SOMERSET PATRIOTS FIVE-TIME ATLANTIC LEAGUE CHAMPIONS 1 Patriots Park * Bridgewater, NJ 08807 * 908.252.0700 www.somersetpatriots.com and www.patriotsbaseball.com Somerset Patriots (5-3, 89-50) @ Southern Maryland Blue Crabs (4-3, 69-71) Game #4/5 * Monday, October 5 * 7:05 PM * Regency Furniture Stadium * Waldorf, MD On The Air: WCTC-AM 1450; WCTCam.com Twitter: @SOMPatriots and @JAntweil PATRIOTS BREAKDOWN (1st/2nd) home road overall Atlantic League Championship Series At A Glance Wednesday (7:05) Crabs 7, Pats 3 (Fred Lewis clubbed game winning three run homer in the fifth inning) season: 26-10/18-16 24-10/21-14 50-20/39-30 Thursday (7:05) Pats 7, Crabs 2 (Oliver 8 Ks, Hopkins 3 RBI, Vidal 2 RBI) day: 5-2/3-1 5-4/1-4 10-6/4-5 Sunday (5:05) Pats 7, Crabs 3 (Fields 2 HRs, 4 RBI while Spears stroked three hits) night: 21-7/15-15 18-6/20-10 39-13/35-26 Monday (7:05) SOM [LHP] Roy Merritt (8-6, 2.88 ERA) @ SMD [RHP] Tim Sexton (1-1, 3.53 ERA) 1-run gm: 10-3/6-8 3-4/6-5 13-7/12-13 Tuesday (7:05) SOM TBA @ SMD [RHP] Daryl Thompson (7-7, 3.86 ERA) 2-run gm: 5-3/3-1 8-1/1-4 13-4/4-5 3-run gm: 3-3/3-0 4-2/3-0 7-5/6-0 OWNING CRUSTACEAN NATION: In the Brett Jodie Era the Patriots are 39- Patriots vs. Crabs in 2015 4+run gm: 8-1/6-7 9-3/11-5 17-4/17-12 Date SITE RESULT 17 (.696) win percentage) against the Blue Crabs hit a HR: 12-2/11-3 16-2/13-8 28-4/24-11 4/24 @ SMD W 6-1 no HR: 14-8/7-12 8-8/8-6 22-16/15-18 LONG TIME NO SEE: This series marks the first meeting between Southern 4/26 dh1 @ SMD W 2-0 (7) 4/26 dh2 @ SMD L 5-1 (7) 0 Errors: 11-4/12-8 15-6/9-6 26-10/21-14 Maryland and Somerset since July 26th. This is a rematch of the 2009 Atlantic 5/15 @ SMD W 7-5 (13) 1-2 Errors: 15-5/4-6 8-4/12-7 23-9/16-13 League Championship series which happens to be the last title Somerset won. 5/17 dh1 @ SMD L 5-4 (9) 3+ Errors: 0-1/2-2 1-0/0-1 1-1/2-3 5/17 dh2 @ SMD W 4-2 (7) OPPOSING STARTER TIMELY TWO OUT HITTING: The Patriots plated 38 runs in the playoffs. 22 5/18 @ SMD W 2-0 (7) vs. lh: 7-2/5-4 10-3/12-5 17-5/17-9 of those runs occurred with two outs. That’s 58% 6/26 vs. SMD W 2-1 vs. rh: 18-8/13-12 14-7/9-9 33-15/22-21 6/28 dh1 vs. SMD L 2-1 (7) SCORING FIRST INJURY BUG: Starting center fielder Jonny Tucker injured his left hamstring in 6/28 dh2 vs. SMD L 6-1 (7) patriots: 19-1/8-1 15-5/16-7 34-6/24-8 7/24 vs. SMD W 8-1 Game Two against Ducks. Reserve center fielder Ollie Linton injured his head in 7/25 vs. SMD W 4-3 opponent: 7-9/10-15 9-5/4-7 16-14/14-22 Game Two against Crabs. Somerset is using a makeshift outfield at this point 7/26 vs. SMD L 4-3 PATRIOTS SCORE 3 or less: 13-7/6-12 3-5/4-9 16-12/10-21 BURGESS BEASTMODE: In the postseason Michael Burgess has been a beast. PATS @ TD BANK: 3-3 4 or more: 13-3/12-4 21-5/17-5 34-8/29-9 He is 9-for-23 (.391) with 3 HRs, 7 RBI and double shy of cycle in Game One. He PATS @ SMD: 5-2 TWINBILLS has two intentional walks. He had two outfield assists in the decisive Game Five in dh gm 1: 2-2/1-0 1-1/0-1 3-3/1-1 1st round. dh gm 2: 2-2/1-0 1-1/1-0 3-3/2-0 PATS ‘15 Stat ‘15 Rank AFTER INNING AVG: .253 T-6th TURN AROUND BRIGHT EYES: In the 2013 playoffs Aharon Eggleston was Runs: 645 2nd up 6th: 19-2/12-1 16-0/20-0 35-2/32-1 6-for-32 (.188) with 1 RBI over a span of 8 games. He didn’t start any of the five HR: 86 5th tied 6th: 5-1/4-4 5-1/1-4 10-2/5-8 playoff games in 2014. In the 2015 playoffs Aharon Eggleston is 7-for-20 (.350) K: 980 4th down 6th: 2-7/2-11 3-9/0-9 