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Aberdeen Wins For 4th Time In 6-Game Series With Vermont, 10-5

July 18, 2011 - New York-Penn League (NYPL)
Vermont Lake Monsters News Release


BURLINGTON, VT --- Joe Velleggia went 4-for-5 with two runs, a homer and two RBI to lead the Aberdeen Ironbirds to a 10-5 New York-Penn League victory over the Vermont Lake Monsters at historic Centennial Field Monday night.

The win was the fourth in the last six games for the Ironbirds against the Lake Monsters with Aberdeen winning two of three at Aberdeen before taking two of three at Vermont. Velleggia hit .519 (14-for-27) with seven runs, three homers and seven RBI in the six games against the Lake Monsters.

Velleggia gave Aberdeen a 2-0 lead with a two-run homer in the first before the Ironbirds added four more runs in the top of the fourth off Lake Monster starter Kurt Wunderlich before the game was delayed an hour and a half by rain.

When the game resumed, the Lake Monsters scored single runs in the fifth and sixth before a Sean Jamieson two-run single in the seventh cut the lead to 7-4. But Aberdeen got three insurance runs in the ninth inning off reliever Ryan Hughes before Jamieson added an RBI single in the bottom of the ninth

Mychal Givens and Martin Serrata both three of the Ironbirds season-high 16 hits, while Devin Jones (1-0) allowed two runs (one earned) over three innings of relief for his first win of the year for Aberdeen (9-22). Jamieson was 2-for-4 with three RBI for Vermont (16-12), which has lost six of its last nine games.

The Lake Monsters head to Lowell for single games against the Spinners on Tuesday and Wednesday before the series switches to Vermont for a doubleheader on Thursday beginning at 6:05 pm at Centennial Field.

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