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Vrieling Dealing, Ramirez Raging, As Patriots Lock Down Double Header Sweep in New Hampshire

Published on April 13, 2024 under Eastern League (EL)
Somerset Patriots News Release


Somerset Patriots' Trystan Vrieling in action
Somerset Patriots' Trystan Vrieling in action
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The Somerset Patriots swept their double header with the New Hampshire Fisher Cats on Saturday, winning the first game 10-2 and winning the second game 3-1.

The back-to-back wins snapped Somerset's three-game losing streak, giving the Patriots a chance to split the series with the Fisher Cats entering Sunday.

Over both games of the double header, the Patriots out-hit the Fisher Cats 17-9 and out-homered them 3-1. Over their last three games, the Patriots have collected 29 hits and hit seven home runs. The double header sweep marked Somerset's first since 9/7/22 @HFD.

RHP Bailey Dees (4.1 IP, 1 ER, 3 H, 2 BB, 6 K) started game one of the double header and set career-highs in innings pitched and number of pitches (81), while tying his career-high mark in strikeouts.

RHP Trystan Vrieling (6.0 IP, 1 ER, 3 H, 2 BB, 6 K) started the second game of the double header and earned the win for the second straight appearance to start his professional career.

Through two starts this year, Vrieling is now 2-0, holding a 0.82 ERA and 0.82 WHIP with 11.0 IP, 1 ER, 5 H, 4 BB and 12 K.

Vrieling's 11.0 IP rank second in the Eastern League behind his teammate Zach Messinger (12.0). He also ranks among the league leaders with his 12 K (T-4th), .132 BAA (5th), 0.82 ERA (7th) and 0.82 WHIP (7th).

RHP Kevin Stevens (2.2 IP, 1 ER, 3 H, 4 K) finished out game one of the double header and earned his first professional win.

Now with 5.0 IP over his first two appearances of the season, Stevens has already more than doubled his previous career total in innings pitched. Stevens' 2.2 IP and 4 K both set career-best marks in his seventh professional game.

RHP Carlos Gomez (1.0 IP, 0 R, 1 K) closed out the second game with a perfect ninth inning to earn his first Double-A save.

3B Max Burt (1-for-4, 3 RBI, 2 R, HR, K), SB was credited with the game-winning hit in the first game, after he opened up the scoring with a three-run home run in the third inning for his first homer of the season.

RF Jared Wegner (1-for-4, 3 RBI, R, HR, K) homered for a second straight game, smashing a three-run shot in the fifth inning that extended Somerset's lead to 8-0.

The occurrence marks the second time in Wegner's professional career that he's homered in back-to-back games, after he last did it in his first two career games on July 29 and July 31, 2023 for the FCL Yankees.

DH Spencer Jones (2-for-3, RBI, 3 R, 2B, BB) made his 2024 season debut for the Patriots, batting leadoff and starting at designated hitter in the first game.

The three runs scored by Jones matched a career-high mark for the third time in his career as he became the first Patriot to scored three runs in a game this season.

C Agustin Ramirez (2-for-4, RBI, R, HR) secured the game-winning hit for the Patriots in game two, hitting a two-out, two-strike solo home run in the top of the seventh and final inning.

Through seven games played this season, Ramirez has now homered in six of them. For the second time this season, Ramirez has homered in each of the last three games he's played (4/11-4/13. He also accomplished the feat last week from 4/7-4/9.

Ramirez's six home runs lead all Double-A batters and are twice as many as any other Eastern League batter. He is three shy of the minor league lead in home runs (T-4th), despite the Double-A season beginning two weeks after the Triple-A season.

He also leads all Double-A batters with 13 RBIs, 6 XBH and 27 TB on the season and has collected RBIs in all seven games he's played.

Ramirez also ranks among the Eastern League leaders with 6 R (T-1st), .871 SLG (2nd), 1.204 OPS (2nd) and 9 H (T-5th).

3B Ben Cowles (2-for-5, 2 BB, 3 R, K) reached base four times between both ends of the double header, scoring a total of three runs.

Cowles leads all Patriots with 11 hits on the season (11-for-27), while leading the team and ranking among the Eastern League leaders with the following statistics: 11 H (2nd), 4 2B (T-1st), .407 AVG (3rd), .500 OBP (T-3rd), 15 TB (T-6th) and 1.056 OPS (8th).

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