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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 (7-7, 45-39) @ Lancaster Barnstormers (6-8, 40-43) Game #85/140 * Friday, July 22 * 7:05 PM * Clipper Magazine Stadium * Lancaster, 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: 22-14/4-4 16-18/3-3 38-32/7-7 Friday (7:00) SOM [RHP] Shaun Garceau (2-3, 4.56) @ LAN [LHP] Kelvin De La Cruz (6-7, 4.46) day: 5-3/0-1 2-4/0-0 7-7/0-1 Saturday (7:00) SOM [RHP] Randy Boone (0-0, 0.00) @ LAN [RHP] Bryan Evans (3-6, 4.31) night: 17-11/4-3 14-14/3-3 31-25/7-6 Sunday (2:00) SOM [LHP] Rudy Owens (1-2, 4.86) @ LAN [RHP] Donovan Hand (4-4, 3.57) 1-run gm: 6-3/3-0 4-5/1-0 10-8/4-0 2-run gm: 6-5/1-1 3-5/1-1 9-10/2-2 3-run gm: 3-3/0-1 2-4/1-1 5-12/1-2 SUSTAINING SUCCESS: In The Brett Jodie Era, the Patriots have amassed Patriots vs. Barn in 2016 4+run gm: 7-3/0-2 7-4/0-1 14-7/0-3 seven straight winning halves Date SITE RESULT extras: 3-0/1-0 2-3/0-0 5-3/1-0 4/28 @ LAN W 2-1 hit a HR: 12-8/3-0 11-7/3-1 23-15/6-1 TRIPLE THREAT: Tuesday the Patriots slugged three triples (Mateo, LaHair, 4/29 @ LAN W 6-2 4/30 @ LAN W 10-3 (12) no HR: 10-6/1-4 5-11/0-2 15-17/1-6 Robinson). It tied a franchise record for most triples in a game. They did it in 5/01 @ LAN W 11-8 0 Errors: 9-4/2-1 9-6/3-2 18-10/5-3 2001, 2004, 2007 as well. 5/13 vs LAN W 12-2 1-2 Errors: 12-9/2-3 7-11/0-1 19-20/2-4 5/14 vs LAN L 11-8 3+ Errors: 1-1/0-0 0-1/0-0 1-2/0-0 INAUSPICIOUS STARTS: The Patriots have allowed their opponents to score 5/15 vs LAN L 6-4 OPPOSING STARTER first in 10 of the 14 games in the second half 6/11 @ LAN L 6-4 vs. lh: 11-5/1-0 6-2/1-1 17-7/2-1 6/12 @ LAN W 9-4 vs. rh: 11-9/3-4 10-16/2-2 21-25/5-6 HOW DO YOU SPELL RBI: Bryan LaHair is tied for third in the Atlantic League 6/13 @ LAN W 4-2 SCORING FIRST in RBI with 49 7/07 vs LAN L 7-4 7/08 vs LAN W 4-3 (10) patriots: 11-8/2-1 13-8/1-0 24-16/3-1 7/09 vs LAN W 2-1 opponent: 11-6/2-3 3-10/2-3 14-16/4-6 COMEBACK KIDS: The Patriots have 25 wins in come from behind fashion. 7 7/10 vs LAN L 5-0 PATRIOTS SCORE of their last 9 wins have been in come from behind fashion. 7/22 @ LAN 7:00 pm 3 or less: 2-7/1-2 2-11/1-2 4-18/2-4 7/23 @ LAN 7:00 pm 4 or more: 19-7/3-2 14-7/2-1 34-14/5-3 CUT ABOVE REST: David Vidal hit .259 last year. This year he is hitting .346. 7/24 @ LAN 2:00 pm TWINBILLS In 31 games he has 9 HRs and 23 RBI. 8/23 vs LAN 7:05 pm dh gm 1: 2-0/0-1 0-2/0-0 2-2/0-1 8/24 vs LAN 7:05 pm dh gm 2: 1-1/0-1 1-1/0-0 2-2/0-1 CLOSING TIME: Jon Hunton is 14-for-14 in his last 14 save opportunities. Last 8/25 vs LAN 7:00 pm blown save was May 21s AFTER INNING PATS @ TD BANK: 3-4 up 6th: 13-4/2-1 14-2/1-1 27-6/3-2 PATS @ LAN: 6-1 tied 6th: 5-0/0-0 2-4/1-0 7-4/1-0 I WANNA BE LIKE MIKE: Last 16 appearances for Mike Thomas: 16.2 down 6th: 4-10/2-3 0-11/1-2 4-21/3-5 innings, 0 earned runs, 13 Ks, 2 BBs PATS ‘16 Stat ‘16 Rank up 7th: 13-3/2-0 15-0/1-0 28-3/3-0 AVG: .261 T-6th tied 7th: 4-1/0-0 1-4/2-0 5-5/2-0 E-ROC NATION: Eric Farris has 33 hits during