SOMERSET PATRIOTS SIX-TIME ATLANTIC LEAGUE CHAMPIONS 1 Patriots Park * Bridgewater, NJ 08807 * 908.252.0700 www.somersetpatriots.com Somerset Patriots (7-7, 49-35) vs. New Britain Bees (6-8, 32-52) Game #85 * Sunday, July 23rd * 5:05 pm ET * TD Bank Ballpark * Bridgewater, New Jersey On The Air: WCTC-AM 1450; WCTCam.com; Twitter: @SOMPatriots @MarcSchwartz26 @ChrisDrabik PATRIOTS BREAKDOWN Series at a Glance st nd (1 /2 ) Home Road Overall Thursday (7:05 pm) SOM def NB 5-1; Kyle Roller goes 2-for-4 with two home runs and four RBI; 91-min. rain delay Season: 25-12/3-2 17-16/4-5 42-28/7-7 Friday (7:05 pm) SOM def NB 5-2; Three bases-load walks gives SOM the lead for good; Irvine throws 7.0 IP Day: 9-2/0-0 6-5/1-1 15-7/1-1 Saturday (7:05 pm) Postponed; Date TBD Night: 16-10/3-2 11-11/3-4 27-21/6-6 Sunday (5:05 pm) SOM [RHP] Connor Root (0-0, 4.15 ERA) vs. NB [LHP] Nick Greenwood (0-2, 6.26 ERA) 1-Run Gm: 8-3/1-0 2-6/2-2 10-9/3-2 2-Run Gm: 1-3/0-0 4-4/0-0 5-7/0-0 3-Run Gm: 2-4/1-0 1-1/0-2 3-5/1-2 PROMOTION-A-PALOOZA: 2017 has featured three different Patriots earning Patriots vs. Bees in 2017 4+Run Gm: 13-2/1-2 10-5/2-1 23-7/3-3 a promotion to MLB clubs, tying a franchise record (‘08): OF Chris Marrero (SFG), Date SITE RESULT Extras: 6-3/0-0 1-0/0-0 7-3/0-0 RHP Tyler Cloyd (SEA) & LHP Nik Turley (MIN). Marrero played in 37 games here 05/01 @ NB W 12-1 Hit a HR: 10-4/1-0 9-6/4-1 19-10/5-1 in 2015, Turley appeared in 10 games (8 GS) in 2016 & Cloyd made three starts 05/02 @ NB W 5-3 05/03 @ NB W 5-1 No HR: 14-8/2-2 8-9/0-4 22-17/2-6 in 2017, earning his call-up just 27 days after his last Somerset appearance. 05/04 @ NB W 3-2 0 Errors: 14-4/2-0 12-8/1-2 26-12/3-2 There has been a record 19 Patriots to reach the majors after playing in Somerset. 06/09 @ NB W, 12-7 1-2 Errors: 11-7/1-2 4-8/3-3 15-15/4-5 06/10 @ NB L, 6-1 3+ Errors: 0-0/0-0 1-0/0-0 1-0/0-0 CONGRATS ARE IN ORDER: 14 Patriots have had their contracts purchased 06/11 @ NB W, 5-3 OPPOSING STARTER in 2017: 10 by MLB organizations. LHPs Jeremy Bleich, Logan Darnell (twice) & 06/23 vs NB L, 5-4 (12) vs. LHP: 7-1/0-0 4-2/0-2 11-3/0-2 Aaron Laffey along w/ RHPs Tyler Cloyd, Ryan Kelly, Vin Mazzaro, Mitch Atkins, 06/24 vs NB W, 12-3 vs. RHP: 18-11/3-2 13-14/4-3 31-25/7-5 OF Jerry Sands & INF Tyler Bortnick had their contracts’ purchased this season. 06/25 vs NB W, 12-3 SCORING FIRST LHP Rick Teasley (Taiwan), INF Olmo Rosario (twice, Mexico) and RHP Scott 07/03 @ NB L, 6-2 07/04 @ NB W, 8-4 Patriots: 13-3/1-0 12-6/2-1 25-7/3-1 McGregor (Taiwan) also had their contracts’ purchased earlier this season. 07/05 @ NB L, 5-4 Opponent: 12-9/2-2 5-10/2-4 17-19/4-6 07/20 vs NB W, 5-1 PATRIOTS SCORE MERRY CLINCH-MAS: Having won the first half Liberty Division Championship, 07/21 vs NB W, 5-2 3 or less: 7-8/1-1 1-11/2-2 8-19/3-3 the Somerset Patriots have clinched a playoff berth and have now won an Atlantic 07/22 vs NB RAIN 4 or more: 18-4/2-1 15-4/2-3 33-8/4-4 League-record 18 half championships, including eight first-half championships. 07/23 vs NB TWINBILLS 09/12 vs NB DH Gm 1: 3-0/0-0 3-2/0-0 6-2/0-0 ALL THE STARS: A league-high eight SOM players were selected to the All-Star 09/13 vs NB DH Gm 2: 2-1/0-0 4-1/0-0 6-2/0-0 Game: RHP David Kubiak, LHPs Rick Teasley & Duane Below, C Yovan Gonzalez, 09/14 vs NB INFs Carlos Guzman & Tyler Bortnick, & OFs Aharon Eggleston & Justin Pacchioli. AFTER INNING PATS @ TD BANK: 4-1 Up 6th: 18-1/2-0 14-1/3-0 32-2/5-0 ALFREDO EN FUEGO: INF Alfredo Rodriguez recently snapped a 20-game on- PATS @ NB: 7-3 Tied 6th: 3-1/1-0 1-2/0-0 4-3/1-0 base streak (hits in 19 of 20), and an 11-game hit streak. Over his last 21 games Down 6th: 4-10/0-2 2-13/1-5 6-23/1-7 now, he