Reading Tops Somerset 7-5
Reading, Pennsylvania - The Reading Fightin Phils (3-1, 32-41) defeated the Somerset Patriots (1-3, 45-28) by a score of 7-5 on Friday night at FirstEnergy Stadium.
Reading, Pennsylvania - The Reading Fightin Phils (3-1, 32-41) defeated the Somerset Patriots (1-3, 45-28) by a score of 7-5 on Friday night at FirstEnergy Stadium.
AJ Graffanino put Reading up in the first with a sacrifice fly to score Johan Rojas.
Somerset answered in the next inning with a sacrifice fly by Mickey Gasper to plate Blake Perkins to tie up the contest.
Jesus Bastidas with a bases clearing double for a 4-1 lead in the third. pic.twitter.com/y9c1KSesLT
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A bases clearing double by Jesus Bastidas in the third put the Patriots up 4-1.
The Fightins took the lead with a four-run sixth inning. Chris Sharpe drove in a run on a double before a two-run single by Kevin Vicuna made it a 4-4 ballgame. Graffanino broke the tie with an RBI single.
Vicuna extended the lead in the seventh with an RBI single to left.
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Chad Bell with a home run (9) for the second straight night pic.twitter.com/CwMvqtdiTR
Chad Bell (9) homered for the second straight night in the eighth inning to make it a one-run ballgame.
A wild pitch in the bottom of the inning gave Reading the 7-5 final.
Billy Sullivan (2-0) picked up the win with 1.1 innings pitched. Barrett Loseke (6-1) suffered the loss after he allowed four runs on four hits. Francisco Morales (1) earned the save with a scoreless ninth inning pitched.
Will Warren allowed a run on four hits and struck out six in five innings in a no decision.
The 2022 Somerset Patriots Season presented by Ford will continue on the road on Saturday night with a 6:45 pm game versus the Reading Fightin Phils at FirstEnergy Stadium. Fans can catch all the action on FOX Sports New Jersey 93.5 FM | 1450 AM, the Flagship Station for Patriots Baseball.
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.
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