AUTHOR: SportsReleases.com TITLE: PATRIOTS BELT FIVE HOME RUNS, DEFEAT BEARS 10-6 DATE: 7/13/2007 07:40:00 PM ----- BODY:

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2007 Newark Bears
Somerset Patriots at Newark Bears
Jul 13, 2007 at Newark, NJ (Riverfront Stadium)

Somerset Patriots 10 (36-28,1-0 2nd Half) Newark Bears 6 (36-28,0-1 2nd Half)

Player AB R H BI Player AB R H BI
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Ayala, E rf................ 5 0 1 2 Gutierrez, V 2b/3b......... 4 0 1 2
Garcia, D 2b............... 4 1 1 0 Mendez, D ss............... 5 0 0 0
Olivares, T ss............. 5 2 3 2 Reed, K cf................. 5 0 1 0
Lockwood, M cf............. 4 3 2 3 Smith, C 1b................ 5 1 1 0
Romano, J lf............... 5 0 1 1 Gomes, J lf................ 4 2 1 0
Zinter, A 1b............... 4 0 0 0 Herrera, J dh.............. 4 1 3 1
Belcher, J dh.............. 4 2 2 1 Jiannetti, J rf............ 3 1 1 1
Anderson, T c.............. 4 1 1 1 Peavey, P 3b............... 1 1 0 0
Boran, P 3b................ 3 1 0 0 Colina, J ph/2b........... 1 0 1 0
Van Hekken, p.............. 0 0 0 0 Torres, J c................ 2 0 1 1
Thorp, P p................ 0 0 0 0 Rodriguez, V ph........... 1 0 0 0
Almonte, H p.............. 0 0 0 0 Pachot, J c............... 0 0 0 0
Spiehs, R p............... 0 0 0 0 Mirabal, C p............... 0 0 0 0
DiAngelo, J p............. 0 0 0 0
Almonte, E p.............. 0 0 0 0
Totals..................... 38 10 11 10 Totals..................... 35 6 10 5

Score by Innings R H E
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Somerset Patriots... 101 122 111 - 10 11 3
Newark Bears........ 032 001 000 - 6 10 1
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E - Garcia, D 3(15); Mendez, D(3). DP - Somerset 1. LOB - Somerset 7; Newark 7. 2B -
Ayala, E(8). HR - Olivares, T(4); Lockwood, M 2(14); Belcher, J(1); Anderson, T(2).
HBP - Garcia, D. SH - Torres, J. SF - Gutierrez, V; Jiannetti, J. SB - Garcia,
D(36); Olivares, T(5); Lockwood, M(11).

Somerset Patriots IP H R ER BB SO WP BK HP IBB AB BF FO GO NP
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Van Hekken, W,8-3......... 6.0 7 6 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 24 29 9 7 107
Thorp, P .................. 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 1 2 10
Almonte, H ................ 1.0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 2 0 17
Spiehs, R ................. 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 1 2 8

Newark Bears IP H R ER BB SO WP BK HP IBB AB BF FO GO NP
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Mirabal, C L,6-4.......... 6.0 7 7 5 3 6 0 0 0 0 26 29 5 7 106
DiAngelo, J ............... 2.0 3 2 2 1 2 0 0 1 0 8 10 2 1 33
Almonte, E ................ 1.0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 5 2 1 22

HBP - by DiAngelo, J (Garcia, D). PB - Anderson, T; Torres, J. Pitches/strikes: Van
Hekken, 107/68; Thorp, P 10/5; Almonte, H 17/10; Spiehs, R 8/6; Mirabal, C 106/64;
DiAngelo, J 33/22; Almonte, E 22/12.

Strikeouts - Ayala, E; Garcia, D; Romano, J 2; Zinter, A; Boran, P 3; Gomes, J;
Jiannetti, J. Walks - Lockwood, M; Zinter, A; Belcher, J; Anderson, T; Boran, P;
Peavey, P 2.

Umpires - HP: Eric Diaz 1B: Gabby Colon 3B: Matt Jones
Start: 7:10 pm Time: 3:00 Attendance: 4006

Game notes:
Newark - Brownlie
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Somerset - Marsonek
Game: NWK7130

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 13, 2007

Contact: Joe Montefusco (973) 848-1000, ext. 112

PATRIOTS BELT FIVE HOME RUNS, DEFEAT BEARS 10-6

NEWARK, NJ – July 13, 2007 – The Somerset Patriots hit five home runs including a solo home run and a two-run home run by center fielder Mike Lockwood to defeat the Newark Bears 10-6 in front of 4,006 fans Friday evening at Bears & Eagles Riverfront Stadium.

With the Bears already ahead 3-2 in the bottom of the third inning, designated hitter Jose Herrera hit an RBI single and right-fielder Joe Jiannetti hit a sacrifice fly to give the Bears a 5-2 advantage.

After designated hitter Jim Belcher hit his first home run of the season, to cut the lead to 5-3 in the top of the fourth, Lockwood hit a two-run home run in the top of the fifth to tie the game at five. With the Patriots ahead 7-6 in the top of the seventh, Lockwood added his 14^th of the season to put Somerset ahead 8-6. Lockwood ended the day 2-for-3 with three runs scored and three RBI.

For the Bears Herrera finished the game 3-for-4 including three singles, an RBI, and a run scored, while left-fielder Joey Gomes went 1-for-4 with two runs scored. Shortstop Teuris Olivares led the Patriots offense going 3-for-5 including a solo home run, his fourth of the season, two runs scored, and two RBI.

Carlos Mirabal (6-4) took the loss allowing seven runs, five earned, on seven hits while striking out six in six complete innings. Andy Van Hekken (8-3) earned the victory surrendering six runs, two earned, on seven hits in six innings.

The Bears and Patriots will continue the three-game series with game two Saturday evening at Bears & Eagles Riverfront Stadium with first pitch scheduled for 6:05 PM. Bobby Brownlie (7-3) will take the mound for the Bears against Sam Marsonek (2-4) for the Patriots. Gates open at 5:05 PM to Italian/American Heritage Night at The Den featuring festival foods on the concourse and an Italian Sausage eating contest presented by Premio Sausage. All fans will receive FREE admission at the box office when you present an Italian Flag or wear Italian apparel.

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Joe Montefusco

Media Relations Manager

Newark Bears Professional Baseball Club

450 Broad St.

Newark, NJ 07102

Phone: 973-848-1000 ext. 112

Fax: 973-621-0095

jmontefusco@newarkbears.com

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