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Lake Monsters Beat Aberdeen 1-0

August 27, 2009 - New York-Penn League (NYPL)
Vermont Lake Monsters News Release


BURLINGTON, VT --- Yhonson Lopez singled home Ronnie LaBrie with the only run of the game in the bottom of the eighth inning, while Mitchell Clegg and Evan Bronson combined on a three-hit shutout as the Vermont Lake Monsters blanked the Aberdeen Ironbirds 1-0 in New York-Penn League action Thursday night at historic Centennial Field.

Lopez and LaBrie accounted for all four of the Lake Monster hits in the game. Lopez had a leadoff single in the third inning and the RBI single in the eighth. LaBrie walked in the second, singled to leadoff the fifth and then led off the eighth inning with a double down the rightfield line. After Dan Killian sacrificed LaBrie to third with a bunt, Lopez punched a 1-0 pitch into leftfield to score LaBrie.

That one run would stand up as Clegg allowed three hits over 5 2/3 scoreless innings and Bronson retired 10 of the 11 batters he faced, including six by strikeout. After giving up two hits over the first five innings, Clegg got into a jam in the sixth by allowing a walk, hit and another walk to load the bases with two outs. Bronson came on in relief and got out of the jam by getting Justin Dalles to flyout to center on the first pitch.

Bronson (3-0) then struckout two batters in each of the next three innings, allowing just a one-out walk in the eighth innings. The left-hander has now allowed just three earned runs on 26 hits with only three walks and 37 strikeouts over 45 2/3 innings in his 18 appearances.

The shutout was the eighth of the season for Vermont (31-34), which has recorded shutouts in three of its last five victories over the last eight games. The Lake Monsters also beat the Ironbirds 1-0 in the last meeting between the two teams back on July 19th at Aberdeen.

The 1-0 victories give Vermont its first-ever two-game winning streak against the Ironbirds. The Lake Monsters are now 13-21 all-time vs. Aberdeen, having won one game in a row 11 times before these back-to-back shutouts.

T.J. Baxter had two of the Ironbirds three hits, while starter Jake Cowan allowed one hit over four scoreless innings and reliever Ashur Tolliver one hit in three scoreless innings. Joshua Dowdy (1-2) gave up the eighth inning run to take the loss for Aberdeen (26-39).

The Lake Monsters and Ironbirds will play the second of the three-game series at Centennial on Friday night. Former Boston Red Sox great Johnny Pesky will be at the ballpark to sign autographs before and during the 7:05 pm game.

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