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Cowles Homers On Friday In Third Straight Loss

June 21, 2024

The Somerset Patriots were defeated by the Erie SeaWolves 8-2 on Friday night in game four of a six-game series at TD Bank Ballpark. RHP Zach Messinger (4.2 IP, 5 R, 6 H, 3 BB, 5 K) took the loss in his 14th start of the season. Messinger allowed more

The Somerset Patriots were defeated by the Erie SeaWolves 8-2 on Friday night in game four of a six-game series at TD Bank Ballpark.

RHP Zach Messinger (4.2 IP, 5 R, 6 H, 3 BB, 5 K) took the loss in his 14th start of the season. Messinger allowed more than two runs in a game for the first time since his fourth start of the season on 4/23 @REA.

SS Ben Cowles (1-for-4, HR, 2 RBI, R) provided Somerset’s only runs of the day with a two-run homer in the 1st. The blast marked Cowles’s fifth homer of the year and first at home. Cowles has hit safely in three straight. The Yankees No. 29 prospect snapped a season-long homerless drought of 22 games dating back to 5/24 @NH. Friday marked Cowles’s tenth multi-RBI performance of the season.

3B Jesus Rodriguez (1-for-3, R) has reached base in all three games to begin his Double-A career following a promotion to Somerset on Wednesday. Rodriguez has reached base in 21 consecutive games dating back to 5/25 @BRK as a member of High-A Hudson Valley. Rodriguez is 3-for-11 with 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 HBP, and 2 R over his first three games with Somerset.

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