Lagrange Fires Career-High 12 Ks, Lombard Jr. and Flores Homer in Win over New Hampshire Thursday

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Lagrange Fires Career-High 12 Ks, Lombard Jr. and Flores Homer in Win over New Hampshire Thursday

June 19, 2025 - Eastern League (EL)
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Somerset Patriots pitcher Carlos Lagrange
Somerset Patriots pitcher Carlos Lagrange
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The Somerset Patriots defeated the New Hampshire Fisher Cats in game three of a six-game series at Delta Dental Stadium in Manchester, N.H. on Thursday by a score of 5-1.

The start of the game was delayed 32 minutes due to rain. Somerset pitching combined for 15 strikeouts, tied for the third most in a single game this season (5/20 @NH, 5/31 vs. AKR). Somerset pitching has struck out 10 or more Fisher Cats in four games this season.

RHP Carlos Lagrange (5.1 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 2 BB, 12 K) tossed a career-high 12 strikeouts and earned the win in his third start of the season with Somerset.

Lagrange tossed the most strikeouts in a single game by any Somerset pitcher this season. Lagrange's 12 strikeouts are the second-most by an Eastern League pitcher this year (J. Tong - 5/10 vs. REA w/BNG and B. Wehunt - 6/14 @SOM w/POR, 13). Lagrange's 12 strikeouts are tied for the most in a single game by a Yankee minor leaguer this season (E. Rodriguez-Cruz, 4/25 @ASH with High-A HV).

RHP Indigo Diaz (1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K) pitched a scoreless eighth inning and did not factor into the decision.

Diaz increased his scoreless streak to 12 games dating back to 5/9 @AKR over which he has thrown 12.1 IP, allowing 4 H, 5 BB, and recording 13 K. In this stretch, Diaz has posted a 0.73 WHIP and a .098 BA. Diaz's 12 straight scoreless outing streak is the second-longest active streak in the EL.

SS George Lombard Jr. (2-for-5, R, RBI, HR, K, SB) singled and stole second base in the first inning, and hit his second Double-A home run, a solo shot in the fifth inning.

Lombard Jr. is tied for Somerset's team lead with 13 stolen bases in 39 games. Overall, Lombard Jr. has 24 steals this season, second-most among Yankee minor leaguers. In the month of June, Lombard has made it on-base in 14 of his 16 games over which he is 14-for-62 (.226/.314/.419) with 13 R, 6 XBH (2 2B, 2 3B, 2 HR), 4 RBI, 4 BB and 6 SB. At the conclusion of the game, Lombard Jr. ranks first among Yankee minor leaguers in R (49) and BB (48), second in SB (24), tied for second in OBP (.401), tied for ninth in H (56) and 10th in OPS (.785).

C Rafael Flores (2-for-4, R, RBI, HR, ROE) singled in the sixth and blasted a solo home run in the eighth inning.

At the end of the game, Flores ranks second in the EL in H (69) and TB (120), tied for second in HR (12), tied for third in XBH (27), tied for eighth in R (36) and 10th in SLG (.476).

LF Cole Gabrielson (2-for-4, RBI) lashed an RBI single in the eighth inning.

DH Dylan Jasso (1-for-4, R, K) singled and scored on Gabrielson's RBI single in the eighth inning.

Jasso extended his on-base streak to 24 games, a stretch that began on 5/20 @NH, over which he is 25-for-87 (.287/.367/.460) with 16 R, 8 XBH (2 HR, 3 3B, 3 2B), 13 RBI and 8 BB. Jasso's 24-game on-base streak is the fourth longest active on-base streak in the Eastern League. At the end of the game, Jasso is tied for third in the EL in TB (108), tied for fifth in H (63), fourth in SLG (.480), tied for eighth in R (36) and 10th in XBH (23).

CF Spencer Jones (0-for-3, R, BB, 2 K) walked and scored in the second inning.

Jones has scored a run in eight of his last nine games over which he is 10-for-29 (.345/.472/.724) with 10 R, 5 XBH (2 2B, 3 HR), 6 RBI, 7 BB and 2 SB.

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