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Bridgeport, CT – The Bridgeport Bluefish (33-31, 63-71) defeated the Somerset Patriots (36-28, 74-60) 6-4 Tuesday afternoon at Harbor Yard in the first game of a day-night doubleheader. “We have a bunch of battlers,” said Bryan LaHair. “We’re three up with six to go so the bottom line is the ball is still in our court.” In the …
Read More »Patriots Roll To Sweep Of Skeeters With 4-3 Win
Bridgewater, NJ – Kyle Roller hit a walk off roller in the tenth inning to lead the Somerset Patriots (34-26, 72-58) to a 4-3 win over the Sugar Land Skeeters (32-28, 67-63) on Wednesday evening at TD Bank Ballpark. With the bases loaded and one out in the bottom of the 10th inning, Roller rolled an infield single down …
Read More »Patriots Drop Second Straight To Barnstormers
Bridgewater, NJ – The Lancaster Barnstormers (18-26, 53-61) defeated the Somerset Patriots (24-22, 62-54) 4-1 on Wednesday evening at TD Bank Ballpark. The Barnstormers took an early 1-0 lead in the top of the first inning on an RBI double by Blake Gailen. Somerset answered with a run in the second inning on an error that tied the …
Read More »Ducks Walk Off With 12 Inning Win Over Patriots
Central Islip, NY – The Somerset Patriots (15-17, 53-49) rallied for two runs in the ninth inning to force extra innings, but the Long Island Ducks (18-12, 58-42) edged the Patriots 6-5 in 12 innings Tuesday evening at Bethpage Ballpark. Fehlandt Lentini, who finished a home run shy of the cycle, singled home the game-winning run as the Ducks have …
Read More »Patriots Salvage Series Finale Over Ducks 3-1
Bridgewater, NJ – The Somerset Patriots (13-14, 51-46) defeated the Long Island Ducks (15-10, 55-40) 3-1 at TD Bank Ballpark on Thursday afternoon to take the series finale. The Patriots jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the first inning on a two-run double by David Vidal and an RBI single by Brian Van Kirk. “I was just …
Read More »Patriots Lead Early, But Fall Short 6-5 To Bluefish
Bridgewater, NJ – The Bridgeport Bluefish (12-10, 42-50) defeated the Somerset Patriots (12-10, 50-42) 6-5 at TD Bank Ballpark on Friday evening. The Patriots took a 2-0 lead in the first inning on an RBI single by Aharon Eggleston and an RBI groundout by Brian Van Kirk. An RBI groundout by Bridgeport’s Angelys Nina cut the lead in …
Read More »Patriots Win Fifth Straight Game
York, PA – The Somerset Patriots (11-7, 49-39) won their fifth game in a row as they led wire-to-wire against the York Revolution (8-9, 48-39) in the series opener Monday night from PeoplesBank Park. Somerset scored five first inning runs and cruised the rest of the way to a 10-3 victory. “We feel really good right now,” said fourth …
Read More »Skeeters Take Night Cap Of Double Header 6-4 Over Patriots
Bridgewater, NJ – The Sugar Land Skeeters (8-6, 43-41) defeated the Somerset Patriots (6-7, 44-39) 6-4 at TD Bank Ballpark in the second game of a day-night double header on Wednesday evening. The Patriots took an early 2-0 lead in the first inning on an RBI single by David Vidal and a sacrifice fly by Bryan LaHair. The Skeeters …
Read More »LaHair Leads Patriots To 4-3 10-Inning Win
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 …
Read More »Somerset Patriots Ink OF Brian Van Kirk
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 …
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