Patriots Fall To Yard Goats 5-2
Bridgewater, NJ - The Hartford Yard Goats (43-24) defeated the Somerset Patriots (42-25) by a final score of 5–2 before a crowd of 6,505 at TD Bank Ballpark on Friday night.
Bridgewater, NJ - The Hartford Yard Goats (43-24) defeated the Somerset Patriots (42-25) by a final score of 5–2 before a crowd of 6,505 at TD Bank Ballpark on Friday night.
The Cuban Missile brings the 🔥 to Somerset pic.twitter.com/Cm7oXpUS8a
— Somerset Patriots (@SOMPatriots) June 25, 2022
On an MLB rehab assignment, Yankees LHP Aroldis Chapman threw a scoreless top of the seventh and struck out one batter.
Hartford scored the first two runs of the night in the top of the second on a Brenton Doyle RBI single and a Kyle Datres sacrifice fly.
Jimmy Herron (8) increased the Yard Goats’ lead to 3-0 with a solo home run to left field in the top of the fifth.
Back-to-back 💣
— Somerset Patriots (@SOMPatriots) June 25, 2022
Michael Beltre crushes his third homer of the season the next pitch after Gasper’s homer! pic.twitter.com/nI53BnDLN0
Mickey Gasper (4) and Michael Beltre (3) then retaliated in the bottom of the inning with solo home runs on back-to-back pitches which cut the deficit to one.
Datres pushed Hartford’s lead back up to two the next inning on an RBI double that knocked in Aaron Schunk.
Michael Toglia (14) later added a final run in the top of the eighth with a solo shot to center field to make it 5-2.
Michael Baird (1-1) earned the win after he tossed 6.2 innings and allowed two earned runs with six strikeouts. Randy Vasquez (0-2) gave up four earned runs and struck out four batters in the loss. Stephen Jones (3) recorded the save with a 1-2-3 bottom of the ninth.
The Patriots must now win the next two games to clinch the first half Northeast Division title and earn a playoff berth.
The 2022 Somerset Patriots Season presented by Ford will continue at home with a 7:05 pm game against the Yard Goats on Saturday evening at TD Bank Ballpark.
*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. _