EL Somerset Patriots

Yogo Sets the Tone in Somerset's Powerful Victory Over Reading

Published on August 16, 2023 under Eastern League (EL)
Somerset Patriots News Release


Somerset Patriots' Yoendrys Gomez on game night
Somerset Patriots' Yoendrys Gomez on game night
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The Somerset Patriots won their third straight game on Wednesday night, defeating the Reading Fightin' Phils by a score of 9-3 at FirstEnergy Stadium in Reading, Pennsylvania.

The Patriots' pitching staff struck out 17 batters in the game, tied for their most in a nine-inning game this season.

Somerset took off with a 6-0 lead over the first two innings, behind home runs from Ben Rice, Anthony Seigler, Aaron Palensky and Jasson Dominguez.

The performance marked Somerset's eighth four-homer game of the season (8-0 in such games).

RHP Yoendrys Gomez (4.1 IP, 1 ER, 3 H, HR, 11 K) struck out a career-high 11 batters in his 69th career start.

Gomez's 11 strikeouts tied Blane Abeyta and Clayton Beeter (twice) for the most strikeouts by any Patriot in a game this season.

LF Jasson Dominguez (3-for-5, RBI, R, HR, 2B, 2 K) smacked his 14th homer of the season to cap a five-run second inning for the Patriots.

Since July 7, Dominguez leads the Eastern League with 46 H and 14 SB (T-1st), while also ranking among the league leaders in TB (68, 2nd), R (23, 4th), RBI (23, 5th), 2B (8, T-5th), AVG (.336, 6th), OPS (.899, 7th), OBP (.403, 7th) and XBH (13, T-7th).

C Ben Rice (1-for-5, RBI, R, HR, K) opened up the scoring with his ninth Double-A home run and 13th total home run this season in the first inning.

Since being promoted to Somerset on July 18, Rice has played in 23 Double-A games and leads the league in HR (9), RBI (28), SLG (.708), OPS (1.108), TB (63) and XBH (15, T-1st).

RF Aaron Palensky (2-for-3, 3 RBI, R, HR, 2B, HBP, K) led the way with a team-high 3 RBIs in the game.

Palensky has hit safely in each of his last three games, while going 6-for-8 with 7 RBI, 6 R, 2 HR, 2 2B and 1 HBP.

1B Josh Breaux (1-for-4, 2 R, BB, K) extended his season-best hit streak to nine games, in which he is 12-for-35 with 7 RBI, 7 R, and 4 HR.

RHP Alex Mauricio (1.2 IP, 0 R, H, BB, 2 K) topped off the game with Somerset's 17th strikeout of the night.

Over his last six appearances, Mauricio has tossed 8.2 scoreless innings with eight strikeouts, lowering his ERA to 3.24.

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Somerset Patriots' Yoendrys Gomez on game night
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