SOMERSET PATRIOTS SIX-TIME ATLANTIC LEAGUE CHAMPIONS 1 Patriots Park * Bridgewater, NJ 08807 * 908.252.0700 www.somersetpatriots.com Somerset Patriots (17-10) at Southern Maryland Blue Crabs (6-21) Game #28 * Saturday, May 24th * 6:35 pm * Regency Furniture Stadium * Waldorf, MD LISTEN: 1450 WCTC; WCTCam.com WATCH: SomersetPatriots.com; SPN.TV; YouTube; Facebook, Twitter/Periscope; Twitch UPDATES: @SOMPatriots PATRIOTS BREAKDOWN Series at a Glance st nd (1 / 2 ) Home Road Overall Friday (6:35 pm) SOM def. SMD 6-4; Patriots score five unaswered over final three innings; Espinal 3-5, 2 RBI Season: 8-9/0-0 9-1/0-0 17-10/0-0 Saturday (6:35 pm) SOM [RHP] Vince Molesky (1-0, 6.30 ERA) @ SMD [RHP] Brandon Cumpton (1-3, 4.34 ERA) Day: 1-3/0-0 1-0/0-0 2-3/0-0 Sunday (6:35 pm) SOM [LHP] Thomas Dorminy (0-3, 4.82 ERA) @ SMD [RHP] Michael Kelly (0-2, 5.40 ERA) Night: 7-6/0-0 8-1/0-0 15-7/0-0 1-Run Gm: 4-2/0-0 3-0/0-0 7-2/0-0 2-Run Gm: 2-3/0-0 5-0/0-0 7-3/0-0 SCOUTING SOUTHERN MARYLAND: The Patriots take on the Southern Patriots vs. Blue Crabs 3-Run Gm: 1-2/0-0 0-0/0-0 1-2/0-0 Maryland Blue Crabs for the first time this season for this three-game Memorial in 2019 4+Run Gm: 1-2/0-0 1-1/0-0 2-3/0-0 Day Weekend series. The Blue Crabs sit in fourth in the Freedom division, 11 Date SITE RESULT Extras: 1-0/0-0 3-0/0-0 4-0/0-0 games behind Sugar Land. Southern Maryland’s offense ranks last in batting 05/24 @ SMD W, 6-4 Hit a HR: 1-1/0-0 5-1/0-0 6-2/0-0 average (.232), runs (82) and walks (40). 05/25 @ SMD No HR: 7-8/0-0 4-0/0-0 11-8/0-0 05/26 @ SMD 06/04 vs SMD 0 Errors: 6-3/0-0 4-0/0-0 10-3/0-0 ROAD WARRIORS: Somerset hits the road for a 10-day road trip; their longest 1-2 Errors: 2-6/0-0 5-1/0-0 7-7/0-0 06/05 vs SMD trip of the season. The Patriots won their first six road games to begin the season 06/06 vs SMD 3+ Errors: 0-0/0-0 0-0/0-0 0-0/0-0 and carry an 9-1 road record on the year – the best mark on the road in the 06/14 vs SMD OPPOSING STARTER Atlantic League. The Patriots were 28-27 on the road in 2017. 06/15 vs SMD vs. LHP: 2-1/0-0 3-0/0-0 5-1/0-0 06/16 vs SMD vs. RHP: 6-8/0-0 6-1/0-0 12-9/0-0 (500) WINS OF SUMMER: 7th-year manager Brett Jodie earned the 500th win of 08/02 @ SMD SCORING FIRST his managerial career with a 4-2 win over the Lancaster Barnstormers Friday, 08/03 @ SMD Patriots: 4-3/0-0 6-0/0-0 10-3/0-0 5/17. He has become the fastest manager in Atlantic League history to reach 500 08/04 @ SMD Opponent: 4-6/0-0 3-1/0-0 7-7/0-0 wins. He was also the fastest to reach 250 wins, accomplishing the feat in 2015. 