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Lake Monsters And Tri-City Spilt Doubleheader

August 7, 2011 - New York-Penn League (NYPL)
Vermont Lake Monsters News Release


BURLINGTON, VT --- The Vermont Lake Monsters scored six runs in the bottom of the second inning in an 8-3 victory in game one, while three straight hits with two outs in the top of the seventh in game two gave the Tri-City ValleyCats a 3-2 victory and a split of the New York-Penn League doubleheader on Sunday afternoon at historic Centennial Field.

The Lake Monsters fell behind 2-0 in the opener as Tri-City scored twice in the top of the first, but Vermont got a two-out RBI double from Bobby Crocker in the bottom of the inning and then sent 11 batters to the plate to score six runs in the second for a 7-2 lead.

Dusty Robinson tied the game 2-2 with an RBI single scoring Chad Lewis, who had led off the second with an infield single. Three of the next four Lake Monsters walked forcing home two runs and knocking ValleyCat starter Jonas Dufek (3-4) from the game. Lewis capped off the six-run outburst with his second hit of the inning, a two-run single to leftcenter for a five-run Vermont lead.

Crocker had a two-run single in the first inning of the nightcap for a 2-0 Lake Monster lead, but the ValleyCats tied the game with single runs in the fourth and fifth innings on RBI doubles from Rafael Valenzuela and Matt Duffy. Then in the seventh with two outs and no one on, Tri-City got three straight singles off Nathan Kilcrease (2-2) from Justin Gominsky, Duffy and Zach Johnson for the eventual game-winning run.

Travis Smink (2-2) allowed one hit over three scoreless innings for the win in game two, while Vermont Kurt Wunderlich (1-4) picked up his first win of the season allowing three runs on eight hits over five innings in the opener. Crocker was 4-for-6 with three RBI in the doubleheader, including 3-for-3 with a pair of RBI in game two. Miles Hamblin was 4-for-7 with two runs in the twinbill for Tri-City (20-29).

Vermont (25-24) wraps up the quick two-day homestand on Monday night against Tri-City starting at 7:05 pm. Come out to Centennial to help celebrate Champ's birthday as the Lake Monsters play their final home game before heading out on a six-game roadtrip.

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