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 (10-0) @ Lancaster Barnstormers (5-5) Game #11/140 * Sunday, May 1 * 2:00 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: 7-0/0-0 3-0/0-0 10-0/0-0 Thursday (7:00) Pats 2, Stormers 1 (Each team struck out 12 batters. Teams combined to strand 17) day: 2-0/0-0 0-0/0-0 2-0/0-0 Friday (7:00) Pats 6, Stormers 2 (Aharon Eggleston 3-for-5, 3 RBI, HR) night: 5-0/0-0 3-0/0-0 8-0/0-0 Saturday (7:00) Pats 10, Stormers 3 (eight run 12th inning highlighted by a Brad Snyder grand slam) 1-run gm: 3-0/0-0 1-0/0-0 4-0/0-0 Sunday (2:00) SOM [LHP] Matt Bywater (0-0, 0.00) @ LAN [RHP] J.D. Martin (1-0, 5.40) 2-run gm: 0-0/0-0 0-0/0-0 0-0/0-0 3-run gm: 1-0/0-0 0-0/0-0 1-0/0-0 RETURNING PLAYERS: This year’s 27 man roster features 9 players from last Patriots vs. Barn in 2016 4+run gm: 3-0/0-0 2-0/0-0 5-0/0-0 year’s Championship squad (Jon Hunton, Matt Fields, Scott Kelly, Mickey Storey, Date SITE RESULT extras: 2-0/0-0 1-0/0-0 3-0/0-0 Kyler Newby, Gus Schlosser, David Vidal, Connor Little, Aharon Eggleston) 4/28 @ LAN W 2-1 shutouts: 0-0/0-0 0-0/0-0 0-0/0-0 4/29 @ LAN W 6-2 4/30 @ LAN 10-3 (12) hit a HR: 4-0/0-0 2-0/0-0 6-0/0-0 MLB EXPERIENCE: Eight players on the roster have at one point during their 5/01 @ LAN 7:00 pm no HR: 3-0/0-0 1-0/0-0 4-0/0-0 baseball tenure suited up for an MLB team (Jeremy Horst, Kyler Newby, Gus 5/13 vs LAN 7:05 pm 0 Errors: 4-0/0-0 2-0/0-0 6-0/0-0 Schlosser, Mickey Storey, Eric Farris, Bryan LaHair, Brad Snyder, Trayvon 5/14 vs LAN 7:05 pm 1-2 Errors: 3-0/0-0 1-0/0-0 4-0/0-0 Robinson) 5/15 vs LAN 1:05 pm 3+ Errors: 0-0/0-0 0-0/0-0 0-0/0-0 6/11 @ LAN 7:00 pm OPPOSING STARTER SURVIVAL OF FITTEST: The lone unbeaten team in the Atlantic League is the 6/12 @ LAN 2:00 pm vs. lh: 3-0/0-0 1-0/0-0 4-0/0-0 Somerset Patriots. The next best teams in the league have five losses. 6/13 @ LAN 7:00 pm vs. rh: 4-0/0-0 2-0/0-0 6-0/0-0 7/07 vs LAN 7:05 pm 7/08 vs LAN 7:05 pm SCORING FIRST STRIVE FOR SEVEN: The Somerset Patriots are the most successful baseball 7/09 vs LAN 7:05 pm patriots: 4-0/0-0 3-0/0-0 7-0/0-0 club in Atlantic League history winning League Championships in 2001, 2003, 7/10 vs LAN 5:05 pm opponent: 3-0/0-0 0-0/0-0 3-0/0-0 2005, 2008, 2009, 2015. The Patriots look to win that elusive seventh title in 7/22 @ LAN 7:00 pm PATRIOTS SCORE program history this year. This is the 19th year of Somerset Patriots Baseball and 7/23 @ LAN 7:00 pm 3 or less: 1-0/0-0 1-0/0-0 2-0/0-0 they have qualified for the playoffs in 12 of those years. 7/24 @ LAN 2:00 pm 4 or more: 6-0/0-0 2-0/0-0 8-0/0-0 8/23 vs LAN 7:05 pm TWINBILLS COMEBACK KIDS: The Patriots have four wins in come from behind fashion. 