Back-to-Back Home Runs by Pereira and Wells Lift Patriots to 7-4 Win
Bridgewater, NJ – For a third consecutive game, the Somerset Patriots (12-9, 56-34) came back to defeat the Reading Fightin Phils (11-10, 40-50) by a final score of 7–4 at TD Bank Ballpark on Sunday evening.
Bridgewater, NJ – For a third consecutive game, the Somerset Patriots (12-9, 56-34) came back to defeat the Reading Fightin Phils (11-10, 40-50) by a final score of 7–4 at TD Bank Ballpark on Sunday evening.
EVERSON. PEREIRA.
— Somerset Patriots (@SOMPatriots) July 24, 2022
The Yankees #10 prospect's first Double-A home run is a game tying solo shot in the seventh! pic.twitter.com/24xY1BZYuc
Trailing 4-3 in the bottom of the seventh, Everson Pereira (1) blasted a solo shot to right field and was immediately followed by an Austin Wells (1) two-run home run. It was the pair’s first Double-A home runs.
Austin Wells for the lead😱
— Somerset Patriots (@SOMPatriots) July 24, 2022
The Yankees #4 prospect follows Pereira's game tying blast with a go-ahead shot for his first Double-A homer! We now lead 5-4! pic.twitter.com/Cc2O0ElzNn
Rodolfo Duran got the scoring started in the bottom of the second on an RBI double that scored Brandon Lockridge and put Somerset up 1-0.
Reading later took the lead in the top of the fifth with Sal Gozzo and Simon Muzziotti RBI singles that gave the Fightin Phils a 2-1 lead.
Maxy B does it again😱
— Somerset Patriots (@SOMPatriots) July 24, 2022
Max Burt ties the ballgame at two in the fifth with his career high ninth homer of the season! pic.twitter.com/6NbOF3MVlf
Max Burt (9) then evened the score in the bottom of the inning on a solo home run to left field. With the homer, Burt set a career high of home runs in a season.
The Patriots then got back out in front 3-2 the following inning as Lockridge crossed home on a double play.
Reading regained the lead in the top of the seventh as Vito Friscia lined a two-run single to left field and made it 4-3.
Rodolfo Duran, punisher of baseballs💣
— Somerset Patriots (@SOMPatriots) July 24, 2022
Duran crushes a two-run blast to extend our lead to 7-4 in the eighth! pic.twitter.com/GC0D4kPWbi
Up 6-4 in the eighth, Duran (4) struck again with a two-run homer to left field to plate Jesus Bastidas. The 24-year-old batted 2-for-4 with two RBI on the day.
Tanner Myatt (1-0) struck out two batters and allowed two earned runs in 1.1 innings to earn the win. Trevor Bettencourt (0-1) gave up two earned runs through two frames of work in the loss. Carson Coleman (8) registered his second save of the series with a scoreless ninth inning and three strikeouts.
The 2022 Somerset Patriots season presented by Ford will continue on the road on Tuesday, July 26 with a 6:35 pm game against the Richmond Flying Squirrels (San Francisco Giants) at The Diamond.
About the Somerset Patriots
The Somerset Patriots are the New York Yankees Double-A Affiliate and develop today’s top minor league talent into the pinstriped superstars of tomorrow for MLB’s winningest team. The Patriots compete in the Double-A Eastern League and play their home games at TD Bank Ballpark in Bridgewater, NJ, where fans of all ages and levels of baseball fandom get to enjoy the unique experience that is minor league baseball.