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Back-to-Back Homers Lead Lowell to 4-2 Win Over Lake Monsters

June 27, 2011 - New York-Penn League (NYPL)
Vermont Lake Monsters News Release


LOWELL, MA --- Will Middlebrooks and Tavis Shaw hit back-to-back home runs in a three-run sixth inning as the Lowell Spinners jumped out to a 4-0 lead before holding on for a 4-2 New York-Penn League victory over the Vermont Lake Monsters Monday night at LeLecheur Park.

The Spinners scored all four of their runs after Vermont reliever Kurt Wunderlich had retired the first two batters of the inning. Wunderlich, who had allowed four runs after their were two outs and no one on in a start on June 21st vs. Lowell, came on in relief of starter Brent Powers to begin the bottom of the fifth inning and quickly retired the first two Spinners.

But then Wunderlich allowed a single to Jayson Hernandez and an RBI double to Drew Turocy to give Lowell a 1-0 lead. Then in the sixth Wunderlich (0-2) again retired the first two batters before issuing a four-pitch walk to Garin Cecchini. Middlebrooks, who also homered in Sunday's 4-1 Lowell win over the Lake Monsters, followed the walk with a towering two-run homer to leftfield and Shaw smashed a Wunderlich offering over the rightfield fence for a 4-0 Spinners lead.

Vermont finally got on the board in the seventh as Jacob Tanis led off with an infield single, moved to second on one of Sam Roberts' three walks and advanced to third on a Dan Petitti sacrifice bunt. After Sean Jamieson struckout swinging for the second out, Jeff Bercume lined a single to left scoring Tanis.

A hit batter and single to left put Vermont runners on first and third with no outs in the eighth, but the Lake Monsters were only able to cut the lead to 4-2 on a Chad Lewis sacrifice fly scoring Tripp. The Bercume RBI single in the seventh was the Lake Monsters only hit with a runner in scoring position all night as Vermont went 1-for-13 with RISP.

Lowell starter Jason Garcia (1-0), who allowed just one unearned on three hits over four innings in a no-decision at Vermont on June 21st, tossed five scoreless innings and allowed just two hits for his first win. Powers, making his first start for the Lake Monsters after two relief outings, gave up just one hit with one walk and one strikeout in four scoreless innings

Tanis had two of Vermont's five hits, the third straight game that the Lake Monsters have been held to five hits or less and going 14-for-93 (.150) with seven runs scored in the three games.

Vermont (5-4) will try to salvage one game of the three-game series at Lowell on Tuesday night with Seth Frankoff scheduled to start for the Lake Monsters, who then head to Connecticut for a three-game series against the Tigers before returning home for a quick two-game homestand Saturday and Sunday.

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