Walk-Off Winners On T.J. Rumfield's Sac Fly
The Somerset Patriots defeated the Reading Fightin’ Phils by a score of 4-3 at TD Bank Ballpark on Friday evening in game four of the six-game series. Patriots relievers RHP Tanner Myatt and LHP Lisandro Santos combined for four shutout innings of relief, allowing only 2 H with 4 K’s.
The Somerset Patriots defeated the Reading Fightin’ Phils by a score of 4-3 at TD Bank Ballpark on Friday evening in game four of the six-game series.
Patriots relievers RHP Tanner Myatt and LHP Lisandro Santos combined for four shutout innings of relief, allowing only 2 H with 4 K’s.
RHP Clayton Beeter (5 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 5 K's) earned a no-decision in his seventh start of the season.
WALK IT OFF, T.J.!
— Somerset Patriots (@SOMPatriots) May 20, 2023
T.J. Rumfield with a bases loaded sac fly and error in the bottom of the ninth for the win! pic.twitter.com/B4hAVCNm2B
1B T.J. Rumfield (0-for-3, RBI, R) delivered the walk-off in the 9th inning, a sacrifice fly to score Trey Sweeney from third base.
Rumfield’s 6th inning walk extended his on-base streak to 13 games, tied with Brandon Lockridge for the longest streak of any Patriot this season.The walk-off gave Rumfield his 20th RBI of the season, third on the team behind Jasson Dominguez and Everson Pereira, who are tied with 21.
RF Brandon Lockridge (1-for-3, 2 RBI) tied the ballgame at three with his two-run single in the 6th inning. Lockridge extended his on-base streak to 13 games, over which he’s slashing .415/.519/.683 with 8 RBI, 9 SB, and 10 R.
2B Caleb Durbin (2-for-3, 2 R) scored the first run of the ballgame, coming home on a Jasson Dominguez fielder’s choice, later scoring on Lockridge’s two-run single. Durbin recorded his tenth multi-hit game of the season, and second since being promoted to Somerset on 5/9.