SOMERSET PATRIOTS SIX-TIME ATLANTIC LEAGUE CHAMPIONS 1 Patriots Park * Bridgewater, NJ 08807 * 908.252.0700 www.somersetpatriots.com Somerset Patriots (17-17, 59-45) vs. Lancaster Barnstormers (22-14, 60-45) Game #105 * Sunday, August 13th * 2:05 pm ET * Clipper Magazine Stadium * Lancaster, Pennsylvania On The Air: WCTC-AM 1450; WCTCam.com Twitter: @SOMPatriots @MarcSchwartz26 @ChrisDrabik PATRIOTS BREAKDOWN Series at a Glance st nd (1 /2 ) Home Road Overall Thursday (6:30 pm) SOM def. LAN 9-3; 4-run 1st and 2nd innings set the tone for offensive breakout; Nieves quality start Season: 25-12/9-7 17-16/8-10 42-28/17-17 Friday (6:30 pm) SOM def. LAN 8-2; Six runs over first three innings lead way; Oliver allows one run over eight innings Day: 9-2/2-2 6-5/1-1 15-7/3-3 Saturday (6:30 pm) LAN def. SOM 10-6; Three-run third and fourth innings for LAN; Patriots strand season-high 14 Night: 16-10/7-5 11-11/7-9 27-21/14-14 Sunday (2:00 pm) SOM [LHP] Mike Antonini (0-0, 0.75 ERA) vs LAN [RHP] Joe Gardner (0-1, 11.00 ERA) 1-Run Gm: 8-3/5-0 2-6/3-4 10-9/8-4 2-Run Gm: 1-3/0-1 4-4/1-0 5-7/1-1 PROMOTION-A-PALOOZA: 2017 has featured three different Patriots earning Patriots vs. Barnstormers in 3-Run Gm: 2-4/1-2 1-1/0-3 3-5/1-5 a promotion to MLB clubs, tying a franchise record (‘08): OF Chris Marrero (SFG), 2017 4+Run Gm: 13-2/3-4 10-5/4-3 23-7/7-7 RHP Tyler Cloyd (SEA) & LHP Nik Turley (MIN). Marrero played in 37 games here Date SITE RESULT Extras: 6-3/1-0 1-0/0-0 7-3/1-0 in 2015, Turley appeared in 10 games (8 GS) in 2016 & Cloyd made three starts 04/21 vs LAN W, 2-1 (10) Hit a HR: 10-4/3-2 9-6/7-2 19-10/10-4 04/22 vs LAN W, 5-4 in 2017, earning his call-up just 27 days after his last Somerset appearance. 04/22 vs LAN W, 5-2 No HR: 14-8/6-5 8-9/1-8 22-17/7-13 There has been a record 19 Patriots to reach the majors after playing in Somerset. 0 Errors: 14-4/7-1 12-8/3-3 26-12/10-4 04/23 vs LAN W, 8-2 1-2 Errors: 11-7/2-6 4-8/5-7 15-15/7-13 05/30 @ LAN L, 11-10 CONGRATS ARE IN ORDER: 14 Patriots have had their contracts purchased 05/31 @ LAN W, 10-5 3+ Errors: 0-0/0-0 1-0/0-0 1-0/0-0 in 2017: 10 by MLB organizations. LHPs Jeremy Bleich, Logan Darnell (twice) & 06/01 @ LAN L, 5-2 OPPOSING STARTER Aaron Laffey along w/ RHPs Tyler Cloyd, Ryan Kelly, Vin Mazzaro, Mitch Atkins, 06/30 @ LAN L, 9-7 vs. LHP: 7-1/2-1 4-2/2-3 11-3/4-4 OF Jerry Sands & INF Tyler Bortnick had their contracts’ purchased this season. 