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 Somerset Patriots (9-5) @ Hartford Yard Goats (5-9) RHP Glenn Otto (1-1, 5.56) vs. RHP Matt Dennis (0-1, 3.27) Thursday, May 20, 2021 | Game #15 | Away Game #9 7:05 p.m. | Dunkin’ Donuts Park | Hartford, CT Radio: 1450 WCTC| TV: MiLB.TV Patriots Breakdown How About Hartford: The Patriots took down the Hartford Yard Goats in the Overall.............................................................................................9-5 First Half.........................................................................................9-5 first two games of the series thanks to late inning heroics. On Tuesday night, Second Half....................................................................................0-0 Dermis Garcia hit a two-run home run in the top of the ninth to put the Patriots Home................................................................................................5-1 Road.................................................................................................4-4 ahead. Last night, Somerset scored two runs in the top of the 10th leading them Streak..............................................................................................W2 to a 6-4 win. The Yard Goats are tied for third place in the Northeast Division Day...................................................................................................1-1 with a 5-9 record and sit four games behind Somerset and Portland. Night................................................................................................8-4 Vs. Northeast Division.................................................................4-4 Don’t miss Dermis: INF Dermis Garcia has hit safely in six straight contests, a Vs. Southwest Division................................................................5-1 new season-high. Over the streak, Garcia has four home runs with eight RBI. Vs. NL Affiliates.............................................................................7-1 Vs. AL Affiliates.............................................................................2-4 That includes Tuesday night’s game-winning two-run home run in the top of the 1-Run................................................................................................2-1 ninth inning. 2-Run................................................................................................4-0 3-Run................................................................................................0-1 4+Run..............................................................................................3-3 Where’s Oswaldo?: Oswaldo Cabrera’s 13 game on-base streak came to a close Extras................................................................................................1-0 Shutout.............................................................................................2-0 last night. The versatile infielder went 12-for-47 (.255) over the streak with a .364 W/ HR..............................................................................................8-2 on-base percentage. No HR..............................................................................................1-3 0 Errors.............................................................................................2-1 1-2 Errors..........................................................................................7-4 Hits and Misses: The Patriots pitching staff leads all of Double-A with 167 3+ Errors...........................................................................................0-0 strikeouts. The pitchers have struck out double digit batters in 11 of 14 contests vs. LHP.............................................................................................3-1 vs. RHP.............................................................................................6-4 this season, including seven of their last eight games. The staff also owns a 3.27 Somerset Score 1st.........................................................................6-2 ERA, tied for third best in the Northeast League and a .193 batting average Opp Score 1st.................................................................................3-3 against, good for second best in all of Double-A behind only Frisco (.179). Score 3-............................................................................................3-4 Score 4+...........................................................................................6-1 Lead after 7th..................................................................................7-0 Speed Demons: The Patriots have stolen 19 bases as a team so far this sea- Tied after 7th..................................................................................0-1 son, more than any other club in the Double-A Northeast League. It’s the sec- Trail after 7th..................................................................................2-4 Lead after 8th..................................................................................7-0 ond-most steals of any Double-A club in the country (24, Northwest Arkansas). Tied after 8th..................................................................................1-1 Michael Beltre leads Somerset with five swiped bags, tied for most in the North- Trail after 8th..................................................................................1-4 east League (Matt Hearn- HFD, Samad Taylor - NH). May...................................................................................................9-5 June..................................................................................................0-0 July...................................................................................................0-0 August..............................................................................................0-0 Riding High: Stephen Ridings matched a season-high two innings of work last September.......................................................................................0-0 night. The 6’8” righty earned his second win of the season pitching a scoreless Series Record..................................................................................1-1 ninth and tenth allowing just one hit. Ridings has yet to allow a run over his first Sweeps (SOM-Opp)......................................................................0-0 6.2 innings of work this season. Somerset vs. Hartford 2021 vs. Hartford............................................................................2-0 @ HFD......................................................................2-0 Junk’s On the Bump: Janson Junk got the start for Somerset last night. The @ SOM.....................................................................0-0 All-Time...........................................................................................2-0 righty worked four scoreless innings, allowing just one hit, with two walks and @ HFD......................................................................2-0 five strikeouts. He lowered his season ERA to 0.82, the lowest of any Patriots @ SOM.....................................................................0-0 starter. UPCOMING PROBABLES Double-A Northeast League Standings Northeast Division W L GB Stk L10 Southwest Division W L GB Stk L10 Fri., 5/21, 7:05 p.m. @ HFD Gil (R) vs. Kauffmann (R) Portland 9 5 - W2 6-4 Bowie 10 3 - W1 7-3 Sat., 5/22, 6:05 p.m. @ HFD Semple (R) vs. Schilling (R) Somerset 9 5 - W2 6-4 Erie 10 4 0.5 W3 7-3 Hartford 5 9 4.0 L2 4-6 Richmond 9 5 1.5 L1 6-4 Sun., 5/23, 1:05 p.m. @ HFD Krook (L) vs. Gaddis (R) New Hampshire 5 9 4.0 L2 4-6 Akron 8 5 2.0 L1 5-5 Reading 3 11 6.0 W1 2-8 Altoona 8 5 2.0 L1 8-2 Binghamton 1 12 7.5 L2 1-9 Harrisburg 5 9 5.5 W1 4-6 2021 SOMERSET PATRIOTS GAME NOTES Page 1 ◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊ STARTING PITCHER ◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊ #1 GLENN OTTO | RHP CAREER HIGHS Height Weight B/T IP (START): 6.0, 2x most recent; 5/17/19 vs. DBT 6-5 240 R/R HITS: 8 - 4/18/19 @ CLR RUNS: 7 - 8/23/19 vs. LAK Born: March 11, 1996 (25) ERs: 7 - 8/23/19 vs. LAK Birthplace: Spring, Texas WALKS: 5 - 4/25/19 vs. CLR Acquired: Drafted by NYY 2017, 5th round STRIKEOUTS: 8 - 4/18/19 @ CLR HOME RUNS: 1, 2x School/High School: Rice University/ Concorida Lutheran H.S. PITCHES: 92 - 4/18/19 @ CLR Highest Level: Advanced-A (2019 - Tampa) SCORELESS STRK: 5.2, 7/27/19 - 8/6 CURRENT: Pitched 11.1 scoreless innings to open the season... Named Dou- ble-A Northeast League pitcher of the week opening week 5/4-9 after shutting 2021 HIGHS out Harrisburg in six innings on 5/8 IP (START): 6.0, 5/8 vs. HBG HITS: 10, 5/19 @ HFD RUNS: 7, 5/19 @ HFD 2019/2020 NOTES: Combined with Single-A Tampa and the Yankees GCL ERs: 7, 5/19 @ HFD East and West clubs to go 3-3 with a 3.23 ERA (61.1 IP, 22 ER) in 17 games (14 WALKS: 1, 5/8 vs. HBG starts)... following the season, played for Surprise in the Arizona Fall League, STRIKEOUTS: 8, 5/19 @ HFD going 3-1 with a 1.88 ERA (24.0 IP, 10 H), 5 ER, 13 BB, 26 K, 2 HR) in six HOME RUNS: - PITCHES: 91, 5/19 @ HFD starts... tied for the AFL lead in wins and ranked fourth in ERA (min. 20.0 IP) SCORELESS STRK: 11.1, 5/8 - 5/14 CAREER: Selected by the Yankees in the fifth round of the 2017 First-Year OTTO vs. HARTFORD 0-0, 0.00 Player Draft DATE H/A DEC IP H R/ER K/BB PERSONAL: Pitched three seasons at Rice, going 18-6 with 17 saves