Gasper’s Two Home Runs Lift Patriots Past Ducks
Bridgewater, NJ – Highlighted by two Mickey Gasper home runs, the Somerset Patriots (34-19) defeated the Akron RubberDucks (30-24) by a final score of 4–3 on Thursday night at TD…
Mickey Gasper crosses the plate after hitting one of his two home runs for the Somerset Patriots, Thursday June 9, 2022. Photo: Somerset Patriots.
Bridgewater, NJ – Highlighted by two Mickey Gasper home runs, the Somerset Patriots (34-19) defeated the Akron RubberDucks (30-24) by a final score of 4–3 on Thursday night at TD Bank Ballpark.
Gasper (2) got the scoring started in the bottom of the second with a solo home run.
Two innings later, George Valera and Micah Pries both scored on wild pitches to give Akron a 2-1 lead.
Gasper (3) returned the favor in the bottom of the fourth with his second homer of the night, this time a two-run bomb that plated Blake Perkins, that put the Patriots back out in front 3-2.
Pries (6) then evened the score with a solo home run to right field in the top of the sixth to make it 3-3.
Oliver Dunn gave the lead back to Somerset in the bottom of the seventh on an RBI single that scored Gasper from second. Gasper went 2-for-2 on the night with three runs, three RBI and a walk.
Josh Maciejewski (4-0) earned the win after he pitched a scoreless top of the seventh and fanned two batters. Carson Coleman (2) retired six consecutive batters to end the game, including four strikeouts for the save. Kyle Marman (1-1) allowed the go-ahead run in his only inning to suffer the loss.
Luis Medina allowed two earned runs and struck out a season-high eight batters in 4.1 innings in a no decision.
The 2022 Somerset Patriots season presented by Ford will continue at home on Friday, June 10 with a 7:05 pm game against the RubberDucks at TD Bank Ballpark.
