-28, 56-62) 7-6 on Friday evening at TD Bank Ballpark. The Patriots jumped out to a 5-0 lead in the bottom of the second inning. The first run came home on a balk by Bees starting pitcher Daniel Sattler. Aharon Eggleston then drove in two runs …
Read More »LaHair Homers And Hits Walk Off Single In Patriots Win
Bridgewater, NJ – Bryan LaHair hit the game-tying home run and later the walk off single to lead the Somerset Patriots (25-22, 63-54) to a 4-3 win over the Lancaster Barnstormers (18-27, 53-62) in ten innings on Thursday evening at TD Bank Ballpark. With runners on the corners and one out in the tenth inning, LaHair blooped a game-winning single …
Read More »Patriots Rally Falls Short In 4-2 Loss To Lancaster
Bridgewater, NJ – The Lancaster Barnstormers (17-26, 52-61) defeated the Somerset Patriots (24-21, 62-53) 4-2 on Tuesday evening at TD Bank Ballpark. The Barnstormers powered in front on a grand slam by Josh Bell (15) in the top of the third inning. “The one time they threatened, they got the big blow and that was really the difference …
Read More »Patriots Shut Out Bluefish 3-0
Bridgeport, CT – The Somerset Patriots (24-19, 62-51) blanked the Bridgeport Bluefish (22-20, 52-60) 3-0 Saturday evening at Harbor Yard. The Patriots have taken the first two in the pivotal three game series between these Liberty Division foes. Somerset has won nine of its last 11 games. “Since we didn’t win the first half, every game is like a …
Read More »Patriots Open Road Trip With 9-3 Win Over Bluefish
Bridgeport, CT – The Somerset Patriots (23-19, 61-51) tripled up the Bridgeport Bluefish (22-19, 52-59) 9-3 in the first game of a pivotal three game weekend series at Harbor Yard. Somerset has won eight of its last 10 games. For the 14th time in the last 15 games the offense registered at least five runs and they added 21 base …
Read More »Eggleston’s Walk-Off Single Wins It For Somerset In 15 Innings
Bridgewater, NJ – Aharon Eggleston’s two-run walk off single in the 15th inning gave the Somerset Patriots (20-18, 58-50) a 6-5 victory over the York Revolution (21-16, 61-46) on Monday evening at TD Bank Ballpark. Trailing 5-4 with two outs in the bottom of the 15th inning, Eggleston delivered a two-run base hit down the right field line to end the …
Read More »Patriots Hammer Blue Crabs 10-2
Bridgewater, NJ – The Somerset Patriots (18-17, 56-49) defeated the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs (14-20, 40-64) 10-2 on Friday evening at TD Bank Ballpark. The Patriots jumped out in front with three runs in the bottom of the first inning. After Aharon Eggleston reached on a single, David Vidal clubbed his 18th home run of the season. Bryan LaHair …
Read More »Patriots Rally With Four Runs In The Eighth To Win 7-4
Central Islip, NY – The Long Island Ducks (18-14, 58-44) had been 48-1 when leading after seven innings, but the Somerset Patriots (17-17, 54-49) erased a 4-3 deficit in the eighth inning by scoring four runs to win 7-4 Thursday evening at Bethpage Ballpark. The teams split the four game midweek series and finished 10-10 against each other in 2016. …
Read More »Patriots Power Past Ducks 7-4
Central Islip, NY – David Vidal, Aharon Eggleston, and Eric Farris all blasted home runs as the Somerset Patriots (16-17, 54-49) powered their way to a 7-4 victory over the Long Island Ducks (18-13, 58-43) Wednesday evening at Bethpage Ballpark. All seven runs occurred with two outs. “Right now everything is a grind,” said Eric Farris who leads the …
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