5-16/2-20 with 2 HR, 3 RBI and 7 runs scored. He has been hit by a pitch three times and BB: 484 1st up 7th: 17-2/15-1 12-0/19-1 29-2/34-2 drawn seven walks SB: 110 6th tied 7th: 6-1/2-4 4-3/2-2 10-4/4-6 ERA: 3.04 1st down 7th: 0-4/0-11 3-6/0-9 3-10/0-20 POWER TO ALL FIELDS: In 21 starts including the postseason Matt Fields has Saves: 41 2nd up 8th: 16-1/14-1 15-0/19-1 31-1/33-2 20 RBI and 8 HRs HR: 88 T-5th tied 8th: 7-1/3-3 1-3/1-2 8-4/4-5 K: 920 T-6th BB: 350 T-7th down 8th: 0-5/0-12 3-6/1-9 3-11/1-21 CLOSING TIME: In the last three postseasons Jon Hunton is 6-for-6 in save DAY situations and in five of the six saves the game was decided by one run 2015 ATTENDANCE BESTS monday: 1-0/4-0 3-1/1-2 4-1/5-2 8/29 – 8,175 tuesday: 5-0/1-4 3-2/4-0 8-2/5-4 HOPPERTUNITY: Since starting the postseason 0-for-14, Greg Hopkins is 5 for wednesday: 4-4/4-2 2-2/1-3 6-6/5-5 his last 15 at the plate 7/25 – 8,164 thursday: 5-0/0-4 5-0/6-0 10-0/6-4 7/10 – 8,038 friday: 5-1/2-3 5-0/2-3 10-1/4-6 DONNIE BASEBALL: The Patriots have played 21 postseason games since 8/07 – 7,889 saturday: 3-2/4-1 1-2/5-2 4-4/9-3 2013 and Adam Donachie has been the starting catcher for 20 of them. 7/16 – 7,843 sunday: 3-3/3-2 5-3/2-4 8-6/5-6 MONTH THE FACTS: 12 postseasons in 18 years, 10 Championship appearances, 5 9/25 – 7,835 april/may: 13-4/0-0 11-7/0-0 24-11/0-0 League Titles june: 13-6/0-0 10-1/0-0 23-7/0-0 july: 0-0/6-5 3-2/8-3 3-2/14-8 EXCLUSIVE COMPANY: If Brett Jodie wins it all this year then he’d be the august: 0-0/9-9 0-0/4-6 0-0/13-15 second person ever in Atlantic League history to win an Atlantic League september: 0-0/3-2 0-0/9-5 0-0/12-7 Championship as a player and as a manager. He won as a pitcher in 2003 with Somerset. Kevin Baez won as a player with Long Island in 2004 and as Long VERSUS TEAM Island’s manager in 2012 and 2013. BPT: 8-3/0-0 4-2/2-1 12-5/2-1 CMD: 2-2/4-4 4-0/5-3 6-2/9-7 LI: 2-2/2-5 1-2/4-2 3-4/6-7 PATRIOTS HITTER’S NOTEBOOK LIBERTY: 12-7/6-9 9-4/11-6 21-11/17-15 ROBERT ANDINO 1 for 14 in Championship Series th LAN: 6-1/2-1 6-1/1-3 12-2/3-4 MICHAEL BURGESS Searching for 4 minor league championship ring SMD: 1-2/2-1 5-2/0-0 6-4/2-1 ADAM DONACHIE Had a clutch two out, two strike RBI single in Game 5’s 4-0 victory SLS: 4-0/5-2 1-2/5-2 5-2/10-4 AHARON EGGLESTON Postseason OBP is .567. Was .390 in regular season YRK: 3-0/3-3 3-1/4-3 6-1/7-6 MATT FIELDS Tallied a multi-homer game in Game 4 of Championship Series FREEDOM: 14-3/12-7 15-6/9-8 29-9/21-15 GREG HOPKINS Hitless first four playoff games OLLIE LINTON Crashed into center field wall and left via ambulance in Game Two of Champ Series THOMAS NEAL Struggling as just is 2-for-27 in playoffs with two double plays hit into NATE SPEARS Broke scoreless tie in 4th inning of Game 5 with a two out RBI single JAMES SKELTON Played for Southern Maryland last year so emotional series for him JONNY TUCKER Injured left hamstring stealing second base in eighth inning of Game 2 MIKE WILSON Did not have an at bat the first six games of postseason DAVID VIDAL Injured left ankle during his two RBI two out double in Game 4 sliding into 2nd base SOMERSET PATRIOTS FIVE-TIME ATLANTIC LEAGUE CHAMPIONS 1 Patriots Park * Bridgewater, NJ 08807 * 908.252.0700 www.somersetpatriots.com and www.patriotsbaseball.com #15 ROY MERRITT (8-6, 2.88) LHP HT: 6-0 WT: 170 AGE: 30 RESIDES: Houston, Texas PITCHES: FB, SL, CB, CU * Drafted by the New York Mets in the 29th round of the 2007 MLB Draft.