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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 …
Read More »Bluefish Hand Patriots 8-4 Loss
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 …
Read More »Bees Win Back-And-Forth Battle 8-7
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, …
Read More »Patriots Storm Past Lancaster 12-2
Bridgewater, NJ – The Somerset Patriots (17-5) defeated the Lancaster Barnstormers (8-13) 12-2 on Friday evening at TD Bank Ballpark to kick off the weekend series. The Patriots took an early lead in the first inning on an RBI groundout by Matt Fields, who finished the game with three RBI without recording a hit. Somerset extended the lead …
Read More »Complete Effort Leads To 8-1 Win For Patriots
Central Islip, NY – The Somerset Patriots (16-5) put together their most complete performance of the season as they defeated the Long Island Ducks (11-8) 8-1 Thursday evening at Bethpage Ballpark in the rubber match of a three game series. Scott McGregor (2-1) hurled the Patriots first complete game of the year. The right-hander was stellar, facing three batters …
Read More »Kral’s Walk Off Single Leads Patriots To Victory
Bridgewater, NJ- A Rob Kral RBI single with the bases loaded in the bottom of the tenth inning led the Somerset Patriots to a 6-5 win over the Long Island Ducks at TD Bank Ballpark on Saturday night. Matt Fields led off the inning with a walk, and after back-to-back intentional walks loaded the bases, Kral drove the seventh …
Read More »Somerset Patriots Welcome Back C/ INF David Vidal
Bridgewater, NJ – The Somerset Patriots have announced the re-signing of catcher/ infielder David Vidal. Vidal returns to Somerset for his second year with the Patriots. Last season, he hit .259 with 12 home runs and a team-leading 63 RBI. Vidal also led the team in games played (124), at-bats (471) and hits (122) during the regular season. …
Read More »Patriots Even Up Championship Series With Big 7-2 Win
Bridgewater, NJ – The Somerset Patriots, led by Will Oliver (2-0) and timely hitting, took Game Two of the Atlantic League Championship Series 7-2 over the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs. Coming off a complete game shutout win in his last playoff start, Oliver once again gave Somerset a much-needed performance to get back in the series. “I think …
Read More »Blue Crabs Take Game 1 Of Championship Series 7-3 Over Patriots
Bridgewater, NJ – The Southern Maryland Blue Crabs opened the 2015 Atlantic League Championship Series with a 7-3 win over the Somerset Patriots at TD Bank Ballpark on Wednesday evening. The game was scoreless until the fourth inning when Southern Maryland got on the board on a Zach Wilson RBI single. Somerset immediately answered with two runs in …
Read More »Will Oliver Pitches Complete Game Shutout To Put Somerset Back In Series
Bridgewater, NJ- The Somerset Patriots got the lift they needed in the form of a 4-0 complete game shutout by Will Oliver (1-0) over the Long Island Ducks to even up the Liberty Division Series on Saturday night. The win forces a deciding Game Five at TD Bank Ballpark on Sunday evening. Oliver scattered just three hits and struck …
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