Carlos Lagrange toes the slab for the Somerset Patriots on Thursday, as the Yankees’ Double-A affiliate trails the best-of-three division series 0-1.

After a 3-1 defeat in New Jersey last night, they’re turning to one of the hardest throwers in the Minor Leagues to try and right the ship in a must-win situation.

Somerset has qualified for the postseason in each of the last four seasons, winning the Eastern League Championship in 2022, and they’ve been eliminated by Binghamton (2023) and Erie (2024) in the following seasons.

Lagrange will face that very Binghamton Rumble Ponies squad that eliminated them in the division round back in 2023, as they were swept in two games.

Hoping to avoid that same fate, it’ll be a big game for the hard-throwing right-hander, as the Patriots hope to adva

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