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New Britain, CT – The New Britain Bees (35-34, 71-68) edged the Somerset Patriots (38-31, 76-63) 4-3 Saturday evening at New Britain Stadium. “I thought I threw the ball well except Jon Griffin had my number tonight,” said starting pitcher Shaun Garceau. “But I think we all feel good about ourselves. These next few days are just about locking …
Read More »Bees Top Patriots 4-1 In Divisional Battle
Bridgewater, NJ – The New Britain Bees (32-30, 68-64) topped the Somerset Patriots (35-27, 73-59) 4-1 on Saturday evening at TD Bank Ballpark. New Britain took an early 1-0 lead in the first inning on an RBI single by Michael Crouse. The Bees extended the lead with a run in the second inning on an RBI single by Greg …
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 »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 »Revolution Take Series Finale Over Patriots 4-3
York, PA – The York Revolution (10-9, 50-39) scored four unanswered runs in the late innings against the Somerset Patriots (11-9, 49-41) to win the rubber match Wednesday evening at PeoplesBank Park. York tied the game at three with a three runs in the sixth then Joel Guzman’s homer (12) proved to be the difference in the eighth inning as …
Read More »Carlos Guzman’s Grand Slam Highlights Patriots 10-2 Win
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 …
Read More »Revolution Salvage Series Finale With 5-3 Win Over Patriots
Bridgewater, NJ – The York Revolution (30-23) defeated the Somerset Patriots (30-23) 5-3 at TD Bank Ballpark on Thursday evening. The Patriots jumped out in front in the first inning on a two-run home run by Eric Farris (1). A two-run shot by Joel Guzman (9) in the fourth inning tied up the game at 2-2. York …
Read More »Matt Fields Launches Walk Off Homer For 2-1 Patriots Win
Bridgewater, NJ – Matt Fields hit a game-winning walk off home run (4) in the bottom of the ninth inning to lead the Somerset Patriots (25-18) to a 2-1 win over the Bridgeport Bluefish (14-28). The home run capped off a beautiful night for baseball before a season high 7,322 fans at TD Bank Ballpark on Saturday night. “I …
Read More »Patriots Can’t Hang On And Lose 6-5 To York In 13 Innings
York, PA – With the bases loaded and no one out, Josh Wilson connected on a walk-off RBI single in the 13th inning to propel the York Revolution (23-15) past the Somerset Patriots (21-17) 6-5 Monday evening from PeoplesBank Park. It was Somerset’s first extra inning loss in five tries this season. “Even when we were winning we have …
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