07/01 @ LAN W, 5-1 vs. RHP: 18-11/7-6 13-14/6-7 31-25/13-13 LHP Rick Teasley (Taiwan), INF Olmo Rosario (twice, Mexico) and RHP Scott 07/02 @ LAN L, 7-6 SCORING FIRST McGregor (Taiwan) also had their contracts’ purchased earlier this season. 08/10 @ LAN W, 9-3 Patriots: 13-3/6-2 12-6/6-3 25-7/12-5 08/11 @ LAN W, 8-2 Opponent: 12-9/3-5 5-10/2-7 17-19/5-12 MERRY CLINCH-MAS: Having won the first half Liberty Division Championship, 08/12 @ LAN L, 10-6 PATRIOTS SCORE 08/13 @ LAN the Somerset Patriots have clinched a playoff berth and have now won an Atlantic 08/28 vs LAN 3 or less: 7-8/5-6 1-11/3-5 8-19/8-11 League-record 18 half championships, including eight first-half championships. 08/29 vs LAN 4 or more: 18-4/4-1 15-4/5-5 33-8/9-6 08/30 vs LAN TWINBILLS COUNTDOWN TO 1,000: Carlos Guzman is currently just 22 hits away from 08/31 vs LAN DH Gm 1: 3-0/1-1 3-2/0-0 6-2/1-1 1,000 over his professional career (all levels). The second-year Patriot currently 09/01 @ LAN DH Gm 2: 2-1/2-0 4-1/0-0 6-2/2-0 leads the team in hits (87), at-bats (339), games (89) and ranks 2nd in RBI (43). 09/02 @ LAN AFTER INNING 09/03 @ LAN Up 6th: 18-1/6-0 14-1/7-0 32-2/13-0 ABOVE AVERAGE: Justin Pacchioli ranks third in the Atlantic League in steals 09/04 @ LAN Tied 6th: 3-1/2-1 1-2/0-1 4-3/2-2 (31), fifth in OBP (.388), sixth in runs (55) and 10th in batting (.295). Additionally, PATS @ TD BANK: 4-0 Down 6th: 4-10/1-6 2-13/1-9 6-23/2-15 he has hit safely in 13 of 18 games and a run scored in 11 of his last 19. PATS @ LAN: 4-5 Up 7th: 20-0/7-0 15-2/6-0 35-2/13-0 Tied 7th: 4-1/1-0 1-0/2-3 5-1/3-3 KEEP THE GOOD TIMES ROLLIN’: Kyle Roller has reached base in 10 of his PATS ‘17 Stat ‘17 Rank Down 7th: 1-11/1-7 1-14/0-7 2-25/1-14 last 13 games (hits in 9-of-13). Over that stretch, Roller has five home runs and AVG: .266 4th Up 8th: 17-0/7-0 9-2/7-0 26-2/14-0 17 RBI. Despite just 61 games this year, he is tied for fifth in the league in home Runs: 499 3rd th Tied 8th: 5-2/0-0 1-0/0-2 6-2/0-2 runs (17), 9 in RBI (54) and would lead the league in SLG (.598) if qualified. HR: 59 8th Down 8th: 0-10/1-6 1-11/0-8 1-21/1-14 K: 637 2nd (least) DAY IT’S A TRAPP: Justin Trapp has reached base in five-straight games, including BB: 427 1st hits in 4-of-5. Over this stretch, Trapp is 8-for-19 (.421) with four BB, four 2B, SB: 133 2nd Monday: 2-0/0-0 2-0/1-2 4-0/1-2 ERA: 3.87 1st Tuesday: 3-2/2-1 4-3/2-1 7-5/4-2 five RBI and seven runs. He has also reached base in 12 of his 15 starts this year. Saves: 17 8th Wednesday: 5-1/2-1 4-1/1-2 9-2/3-3 HR: 85 5th WELCOME HOME-O: Olmo Rosario has rejoined the Patriots for his third stint Thursday: 0-5/1-0 2-1/2-0 2-6/3-0 K: 