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Bridgewater, NJ- The Road Warriors (9-24) defeated the Somerset Patriots (19-12) 4-3 before 6,071 fans at TD Bank Ballpark on Saturday evening. The Road Warriors took an early 2-0 lead in the top of the second inning on an RBI double by Edwin Gomez and an RBI single by Chris Rivera. Gustavo Pierre’s solo home run (6) in the top …
Read More »Late Surge Leads Patriots To 9-2 Win Over Road Warriors
Bridgewater, NJ- The Somerset Patriots (19-11) defeated the Road Warriors (8-24) 9-2 at TD Bank Ballpark on Friday evening. The Road Warriors took an early 1-0 lead in the top of the first inning on an RBI single by Alfredo Silverio. The Patriots tied up the game in the bottom of the third inning on an RBI single by Justin …
Read More »Skeeters Take Finale Over Patriots 3-1
Bridgewater, NJ- The Sugar Land Skeeters (16-9) defeated the Somerset Patriots (15-7) 3-1 at TD Bank Ballpark on Thursday afternoon. Courtney Hawkins’ leadoff home run (7) in the top of the second inning gave the Skeeters a 1-0 advantage. Sugar Land plated another run in the fourth inning on a sacrifice fly by Hawkins that made the score 2-0. The …
Read More »Trapp’s Late Homer Leads Patriots To 2-1 Win
Bridgewater, NJ- The Somerset Patriots (15-6) defeated the Sugar Land Skeeters (15-9) 2-1 at TD Bank Ballpark on Wednesday evening. With the score tied 1-1 in the bottom of the eighth inning, Justin Trapp launched a solo home run (2) to left field to give the Patriots a 2-1 lead that would be the final score. “It was a huge …
Read More »Somerset Patriots Bring Back All-Star RHP David Kubiak
Bridgewater, NJ- The Somerset Patriots have All-Star re-signed right-handed pitcher David Kubiak for the 2018 season. Kubiak enters his second with the Somerset Patriots and his third year in the Atlantic League. The 6’7” righty made 21 appearances (18 starts) with the Patriots last year. He earned five wins and carried a 3.83 ERA with 117 strikeouts against 34 walks …
Read More »Patriots Swat Skeeters 9-1
Bridgewater, NJ- The Somerset Patriots (14-6) defeated the Sugar Land Skeeters (15-6) 9-1 at TD Bank Ballpark on Tuesday evening. The Patriots took a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the second inning on RBI base hits by Julio Borbon and Mike Fransoso. The Patriots exploded for seven runs in the bottom of the eighth inning. Fransoso starting the scoring …
Read More »Patriots Take Finale And Series Over Ducks
Bridgewater, NJ- The Somerset Patriots (13-6) defeated the Long Island Ducks (12-9) 5-4 before 6,022 fans at TD Bank Ballpark on Sunday afternoon. The Patriots took an early 1-0 lead in the bottom of the second inning on an error that allowed Alex Castellanos to score. Somerset extended the lead with three runs in the bottom of the third inning …
Read More »Patriots Walk Off Winners Again Over Ducks
Bridgewater, NJ- The Somerset Patriots (12-5) defeated the Long Island Ducks (11-8) 1-0 at TD Bank Ballpark on Friday night. Both teams remained scoreless until the bottom of the ninth inning when Aaron Dudley delivered a one-out bases loaded sacrifice fly to win the game. “I was thinking that all I needed to do was get something up and deep,” …
Read More »Somerset Patriots And Diamond Nation To Fundraise For Ben Fonseca And Family
Bridgewater, NJ- The Somerset Patriots and Diamond Nation have partnered for a special event to raise money for a member of their family, former coach and instructor Ben Fonseca. Fonseca is battling systemic scleroderma, an autoimmune disorder where healthy tissue is being destroyed because the immune system mistakenly thinks it’s a foreign substance or infection. The cause is unknown and …
Read More »Barnstormers Edge Patriots 2-1
Bridgewater, NJ- The Lancaster Barnstormers (10-5) defeated the Somerset Patriots (10-5) 2-1 at TD Bank Ballpark on Saturday night. The Patriots went up 1-0 in the bottom of the fourth inning on an RBI single by Craig Massey. The Barnstormers took the lead with two runs in the top of the sixth inning on RBI singles by Blake Gailen and …
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