08/16 @ SMD PATRIOTS SCORE 08/17 @ SMD 08/18 @ SMD 3 or less: 4-7/0-0 2-1/0-0 6-8/0-0 WELCOME TO THE HIT PARADE: Somerset has recorded double-digit hits in 08/23 vs SMD 4 or more: 4-2/0-0 7-0/0-0 11-2/0-0 each of their last two games, including a season-high 15 hits on Thursday. It 08/24 vs SMD TWINBILLS marks the first time since May 6-7 that they’ve recorded 10+ hits in back-to-back 08/25 vs SMD DH Gm 1: 0-3/0-0 1-0/0-0 1-3/0-0 games. Edwin Espinal (7), Ramon Flores (6) and Alfredo Rodriguez (5) have each DH Gm 2: 2-1/0-0 1-0/0-0 3-1/0-0 posted back-to-back multiple-hit performances over this stretch. PATS vs Southern MD: 1-0 AFTER INNING PATS @ Southern MD: 0-0 Up 6th: 6-2/0-0 7-0/0-0 13-2/0-0 RAMON RIPPIN’: Ramon Flores has put together back-to-back strong games. Tied 6th: 1-1/0-0 0-0/0-0 1-1/0-0 He is 6-for-8 with a walk and two RBIs over this stretch. He has reached base PATS ‘19 Stat ‘19 Rank safely in seven of his last nine plate appearances. His 19 RBI lead the team and AVG: .258 4th Down 6th: 1-6/0-0 2-1/0-0 3-7/0-0 Runs: 115 6th Up 7th: 6-2/0-0 7-0/0-0 13-2/0-0 are tied for fourth in the Atlantic League. HR: 9 8th Tied 7th: 1-0/0-0 1-0/0-0 2-0/0-0 K: 175 2nd (least) EL POCO LOCO: Edwin Espinal is currently on a five- Down 7th: 1-8/0-0 1-1/0-0 2-9/0-0 game stretch, over which he BB: 82 6th Up 8th: 6-0/0-0 5-0/0-0 11-0/0-0 is batting .435 (10-for-23) with four RBI. That includes seven hits (three doubles) SB: 20 3rd over his last 10 at-bats. He has reached base safely in 12 of his 14 games as a Tied 8th: 1-1/0-0 2-0/0-0 3-1/0-0 Patriot. He currently leads the team in home runs (3) and is third in RBI (13). Down 8th: 1-3/0-0 0-1/0-0 1-4/0-0 ERA: 3.52 4th DAY Saves: 13 1st KENGOR KONG: Will Kengor is riding a current eight-game hit streak, tied for Monday: 0-1/0-0 1-0/0-0 1-1/0-0 HR: 28 T-7th the longest on the team this season. He is hitting .344 (11-for-32) over this K: 211 4th Tuesday: 2-1/0-0 1-0/0-0 3-1/0-0 stretch. Kengor ranks second in the league in batting (.378) and fourth in OBP BB: 74 T-3rd Wednesday: 2-2/0-0 1-0/0-0 3-2/0-0 (.421). He has reached base safely in 21 of the 23 games in which he has played Thursday: 0-4/0-0 0-0/0-0 0-4/0-0 this year, including a 13-game on-base streak to begin the season. Fld %: .981 3rd Friday: 1-0/0-0 3-0/0-0 4-0/0-0 E: 18 3rd Saturday: 2-1/0-0 1-1/0-0 3-2/0-0 AROD HEATING UP: Alfredo Rodriguez is 5-for-9 over his last two games, Sunday: 1-0/0-0 2-0/0-0 3-0/0-0 2019 ATTENDANCE BESTS boosting his batting average from .239 to .268 over this stretch. 5/10: 6,919 MONTH April 3-2 0-0 3-2 5/11: 6,801 K IS FOR KUBIAK: David Kubiak currently leads the league in ERA (1.20), ranks 5/16: 5,891 May: 5-7 9-1 14-8 second in BAA (.200), tied for second in wins (3) and WHIP (1.03). He has tossed 5/22 (Gm. 1): 5,843 June: 0-0 0-0 0-0 18-straight scoreless innings over his last three starts and is five innings shy of 4/27: 5,839 July: 0-0/0-0 0-0/0-0 0-0/0-0 the franchise record of 23 consecutive shutout innings set by Brett Jodie in 2003. August: 