741 4th with the team this year. He went 2-for-4 with a run scored in his 8/12 return. Friday: 4-2/2-1 1-3/2-1 5-5/4-2 BB: 270 1st (least) Saturday: 7-0/0-2 2-4/0-3 9-4/0-5 ALL ANTOL-IN: RHP Dustin Antolin has yet to give up an earned run since 2017 ATTENDANCE BESTS Sunday: 4-2/1-2 2-4/1-1 6-6/2-3 joining the Patriots. The former Toronto Blue Jay has spanned 8.1 innings in 7,916 (7/27) MONTH seven total appearances, striking out 13 batters without surrendering a walk. 7,579 (8/05) April 6-1/0-0 0-3/0-0 6-4/0-0 7,219 (6/16) May: 10-4/0-0 12-7/0-0 19-11/0-0 MAJOR LEAGUE BULLPEN: With the Keith Hessler signing, Somerset now has 7,032 (6/03) June: 12-7/0-0 4-5/0-0 16-12/0-0 6,970 (6/17) five relievers (Achter, Antolin, Below and Molleken) with service at the Major July: 0-0/7-3 1-1/4-9 1-1/11-12 6,524 (7/26 D) League level. Additionally, four of them (Achter, Antolin, Hessler and Molleken) 6,103 (6/18) August: 0-0/2-4 0-0/4-1 0-0/5-5 appeared in the Majors during the 2016 season. September: 0-0/0-0 0-0/0-0 0-0/0-0 6,097 (5/19) 6,083 (4/21) TOP 20: All season long, the Somerset Patriots will be unveiling their Top 20 6,071 (8/09) VERSUS TEAM players in franchise history. OF Ryan Radmanovich was just named the sixth 6,023 (7/07) BPT: 4-3/0-0 2-1/1-2 6-4/1-2 greatest Patriot of all time. Follow along all season to find out who will join him! 6,010 (8/04) NB: 2-1/2-1 6-1/1-2 8-2/3-3 LI: 4-2/0-0 2-5/2-1 6-7/2-1 PATRIOTS HITTER’S NOTEBOOK LIBERTY: 9-6/2-1 10-7/4-5 20-13/6-6 ADAM DONACHIE Five-game on-base streak (5-14, 3 RBI, 4 BB); 5th year w/ SOM; 2014 All-Star LAN: 4-0/0-0 2-4/2-1 6-4/2-1 AHARON EGGLESTON Sixth in Atlantic League in BB (46), 9th in OBP (.374); Four-time ALPB All-Star SMD: 2-2/6-2 2-2/0-0 4-4/6-2 SL: 4-3/1-2 3-0/2-4 7-3/3-6 GREG GOLSON Last 27 G: 32-for-117, 4 HR, 25 RBI, 17 R, 4 2B, 3 3B; ‘13-14 w/ LAN, ‘16 w/ NB YRK 5-1/1-2 0-3/0-0 5-4/1-2 YOVAN GONZALEZ Four GW hits at home (4/21, 5/6, 6/2 & 6/14); 13-game OB streak to begin the year nd FREEDOM: 15-6/7-6 7-9/4-5 22-15/11-11 CARLOS GUZMAN Leads team in hits (87), at-bats (339) and games played (89); 2 in RBI (43) SCOTT KELLY Has reached base safely in 41-of-his-last-53 games; Hit 3rd pro HR 7/15 @ LI CHRISTIAN MARRERO Hits in 26 of 38 games with SOM; 40-137, 3 HR, 19 R, 24 RBI, 31 BB MARK MINICOZZI Reached base in 26 of last 32 games with 17 BB; 21 games w/ LI in ‘16 th JUSTIN PACCHIOLI On-base 59 of last 73 games; Runs in 11 of last 19 games (15 R); 5 in OBP (.388) ZACH RACUSIN RBI 2B in first pro at-bat (7/9); On-base in 11-of-12; .342 avg.