Fitts Earns First Double-A Win in Somerset's Third Straight Victory
The Somerset Patriots defeated the Harrisburg Senators by a score of 4-3 at FNB Field in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania on Wednesday afternoon. The Patriots have won each of the first two games of their series in Harrisburg, extending a new season-high three-game win streak. The win also moves Somerset to a
The Somerset Patriots defeated the Harrisburg Senators by a score of 4-3 at FNB Field in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania on Wednesday afternoon.
The Patriots have won each of the first two games of their series in Harrisburg, extending a new season-high three-game win streak. The win also moves Somerset to a season-high three games over .500.
Somerset is now 4-1 in five games vs. Harrisburg this season.
The decision marked Somerset’s eighth game this season decided by one run, improving to 4-4 in one-run games.
RHP Richard Fitts(6.0 IP, 0 R, 3 H, 2 BB, 4 K) started for the Patriots and earned his first Double-A win, coming in his fourth start of the season for the Patriots.
RHP Richard Fitts, the @Yankees No. 10 prospect, with a strong outing today😤
— Somerset Patriots (@SOMPatriots) April 26, 2023
6 IP | 3 H | 0 R | 2 BB | 4 K pic.twitter.com/9j0R8ukcXX
Fitts’ first Double-A win continues a streak of three consecutive Patriots earning their first Double-A wins (Castano, 4/23 and Abeyta, 4/25).
The performance was the second consecutive start of six innings pitched for Fitts and his first scoreless outing of the season.
LF Everson Pereira(2-for-4, 2 RBI, 2 2B) gave the Patriots the game’s initial lead with a two-run double in the third inning.
1B Eric Wagaman(1-for-4, RBI, R, HR) smacked his first home run of the season in the top of the ninth inning to put the Patriots up 4-0 entering the bottom of the ninth.
Wagaman’s homer proved to be the game’s decisive run, after Harrisburg’s Jackson Cluff hit a three-run homer in the bottom of the ninth inning to cap the game’s scoring.