Galvez And Walton Extend Hitting Streaks

(Bridgewater, NJ– June 15, 2018) – The Somerset Patriots (26-18) defeated the New Britain Bees (20-25) 7-0 at TD Bank Ballpark on Friday night in the opener of a three-game weekend series in the Garden State. New Britain is held off of the scoreboard in a ballgame for the fifth time this season.

New Britain starting pitcher Andy Van Hekken (1-5) was tagged with the loss, surrendering four runs on eight hits in five and two-thirds innings pitched, walking one and striking out six. Somerset starting pitcher Trevor Foss (2-3) picked up the victory after firing seven scoreless innings on just four hits allowed, walking two and striking out three.

Somerset took a 1-0 lead versus Van Hekken in the home half of the fifth inning when Justin Pachioli tagged up and scored all the way from second base on a line drive into the gap in right centerfield off the bat of Julio Borbon that was caught on the dive by Ozney Guillen resulting in a sacrifice fly. The Patriots made it 5-0 in their favor in the bottom of the sixth on a pair of two-run doubles produced by Yovan Gonzalez and Borbon. The home team added a pair of insurance runs in the middle of the eighth on a sacrifice fly by Gonzalez and an RBI base knock from Justin Trapp which gave the contest its final score of 7-0. Despite the loss, Jonathan Galvez and Jamar Walton each tallied a hit in the ballgame, extending their hitting streaks to ren consecutive games overall, the longest active streak on the team. Darren Ford led the way for New Britain with a pair of hits in the losing effort. Photo provided courtesy of Joe Doll. 

The Bees return to New Britain Stadium on Tuesday, June 19^th when they welcome in the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs to the Hardware City for a four-game series. First pitch is scheduled for 6:35 P.M. It will be another Two-Fer Tuesday in the Nutmeg State, as everyone can buy one full price ticket and get one FREE when you purchase on-line, by phone, or at the Bees Ticket Office. CLICK HERE for tickets.

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