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 (34-25) @ Sugar Land Skeeters (30-29) Game #60/140 * Thursday, June 23 * 7:05 PM * Constellation Field * Sugar Land, TX On The Air: WCTC-AM 1450; WCTCam.com Twitter: @SOMPatriots and @JAntweil PATRIOTS BREAKDOWN (1st/2nd) home road overall Series at a Glance season: 19-10/0-0 15-15/0-0 34-25/0-0 Thursday (7:05) SOM [RHP] Donovan Hand (1-1, 3.05) @ SL [LHP] Roy Merritt (1-1, 3.27) day: 5-3/0-0 2-4/0-0 7-7/0-0 Friday (7:05) SOM [LHP] Darin Gorski (4-2, 3.87) @ SL [RHP] Jake Hale (0-1, 3.24) night: 14-7/0-0 13-11/0-0 27-18/0-0 Saturday (6:05) SOM [RHP] Alexis Candelario (0-1, 6.51) @ SL [RHP] Sean Gallagher (6-4, 3.30) 1-run gm: 5-1/0-0 4-4/0-0 9-5/0-0 Sunday (6:05) SOM [RHP] Shaun Garceau (2-3, 5.52) @ SL [LHP] Aaron Thompson (2-1, 4.18) 2-run gm: 5-5/0-0 2-5/0-0 7-10/0-0 3-run gm: 2-2/0-0 2-3/0-0 4-10/0-0 PLAYOFF PICTURE: The Patriots lead the Ducks by 2.0 games. The lead was Patriots vs. Skeets in 2016 4+run gm: 7-2/0-0 7-3/0-0 14-5/0-0 as many as 6.0 for Somerset. Somerset has clinched the tiebreaker against Long Date SITE RESULT extras: 2-0/0-0 2-1/0-0 4-1/0-0 Island. There are 11 games to go. LI is in BPT tonight. 5/06 @ SL L 4-2 hit a HR: 10-5/0-0 11-6/0-0 21-11/0-0 5/07 @ SL L 4-1 5/08 @ SL L 4-3 no HR: 9-5/0-0 4-9/0-0 13-14/0-0 TRAVEL DAY: 5am bus to airport. 8am flight from Hartford to Baltimore. 11am 5/24 vs SL L 4-3 0 Errors: 7-2/0-0 8-6/0-0 15-8/0-0 flight from Baltimore to Houston. Arrive 2pm central time. 5/25 vs SL L 5-3 1-2 Errors: 11-8/0-0 7-8/0-0 18-16/0-0 5/26 vs SL L 6-1 3+ Errors: 1-0/0-0 0-1/0-0 1-1/0-0 START ME UP: In the last 21 games the starting pitchers for the Patriots have 6/23 @ SL 7:05 pm OPPOSING STARTER been efficient. 125.1 innings, 43 earned runs, 3.09 ERA 6/24 @ SL 7:05 pm vs. lh: 10-4/0-0 5-2/0-0 15-6/0-0 6/25 @ SL 6:05 pm vs. rh: 9-6/0-0 10-13/0-0 19-19/0-0 GUZ IS THE MAN: Guzman has raised his batting average from .199 to .242 6/26 @ SL 6:05 pm SCORING FIRST over the last 12 games. He has hit safely in 10 of them. He is 17-for-44 (.386) 7/19 vs SL 7:05 pm with 15 RBI and 4 SBs 7/20 dh1 vs SL 11:05 am patriots: 9-5/0-0 12-5/0-0 21-10/0-0 7/20 dh2 vs SL 7:05 pm opponent: 10-5/0-0 3-10/0-0 13-15/0-0 7/21 vs SL 7:05 pm PATRIOTS SCORE WINNING WAYS: The Patriots are 0-6 against the Skeeters and scored three 8/05 @ SL 8:05 pm 3 or less: 2-6/0-0 1-9/0-0 3-15/0-0 runs or fewer in all six contests 8/06 @ SL 7:05 pm 4 or more: 17-4/0-0 14-6/0-0 31-10/0-0 8/07 @ SL 7:05 pm TWINBILLS LAHAIR HAMMERING: During Bryan LaHair’s last nine games he is 16-for-31 9/05 vs SL 6:05 pm dh gm 1: 2-0/0-0 0-1/0-0 2-1/0-0 (.516) with 8 BBs, 10 RBI, 3 HRs. He has hit safely in eight of them, 9/06 vs SL 6:35 pm dh gm 2: 1-1/0-0 1-0/0-0 2-1/0-0 9/07 vs SL 7:35 pm AFTER INNING RISE AND GRIND: The Patriots are in the midst of playing 30 straight games. th th PATS @ TD BANK: 0-3 up 6th: 12-3/0-0 13-2/0-0 25-5/0-0 From June 11 to July 10 they do not have an off day PATS @ SL: 0-3 tied 6th: 4-0/0-0 2-3/0-0 6-3/0-0 down 6th: 3-8/0-0 0-9/0-0 3-17/0-0 THE GREAT GORSKI: Southpaw Darin Gorski