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Patriots Rocked by Reading

Bridgewater, NJ – The Reading Fightin Phils (17-19) defeated the Somerset Patriots (23-12) by a final score of 12–4 at TD Bank Ballpark on Thursday night.   Logan O’Hoppe came home…

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Max Burt runs down the third baseline Thursday, May 19, 2022 vs. Reading. Photo: Somerset Patriots.

Bridgewater, NJ – The Reading Fightin Phils (17-19) defeated the Somerset Patriots (23-12) by a final score of 12–4 at TD Bank Ballpark on Thursday night.  

Logan O’Hoppe came home on a ground out in the top of the second to give Reading its first run of the evening.  

Elijah Dunham batted in Max Burt on a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the third to tie the game briefly, before Aldrem Corredor crossed the plate in the top of the fourth to give the Fightin Phils a 2-1 lead.  

Somerset once again evened the score in the bottom of the fifth after Burt doubled into center field to knock in Oliver Dunn. Dunham then singled home Burt to give the Patriots their first lead of the night. 

O’Hoppe gave Reading the lead back the next inning on a two-run home run (7) to left center. O’Hoppe has now homered in every single game this series and has four home runs in total.  

Somerset retaliated in the bottom of the sixth, as Chad Bell knocked in Blake Perkins on an RBI single to right field.  

Reading busted the game open with seven runs in the top of the eighth that featured a Josh Ockimey RBI single and a Sal Gozzo bases clearing double.  

The Phils capped the scoring in the top of the ninth on an Ockimey solo home run (6) and a 12-4 final.  

McKinley Moore (2-2) pitched 1.1 innings and struck out three batters for the win.  Kyle Zurak (2-1) gave up seven runs in 0.1 innings pitched for the loss.  

The 2022 Somerset Patriots season presented by Ford will continue at home on Friday, May 20 with a 6:35 pm game against the Fightin Phils at TD Bank Ballpark. 

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.