AtL Somerset Patriots

Patriots Denied Series Win in Lancaster

Published on August 11, 2011 under Atlantic League (AtL)
Somerset Patriots News Release


Lancaster, PA - Somerset rallied in the 9th but left 14 men on base for the game as the Lancaster Barnstormers defeated the Patriots 5-3 on Thursday night at Clipper Magazine Stadium, taking two of three in the series. Lancaster assured itself its first winning season against Somerset in franchise history while the Patriots were denied their first winning road trip this year, finishing 3-3 on a six-game Pennsylvania journey.

The Patriots had the tying run in scoring position after a Josh Pressley run-scoring double to cut the deficit to two against Jonah Bayliss. With no outs, Bayliss retired Matt Hagen and Joe Burke before intentionally walking Norris Hopper - who was working a five hit and five RBI series. Bayliss got John Pachot to fly out, ending the game and picked up his 14th save in 14 tries this year.

Matt Wright had enough in the tank to toss 126 pitches over 6.2 innings for Lancaster, yielding just one run on a Fernando Cortez sacrifice fly in the 5th. Wright (4-8) danced out of trouble all night as the Patriots left 10 men on through 7.0 innings, including half in scoring position.

Derell McCall - 4-0 lifetime against Lancaster coming in - took the bump for the Patriots on just three days rest. A Matt Watson RBI put Lancaster in front after one inning and a three-run 4th gave Lancaster a 4-0 lead. McCall (4-6) delivered a solid outing, tossing 6.2 innings allowing just four runs. He left with two on in the 7th before Casey Cahill got the Patriots out of a jam, still down three.

Hopper delivered an RBI in the 8th off Jon Huber before the Barnstormers added insurance in the bottom of the frame against Brian McCullough. A Cortez error on a potential double play ball allowed the unearned tally to score with Luke Sommer on the hill.

For the game, the Patriots went 3-12 with runners in scoring position, stranding half of their 14 men on second or third. Hopper tallied three hits while Elliott Ayala added two. Four Barnstormers had multiple hits including league-leader Tommy Everidge who notched three.

Somerset (8-19, 34-56) returns home for a 12-game stand, opening things up with the York Revolution (14-13, 50-40). Chris Oxpring (2-5, 5.02), fresh off a complete-game shutout of the Revs, squares off with Matt DeSalvo (6-3, 3.72). Coverage begins from TD Bank Ballpark at 7:00 pm on 1450 WCTC-AM and www.wctcam.com.

NOTES: The Patriots took two of three from York earlier in the week...the Barnstormers are 10-6 against Somerset...the game was the final meeting in Lancaster between the teams.

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