Somerset Scores Season-High Runs, Evens Series with 12-1 Win over Altoona Friday
The Somerset Patriots defeated the Altoona Curve in game four of a six-game series at PNG Field in Altoona, Pa. on Friday by a score of 12-1. Somerset scored a season-high 12 runs on a season-high 13 hits and posted its highest run differential of the season at +11. Eight
The Somerset Patriots defeated the Altoona Curve in game four of a six-game series at PNG Field in Altoona, Pa. on Friday by a score of 12-1.
Somerset scored a season-high 12 runs on a season-high 13 hits and posted its highest run differential of the season at +11. Eight Somerset batters logged a hit, and eight Somerset batters scored at least one run. The Patriots bullpen has combined for 8.1 consecutive scoreless innings dating back to Thursday’s game.
RHP Baron Stuart (4.1 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 4 K) made his second start of the season and did not factor into the decision.
Baron Stuart's second Double-A start is in the books! 📚
— Somerset Patriots (@SOMPatriots) April 18, 2025
4.1 IP | 1 H | 1 R | 4 K
Pitches (Strikes): 70 (38)
The 2022 @Yankees undrafted free agent has five strikeouts across two appearances this season. pic.twitter.com/Bmvjfi0roq
Across his two starts at Double-A, Stuart has combined for five strikeouts.
RHP Luis Pacheco (1.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K) earned his first win in his fourth appearance of the season. Pacheco has a 3.31 ERA across 5.1 innings pitched this year.
C Rafael Flores (2-for-5, 2B, 4 RBI) led the team in runs batted in, bringing home two runs each on a double and a single.
Flores Flourishes 🌸@Yankees No. 16 prospect Rafael Flores plates two runs with two strikes and two outs in the 6th!
— Somerset Patriots (@SOMPatriots) April 18, 2025
Flores' four RBI today set a new season high. pic.twitter.com/JI0POk3t1h
Two of Flores’ four runs batted in came with two outs. Flores tied a career-high with four runs batted in for the sixth time in his career. He leads Somerset and is fourth in the Eastern League with 12 runs batted in this season.
3B Jake Gatewood (2-for-5, HR, 2B, 3 RBI, R) clobbered his first home run with the Yankees organization.
Jake Gatewood hits his first home run with the @Yankees organization!
— Somerset Patriots (@SOMPatriots) April 19, 2025
Gatewood is second in New York's system with eight extra-base hits this season. pic.twitter.com/4s5yekOlRB
Gatewood leads the Eastern League with six doubles this season. Gatewood paces Somerset and is sixth in the Eastern League with a .990 OPS this season. Gatewood is tied for the Eastern League lead with Akron’s Jorge Burgos with eight extra-base hits this year.
RF Christopher Familia (2-for-4, 2B, 3B, RBI, 2 R, K) made his Double-A debut and collected his first hit and run batted in at the Double-A level. Familia is the fifth Patriots position player to make his Double-A debut this season and the third Patriots position player to do so this series (Gomez, Hernandez).
SS Alexander Vargas (1-for-3, SF, 2B, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K) posted his first multi-RBI game of the season. Vargas has driven in runs in five of the nine games he has played this year.
2B Dylan Jasso (2-for-4, 2B, RBI, BB) brought in a run for the fourth time in the last five games. Jasso is fourth on the Patriots with seven RBI. He has scored a run in five straight games, over which he is 8-for-21 (.381/.435/.714) with 7 RBI, 9 R, 1 HR, 1 3B and 2 2B.
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