2021 SOMERSET PATRIOTS GAME NOTES Double-A Affiliate of the New York Yankees
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2021 SOMERSET PATRIOTS GAME NOTES Double-A Affiliate of the New York Yankees TD Bank Ballpark | 1 Patriots Park, Bridgewater, NJ 08807 | 908-252-0700 | SomersetPatriots.com | @ SOMPatriots Reading Fightin Phils (5-24) @ Somerset Patriots (20-8) RHP Colton Eastman (0-3, 4.86) vs. RHP Janson Junk (0-0, 0.47) Sunday, June 6, 2021 | Game #29 | Home Game #17 1:05 p.m. | TD Bank Ballpark | Bridgewater, NJ Radio: 1450 WCTC| TV: MiLB.TV Patriots Breakdown Scouting Report: The Patriots have taken four of the first five games of their six-game set Overall............................................................................................20-8 against the Reading Fightin Phils. Reading owns the league’s worst record (5-24) and ERA First Half.......................................................................................20-8 Second Half....................................................................................0-0 (6.58). As a team the Fightin Phils are hitting just .197, second-worst in all of Double-A. Home..............................................................................................12-4 Road.................................................................................................8-4 Streak..............................................................................................W2 Reinforcements: The New York Yankees announced two new players that were trans- ferred to Somerset prior to Saturday’s doubleheader: OF Zack Zehner and INF Cristian Day...................................................................................................2-1 Night...............................................................................................18-7 Perez. Zehner was on the Patriots’ Opening Day roster and appeared in three games with the team before he was transferred to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre on May 13th. Zeh- Vs. Northeast Division...............................................................15-7 Vs. Southwest Division................................................................5-1 ner went 3-for-8 in his brief time in Somerset, but was konwn for his propensity to draw walks in his time in Scranton. He drew 10 walks and drove in four runs over his 12 games Vs. NL Affiliates...........................................................................15-2 Vs. AL Affiliates.............................................................................5-6 with the Railriders. Perez began the season with High-A Hudson Valley before he was transferred to Scranton where he hit one home run with five RBI over 12 games. 1-Run................................................................................................5-1 2-Run................................................................................................4-1 3-Run................................................................................................0-1 On Assignment: New York Yankees left-handed relief pitcher Zack Britton finishedup his 4+Run.............................................................................................11-5 Extras................................................................................................2-1 assignment with in Somerset with a scoreless inning of relief in game one of Saturday’s Shutout.............................................................................................3-1 doubleheader. The southpaw struck out two over a scoreless inning against Reading.Brit- W/ HR............................................................................................16-5 No HR..............................................................................................4-3 ton allowed two runs with four strikeouts over three innings in his time with the Patriots. 0 Errors.............................................................................................8-2 1-2 Errors........................................................................................11-5 3+ Errors...........................................................................................1-1 You done right A-Aron: OF Aaron Palensky hit his first professional home run -- a two- run shot -- in Game One of Saturday’s doubleheader. It marked his first sixth extra-base vs. LHP.............................................................................................5-2 vs. RHP...........................................................................................15-6 hit over 10 games with Somerset to begin in professional career. Palensky has now hit safely in each of his last five games, and has reached base safely in nine of the 10 games in Somerset Score 1st.......................................................................14-3 Opp Score 1st.................................................................................6-5 which he has played this season. Score 3-............................................................................................5-6 Score 4+.........................................................................................15-2 Digging the Long-Ball: Somerset set a new single-game high with five home runs in Lead after 7th................................................................................12-0 Tuesday night’s game, including a pair of multi-home run games for Donny Sands and Tied after 7th..................................................................................1-2 Trail after 7th..................................................................................2-5 Dermis Garcia. The Patriots hit three more home runs in Game One of Saturday’s dou- Lead after 8th................................................................................13-0 bleheader, and now have 38 home runs collectively on the season, most in the Double-A Tied after 8th..................................................................................1-1 Trail after 8th..................................................................................1-5 Northeast League and fourth-most in all of Double-A (43, Northwest Arkansas). Dermis Garcia has 10 home runs to lead the team and ranks second in the Northeast League. May.................................................................................................16-7 June..................................................................................................4-1 July...................................................................................................0-0 Hits and Misses: The Patriots pitching staff owns the lowest ERA (2.89) in the Double-A August..............................................................................................0-0 September.......................................................................................0-0 Northeast League and second-lowest ERA in all of Double-A baseall (2.71, Frisco). The team has also struck out the most batters (338), boasts the second-lowest WHIP (1.08) and Series Record..................................................................................4-1 Sweeps (SOM-Opp)......................................................................1-0 the second-lowest batting average against (.190) amongst all Double-A teams. Among all minor league teams at all levels, Somerset’s pitching staff ranks second in WHIP, second Somerset vs. Reading 2021 vs. Reading.............................................................................4-1 in BAA, fourth in ERA, and tied for fifth in strikeouts. @ REA......................................................................0-0 @ SOM.....................................................................4-1 All-Time...........................................................................................4-1 Near No-No: LHP Matt Krook tossed five no-hit innings to begin Game Two of Saturday’s @ REA......................................................................0-0 doubleheader. The team came within five outs in a seven-inning game of throwing the @ SOM.....................................................................4-1 first no-hitter in Somerset Patriots history. UPCOMING PROBABLES Double-A Northeast League Standings Northeast Division W L GB L10 Stk Southwest Division W L GB L10 Stk Somerset 20 8 - 7-3 W2 Bowie 21 6 - 8-2 L1 Portland 17 12 3.5 6-4 L2 Akron 18 9 3.0 6-4 W2 New Hampshire 10 18 10.0 3-7 W1 Altoona 18 10 3.5 7-3 W1 Binghamton 8 20 12.0 6-4 L1 Erie 18 10 3.5 5-5 L2 Hartford 8 21 12.5 2-8 W1 Richmond 16 13 6.0 5-5 L1 Reading 5 24 15.5 2-8 L2 Harrisburg 10 18 11.5 4-6 W2 2021 SOMERSET PATRIOTS GAME NOTES Page 1 ◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊ STARTING PITCHER ◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊ 9 JANSON JUNK | RHP CAREER HIGHS Height Weight B/T IP (START): 7.0 (2x) 6-1 177 R/R HITS: 11, 8/17/19 @ Lakeland RUNS: 9, 8/17/19 @ Lakeland Born: January 15, 1996 ERs: 8, 8/17/19 @ Lakeland Birthplace: Federal Way, Washington WALKS: 5, 3x Acquired: 22nd-round draft pick, 2017 STRIKEOUTS: 8, 5/5/19 @ Florida School/High School: Seattle Univ. / Decatur H.S. (Ga.) HOME RUNS: 2, 2x PITCHES: 103, 8/13/19 vs. Palm Beach Highest Level: Triple-A (Scranton / Wilkes-Barre 2019) SCORELESS STRK: 13.2 IP (5/5/19 - 5/24/19) CURRENT: Has allowed only one earned run over first five appearances (19.0 IP)... On a current 15.2 scoreless innings streak dating back to final out on 5/7 vs. HBG... 2021 HIGHS Recorded first save of career with four scoreless innings of relief on 6/1 vs. REA... IP (START): 4.0, 3x most recent; 6/1 vs. REA HITS: 3, 2x most recent; 5/19 @ HFD 2019 NOTES: Pitched in 20 games (12 starts) for High-A