Another injury, another soft offensive effort and another poor outing from a starting pitcher led to the same thing Thursday night for the Camden Riversharks: another loss.

Somerset showed why it's the best team in the Atlantic League with a 5-2 win over the Sharks in front of 4,161 fans at Campbell's Field. Somerset starter Ricardo Jordan gave up one run on four hits for his fourth win of the season.

"His slider was working real well, and he was on with his (sinker)," said Sharks first baseman Dan Held, who was 2-for-3 off Jordan. "He was the difference in the game.

"The relievers did a great job, but we just didn't get the job done on offense ... again."

Somerset (45-24 overall, 6-0 second half) won for the seventh consecutive game and the 16th time in its last 18 games after it jumped on starter Silvio Censale for all five runs in the first three innings. Unlike the previous two games, the Patriots manufactured runs with timely hitting as opposed to overpowering the Sharks.

The teams combined for 11 home runs in the first two games, seven by Somerset.

"Today I had a good sinker going and that's what I used," said Jordan, who's ERA fell to 2.58. "We got the lead early and that makes it easier."

After a perfect first inning, Censale hit Michael Warner to lead off the second. After an out, Greg Blosser singled Warner to second. A single by Kevin Dattola gave Somerset a run in the top of the second.

Somerset then bunched four singles, two walks and two sacrifice flies in the third for four more runs and a 5-0 lead. Against a Sharks offense that has only scored five or more runs in an inning three times all season, this game was as good as over.

To compound matters, the Sharks (25-44, 1-5) may have lost yet another infielder for a game or two. Jesus Azauje was hit by a pitch on his left knee in the third inning.

Inexplicably, even the home sound-effects squad seemed to enjoy the Sharks misery as it played the theme to "M*A*S* H". For an infield that has seen almost every member lose significant time to injury and one that is so thin that it has only one replacement, the choice of music was just a cruel reminder of how tough the season has been.