Patriots 1, Fisher Cats o
- Updated: September 3, 2025
BRIDGEWATER, NJ – The New Hampshire Fisher Cats (21-36, 51-75) were narrowly defeated by the Somerset Patriots (30-28, 65-62) at TD Bank Ballpark on Tuesday night, 1-0.
Making his fourth Double-A start, New Hampshire’s Fernando Perez fired seven scoreless innings with four punchouts for his second consecutive quality start. Trailing 1-0 in the top of the ninth inning, the Fisher Cats put the tying run in scoring position in the but failed to convert to drop their eighth in a row.
New Hampshire’s Perez allowed three hits through seven scoreless frames; the third time he has completed the seven-inning mark in his career. Righty Devereaux Harrison (L, 6-8) surrendered one run on one hit and a walk in one inning of relief.
Somerset starter Elmer Rodriguez-Cruz tossed six scoreless, one-hit innings with one walk and eight punchouts. Right-handers Baron Stuart (L, 1-2) and Carson Coleman (S, 2) handled the final three frames as Stuart pitched two scoreless, hitless relief innings. Coleman worked around a one-out base hit in the ninth to secure the Patriots’ one-run victory.
Tonight’s top takeaways:
- RHP Fernando Perez posts second consecutive scoreless start with 7.0 scoreless, ties season-high. Third time in career firing 7.0 innings
- LF Ryan McCarty doubles as NH’s only extra-base hit, held to two hits
- Jace Bohrofen*,* Peyton Williams both return for first Fisher Cats games since July
- New Hampshire skid slides to eight in a row
With neither team threatening with more than two baserunners in an inning, Somerset plated the night’s only run in the bottom of the eighth with a two-out walk by Brendan Jones and an RBI double by George Lombard Jr. one pitch later off New Hampshire’s Harrison. Earlier in the night, Perez allowed a hit and a walk to lead off the bottom of the sixth, but the righty recorded three straight outs to keep Tuesday’s game scoreless through six innings.
New Hampshire catcher Jacob Sharp looped a one-out single in the top of the ninth inning before he advanced to second on a groundout from designated hitter Jackson Hornung. Somerset’s Coleman then shut the door with a strikeout to complete the Patriots’ 1-0 win.
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