his last 19 games. Ten multi-hit Runs: 391 T-3rd down 7th: 3-10/2-3 0-11/0-3 3-21/2-6 performances over that span. He has hit safely in 16 of his last 19. He is 33-for-75 HR: 61 4th up 8th: 15-2/2-0 15-0/3-0 30-2/5-0 (.440). He has raised his batting average from .256 to .300 K: 601 5th BB: 301 1st tied 8th: 3-1/2-0 1-3/0-0 4-4/2-0 SB: 116 1st down 8th: 2-11/0-3 0-13/0-3 2-24/0-6 CLOSE CONTESTS: 13 of the last 16 games have been decided by three runs ERA: 3.91 2nd DAY or fewer Saves: 25 3rd monday: 1-0/0-0 1-2/1-0 2-2/1-0 HR: 70 7th tuesday: 3-4/1-0 3-1/1-0 6-4/2-0 PATIENCE IS A VIRTURE: The Patriots have drawn 32 more walks than the K: 616 4th wednesday: 4-3/0-1 2-4/1-0 6-7/1-2 next closest teams BB: 211 1st thursday: 2-3/1-1 4-1/0-0 6-4/1-1 friday: 4-2/1-0 2-2/0-1 6-4/1-1 SPEEDSTERS: Somerset has swiped the most bags in the league at 116. That’s 2016 ATTENDANCE BESTS saturday: 4-2/1-0 2-4/0-1 6-6/1-1 26 more than the next closest team. Mycal Jones is second in league with 27. Scott Kelly is fourth in league with 26. Eric Farris is seventh in league with 21. June 17 – 8,071 sunday: 4-2/0-1 2-3/0-1 6-5/0-2 June 18 – 7,917 MONTH July 21 – 7,825 april 7-0/0-0 3-0/0-0 10-0/0-0 STRIVE FOR SEVEN: The Somerset Patriots are the most successful baseball June 4 – 7,322 may: 5-9/0-0 7-8/0-0 12-17/0-0 club in Atlantic League history winning League Championships in 2001, 2003, July 3 – 7,315 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 th july: 2-1/4-4 0-0/3-3 2-1/7-7 program history this year. This is the 19 year of Somerset Patriots Baseball and august: 0-0/0-0 0-0/0-0 0-0/0-0 they have qualified for the playoffs in 12 of those years. september: 0-0/0-0 0-0/0-0 0-0/0-0 VERSUS TEAM PATRIOTS HITTER’S NOTEBOOK BPT: 4-2/0-0 2-2/0-0 6-4/0-0 AHARON EGGLESTON Second best batting average in league at .307 NB: 1-3/0-0 2-4/0-0 3-7/0-0 ERIC FARRIS Has played 5 different positions this year. LI: 5-2/0-0 2-1/0-3 7-3/0-3 YOVAN GONZALEZ Recruited to Somerset by David Vidal as were teammates in Reds system LIBERTY: 10-6/0-0 6-7/0-3 16-13/0-3 CARLOS GUZMAN 4th different AL Team (Road Warriors, York, Camden, Somerset) LAN: 1-2/2-2 6-1/0-0 7-3/2-2 MYCAL JONES Second in league in stolen bases with 27 SMD: 6-1/0-0 2-1/3-0 8-2/3-0 SCOTT KELLY Fourth in league in stolen bases with 26 SLS: 0-3/2-2 1-6/0-0 1-9/2-2 ROB KRAL First player not named Adam Donachie to catch opening night since 2011 YRK: 5-1/0-0 1-3/0-0 6-4/0-0 BRYAN LAHAIR 2012 MLB All-Star Reserve. 1st Half of 2012: .284 BA, 13 HRs, 28 RBI FREEDOM: 12-7/4-4 10-10/3-0 22-17/7-4 LUIS MATEO 4 for 29 to start Somerset career in first 9 games TRAVON ROBINSON Hit 9 home runs this year. Had 3 all of last year. BRIAN VAN KIRK 7 for 45 to start Somerset career in first 12 games. All hits singles. 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 #5 SHAUN GARCEAU (2-3, 4.56) RHP HT: 6-1 WT: 220 AGE: 28 RESIDES: West Palm Beach, PL PITCHES: CUTTER, CURVE, CHANGE * Signed with Somerset May 28th after beginning year with Southern Maryland.