is batting .373 (31-for-83), raising his average from .168 to .245. PATS ‘17 Stat ‘17 Rank Up 7th: 20-0/3-0 15-2/2-0 35-2/5-0 AVG: .273 3rd Tied 7th: 4-1/0-0 1-0/2-2 5-1/2-2 Runs: 424 2nd ROLLING IN THE DEEP: Kyle Roller has reached base in 31 of his last 34 Down 7th: 1-11/0-2 1-14/0-3 2-25/0-5 HR: 51 7th games (hits in 27-of-34). Over that stretch, Roller is 45-for-125 (.360) with 12 Up 8th: 17-0/3-0 9-2/4-0 26-2/7-0 K: 529 2nd (least) home runs, 34 RBI, 32 runs scored & 24 walks. He also recently became the 2nd BB: 347 1st Tied 8th: 5-2/0-0 1-0/0-1 6-2/0-1 Patriot ever to record a cycle and the 5th to record eight RBI in a game (6/28). SB: 115 2nd Down 8th: 0-10/0-2 1-11/0-4 1-21/0-6 ERA: 3.86 2nd DAY MORE THAN LUKE-WARM: RHP Lucas Irvine has strung together four-straight Saves: 14 7th Monday: 2-0/0-0 2-0/1-1 4-0/1-1 quality starts, including six scoreless innings with one hit on 7/16. Over this HR: 72 6th Tuesday: 3-2/0-0 4-3/1-1 7-5/1-1 stretch, Irvine has allowed just four runs over 26.2 IP (1.35 ERA), lowering his K: 590 4th Wednesday: 5-1/0-0 4-1/0-2 9-2/0-2 BB: 228 2nd (least) season-ERA from 4.91 to 3.84. He has won four of his last six starts, including a Thursday: 0-5/0-0 2-1/1-0 2-6/1-0 nine-strikeout performance (6/24), and tied for first on the team in wins (7). Friday: 4-2/1-1 1-3/1-0 5-5/2-1 2017 ATTENDANCE BESTS Saturday: 7-0/0-1 2-4/0-1 9-4/0-2 ON THE MARK: INF Mark Minicozzi has reached base safely in 14 of his last 16 Sunday: 4-2/1-0 2-4/1-0 6-6/2-0 games. Over that stretch, the first-year Patriot is hitting .315 (17-for-54) with a 7,219 (6/16) MONTH HR, 10 RBI, 10 BB and 12 R, raising his average from .179 (6/15) to .276. 7,032 (6/03) April 6-1/0-0 0-3/0-0 6-4/0-0 6,970 (6/17) May: 10-4/0-0 12-7/0-0 19-11/0-0 PATIENCE A VIRTUE: As a team, the Patriots lead the Atlantic League in walks 6,103 (6/18) June: 12-7/0-0 4-5/0-0 16-12/0-0 (347). The next closest team is Lancaster, with 63 fewer walks (284). 6,097 (5/19) 6,083 (4/21) July: 0-0/3-2 1-1/4-5 1-1/7-7 Additionally, Somerset has collectively struck out 529 times: second fewest in the 6,023 (7/07) August: 0-0/0-0 0-0/0-0 0-0/0-0 league (Bridgeport, 496). 5,892 (6/07) September: 0-0/0-0 0-0/0-0 0-0/0-0 5,889 (5/05) TOP 20: All season long, the Somerset Patriots will be unveiling their Top 20 5,750 (5/27) VERSUS TEAM players in franchise history. OF Michael Warner was just named the 8th greatest 5,544 (6/29) BPT: 4-3/0-0 2-1/1-2 6-4/1-2 Patriot of all time. Follow along all season to find out who will join him! NB: 2-1/2-0 6-1/1-2 8-2/3-2 LI: 4-2/0-0 2-5/2-1 6-7/2-1 PATRIOTS HITTER’S NOTEBOOK LIBERTY: 9-6/2-0 10-7/4-5 20-13/6-5 ADAM DONACHIE 25-84, 2 HR, 12 R, 12 RBI last 20 G; 5th year w/ SOM; Coached in Korea last year LAN: 4-0/0-0 2-4/0-0 6-4/0-0 AHARON EGGLESTON Reached base safely in 54 of 66 games; 5th BB (41), 4th in OBP (.388) SMD: 2-2/0-0 2-2/0-0 4-4/0-0 SL: 4-3/1-2 3-0/0-0 7-3/1-2 GREG GOLSON Last 27 G: 32-for-117, 4 HR, 25 RBI, 17 R, 4 2B, 3 3B; ‘13-14 w/ LAN, ‘16 w/ NB YRK 5-1/0-0 0-3/0-0 5-4/0-0 YOVAN GONZALEZ Four GW hits at home (4/21, 5/6, 6/2 & 6/14); 13-game OB streak to begin the year st FREEDOM: 15-6/1-1 7-9/0-0 22-15/1-2 CARLOS GUZMAN Lead active team in RBI (39), 1 in hits (70), at-bats (280) and games played (73) SCOTT KELLY Has reached base safely in 29-of-his-last-34 games; Hit 3rd pro HR 7/15 @ LI CHRISTIAN MARRERO Hits in 17 of 23 games (RBI in 11-of-23) w/ SOM; 28-86, 2 HR, 15 R, 20 RBI MARK MINICOZZI Reached base in 14 of last 16 games: 17-54 (.315), 10 BB; 21 games w/ LI in ‘16 nd JUSTIN PACCHIOLI On-base 43 of last 53 games; .408 OBP would rank 2 if qualified ZACH RACUSIN RBI double in first pro at-bat (7/9); Led Georgetown Univ.