Hill Homers But Yard Goats Fall to Patriots

Hill Homers But Yard Goats Fall to Patriots 

WP: Tony Rossi (4-0)

LP: Nathan Blasick (0-2)

Hartford, CT - GJ Hill smashed a three-run homer but the Hartford Yard Goats fell to the Somerset Patriots 10-4 on Wednesday night at Dunkin’ Park. Hill’s 15th homer of the season came in the first inning and gave the Yard Goats an early 3-0 lead. The Yard Goats led 4-2 heading to the top of the eighth before DJ Gladney hit a three-run home run which gave Somerset a 5-4 lead. Yard Goats starter Stu Flesland III allowed just two runs on five hits with four strikeouts in seven innings. 

The Yard Goats opened the scoring in the bottom of the first when HIll crushed a three-run home run off Patriots starter Yerry Rodriguez. Hill’s three-run blast was his 15th of the season which landed outside of Dunkin’ Park and gave Hartford a 3-0 lead. 

Somerset got on the board in the top of the fifth when Coby Morales hit his 20th home run of the season off Yard Goats starter Flesland III, cutting the Yard Goats lead to 3-1.

The Patriots added a run in the top of the sixth when Gladney hit an RBI-double to right field, making the score 3-2. Hartford responded with a run of their own in the bottom of the sixth when Cole Messina hit a sac-fly to center field that scored Jack O’Dowd and extended the Yard Goats lead to 4-2.

Somerset took the lead in the top of the eighth when Gladney hit a three-run home run, his 22nd of the season, to right field, giving the Patriots a 5-4 lead.

The Patriots added to their lead by scoring five runs in the top of the ninth. Luis Durango started things off with an RBI-single, extending Somerset’s lead to 6-4. Roderick Arias hit a three-run double, making the score 9-4 before an RBI-double from Gladney made it a 10-4 ballgame.

The Yard Goats continue their six game series against the New York Yankees affiliate, the Somerset Patriots on Thursday night at 7:10 pm. Join us at Dunkin Park’ for Country Night! LHP Bryson Hammer gets the start for the Yard Goats against RHP Dom Hamel who will be on the mound for the Patriots. The game will be televised on NESN+ and broadcast on the free Audacy app.