Wells Homers in Fourth Straight, Patriots Win Their Fifth Straight
The Somerset Patriots won their fifth straight game by a score of 8-4 over the Portland Sea Dogs on Tuesday night at Hadlock Field in Portland, Maine. Now with a record of 18-9, the Patriots have moved a season-best nine games over .500, moving to within a half-game of the
The Somerset Patriots won their fifth straight game by a score of 8-4 over the Portland Sea Dogs on Tuesday night at Hadlock Field in Portland, Maine.
Now with a record of 18-9, the Patriots have moved a season-best nine games over .500, moving to within a half-game of the Sea Dogs for first place in the Eastern League. The Patriots have now won 12 of their last 15 games.
The win improves Somerset to 6-0 in their six series-opening games this season. The Patriots homered three times in a game for the third consecutive game and the seventh total time this season.
Somerset’s seven extra-base hits were a new season-high and they stole six bases in the game, one shy of their season high.
RHP Blas Castano (5.0 IP, 2 ER, 4 H, 1 BB, 6 K) earned his third consecutive win, improving to 3-0.
C Austin Wells (2-for-5, 2 RBI, 2 R, HR, 2 K) hit the Patriots’ last of three home runs in the game in the fifth inning.
AUSTIN WELLS IS UNBELIEVABLE!🤯
— Somerset Patriots (@SOMPatriots) May 9, 2023
4 straight games with a home run for the @Yankees No. 3 prospect. #RepBX pic.twitter.com/VRhHTowzs7
Wells has now homered in four consecutive games and he has hit safely in all six games played since coming off the injured list. He added a double in the seventh inning, making for his first multi-hit game of the season.
As part of a double-steal, Wells stole home in the seventh inning, improving to a perfect 17-for-17 on steal attempts in his career.
2B Caleb Durbin (3-for-5, R, 3 SB) made his Double-A debut, batting fifth and getting the start at second base.
In his Patriots debut, Durbin became just the sixth Patriot this season to collect three hits in a game and the second to collect three stolen bases in a game (Delvin Perez).
CF Everson Pereira (1-for-5, RBI, R, HR, 3 K) hit the second of Somerset’s three home runs of the game in the second inning. It was Pereira’s first home run since April 8 vs. Harrisburg and it had an exit velocity of 107 mph, traveling an estimated distance of 453 feet.
3 @Yankees Top 5 prospects went yard in tonight's game.
— Somerset Patriots (@SOMPatriots) May 10, 2023
Jasson Dominguez🤝Everson Pereira🤝Austin Wells#RepBX | @NYYPlayerDev pic.twitter.com/8LkOfdM6aC
LF Jasson Dominguez (2-for-5, 2 RBI, 2 R, HR, K) opened up the game’s scoring with his fourth home run of the season in the first inning to give the Patriots a 2-0 lead.
Dominguez has now homered in two of his last three games. The performance was Dominguez’s third multi-hit game of the season and it extended a season-long hit streak to five games. Dominguez is now 7-for-20 with 7 RBI, 5 R and 2 HR during the streak.