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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 (29-25, 67-57) @ York Revolution (29-23, 69-53) Game #125/140 * Friday, September 2 * 6:30 PM * PeoplesBank Park * York, PA On The Air: WCTC-AM 1450; WCTCam.com Twitter: @SOMPatriots and @JAntweil PATRIOTS BREAKDOWN (1st/2nd) home road overall Series at a Glance season: 22-14/13-15 16-18/16-10 38-32/29-25 Friday (6:30) SOM [LHP] Nik Turley (3-1, 3.30 ERA) @ YRK [LHP] Frank Gailey (5-3, 3.17) day: 5-3/2-1 2-4/1-1 7-7/3-2 Saturday (6:30) SOM [RHP] Donovan Hand (4-6, 5.31 ERA) @ YRK [RHP] James Simmons (9-8, 4.38) night: 17-11/12-15 14-14/15-9 31-25/27-23 Sunday (6:30) SOM [RHP] Shaun Garceau (4-4, 4.67 ERA) @ YRK [RHP] Ty’Relle Harris (4-6, 4.60) 1-run gm: 6-3/7-6 4-5/4-3 10-8/11-10 2-run gm: 6-5/4-5 3-5/2-2 9-10/6-7 3-run gm: 3-3/0-2 2-4/6-3 5-12/6-5 PLAYOFF PICTURE: With 16 games remaining, Somerset leads Bridgeport by Patriots vs. Revs in 2016 4+run gm: 7-3/2-2 7-4/4-2 14-7/6-4 1.5 games. New Britain is in third place at 3.0 back and Long Island in 4th place at Date SITE RESULT extras: 3-0/3-4 2-3/0-1 5-3/3-5 4.5 back. 4/26 vs YRK W 2-1 hit a HR: 12-8/10-6 11-7/11-4 23-15/21-10 4/27 dh1 vs YRK W 5-0 4/27 dh2 vs YRK W 4-3 no HR: 10-6/3-9 5-11/5-6 15-17/8-15 KID KELLY: On Sunday, third year Patriot Scott Kelly slugged his first career th 5/27 vs YRK L 7-5 0 Errors: 9-4/6-9 9-6/11-6 18-10/17-15 home run. He was playing in his 219 game. He had 156 prior career hits that 5/28 @ YRK W 7-6 1-2 Errors: 12-9/11-6 7-11/5-4 19-20/15-10 were all singles, doubles, or triples. 5/29 @ YRK L 5-2 3+ Errors: 1-1/0-0 0-1/0-0 1-2/0-0 5/30 @ YRK L 6-5 (13) OPPOSING STARTER LAHAIR HAMMERING OPPOSITION: Bryan LaHair is second in the Atlantic 6/14 vs YRK W 10-8 vs. lh: 11-5/5-0 6-2/5-3 17-7/10-3 League in RBI with 78 6/15 vs YRK W 5-3 vs. rh: 11-9/8-15 10-16/11-7 21-25/19-22 6/16 vs YRK L 5-3 SCORING FIRST OFFENSIVE OUTPUT: The Patriots have at least scored five runs in five 7/25 @ YRK W 10-3 straight games 7/26 @ YRK L 5-2 patriots: 11-8/7-4 13-8/13-5 24-16/20-9 7/27 @ YRK L 4-3 opponent: 11-6/6-11 3-10/3-4 14-16/9-15 8/15 vs YRK W 6-5 (15) PATRIOTS SCORE M-VIDAL-P: David Vidal has tallied 21 HRs which is a career-high. He is tied for 8/16 vs YRK W 6-4 3 or less: 2-7/2-8 2-11/3-4 4-18/5-13 the league lead in that category. 8/17 vs YRK W 13-2 4 or more: 19-7/11-7 14-7/13-6 34-14/24-12 8/18 vs YRK L 2-0 TWINBILLS CLOSE CONTESTS: The Patriots last nine games have been decided by three 9/02 @ YRK 6:30 pm dh gm 1: 2-0/0-2 0-2/0-0 2-2/0-2 runs or fewer 9/03 @ YRK 6:30 pm dh gm 2: 1-1/0-2 1-1/0-0 2-2/0-2 9/04 @ YRK 1:00 pm EGGS SUNNY SIDE UP: Aharon Eggleston boasts the second best batting AFTER INNING PATS @ TD BANK: 8-2 up 6th: 13-4/9-4 14-2/11-1 27-6/20-5 average in the Atlantic League at .321. He has hit safely in 16 of his last 17 PATS @ YRK: 2-5 games and is 29-for-75 (.387) over that stretch. tied 6th: 5-0/1-1 2-4/2-1 7-4/3-2 down 6th: 4-10/3-10 0-11/3-7 4-21/6-17 up 7th: 13-3/8-2 15-0/12-0 28-3/20-2 COMEBACK KIDS: The Patriots have 36 wins in come from behind fashion and PATS ‘16 Stat ‘16 Rank tied 7th: 4-1/2-2 1-4/2-1 5-5/4-3 