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SOMERSET PATRIOTS SIX-TIME ATLANTIC LEAGUE CHAMPIONS 1 Patriots Park * Bridgewater, NJ 08807 * 908.252.0700 www.somersetpatriots.com and www.patriotsbaseball.com Somerset Patriots (38-31, 76-63) @ New Britain Bees (35-34, 71-68) Game #140/140 * Sunday, September 18 * 1:35 PM * New Britain Stadium * New Britain, CT On The Air: WCTC-AM 1450; WCTCam.com Twitter: @SOMPatriots and @JAntweil PATRIOTS BREAKDOWN (1st/2nd) home road overall Series at a Glance season: 22-14/18-16 16-18/20-15 38-32/38-31 Thursday (6:35) Bees 4, Pats 1 (Carrillo, two doubles and two RBI. Final 16 Somerset hitters retired) day: 5-3/3-1 2-4/2-2 7-7/5-3 Friday (6:35) Pats 5, Bees 1 (Farris and LaHair club back-to-back homers in first inning to set the tone) night: 17-11/16-16 14-14/18-13 31-25/34-28 Saturday (6:35) Bees 4, Pats 3 (Griffin clubbed a solo shot in 4th and a three-run bomb in 6th) 1-run gm: 6-3/10-6 4-5/5-4 10-8/15-11 Sunday (1:35) SOM [LHP] Efrain Nieves (3-0, 2.30 ERA) @ NB [RHP] Dylan Thompson (0-1, 9.00 ERA) 2-run gm: 6-5/4-5 3-5/2-4 9-10/6-9 3-run gm: 3-3/0-3 2-4/7-4 5-12/7-7 PLAYOFF PICTURE: The Patriots have won the Second Half Liberty Division Patriots vs. Bees in 2016 4+run gm: 7-3/4-2 7-4/6-3 14-7/10-5 Title. It’s their 4th straight playoff appearance and 13th in the franchises 19 years Date SITE RESULT extras: 3-0/5-4 2-3/0-1 5-3/5-5 of existence. They will play the Long Island Ducks in a best-of-five series that 6/07 @ NB L 5-3 hit a HR: 12-8/15-7 11-7/14-7 23-15/29-14 starts Wednesday at 7:05 p.m. from TD Bank Ballpark. 6/08 @ NB L 7-6 6/09 @ NB W 5-3 no HR: 10-6/3-9 5-11/6-8 15-17/9-17 6/20 @ NB L 7-0 0 Errors: 9-4/8-10 9-6/14-8 18-10/22-18 WHERE THERE’S A WILL THERE’S A WAY: Will Oliver has allowed three 6/21 @ NB W 10-2 1-2 Errors: 12-9/14-6 7-11/6-7 19-20/19-13 runs or fewer in 14 of his 16 starts 6/22 @ NB L 3-0 3+ Errors: 1-1/0-0 0-1/0-0 1-2/0-0 6/27 vs NB W 4-1 OPPOSING STARTER EGGS SUNNY SIDE UP: From July 20th – September 10th Aharon Eggleston 6/28 vs NB L 3-0 (6) vs. lh: 11-5/6-0 6-2/7-3 17-7/13-3 reached base in every game (43 games a franchise record) 6/29 vs NB L 8-7 vs. rh: 11-9/12-16 10-16/13-12 21-25/25-28 6/30 vs NB L 8-7 SCORING FIRST LAHAIR HAMMERING OPPOSITION: Bryan LaHair is fourth in the Atlantic 8/26 vs NB W 7-6 League in RBI with 83 8/27 vs NB L 4-3 (10) patriots: 11-8/9-4 13-8/17-8 24-16/26-12 8/28 vs NB L 11-9 opponent: 11-6/8-12 3-10/3-6 14-16/11-18 9/09 vs NB W 4-3 PATRIOTS SCORE M-VIDAL-P: David Vidal has tallied 26 HRs which is a career-high. He is second 9/10 vs NB L 4-1 3 or less: 2-7/2-9 2-11/4-8 4-18/6-18 in the league in homers behind Jeremy Barfield who has 27 for Sugar Land 9/11 vs NB W 7-0 4 or more: 19-7/16-7 14-7/16-6 34-14/32-13 9/15 @ NB L 4-1 TWINBILLS COMEBACK KIDS: The Patriots have 41 wins in come from behind fashion and 9/16 @ NB W 5-1 dh gm 1: 2-0/0-2 0-2/0-1 2-2/0-3 11 walk-off wins. 9/17 @ NB L 4-3 dh gm 2: 1-1/0-2 1-1/0-1 2-2/0-3 9/18 @ NB 1:35 pm PATIENCE IS A VIRTURE: The Patriots have drawn 71 more walks than the AFTER INNING PATS @ TD BANK: 4-6 up 6th: 13-4/11-4 14-2/14-1 27-6/25-5 next closest teams PATS @ NB: 3-6 tied 6th: 5-0/3-1 2-4/2-1 7-4/5-2 down 6th: 4-10/4-11 0-11/4-12 4-21/8-23 ROAD WARRIORS: The Patriots have the best road record