SOMERSET PATRIOTS SIX-TIME ATLANTIC LEAGUE CHAMPIONS 1 Patriots Park * Bridgewater, NJ 08807 * 908.252.0700 www.somersetpatriots.com and www.patriotsbaseball.com New Britain Bees (31-30, 67-64) @ Somerset Patriots (35-26, 73-58) Game #132/140 * Saturday, September 10 * 7:05 PM * TD Bank Ballpark * Bridgewater, NJ On The Air: WCTC-AM 1450; WCTCam.com, SPN.TV Twitter: @SOMPatriots and @JAntweil PATRIOTS BREAKDOWN (1st/2nd) home road overall Series at a Glance season: 22-14/17-15 16-18/18-11 38-32/35-26 Friday (7:05) Pats 4, Bees 3 (Patriots score four runs in eighth inning to grab first and only lead) day: 5-3/2-1 2-4/2-1 7-7/4-2 Saturday (7:05) NB [RHP] Mike Lee (7-5, 4.54 ERA) @ SOM [RHP] Shaun Garceau (4-4, 4.89) night: 17-11/16-15 14-14/16-10 31-25/32-24 Sunday (1:05) NB TBA @ SOM [RHP] Alexis Candelario (2-1, 5.68) 1-run gm: 6-3/10-6 4-5/4-3 10-8/14-10 2-run gm: 6-5/4-5 3-5/2-3 9-10/6-8 3-run gm: 3-3/0-2 2-4/7-3 5-12/7-5 PLAYOFF PICTURE: With 9 games remaining, Somerset leads Bridgeport by Patriots vs. Bees in 2016 4+run gm: 7-3/3-2 7-4/5-2 14-7/8-4 3.0 games and New Britain by 4.0 games Date SITE RESULT extras: 3-0/5-4 2-3/0-1 5-3/5-5 6/07 @ NB L 5-3 hit a HR: 12-8/14-6 11-7/13-4 23-15/27-10 WINNING WAYS: Patriots have won three straight series and are 9-2 in last 6/08 @ NB L 7-6 6/09 @ NB W 5-3 no HR: 10-6/3-9 5-11/5-7 15-17/8-16 11 including winners of five in a row 6/20 @ NB L 7-0 0 Errors: 9-4/8-9 9-6/13-6 18-10/21-15 6/21 @ NB W 10-2 1-2 Errors: 12-9/13-6 7-11/5-5 19-20/17-11 EGGS SUNNY SIDE UP: Aharon Eggleston has reached base safely in 42 6/22 @ NB L 3-0 3+ Errors: 1-1/0-0 0-1/0-0 1-2/0-0 straight games a streak that began on July 20th. That’s the longest streak by a 6/27 vs NB W 4-1 OPPOSING STARTER player in league this year 6/28 vs NB L 3-0 (6) vs. lh: 11-5/6-0 6-2/6-3 17-7/12-3 6/29 vs NB L 8-7 vs. rh: 11-9/11-15 10-16/12-8 21-25/23-23 LAHAIR HAMMERING OPPOSITION: Bryan LaHair is tied for second in the 6/30 vs NB L 8-7 SCORING FIRST Atlantic League in RBI with 81 8/26 vs NB W 7-6 8/27 vs NB L 4-3 (10) patriots: 11-8/8-4 13-8/15-5 24-16/23-9 8/28 vs NB L 11-9 opponent: 11-6/8-11 3-10/3-5 14-16/11-16 M-VIDAL-P: David Vidal has tallied 24 HRs which is a career-high. He leads the 9/09 vs NB W 4-3 PATRIOTS SCORE league in that category. 9/10 vs NB 7:05 pm 3 or less: 2-7/2-8 2-11/3-5 4-18/5-14 9/11 vs NB 1:05 pm 4 or more: 19-7/15-7 14-7/15-6 34-14/30-12 COMEBACK KIDS: The Patriots have 41 wins in come from behind fashion and 8/15 @ NB 6:35 pm TWINBILLS 11 walk-off wins. They have won five straight in come from behind fashion and 8/16 @ NB 6:35 pm dh gm 1: 2-0/0-2 0-2/0-0 2-2/0-2 four straight when trailing by three runs 8/17 @ NB 6:35 pm dh gm 2: 1-1/0-2 1-1/0-0 2-2/0-2 8/18 @ NB 1:35 pm PATIENCE IS A VIRTURE: The Patriots have drawn 88 more walks than the AFTER INNING PATS @ TD BANK: 3-5 up 6th: 13-4/10-4 14-2/12-1 27-6/22-5 next closest teams PATS @ NB: 2-4 tied 6th: 5-0/3-1 2-4/2-1 7-4/5-2 down 6th: 4-10/4-10 0-11/4-8 4-21/8-18 SPEEDSTERS: Somerset has swiped the most bags in the league at 160. That’s