8/24 vs LAN 7:05 pm dh gm 1: 1-0/0-0 0-0/0-0 1-0/0-0 8/25 vs LAN 7:00 pm EGGY: Aharon Eggleston is 11-for-26 (.423) to start the year with 2 HRs & 6 dh gm 2: 1-0/0-0 0-0/0-0 1-0/0-0 PATS @ TD BANK: 0-0 AFTER INNING RBI. He leads league in batting average. PATS @ LAN: 3-0 up 6th: 4-0/0-0 3-0/0-0 7-0/0-0 tied 6th: 2-0/0-0 0-0/0-0 2-0/0-0 SOMERSET SPEEDSTERS: The Patriots are 17-for-20 in stolen base attempts PATS ‘16 Stat ‘16 Rank down 6th: 1-0/0-0 0-0/0-0 1-0/0-0 this year. They are tied for league lead in swiped bags. AVG: .272 4th up 7th: 4-0/0-0 3-0/0-0 7-0/0-0 Runs: 55 T-1st tied 7th: 1-0/0-0 0-0/0-0 1-0/0-0 FLAWLESS FIRST IMPRESSIONS: Mike Thomas has thrown 5.0 scoreless HR: 8 T-2nd down 7th: 1-0/0-0 0-0/0-0 1-0/0-0 innings. Connor Little has thrown 6.0 scoreless innings. Gus Schlosser has thrown K: 89 7th BB: 44 T-1st up 8th: 4-0/0-0 3-0/0-0 7-0/0-0 5.2 scoreless innings. SB: 17 T-1st tied 8th: 2-0/0-0 0-0/0-0 2-0/0-0 ERA: 1.92 1st down 8th: 0-0/0-0 0-0/0-0 0-0/0-0 WALK THE TALK: Somerset is tied for the most walks drawn in the Atlantic Saves: 3 T-2nd DAY League (44) and surrendered the fewest walks in the Atlantic League (22). HR: 6 T-2nd monday: 0-0/0-0 0-0/0-0 0-0/0-0 K: 88 2nd tuesday: 1-0/0-0 0-0/0-0 1-0/0-0 BULLPEN MAFIA: Somerset bullpen this year has an ERA of 1.46. 43.1 BB: 22 1st wednesday: 2-0/0-0 0-0/0-0 2-0/0-0 innings, 7 earned runs, 12 BBs, 40 Ks, 31 hits thursday: 1-0/0-0 1-0/0-0 2-0/0-0 2016 ATTENDANCE BESTS friday: 1-0/0-0 2-0/0-0 2-0/0-0 CLOSING TIME: Jon Hunton has 131 career Atlantic League saves. Jim Ed Warden, formerly of Southern Maryland, holds the Atlantic League all-time record April 21 – 5,655 saturday: 1-0/0-0 1-0/0-0 2-0/0-0 April 24 – 5,584 sunday: 1-0/0-0 0-0/0-0 1-0/0-0 for career saves at 134. April 23 – 4,965 MONTH April 22- 4,295 april/may: 7-0/0-0 3-0/0-0 10-0/0-0 JOVIAL JODIE: Brett Jodie is the reigning Atlantic League Manager of the Year. April 27 Game 2 – 3,989 june: 0-0/0-0 0-0/0-0 0-0/0-0 He has qualified for the playoffs in each of his three years at the helm. He boasts july: 0-0/0-0 0-0/0-0 0-0/0-0 an all-time record of 274-154 (.640 winning percentage). He is one of two people august: 0-0/0-0 0-0/0-0 0-0/0-0 in Atlantic League history to win a title as a player and as a manager with the september: 0-0/0-0 0-0/0-0 0-0/0-0 other being Long Island’s Kevin Baez. VERSUS TEAM PATRIOTS HITTER’S NOTEBOOK BPT: 0-0/0-0 0-0/0-0 0-0/0-0 AHARON EGGLESTON Oldest player on team at 34 years. 2 time Atlantic League All-Star. NB: 0-0/0-0 0-0/0-0 0-0/0-0 ERIC FARRIS Enjoys photography in his free time. Has one career MLB hit. LI: 4-0/0-0 0-0/0-0 4-0/0-0 MATT FIELDS 5 HRs in 14 games with Pats last year. 165 career pro ball homers. LIBERTY: 4-0/0-0 0-0/0-0 4-0/0-0 YOVAN GONZALEZ In 7 pro ball years has caught 36% of base runners trying to steal LAN: 0-0/0-0 3-0/0-0 3-0/0-0 th CARLOS GUZMAN 4 different AL Team (Road Warriors, York, Camden, Somerset) SMD: 0-0/0-0 0-0/0-0 0-0/0-0 MYCAL JONES Spent time in AAA with Braves last year. SLS: 0-0/0-0 0-0/0-0 0-0/0-0 SCOTT KELLY Missed final 4 months of 2015 with a blood clot issue. Had a rib removed. YRK: 3-0/0-0 0-0/0-0 3-0/0-0 ROB KRAL First player not named Adam Donachie to catch opening night since 2011 FREEDOM: 3-0/0-0 3-0/0-0 6-0/0-0 BRYAN LAHAIR 2012 MLB All-Star Reserve. 1st Half of 2012: .284 BA, 13 HRs, 28 RBI DARWIN PEREZ Missed the last two years with shoulder injuries TRAVON ROBINSON 1st career MLB hit off 3-time MLB All-Star Jered Weaver BRAD SNYDER Had 26 homers playing professionally in Korea last year DAVID VIDAL Serves as the team barber.