Alfonzo Records Hit in Third Straight Game as Patriots Suffer Setback in Erie
The Somerset Patriots lost to the Erie SeaWolves 17-0 at UPMC Park in Erie, PA on Friday evening. With the result, Somerset is 3.5 games back of first-place Reading in the Northeast Division with nine games remaining in the second half at the time of the game’s conclusion. Somerset pitching
The Somerset Patriots lost to the Erie SeaWolves 17-0 at UPMC Park in Erie, PA on Friday evening.
With the result, Somerset is 3.5 games back of first-place Reading in the Northeast Division with nine games remaining in the second half at the time of the game’s conclusion.
Somerset pitching combined for double-digit strikeouts for the eighth time in the last nine games. Dating back to August 25 vs. Akron, Somerset pitching has notched a .297 K% - the third-highest in Double-A at the time of the game’s conclusion.
RHP Dom Hamel (1.0 IP, 4 H, 9 R, 5 BB, 1 K) struck out E.J. Exposito across his lone inning of work.
RHP Tony Rossi (1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB) made his fifth appearance without allowing an earned run in his last seven outings. In his last 18 outings, Rossi has a 1.90 ERA, 5-0 record, 2 SV, 0.85 WHIP and .159 BAA with 27 K with 7 BB in 23.2 IP.
DH Jace Avina (1-for-4) singled in the first inning. Avina has reached base safely in eight of his last nine games. In that span, he’s 14-for-44 (.317) alongside a HR, 8 RBI, 3 XBH and four multi-hit games.
C Omar Alfonzo (1-for-3, BB) singled in the first inning to record a hit in three straight games for the first time since being traded to the Yankees. Alfonzo has reached base safely multiple times in back-to-back games for the first time as a member of the Yankees organization.
1B, 3B Coby Morales (1-for-4) singled to lead off the second inning, extending his hit streak to four games. Morales has reached base safely in 26 of his last 27 games. In that span, he’s slashing .309/.436/.457 with 3 HR, 9 RBI, 6 XBH and six multi-hit games.
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