Late Lead Falters on Volpe Bobblehead Night in Front of Sold Out Crowd in Somerset
July 26, 2023 - Eastern League (EL)
Somerset Patriots News Release
Somerset Patriots' Jeisson Rosario at bat
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The Somerset Patriots fell to the Bowie Baysox by a score of 6-5 on Wednesday night in the second of a six-game series at TD Bank Ballpark.
Rehabbing Yankees outfielder Willie Calhoun went 1-for-5 with a base hit in his fifth game for Somerset.
The bottom three hitters in Somerset's order, Mickey Gasper, Max Burt, and Jeisson Rosario, combined to go 7-for-11, accounting for all five of the Patriots' runs.
RHP Chase Hampton (5 IP, 4 R, 4 H, 8 K) threw a career high 101 pitches in his seventh Double-A start.
Hampton has struck out 8+ in ten of his 16 starts this season between High-A and Double-A. He recorded the first four outs of his outing via strikeout.
2B Max Burt (3-for-3, 2 2B, 2 RBI, 2 R, BB) put the Patriots on the board with an RBI double in the 2nd, later bringing home another run with a single in the 4th.
Wednesday marked Burt's fifth multi-RBI game and eighth multi-hit game of the season with the Patriots. In the month of July, Burt is 7-for-23 (.304) with a 1.128 OPS and 5 RBI in 8 games.
1B Mickey Gasper (2-for-4, RBI, 2B, R) gave Somerset a 3-2 lead with an RBI single in the 4th.
The two-hit game marked Gasper's seventh multi-hit performance of the season. Over Gasper's last 19 games since 5/28, he's slashing .368/.463/.1.112 with 18 R and 12 RBI.
RF Jeisson Rosario (2-for-4, 2B, 2 RBI) extended Somerset's lead to 2-0 with an RBI-double the 2nd inning, before his RBI single in the 6th broke a 4-4 tie and put the Patriots in the lead.
Rosario's two-hit performance counted for his 15th multi-hit game of the season and third over his last four games.
Over his last 18 games since 6/24, Rosario is hitting .288 with a .439 OBP and eight multi-hit games.
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