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Yardgoats Carry No-Hit Bid vs. Patriots into Eighth Inning

Hartford, Connecticut –The Hartford Yard Goats (5-5) defeated the Somerset Patriots (6-4) 4-0 at Dunkin’ Donuts Park on Tuesday evening. Hartford starter Karl Kauffmann and reliever Riely Pint combined to kept…

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Recently promoted Derek Dietrich stretches with the Somerset Patriots prior to Somerset’s 4-0 loss to Hartford, April 19, 2022. Photo: Somerset Patriots Media.

Hartford, Connecticut –The Hartford Yard Goats (5-5) defeated the Somerset Patriots (6-4) 4-0 at Dunkin’ Donuts Park on Tuesday evening.

Hartford starter Karl Kauffmann and reliever Riely Pint combined to kept the Patriots out of the hit column into the eighth inning when Jeisson Rosario broke through with a line drive single to center.

A bases clearing double by Michael Toglia in the first put the Yard Goats up 3-0. Brenton Doyle added a sacrifice fly in the sixth for the 4-0 final.

Karl Kauffmann (1-0) picked up the win after he struck out nine batters over six scoreless and hitless innings. Jhony Brito (0-1) suffered the loss, as he allowed three runs (two earned) on six hits and five strikeouts in 4.1 innings pitched.

Recap provided by Somerset Patriots Media. 

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.