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Crocker And Lewis Hit 2-Run Homers In 8-3 Vermont Win Saturday

August 13, 2011 - New York-Penn League (NYPL)
Vermont Lake Monsters News Release


BATAVIA, NY --- Bobby Crocker and Chad Lewis both hit two-run homers, while Michael Fabiaschi and Chih-Fang Pan each had three hits as the Vermont Lake Monsters ran its winning streak to three straight games with an 8-3 New York-Penn League victory over the Batavia Muckdogs on Saturday night at Dwyer Stadium.

Vermont trailed 1-0 in the third inning when they scored four runs on a Pan two-run single and Crocker's first professional home run, a two-run shot to centerfield. The Lake Monsters added another run in the fifth on back-to-back one-out singles from Fabiaschi, who also had two doubles, and Pan before a Nick Rickles RBI groundout.

The Muckdogs got a pair of runs back off Vermont starter Brent Powers in the bottom of the fifth on Roberto Reyes second solo home run of the game and an RBI single from Garrett Wittels to cut the deficit to 5-3. Powers (3-2) picked up his third win in his last four starts, allowing three runs on seven hits with three strikeouts over five innings.

The game stayed 5-3 until the eighth when Rickled led off the inning with a bunt single to extend his hitting streak to 11 games and Lewis followed one-out later with his third home run of the season. The Lake Monsters have hit four home runs in the last two games and six in the last six games after just two homers in previous 15 games.

Vermont added another run in the ninth on Pan's third hit of the game to score Sean Jamieson. Pan has now hit in 12 straight games, going 17-for-45 (.378), and has hit safely in 28 of 33 games started overall. Crocker's home run also gave him at least one hit in all 13 games started since joining Vermont on July 31st.

Relievers Drew Bailey (two innings), Nathan Kilcrease (one) and Logan Chitwood (one) combined to toss four hitless innings of relief with one walk and five strikeouts as Vermont (28-27) won their third straight game for the fourth time this season

The Lake Monsters will try to win a season-high fourth straight as they wrap up a six-game roadtrip at Batavia on Sunday afternoon beginning at 1:05 pm in the final game before the New York-Penn League All-Star Game Tuesday at Lowell. Vermont returns home to Centennial Field on Wednesday night to begin a six-game homestand against Mahoning Valley and Hudson Valley.

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