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Three-Run Fifth Inning Leads Lake Monsters To 5-2 Win At Brooklyn Friday

July 25, 2014 - New York-Penn League (NYPL)
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BROOKLYN, NY --- Ryan Huck tied the game with a two-out RBI double and Seong-min Kim snapped the tie with a two-run single during the three-run fifith inning, while Brett Graves tossed three scoreless innings of relief to lead the Lake Monsters to a 5-2 victory over the Brooklyn Cyclones in New York-Penn League action Friday night at MCU Park.

The Lake Monsters trailed 2-1 in the fifth inning before putting two runners on board on a Gabriel Santana leadoff bunt single and one-out Scott Masik hit by pitch. After a Trent Gilbert strikeout for the second out of the inning, Huck followed with an RBI double to leftfield to tie the game 2-2. The Cyclones then elected to walk Jose Brizuela intentionally to load the bases and Kim made them pay by delivering a two-run line drive single to right for the 4-2 lead. It was the fourth two-run hit for Kim in just eight games with Vermont.

After Lake Monsters starter Cristhian Perez allowed two runs on four hits with three walks over the first four innings, the Vermont bullpen took over with five scoreless innings on just three hits with no walks and six strikeouts. Corey Walter came on in relief of Perez in the fifth and tossed a 1-2-3 inning, then Brett Graves (2-0) took over in the sixth and allowed just two hits with four strikeouts over three scoreless innings to earn the victory. Koby Gauna worked around a leadoff double in the ninth to pick up his fourth save in five relief appearances for Vermont.

All nine Vermont starters picked up at least one hit (two-hit nights for Kim and Dayton Alexander), while Scott Masik scored two runs including an unearned run in seventh on a leadoff double, passed ball and run-scoring wild pitch. The Lake Monsters had taken a 1-0 lead in the second on three straight singles from Kim, Alexander and Brett Vertigan to load the bases before a Santana RBI groundout. The Cyclones got a Mcihael Conforto RBI double in the third to tie the game and took the 2-1 lead in the fourth on a Tucker Tharp sacrifice fly.

The win snapped a five-game losing streak for the Lake Monsters against the Cyclones and was just the second win in Vermont's last eight games played at Brooklyn (19-21). Conforto had two hits for Brooklyn, while starter Octavio Acosta allowed four runs on 10 hits over five innings to take the loss.

With the win, Vermont (16-25) has now won three of the first four games on its eight-game roadtrip. The Lake Monsters will wrap up a three-game series at Brooklyn on Saturday starting at 6:00 pm before heading to Hudson Valley for a three-game series starting Sunday. Vermont returns to historic Centennial Field to begin a six-game homestand on Wednesday.

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