NYPL Vermont Lake Monsters

3 Straight Shutout Wins as Lake Monsters Sweep 3-Game Series with Tri-City

Published on June 30, 2010 under New York-Penn League (NYPL)
Vermont Lake Monsters News Release


BURLINGTON, VT --- Vermont pitchers recorded their third straight shutout, while Russell Moldenhauer hit two home runs and Justin Miller hit a three-run homer as the Lake Monsters beat the Tri-City ValleyCats 8-0 in New York-Penn League action Wednesday night at historic Centennial Field.

All three shutout victories for Vermont came against the ValleyCats in the three-game homestand for the Lake Monsters. Vermont pitchers have now tossed 30 straight scoreless innings dating back to the seventh inning at Connecticut on Sunday. In the three-game series with Tri-City, the Lake Monsters allowed just 10 hits with eight walks and 24 strikeouts in 27 scoreless innings. It is the first time in Vermont history that the Lake Monsters have recorded three straight shutouts.

Wednesday's starter Matt Swynenberg (2-0) gave up just three hits with two strikeouts over six innings to lower his ERA to 0.56 for his three starts. Starters Swynenberg, Taylor Jordan and Chad Jenkins combined to allow just seven hits with three walks and 14 strikeouts in 16 innings in the three-game series. Reliever Colin Bates gave up one hit with one walk and four strikeouts in three innings to pick up his second save of the year.

The Lake Monsters offense scored six times in the bottom of the second inning off Tri-City starter Murilo Gouvea. Moldenhauer got the inning started with a solo home run to right for his first professional hit in his fifth at bat with Vermont.

Cole Leonida followed with a groundball single and after a sacrifice bunt scored on a Ronnie LaBrie RBI single to rightifled. Marcus Jones was then hit by a pitch and Miller followed with a three-run homer to left for his first home run of the season and a 5-0 lead. One out later Jason Martinson walked, stole second and scored on a two-base wild pitch to close out the scoring in the inning.

The score stayed 6-0 until the eighth when Stephen King singled with two outs and Moldenhauer followed by hitting an 0-2 pitch over the fence in right field for a two-run homer and his second home run of the game. He is the first Lake Monsters with a two-homer game at Centennial Field since Steve Souza hit a pair against Lowell on June 26, 2008.

The win improved Vermont's New York-Penn League best record to 10-3 overall and was the fourth straight win for the Lake Monsters, who have also won six straight games at Centennial and have a 7-1 home record to start the season.

Vermont (10-3) heads out on the road for a three-game series at Lowell through Saturday. The Lake Monsters return home on Sunday, July 4th for a 4:05 pm contest to open a three-game series against the Williamsport Crosscutters.

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