Friday, April 17, 2026 · TD Bank Ballpark · Final

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48-50 · L10 5-5

8–9
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52-47 · L10 4-6

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E
REA 0 3 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 1 8 11 0
SOM 5 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 9 13 0
WP Kelly Austin (3-1) LP Alex McFarlane (1-1)

Stars of the game

Aroon Escobar Evan Gates Andrew Baker

Season matchup

SOM leads 8 of 8 categories

REA Metric SOM
Offense
5.17 15th Runs scored per game 5.49 8th
Pitching
5.15 14th Runs allowed per game 5.01 10th
Roster
24.1 19th Plate-appearance-weighted batting age 24.8 8th
Results
.490 17th Winning percentage .525 12th
2 15th Run differential 48 6th
.502 15th Pythagorean winning percentage .542 6th
.381 28th Winning percentage in one-run games .441 21st
.553 9th Home winning percentage .583 5th
.431 22nd Road winning percentage .471 18th

2026 regular-season totals, each with the club's league rank. The greener side holds the edge; descriptive metrics (roster age, WAR concentration) have no better direction and are left uncalled.

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Batting ABRHHRRBIBBSO AVGOPS
1 Dante Nori CF 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 .245 .667
2 Carson DeMartini 3B 5 0 1 0 0 0 2 .274 .793
3 Aroon Escobar 2B 4 2 2 1 3 0 0 .221 .627
4 Kehden Hettiger C 5 1 1 1 2 0 1 .191 .665
5 Raylin Heredia DH 4 1 2 0 0 1 2 .277 .791
6 Alex Binelas 1B 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 .281 .920
7 Dylan Campbell RF 4 1 2 0 1 0 0 .226 .697
8 Bryson Ware SS 4 1 1 1 2 0 1 .257 .825
9 Cade Fergus LF 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 .106 .288
Team 38 8 11 3 8 1 10 .289 .853
LOB:
9
2B:
Campbell
HR:
Escobar, Hettiger, Ware
SB:
DeMartini, Fergus
GIDP:
Binelas
Pitching IPHRERBBSOHRP-S ERAWHIP
Chuck King 4.0 10 7 7 2 1 0 89-56 5.54 1.77
Cristhian Tortosa 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 14-9 6.41 1.61
Andrew Baker 2.0 1 0 0 0 4 0 28-23 2.52 1.16
Evan Gates 2.0 1 0 0 0 4 0 27-20 2.90 1.24
Alex McFarlane L 0.1 1 2 1 0 0 0 5-2 2.06 1.17
Team 9.1 13 9 8 2 11 0 163-110 7.71 1.61

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Batting ABRHHRRBIBBSO AVGOPS
1 George Lombard SS 4 2 1 0 0 1 1 .312 .971
2 Anthony Volpe SS 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 .241 .565
Tyler Hardman 3B 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .300 .985
3 Garrett Martin RF 5 1 2 0 0 0 2 .270 .911
4 Jace Avina LF 3 0 1 0 1 0 2 .262 .880
5 Marco Luciano 2B 4 1 2 0 2 0 0 .327 1.123
Owen Cobb PR 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .246 .644
6 Coby Morales 1B 5 2 2 0 1 0 1 .275 .851
7 DJ Gladney DH 4 0 1 0 3 0 2 .269 .829
8 Kenedy Corona CF 3 0 2 0 1 0 1 .250 .741
9 Manuel Palencia C 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 .245 .577
Team 36 9 13 0 8 2 11 .361 .789
LOB:
12
2B:
Luciano, Morales
SB:
Lombard, Volpe, Corona
GIDP:
Luciano
Pitching IPHRERBBSOHRP-S ERAWHIP
Gerrit Cole 4.1 3 3 3 1 3 1 44-36 4.80 0.80
Andrew Landry 2.2 7 4 4 0 3 2 63-46 13.50 2.63
Chris Kean 2.1 1 1 0 0 2 0 24-18 3.34 0.97
Kelly Austin W 0.2 0 0 0 0 2 0 8-7 3.76 1.13
Team 10.0 11 8 7 1 10 3 139-107 6.30 1.20