Patriots Bats Explode in Sweep of Phils
Official Somerset Patriots Press Release
Bridgewater, NJ – For a third consecutive game, the Somerset Patriots (12-9, 56-34) came back to defeat the Reading Fightin Phils (11-10, 40-50) by a final score of 7–4 at TD Bank Ballpark on Sunday evening.
Trailing 4-3 in the bottom of the seventh, Everson Pereira (1) blasted a solo shot to right field and was immediately followed by an Austin Wells (1) two-run home run. It was the pair’s first Double-A home runs.
EVERSON. PEREIRA.
— Somerset Patriots (@SOMPatriots) July 24, 2022
The Yankees #10 prospect's first Double-A home run is a game tying solo shot in the seventh! pic.twitter.com/24xY1BZYuc
Austin Wells for the lead😱
— Somerset Patriots (@SOMPatriots) July 24, 2022
The Yankees #4 prospect follows Pereira's game tying blast with a go-ahead shot for his first Double-A homer! We now lead 5-4! pic.twitter.com/Cc2O0ElzNn
Rodolfo Duran got the scoring started in the bottom of the second on an RBI double that scored Brandon Lockridge and put Somerset up 1-0.
Reading later took the lead in the top of the fifth with Sal Gozzo and Simon Muzziotti RBI singles that gave the Fightin Phils a 2-1 lead.
Max Burt (9) then evened the score in the bottom of the inning on a solo home run to left field. With the homer, Burt set a career high of home runs in a season.
The Patriots then got back out in front 3-2 the following inning as Lockridge crossed home on a double play.
Reading regained the lead in the top of the seventh as Vito Friscia lined a two-run single to left field and made it 4-3.
Back-to-back for Double-A first home runs for Yankees top prospects - No. 4 Austin Wells and No. 10 Everson Pereira. #PatriotsInPinstripes pic.twitter.com/Pt6weB2zQl
— Somerset Patriots (@SOMPatriots) July 24, 2022
Up 6-4 in the eighth, Duran (4) struck again with a two-run homer to left field to plate Jesus Bastidas. The 24-year-old batted 2-for-4 with two RBI on the day.
Tanner Myatt (1-0) struck out two batters and allowed two earned runs in 1.1 innings to earn the win. Trevor Bettencourt (0-1) gave up two earned runs through two frames of work in the loss. Carson Coleman (8) registered his second save of the series with a scoreless ninth inning and three strikeouts.
The 2022 Somerset Patriots season presented by Ford will continue on the road on Tuesday, July 26 with a 6:35 pm game against the Richmond Flying Squirrels (San Francisco Giants) at The Diamond.
