Rodriguez-Cruz Fans Double-A High Nine, Somerset Drops Fourth-Straight Game to Hartford on Friday
The Somerset Patriots were defeated by the Hartford Yard Goats in game four of a six-game set at TD Bank Ballpark in Bridgewater, N.J. on Friday by a score of 4-3. Somerset has lost four straight games for the first time this season. Somerset fell to 3-2 in their Copa
The Somerset Patriots were defeated by the Hartford Yard Goats in game four of a six-game set at TD Bank Ballpark in Bridgewater, N.J. on Friday by a score of 4-3.
Somerset has lost four straight games for the first time this season. Somerset fell to 3-2 in their Copa de la Diversión alternate identity, the “Zorros de Somerset”. The Patriots fell to 46-10 this season in games in which they out-hit their opponent. With the loss, Somerset has lost a series for the first time since 7/18-7/20 @HFD. The Patriots dropped a six-game series for the first time since 6/24-6/29 vs. ERI. Somerset’s series record fell to 7-8-6. Somerset fell to a 5-11 record against Hartford this year and a 56-30 all-time record against Hartford. With 20 games remaining in the regular season, the Somerset Patriots lead the Hartford Yard Goats by 0.5 games in the Northeast Division in the second half standings. In Somerset’s 31 games since the All-Star break, 27 have been decided by three runs or fewer, while 15 games have been decided by one run. In the second half of the season, the Patriots are 20-16 in their 36 games that have been decided by three runs or fewer.
RHP Elmer Rodriguez-Cruz (6.2 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 1 BB, 9 K) was tabbed with the loss in his seventh start with Somerset this season.
Lucky Number 9⃣
— Somerset Patriots (@SOMPatriots) August 23, 2025
Elmer Rodriguez-Cruz (@Yankees No. 6 prospect) throws a Double-A high NINE strikeouts!
Final Line: 6.2 IP | 5 H | 3 R | 1 BB | 9 K
Pitches (Strikes): 76 (59) pic.twitter.com/jxSshNwVL9
Rodriguez-Cruz leads all Yankee minor league pitchers in K (146), IP (126.1) and BA (.187). Rodriguez-Cruz also ranks second in ERA (2.28), WHIP (1.07) and tied for second in GS (21).
RHP Fernando Cruz (1.1 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 BB, 2 K) registered four outs and recorded two strikeouts in his second rehab appearance with Somerset and his fourth overall rehab outing.
That splitter is unreal 😤@Yankees RHP Fernando Cruz records two strikeouts with his splitter in his fourth rehab appearance and second with Somerset.
— Somerset Patriots (@SOMPatriots) August 23, 2025
Final Line: 1.1 IP | 1 H | 1 R | 1 BB | 2 K
Pitches (Strikes): 18 (10) pic.twitter.com/3HZneuqUpC
Cruz threw 18 pitches, 10 strikes. Across two rehab outings with Somerset, Cruz has logged 2.1 IP over which he has allowed 2 H, 1 R, 1 BB and recorded 5 K. In four rehab appearances, including two with Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, Cruz has thrown 3.2 IP over which he has surrendered 6 H, 5 R, 2 BB and tallied 6 K.
C Manny Palencia (3-for-4, 2 R, RBI) posted his first three-hit game and second multi-hit game at Double-A.
3B Dylan Jasso (1-for-5, RBI) cracked an RBI single in the third inning.
Jasso has registered a run-scoring hit in three consecutive games. All four of his hits this week have brought in at least one run. Jasso ranks second among Yankee minor leaguers in H (113), fifth in TB (179), sixth in RBI (62), eighth in BA (.275) and ninth in OPS (.780).
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