Bridgewater, NJ- Left-handed pitcher Jeremy Bleich has been called up by the Oakland Athletics and becomes the 20th former Somerset Patriots player to make the major leagues after time with the Patriots. Bleich started this year in Triple-A Nashville where he had a 1-1 record, a 3.23 ERA and 38 strikeouts over 39 innings in 27 games pitched. Bleich played …
Read More »Somerset Patriots Sign Pitchers Jeremy Bleich And Dave Kubiak
Bridgewater, NJ- The Somerset Patriots have announced the re-signing of left-handed pitcher Jeremy Bleich and the signing of right-handed pitcher Dave Kubiak for the 2017 season. Bleich enters his second season with the Somerset Patriots and his second in the Atlantic League. The 29-year old joined the Patriots last July and appeared in 17 games out of the bullpen, …
Read More »Somerset Patriots LHP Jeremy Bleich Signed By Arizona Diamondbacks
Bridgewater, NJ- The Somerset Patriots have announced that left-handed pitcher Jeremy Bleich has been signed by the Arizona Diamondbacks. The Louisiana native went 2-2 with a 2.45 ERA over 17 relief appearances with the Somerset Patriots in 2016. Additionally, Bleich struck out 28 batters against just three walks in his 22 innings of work. Earlier this week, Bleich …
Read More »Patriots Rally In The 8th To Win 4-3 Over Bees
Bridgewater, NJ – Trailing 3-0 in the eighth inning, the Somerset Patriots (35-26, 73-58) rallied for four runs to defeat the New Britain Bees (31-30, 67-64) 4-3 on Friday evening at TD Bank Ballpark. Aharon Eggleston got Somerset on the board with a solo home run (8) to lead off the inning. “We always battle. It seems that has …
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 »Blue Crabs Avoid Sweep With Extra Inning Win Over Patriots
Bridgewater, NJ – The Southern Maryland Blue Crabs (15-21, 41-65) defeated the Somerset Patriots (19-18, 57-50) 6-5 in 12 innings on Sunday evening at TD Bank Ballpark. Zach Wilson’s RBI double in the top of the 12th inning broke the 5-5 tie and led the Blue Crabs to the win. The Patriots threatened with the tying run at third …
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 »Ducks Take Series Opener Over Patriots 4-2 In Extras
Bridgewater, NJ – The Long Island Ducks (14-9, 54-39) defeated the Somerset Patriots (12-13, 50-45) 4-2 in ten innings at TD Bank Ballpark on Tuesday evening. Trailing 2-1 in the bottom of the ninth inning, the Ducks rallied to tie up the game on a bases loaded walk of Mike Dowd. Long Island took the lead in the …
Read More »Somerset Patriots Add LHP Jeremy Bleich
Bridgewater, NJ- The Somerset Patriots have announced the signing of left-handed pitcher Jeremy Bleich. Bleich enters his first season with the Somerset Patriots and in the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball. He has played in the New York Yankees, Pittsburgh Pirates and Philadelphia Phillies organizations, including three seasons of Triple-A service. Bleich was originally drafted by the Yankees …
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