Bridgewater, NJ – Vinny Zarrillo’s first professional career home run was a walk off to lead the Somerset Patriots (38-32) to a 4-2 win over the Bridgeport Bluefish (30-40) before 7,315 fans at TD Bank Ballpark on Sunday evening. The game was the final game of the first half of the season. The former Rutgers star came up to …
Read More »Patriots Walk Off With 15-inning Win
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 »Patriots Open Home Stand With 4-1 Win Over Bees
Bridgewater, NJ – The Somerset Patriots (36-28) defeated the New Britain Bees (30-33) 4-1 at TD Bank Ballpark in their first-ever meeting in Bridgewater on Monday evening. The Patriots jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the second inning. Carlos Guzman led off with a single, Matt Fields drew a walk, and Scott Kelly was hit by a pitch …
Read More »Skeeters Sweep Double Header Over Patriots
Sugar Land, TX – The Sugar Land Skeeters (32-30) swept the doubleheader from the Somerset Patriots (35-27) Saturday evening at Constellation Field. The two teams combined to play 17 innings and 5 hours and 44 minutes of baseball. The Skeeters are now 8-1 against the Patriots this season. Somerset remains just 1.0 game up on the Long Island Ducks with …
Read More »Patriots Sweep Blue Crabs With 5-3 Win To Conclude Record Breaking Weekend
Bridgewater, NJ – The Somerset Patriots (33-23) defeated the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs (19-35) 5-3 before 6,919 fans at TD Bank Ballpark on Sunday afternoon. With today’s attendance, the Somerset Patriots have set a new Atlantic League weekend attendance record with 22,907 fans. In the bottom of the eighth inning, Carlos Guzman continued his hot hitting by driving in …
Read More »Ducks Take Series Opener Over Patriots 9-3
Bridgewater, NJ – The Long Island Ducks (17-11) defeated the Somerset Patriots (19-10) 9-3 before a season-high 6,503 fans at TD Bank Ballpark on Friday night. The Ducks got to Somerset starter Mickey Storey with a six-run third inning to break open the game. Lew Ford drove in a run on a base hit and a two-run double by …
Read More »Patriots Edge Bluefish 5-4 In 11 Innings
Bridgeport, CT – The Somerset Patriots (19-9) edged the Bridgeport Bluefish (9-18) 5-4 in 11 innings Thursday night at Harbor Yard. Vinny Zarrillo hit the go ahead RBI single in the top of the 11th inning and contributed defensively with an outfield assist to end the game as the tying run was thrown out at the plate in the bottom …
Read More »Bluefish Take Early Game Of Double Header 7-5
Bridgeport, CT – The Bridgeport Bluefish (9-16) scored five unanswered runs to win 7-5 against the Somerset Patriots (17-9) in seven innings in game one of the day-night doubleheader from Harbor Yard. Six of the seven Bluefish runs occurred with two outs. During the season-long four game-losing streak, the Patriots have committed seven errors, two of which were committed in …
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 »Jon Hunton Sets Record In Patriots 4-1 Win
Central Islip, NY – Jon Hunton set the Atlantic League career saves record at 135 as the Somerset Patriots (15-4) snapped the Long Island Ducks (10-7) nine game-winning streak with a 4-1 victory Tuesday night at Bethpage Ballpark. “As a competitor I’m always trying to win, but if I’m fortunate enough to be around great people that allow me …
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