boasts a 1.57 ERA in four June up 7th: 12-2/0-0 14-0/0-0 26-2/0-0 starts PATS ‘16 Stat ‘16 Rank tied 7th: 4-0/0-0 1-3/0-0 5-3/0-0 AVG: .260 6th down 7th: 1-9/0-0 0-10/0-0 1-19/0-0 COMEBACK KIDS: The Patriots have 18 wins in come from behind fashion. Runs: 291 1st up 8th: 14-2/0-0 14-0/0-0 28-2/0-0 HR: 43 4th PATIENCE IS A VIRTURE: The Patriots have drawn 31 more walks than the K: 414 5th tied 8th: 3-1/0-0 1-2/0-0 4-3/0-0 BB: 225 1st down 8th: 0-8/0-0 0-12/0-0 0-20/0-0 next closest teams SB: 83 1st DAY ERA: 3.63 2nd monday: 0-0/0-0 1-2/0-0 1-2/0-0 SPEEDSTERS: Somerset has swiped the most bags in the league at 85. That’s Saves: 18 3rd tuesday: 3-2/0-0 3-1/0-0 6-3/0-0 27 more than the next closest team. Scott Kelly leads the league with 23 and HR: 44 3rd wednesday: 4-2/0-0 2-4/0-0 6-6/0-0 Mycal Jones is third with 19. K: 434 3rd thursday: 2-2/0-0 4-1/0-0 6-3/0-0 BB: 143 1st friday: 4-1/0-0 1-2/0-0 5-3/0-0 STRIVE FOR SEVEN: The Somerset Patriots are the most successful baseball club in Atlantic League history winning League Championships in 2001, 2003, saturday: 3-2/0-0 2-2/0-0 5-4/0-0 2016 ATTENDANCE BESTS sunday: 3-2/0-0 2-2/0-0 5-4/0-0 2005, 2008, 2009, 2015. The Patriots look to win that elusive seventh title in th MONTH program history this year. This is the 19 year of Somerset Patriots Baseball and June 17 – 8,071 april 7-0/0-0 3-0/0-0 10-0/00 they have qualified for the playoffs in 12 of those years. June 18 – 7,917 may: 5-9/0-0 7-8/0-0 12-17/0-0 June 4 – 7,322 june: 7-2/0-0 5-6/0-0 12-8/0-0 May 26 – 7,151 july: 0-0/0-0 0-0/0-0 0-0/0-0 June 19 – 6,919 august: 0-0/0-0 0-0/0-0 0-0/0-0 september: 0-0/0-0 0-0/0-0 0-0/0-0 VERSUS TEAM PATRIOTS HITTER’S NOTEBOOK BPT: 2-1/0-0 2-2/0-0 4-3/0-0 AHARON EGGLESTON Leads team in batting average at .294 NB: 0-0/0-0 2-4/0-0 2-4/0-0 ERIC FARRIS Has played 5 different positions this year. LI: 5-2/0-0 2-1/0-0 7-3/0-0 MATT FIELDS Hitting lefty for first time since 2011. LIBERTY: 7-3/0-0 6-7/0-0 13-10/0-0 YOVAN GONZALEZ Recruited to Somerset by David Vidal as were teammates in Reds system LAN: 1-2/0-0 6-1/0-0 7-3/0-0 CARLOS GUZMAN 4th different AL Team (Road Warriors, York, Camden, Somerset) SMD: 6-1/0-0 2-1/0-0 8-2/0-0 MYCAL JONES Third in league in stolen bases (19) SLS: 0-3/0-0 0-3/0-0 0-6/0-0 SCOTT KELLY Leads league in stolen bases (23) YRK: 5-1/0-0 1-3/0-0 6-4/0-0 ROB KRAL First player not named Adam Donachie to catch opening night since 2011 FREEDOM: 12-7/0-0 9-8/0-0 21-15/0-0 BRYAN LAHAIR 2012 MLB All-Star Reserve. 1st Half of 2012: .284 BA, 13 HRs, 28 RBI TRAVON ROBINSON Hit 7 home runs this year. Had 3 all of last year. DAVID VIDAL Serves as the team barber. VINNY ZARRILLO Graduated from Rutgers in May of 2015 SOMERSET PATRIOTS SIX-TIME ATLANTIC LEAGUE CHAMPIONS 1 Patriots Park * Bridgewater, NJ 08807 * 908.252.0700 www.somersetpatriots.com and www.patriotsbaseball.com #37 DONOVAN HAND (1-1, 3.05) RHP HT: 6-3 WT: 235 AGE: 30 RESIDES: Tecumesh, AL PITCHES: FB, SL, CHANGE * 14th round draft pick by Milwaukee Brewers in 2007 via Jacksonville State University which is in Alabama * Began year in Taiwan.