in the Atlantic PATS ‘16 Stat ‘16 Rank up 7th: 13-3/12-2 15-0/15-0 28-3/27-2 League at 36-33 AVG: .270 T-3rd tied 7th: 4-1/2-2 1-4/2-1 5-5/4-3 Runs: 681 1st down 7th: 3-10/4-10 0-11/3-12 3-21/7-22 SPEEDSTERS: Somerset has swiped the most bags in the league at 164. That’s HR: 114 4th up 8th: 15-2/14-2 15-0/19-0 30-2/33-2 20 more than the next closest team. Scott Kelly is fourth in league with 37 K: 981 4th BB: 525 1st tied 8th: 3-1/4-2 1-3/0-0 4-4/4-2 SB: 164 1st down 8th: 2-11/0-10 0-13/1-13 2-24/1-23 E-ROC NATION: Eric Farris is batting .397 with 3 HRs and 15 RBI in 14 games ERA: 3.88 2nd DAY this month Saves: 41 3rd monday: 1-0/2-0 1-2/3-1 2-2/5-1 HR: 109 6th tuesday: 3-4/3-2 3-1/1-4 6-4/4-6 MILLER TIME: In 26 appearances, Jim Miller has hurled 25.0 innings and yet to K: 1,071 1st wednesday: 4-3/2-3 2-4/4-1 6-7/6-5 allow an earned run. He has 23 Ks and 2 BBs. He has allowed 8 hits all year. BB: 359 1st thursday: 2-3/4-2 4-1/2-1 6-4/6-3 friday: 4-2/3-1 2-2/5-1 6-4/8-2 THE CHAMP IS HERE: Jose De La Torre, who won a World Series with Red 2016 ATTENDANCE BESTS saturday: 4-2/2-2 2-4/2-4 6-6/4-6 Sox in 2013, has yet to allow a run in three relief appearances June 17 – 8,071 sunday: 4-2/1-5 2-3/3-2 6-5/4-7 June 18 – 7,917 MONTH STRIVE FOR SEVEN: The Somerset Patriots are the most successful baseball July 21 – 7,825 april 7-0/0-0 3-0/0-0 10-0/0-0 club in Atlantic League history winning League Championships in 2001, 2003, June 4 – 7,322 may: 5-9/0-0 7-8/0-0 12-17/0-0 2005, 2008, 2009, 2015. The Patriots look to win that elusive seventh title in July 3 – 7,315 june: 8-5/0-0 6-9/0-0 14-14/0-0 program history this year. This is the 19th year of Somerset Patriots Baseball and july: 2-1/5-7 0-0/7-5 2-1/12-12 they have qualified for the playoffs in 12 of those years. august: 0-0/8-8 0-0/8-4 0-0/16-12 september: 0-0/5-1 0-0/5-5 0-0/10-6 VERSUS TEAM PATRIOTS HITTER’S NOTEBOOK th th BPT: 4-2/1-3 2-2/3-3 6-4/4-6 AHARON EGGLESTON Mr. 15 Inning because has two walk-off 15 inning base hits this year NB: 1-3/3-3 2-4/1-2 3-7/4-5 ERIC FARRIS Has played 6 different positions this year. LI: 5-2/1-2 2-1/2-5 7-3/3-7 YOVAN GONZALEZ .214 at home, .290 on road LIBERTY: 10-7/5-8 6-7/6-10 16-14/11-18 CARLOS GUZMAN .296 at home, .235 on road LAN: 1-2/3-4 6-1/3-0 7-3/6-4 SCOTT KELLY Clubbed first ever home run in 219th career professional baseball game SMD: 6-1/2-1 2-1/6-1 8-2/8-2 ROB KRAL After hitting .161 in August, batting .273 in September SLS: 0-3/5-2 1-6/2-1 1-9/7-3 BRYAN LAHAIR .344 with RISP, .367 with 2 outs and RISP YRK: 5-1/3-1 1-3/3-3 6-4/6-4 LUIS MATEO On inactive list with a hamstring injury FREEDOM: 12-7/13-8 10-11/14-4 22-18/27-12 JOSH MAZZOLIA 2016 in American Association: 100 games, .259 BA, 20 HRs, 78 RBI KYLE ROLLER Hit .216 in AAA this year but .286 in Atlantic League this year BRIAN VAN KIRK Eats Honey Nut Cheerios before games DAVID VIDAL 11 go ahead home runs this year VINNY ZARRILLO The Catalyst because of .277 BA and .367 OBP SOMERSET PATRIOTS SIX-TIME ATLANTIC LEAGUE CHAMPIONS 1 Patriots Park * Bridgewater, NJ 08807 * 908.252.0700 www.somersetpatriots.com and www.patriotsbaseball.com #18 EFRAIN NIEVES (3-0, 2.30) LHP HT: 6-0 WT: 170 AGE: 26 RESIDES: Puerto Rico PITCHES: SLURVE, 2 & 4 seam, CHANGE * 2015 with Evansville Otters in Frontier League.