Bridgwater, New Jersey – The Patriots punched their ticket to the Eastern League Championship Series for the second time in three seasons after making quick work of Hartford by completing a two-game sweep of the Yard Goats in the Division Series on Thursday night with a pair of one-run victories.

The Somerset Patriots clinched the Eastern League Northeast Division Championship and a trip to the Eastern League Finals with a 4-3 win over the Hartford Yard Goats to cap off an ELDS sweep. The Patriots will open the best of three Eastern League Championship Series Sunday in either Akron or

The Somerset Patriots defeated the New Hampshire Fisher Cats by a final score of 3-0 at TD Bank Ballpark in Bridgewater, NJ on Friday night. The win maintains the Patriots’ half-game lead atop the Eastern League second half standings and shrinks their magic number to two with two games left

The Somerset Patriots defeated the Binghamton Rumble Ponies by a score of 4-1 on Saturday night at Mirabito Stadium in Binghamton, NY. With the Patriots win, they maintained their standing of 0.5 games back from the first place Portland Sea Dogs with seven games remaining in the regular season. The

The Somerset Patriots fell to the Reading Fightin Phils 7-1 on Saturday night in game five of a six-game series at TD Bank Ballpark. RHP Zach Messinger (5 IP, 0 R, 2 H, 4 BB, 3 K) hurled 5 shutout IP in his 25th appearance (23rd start) of the season.

The Somerset Patriots were defeated by the Portland Sea Dogs by a score of 3-1 on Thursday night at Hadlock Field in Portland, ME. The loss drops the Somerset Patriots to 4.5 games back of the Sea Dogs for first place in the second half standings with 21 games remaining

The Somerset Patriots won their third straight game, defeating the Hartford Yard Goats 9-3 on Thursday night in game three of a six-game series at Dunkin’ Donuts Park in Hartford, CT. The Patriots have homered in 14 of their last 15 games and eight times in their last three games.

The Somerset Patriots shut out the Binghamton Rumble Ponies 5-0 on Wednesday night at TD Bank Ballpark in game two of a six game series. The Patriots have homered in nine straight games, their longest streak of the season. Somerset hurled their seventh shutout of the season. RHP Zach Messinger

The Somerset Patriots downed the Bowie Baysox 6-2 on Thursday night in game three of a six-game series at Prince George's Stadium in Bowie, MD. RHP Zach Messinger (7 IP, 1 R, 7 H, 2 BB, 4 K) earned the win, chucking a career-high 7 IP of one-run ball. Over

The Somerset Patriots were shut out by the Portland Sea Dogs 3-0 on Saturday night at TD Bank Ballpark in game five of a six-game series. The Patriots were kept off the scoreboard for the second consecutive night and seventh time this season. Somerset’s bullpen trio of Danny Watson, Joey

The Somerset Patriots downed the Altoona Curve 3-2 on Sunday afternoon at TD Bank Ballpark, clinching a series sweep in their three-game series finale. The Patriots bullpen did not surrender a run for the third straight game, with Joey Gerber (1.1 IP), Matt Sauer (1 IP), and Kevin Stevens (1

The Somerset Patriots were defeated by the Erie SeaWolves 6-1 on Sunday afternoon in their series finale at UPMC Park in Erie, PA. RHP Zach Messinger (5 IP, 3 R, 5 H, 1 BB, 3 K) took the loss in his 18th appearance (16th start) of the season. Over 13

The Somerset Patriots fell to the Erie SeaWolves 5-4 on Tuesday night in game one of a six-game series at UPMC Park in Erie, PA RHP Zach Messinger (6 IP, 5 R, 7 H, 1 BB, 5 K) did not factor into a decision in his 17th outing (15th start)

Bridgewater, New Jersey - You know the guy in the golf ball-scooping tractor at the driving range who all of those practicing their swings simultaneously take aim at? That was once Zach Messinger. Fresh off a trip to the College World Series in 2021 during his breakout junior season at

The Somerset Patriots fell to the Reading Fightin Phils 4-2 on Tuesday night in game two of a six-game series at TD Bank Ballpark. RHP Zach Messinger (5 IP, 4 R, 2 ER, 4 H, 4 BB, 2 K) took the loss in his 16th appearance (14th start) of the

The Somerset Patriots won their third consecutive game to begin the second half, taking down the Richmond Flying Squirrels 6-2 on Thursday night in game three of a six-game series at The Diamond in Richmond, VA. Somerset has won the first three games of a series for the first time

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 defeated the Binghamton Rumble Ponies 6-4 in an extra-innings thriller in game five of a six game series on Saturday night at Mirabito Stadium in Binghamton, NY. Saturday marked Somerset’s fourth double-digit strikeout performance over the first five games of the series vs. Binghamton, where Patriots pitchers

The Somerset Patriots defeated the Hartford Yard Goats 4-2 in their series finale on Sunday afternoon at TD Bank Ballpark before 7,385. Somerset secures their third consecutive win to advance 2.5 games out of first place in the Eastern League’s Northeast Division. RHP Gerrit Cole (4.2 IP, 1 R, 2

The Somerset Patriots dropped their series opener to the Hartford Yard Goats 5-4 on Tuesday night at TD Bank Ballpark in front of a record 8,260 fans. Somerset’s season high attendance of 8,260 also set a new Double-A era (2021-present) high. RHP Gerrit Cole (3.1 IP, 2 H, 0 BB,

The Somerset Patriots took down the Bowie Baysox 2-1 in walk-off fashion on Wednesday afternoon in game two of a six-game series at TD Bank Ballpark before a season high attendance 6,763. Spencer Jones’s 9th inning RBI single served as the game winner. Somerset’s pitching staff, comprised of Zach Messinger,

The Somerset Patriots were swept in a double header against the New Hampshire Fisher Cats on Thursday night, dropping a heartbreaking first game 5-4 in extra innings, and losing the second game 9-0 at Delta Dental Stadium in Manchester, NH. Thursday’s night cap marked the fourth time this season the

The Somerset Patriots defeated the Portland Sea Dogs 9-4 on Friday night at TD Bank Ballpark in game four of a six-game series at TD Bank Ballpark. With the win, Somerset moves to .500 on the season, and jumps into third place in the Eastern League’s Northeast Division. Friday marked

The Somerset Patriots defeated the New Hampshire Fisher Cats 3-2 in a pitchers duel on Saturday evening at TD Bank Ballpark in game five of a six-game set at TD Bank Ballpark. Somerset takes a 3-2 lead in the series and will go for their first six-game series win of

The Somerset Patriots defeated the New Hampshire Fisher Cats 3-2 in a pitchers duel on Saturday evening at TD Bank Ballpark in game five of a six-game set at TD Bank Ballpark. Somerset takes a 3-2 lead in the series and will go for their first six-game series win of