Rosario's Ninth Inning Blast Provides Heroics in Fourth Straight Win
Hartford, Connecticut – The Somerset Patriots (80-48) won their fourth straight game vs. the Hartford Yard Goats (72-57) on Friday night, behind a go-ahead ninth inning home run from Jeisson Rosario. It was the second straight night that Somerset took the lead in a tie game in the top of
Hartford, Connecticut – The Somerset Patriots (80-48) won their fourth straight game vs. the Hartford Yard Goats (72-57) on Friday night, behind a go-ahead ninth inning home run from Jeisson Rosario.
It was the second straight night that Somerset took the lead in a tie game in the top of the ninth inning, as Rosario blasted his career-high ninth long ball of the season.
LOOKING ROSIE🌹
— Somerset Patriots (@SOMPatriots) September 10, 2022
Home run No. 9 for Jeisson Rosario puts us in front in the ninth. pic.twitter.com/W2dzj3Djfj
Max Burt supplied the Patriots with their first run of the game on an RBI-single in the fifth inning that scored Jesus Bastidas to give the Patriots a 1-0 lead.
Hartford scratched out one run in the next half-inning off of Patriots starter Randy Vasquez, who allowed the game's only run over six innings.
Aaron Mcgarity (3-0) earned the win, pitching two scoreless innings in relief of Vasquez, while Carson Coleman locked down his Yankees MiLB leading 19th save of the season with a perfect ninth inning.
Somerset's fourth straight win over Hartford secures the team's 14th series win of the season and vaults the Patriots to a season-best 32 games over .500 with the best record in all of Double-A baseball at 80-48.
The 2022 Somerset Patriots Season presented by Ford will continue on Friday night in Hartford with a 6:05 p.m. first pitch at Dunkin Donuts Park.
Yankees No. 9 prospect RHP Clayton Beeter will get the start for Somerset opposite Yard Goats RHP Noah Gotsis.
Fans can follow the action live as Steven Cusumano calls the play-by-play on MiLB.tv and FOX Sports New Jersey 93.5 FM | 1450 AM, the Flagship Station for Patriots Baseball, with pregame coverage beginning at 5:50 p.m.
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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.