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By MARC `SCHWARTZ
May 12, 2021 at 10:40 PM
Micheal Beltre doubled home a run in the second inning in the Patriots 7-2 loss to the Fisher Cats.
Micheal Beltre doubled home a run in the second inning in the Patriots 7-2 loss to the Fisher Cats.
Credits: Heather Johns
May 12, 2021 at 10:40 PM
MANCHESTER, NH - The Somerset Patriots lost their second straight game against the New Hampshire Fisher Cats 7-2 Wednesday night.
Somerset struck first with a two-out RBI double from Michael Beltre in the top of the second, and were cruising through the first four innings. The Patriots starting pitcher, Matt Krook, needed just 39 pitches to face the minimum over the first four innings.
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Jeisson Rosario is tagged out at second by New Hampshire Fisher Cats Jordan Groshans. Ben McCanna/Staff Photographer
The eagerly, anxiously awaited first pitch at Hadlock Field was delivered at 6:03 p.m. Tuesday.
That pitch – the first one witnessed at Hadlock since 2019 because of the pandemic-canceled 2020 season – sizzled in at 93 mph, a fastball from Portland Sea Dogs righthander Andrew Politi.
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New Hampshire Fisher Cats prospect Austin Martin sent it into right field just as quickly, the ball coming off the bat at 99 mph; trendy statistics provided by one of the new, information-overload scoreboards at Hadlock.