0-0 0-0 0-0 September: 0-0 0-0 0-0 ZINICOLA’S IN THE ZONE: RHP Zech Zinicola has not allowed an earned run over 11.0 IP. He has now tossed 10.1 scoreless innings over his last eight games. VERSUS TEAM HP: 3-4/0-0 0-0/0-0 3-4/0-0 PATRIOTS HITTER’S NOTEBOOK NB: 2-1/0-0 2-0/0-0 4-1/0-0 GABRIEL BRACAMONTE Career highs in AVG (.323), HR (10) & RBI (57) w/ Pittsburgh Diamonds (Pacific) ‘18 LI: 0-0/0-0 0-0/0-0 0-0/0-0 EDWIN ESPINAL Played 100 games with Triple-A Toledo (Detroit Tigers) as 24-year-old last year LIBERTY: 5-5/0-0 2-0/0-0 7-5/0-0 RAMON FLORES Hit .280 over 55 games with Somerset last year; .333, HR, 2 RBI in postseason LAN: 2-1/0-0 3-1/0-0 5-2/0-0 th th th th SMD: 0-0/0-0 1-0/0-0 1-0/0-0 MIKE FRANSOSO Finished 7 in ALPB in BB (62), T-7 in G (120), 10 in SB (24), 13 in OBP (.371) nd th SL: 1-3/0-0 0-0/0-0 1-3/0-0 YOVAN GONZALEZ 2 -longest tenured Patriot (4 season); Hit .257 over 64 games in Somerset in 2018 th rd YRK 0-0/0-0 3-0/0-0 3-0/0-0 SCOTT KELLY Longest tenured Patriot (6 season); 100 career steals (3 in franchise history) FREEDOM: 3-4/0-0 7-1/0-0 10-5/0-0 WILL KENGOR Led Traverse City (Frontier) in AVG (.304), HR (35), RBI (166) over last three years CRAIG MASSEY 32-game OB streak @ home since 6/22/19 ended in first game of ’19 season D’ARBY MYERS ‘17 ALPB Batting Champ (.337) w/ Bridgeport Bluefish; 60 SB over 198 ALPB games REY NAVARRO Hit .545 (6-for-11) with two HR, three RBI over three games w/ Sugar Land in 2018 STEVE NYISZTOR Hit .410 with 4 HR, 51 RBI, 11 SB, .450 OBP as freshman w/ Rutgers in 2010 MICHAEL OHLMAN Went 3-for-13 in seven MLB games in ’17; First hit off Braves RHP Bartolo Colon th JUSTIN PACCHIOLI Finished 6 in ALPB in steals (34) last year; 69-for-73 in SB attempts w/ Somerset JIMMY PAREDES Hit .363 with three HR, 14 RBI over 21 games w/ Lancaster last year th th ALFREDO RODRIGUEZ Ranked 4 in ALPB in OBP (.395), 10 in AVG (.303); .438 (7-for-16) in ’18 playoffs SOMERSET PATRIOTS SIX-TIME ATLANTIC LEAGUE CHAMPIONS 1 Patriots Park * Bridgewater, NJ 08807 * 908.252.0700 www.somersetpatriots.com TODAY’S STARTER: RHP Vince Molesky RHP HT: 6’4” WT: 215 lbs AGE: 27 RESIDES: Montoursville, PA Pitches: 4SFB (86-90), 2SFB (84-87) CH (76-78), KN CRV (76-78), SL (78-81) * 2nd Season with the Patriots, 2nd in ALPB * 7-2, team-best 2.66 ERA (2nd lowest in ALPB) over 29 appearances (11 starts); 3rd-best WHIP in ALPB (1.20) * Began 2018 as a reliever – carried 1.66 ERA over first eight relief appearances – before transitioning full-time to starting rotation in late July * Allowed three earned runs over first 34 innings in five-game stretch to begin time in rotation, starting on July 26th * Carried 1.81 ERA as a starting pitcher (13 ER over 64.2 IP) * 2018Liberty Division Championship Series Game One starting pitcher vs.