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Jordan Tripp 3-Run Homer Keys Vermont's 6-3 Win At Connecticut

June 30, 2011 - New York-Penn League (NYPL)
Vermont Lake Monsters News Release


NORWICH, CT --- Jordan Tripp hit a three-run homer to give Vermont an early lead as the Lake Monsters won their third straight game with a 6-3 victory over the Connecticut Tigers on Thursday night in New York-Penn League action at Dodd Stadium.

With Vermont trailing by a run in the third, Tripp hit a line drive homer to left field to score Aaron Shipman and Chad Oberacker for a 4-2 Lake Monsters lead. It was Tripp's team-leading third home run of the year and his second in the last three games. 

P.J. Polk got one the Tigers back within a run with a solo homer off Vermont starter J.C. Menna (2-0), who allowed three runs (two earned) on six hits with two walks and six strikeouts over five-plus innings for the victory.

The Lake Monsters added a pair of insurance runs in the sixth on an RBI triple from Oberacker, who then scored on a Chih-Fang Pan RBI single for a three-run lead. Ryan Hughes tossed two scoreless innings of relief, while Jeff Urlaub picked up his first save of the season with four strikeouts in two hitless innings.

Oberacker, Chad Lewis and Xavier Macklin each had two hits for Vermont, while Shipman walked three times, scored twice and had three stolen bases. Chad Wright and Dean Green both had two hits for Connecticut (5-7), which has now lost all four game completed against the Lake Monsters.

Tiger starter Brennan Smith (1-1), who gave up one hit in four scoreless innings at Vermont on June 25th in a game that was suspended in the fifth inning, took the loss on Thursday allowing six runs (five earned) on seven hits over 5 2/3 innings.

The win improved Vermont's record to 8-4 on the season and was the 599th victory all-time for the Lake Monsters in the franchise's 18-year history. Vermont will go for win 600 on Friday as they wrap up a six-game roadtrip at Connecticut starting at 7:05 pm. The Lake Monsters return home to historic Centennial Field for a quick two-game homestand against the Tri-City ValleyCats Saturday at 6:05 pm and Sunday at 1:05 pm.

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