nine walk-off wins. AVG: .272 T-3rd down 7th: 3-10/3-9 0-11/2-8 3-21/5-17 Runs: 617 1st up 8th: 15-2/10-2 15-0/15-0 30-2/25-2 PATIENCE IS A VIRTURE: The Patriots have drawn 75 more walks than the HR: 98 4th K: 898 6th tied 8th: 3-1/3-2 1-3/0-0 4-4/3-2 next closest teams BB: 470 1st down 8th: 2-11/0-9 0-13/1-9 2-24/1-18 SB: 153 1st DAY SPEEDSTERS: Somerset has swiped the most bags in the league at 153. That’s ERA: 3.96 2nd monday: 1-0/1-0 1-2/3-1 2-2/4-1 18 more than the next closest team. Scott Kelly is third in league with 35. Eric Saves: 38 3rd tuesday: 3-4/2-2 3-1/1-2 6-4/3-4 Farris is sixth in league with 25. HR: 101 6th wednesday: 4-3/1-3 2-4/3-1 6-7/4-5 K: 940 2nd thursday: 2-3/4-2 4-1/2-0 6-4/6-2 MILLER TIME: In 20 appearances, Jim Miller has hurled 19.0 innings and yet to BB: 323 1st friday: 4-2/2-1 2-2/3-1 6-4/5-2 allow an earned run. He has 20 Ks and 1 BBs. 2016 ATTENDANCE BESTS saturday: 4-2/2-1 2-4/2-2 6-6/4-3 sunday: 4-2/0-5 2-3/2-2 6-5/2-7 NEW-BY: in 2015 Kyler Newby’s ERA was 4.46, but this year his ERA is 2.17. June 17 – 8,071 MONTH June 18 – 7,917 april 7-0/0-0 3-0/0-0 10-0/0-0 STRIVE FOR SEVEN: The Somerset Patriots are the most successful baseball July 21 – 7,825 may: 5-9/0-0 7-8/0-0 12-17/0-0 club in Atlantic League history winning League Championships in 2001, 2003, June 4 – 7,322 june: 8-5/0-0 6-9/0-0 14-14/0-0 2005, 2008, 2009, 2015. The Patriots look to win that elusive seventh title in July 3 – 7,315 july: 2-1/5-7 0-0/7-5 2-1/12-12 program history this year. This is the 19th year of Somerset Patriots Baseball and august: 0-0/8-8 0-0/8-4 0-0/16-12 they have qualified for the playoffs in 12 of those years. september: 0-0/0-0 0-0/1-0 0-0/1-0 VERSUS TEAM PATRIOTS HITTER’S NOTEBOOK th th BPT: 4-2/1-3 2-2/2-1 6-4/3-4 AHARON EGGLESTON Mr. 15 Inning because has two walk-off 15 inning base hits this year NB: 1-3/1-2 2-4/0-0 3-7/1-2 ERIC FARRIS Has played 6 different positions this year. LI: 5-2/1-2 2-1/2-5 7-3/3-7 YOVAN GONZALEZ Hit .208 in May, .237 in June, .283 in July LIBERTY: 10-7/3-7 6-7/4-6 16-14/7-13 CARLOS GUZMAN Has three homers against York (Revs released him in 2011 before postseason) LAN: 1-2/3-4 6-1/3-0 7-3/6-4 GEVON JACKSON JR Batting .333 to start his Somerset career through his first 12 games SMD: 6-1/2-1 2-1/6-1 8-2/8-2 SCOTT KELLY Batting .324 in August after hitting .205 in July SLS: 0-3/2-2 1-6/2-1 1-9/4-3 ROB KRAL First player not named Adam Donachie to catch opening night since 2011 YRK: 5-1/3-1 1-3/1-2 6-4/4-3 BRYAN LAHAIR .340 with RISP, .375 with 2 outs and RISP FREEDOM: 12-7/10-8 10-11/12-4 22-18/22-12 LUIS MATEO On inactive list with a ham string injury KYLE ROLLER Homered in four of last six games BRIAN VAN KIRK Eats Honey Nut Cheerios before games DAVID VIDAL Serves as the team barber. VINNY ZARRILLO Graduated from Rutgers in May of 2015 SOMERSET PATRIOTS SIX-TIME ATLANTIC LEAGUE CHAMPIONS 1 Patriots Park * Bridgewater, NJ 08807 * 908.252.0700 www.somersetpatriots.com and www.patriotsbaseball.com #15 NIK TURLEY (3-1, 3.30) LHP HT: 6-5 WT: 240 AGE: 26 RESIDES: Los Angeles, CA PITCHES: FB, SL, CURVE, CHANGE * 50th round by New York Yankees in 2008 via High School.