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Volpe Gets First TD Bank Hit, Patriots Throttle Seawolves

Via Somerset Patriots Bridgewater, New Jersey –Ken Waldichuk (2-0) struck out nine over five scoreless innings to lead the Somerset Patriots (5-3) to a 6-0 shutout win over the Erie…

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Ken Waldichuck twirled a shutout of the Erie Seawolves, Saturday, April 16, 2022. Photo: Somerset Patriots Media.

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Bridgewater, New Jersey –Ken Waldichuk (2-0) struck out nine over five scoreless innings to lead the Somerset Patriots (5-3) to a 6-0 shutout win over the Erie SeaWolves (4-4) at TD Bank Ballpark on Saturday evening.

Somerset pitchers struck out 17 total batters, with Barrett Loseke adding five and Derek Craft three in their two innings of scoreless relief each.

The Patriots jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first on an Elijah Dunham (2) home run.

Anthony Volpe laced an RBI double to left in the second, his first home hit, to put Somerset up 3-0. Volpe also added two runs scored to his line for the night.

Blake Perkins (1) hit a solo shot in the third and Andres Chaparro blasted a two-run homer in the seventh for the 6-0 final.

Michael Cohen is the News and Sports Director at Fox Sports Radio New Jersey and Magic 98.3 FM, as well as a radio production assistant with Fox and Magic in New Jersey. He started his career in Somerset in 2018 initially as a news fill-in at WCTC 1450 AM, and soon moved up to higher responsibilities in the ensuing years, assuming News & Sports Director title in 2021Prior to his time with Fox Sports New Jersey, Michael was play-by-play voice for New Jersey Jackals baseball, and as well as play-by-play and color for the College of Staten Island basketball (men and women), softball and baseball. Michael began his career as a news and sportswriter with the Jersey Journal of Hudson County.