New Home Run King

Westmont’s Daniel Patterson rewrote the baseball record book April 26 in Irvine, but the Warriors (33-15-3, 23-8-1 PacWest) fell out of contention for their first PacWest Conference Championship. 

Patterson belted two solo home runs in the first game – one in the fifth inning and another in the sixth. That brought his season total to 17, tying him with Timothy Leary who set the record in 2012. Then on the first pitch of game two, Patterson went deep again, making himself the all-time single season home run leader. 

Of Patterson’s 18 home runs, 14 have been solo shots. He has led off an inning with a home run 12 times and nine of those times it has been in the Warriors’ first at bat of the game. Patterson also has two grand slams this season. 

The third baseman also set the record for total bases in a single season. His 153 total bases surpassed Simon Reid who recorded 142 in 2022.