PATS ‘16 Stat ‘16 Rank up 7th: 13-3/11-2 15-0/13-0 28-3/24-2 22 more than the next closest team. Scott Kelly is third in league with 37 AVG: .272 3rd tied 7th: 4-1/2-2 1-4/2-1 5-5/4-3 Runs: 656 1st down 7th: 3-10/4-9 0-11/3-9 3-21/7-18 CLOSE CONTESTS: Of the 14 games between NB and SOM, 12 have been HR: 106 5th up 8th: 15-2/13-2 15-0/17-0 30-2/30-2 decided by 3 runs or fewer and 6 have been decided by one run K: 935 5th BB: 506 1st tied 8th: 3-1/4-2 1-3/0-0 4-4/4-2 SB: 160 1st down 8th: 2-11/0-9 0-13/1-10 2-24/1-19 E-ROC NATION: Eric Farris is batting .412 with 11 RBI in 8 games this month ERA: 3.90 1st DAY Saves: 40 T-2nd monday: 1-0/2-0 1-2/3-1 2-2/5-1 MILLER TIME: In 23 appearances, Jim Miller has hurled 22.0 innings and yet to HR: 106 6th tuesday: 3-4/3-2 3-1/1-2 6-4/4-4 allow an earned run. He has 20 Ks and 1 BBs. K: 1,011 1st wednesday: 4-3/2-3 2-4/3-1 6-7/5-5 BB: 341 1st thursday: 2-3/4-2 4-1/2-0 6-4/6-2 NEW-BY: In 2015 Kyler Newby’s ERA was 4.46, but this year his ERA is 2.03. friday: 4-2/3-1 2-2/4-1 6-4/7-2 th 2016 ATTENDANCE BESTS Since June 30 he has yielded one run. saturday: 4-2/2-1 2-4/2-3 6-6/4-4 June 17 – 8,071 sunday: 4-2/0-5 2-3/3-2 6-5/3-7 STRIVE FOR SEVEN: The Somerset Patriots are the most successful baseball June 18 – 7,917 MONTH club in Atlantic League history winning League Championships in 2001, 2003, July 21 – 7,825 april 7-0/0-0 3-0/0-0 10-0/0-0 2005, 2008, 2009, 2015. The Patriots look to win that elusive seventh title in June 4 – 7,322 may: 5-9/0-0 7-8/0-0 12-17/0-0 program history this year. This is the 19th year of Somerset Patriots Baseball and July 3 – 7,315 june: 8-5/0-0 6-9/0-0 14-14/0-0 they have qualified for the playoffs in 12 of those years. july: 2-1/5-7 0-0/7-5 2-1/12-12 august: 0-0/8-8 0-0/8-4 0-0/16-12 september: 0-0/4-0 0-0/3-1 0-0/7-1 VERSUS TEAM PATRIOTS HITTER’S NOTEBOOK th th BPT: 4-2/1-3 2-2/2-1 6-4/3-4 AHARON EGGLESTON Mr. 15 Inning because has two walk-off 15 inning base hits this year NB: 1-3/2-2 2-4/0-0 3-7/2-2 ERIC FARRIS Has played 6 different positions this year. LI: 5-2/1-2 2-1/2-5 7-3/3-7 YOVAN GONZALEZ .212 at home, .298 on road LIBERTY: 10-7/4-7 6-7/4-6 16-14/8-13 CARLOS GUZMAN .302 at home, .234 on road LAN: 1-2/3-4 6-1/3-0 7-3/6-4 SCOTT KELLY Clubbed first ever home run in 219th career professional baseball game SMD: 6-1/2-1 2-1/6-1 8-2/8-2 ROB KRAL After hitting .161 in August, batting .273 in September SLS: 0-3/5-2 1-6/2-1 1-9/7-3 BRYAN LAHAIR .338 with RISP, .364 with 2 outs and RISP YRK: 5-1/3-1 1-3/3-3 6-4/6-4 LUIS MATEO On inactive list with a hamstring injury FREEDOM: 12-7/13-8 10-11/14-4 22-18/27-12 JOSH MAZZOLIA 2016 in American Association: 100 games, .259 BA, 20 HRs, 78 RBI KYLE ROLLER .271 at home, .333 on road BRIAN VAN KIRK Eats Honey Nut Cheerios before games DAVID VIDAL 10 go ahead home runs this year 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 #5 SHAUN GARCEAU (4-4, 4.89) RHP HT: 6-1 WT: 220 AGE: 28 RESIDES: West Palm Beach, PL PITCHES: CUTTER, CURVE, CHANGE * Signed with Somerset May 28th after beginning year with Southern Maryland.