MLN - THE RAW FEED - www.mlntherawfeed.com - MLN Newswire - www.mlntherawfeed.com -NEWARK, NJ – In the final game of the 2008 season, the Newark Bears hit four home runs, including two by Keith Reed, but the derby was not enough to defeat the Somerset Patriots, and they fell 14-8 at Bears & Eagles Riverfront Stadium on Sunday afternoon. 

Mike Just got the Bears started with the team’s first inside the park home run of the season.  Patriots center fielder Elliott Ayala misjudged the ball, which sailed over his head and rolled to the centerfield wall, allowing Just to speed around the bases.  Reed then immediately followed with his first homer of the game.  Jose Herrera contributed a two-run shot in the third.  Reed homered again in the fifth, ending the season leading the team with 25 homers. 

The Patriots banged out nine runs in the first two innings, creating an insurmountable lead en route to the victory.  A three-run home run by Matt Hagen gave the team a 3-0 lead in the first inning, and then the Patriots scattered seven hits, including a three-run homer by Brandon Larson, and scored six runs in the second to take a 9-2 advantage.  The team added two runs in the sixth, one in the seventh, and two in the ninth.  Elliott Ayala was 4-6 and homered twice – solo shots in the seventh and ninth – while Teuris Olivares also went 4-6, scoring every time he reached base. 

Patriots starter Brian Tollberg (2-0) lasted five innings, giving up five runs on seven his, to earn the win.  Carlos Mirabal (3-2) suffered the loss, giving up nine runs and eleven hits through three innings.

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