AtL Somerset Patriots

Patriots Storm Past Lancaster 9-1

Published on May 30, 2013 under Atlantic League (AtL)
Somerset Patriots News Release


Bridgewater, NJ - The Somerset Patriots defeated the Lancaster Barnstormers 9-1 before 5,871 fans at TD Bank Ballpark on Thursday afternoon.

The Patriots jumped out to an early 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first on a solo homerun by Jake Fox (13).

Somerset scored in the bottom of the second on a sacrifice fly by Bobby Stevens to increase their lead to 2-0.

Corey Smith (7) tacked on two more runs for the Patriots in the third after he drove a homerun over the left field wall to make the score 4-0.

The Patriots continued to extend the lead with four runs in the bottom of the fifth inning. Fox drove in a run on a single, Luis Montanez had an RBI double, and then Eddy Martinez-Esteve and Josh Kroeger followed with RBI singles for an 8-0 advantage.

Lancaster got on the board with an RBI double by Gustavo Molina in the top of the seventh that made the score 8-1.

Somerset tacked on one final run in the seventh on a single by Kroeger for the 9-1 final.

Patriots starter Josh Lowey (5-1) picked up the win, allowing just one hit over six scoreless innings. Barnstormers starter Will Savage (3-4) suffered the loss, allowing eight runs on 11 hits in 4.1 innings pitched.

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