NYPL Vermont Lake Monsters

Lake Monsters Complete 4-1 Home Stand with 6-2 Win over Connecticut

Published on June 22, 2010 under New York-Penn League (NYPL)
Vermont Lake Monsters News Release


BURLINGTON, VT --- The Vermont Lake Monsters completed a 4-1 homestand to start the 2010 season with a 6-2 New York-Penn League victory over the Connecticut Tigers on Tuesday night at historic Centennial Field for their third straight win.

The Lake Monsters got their fifth straight solid outing from a starting pitcher as Bobby Hansen tossed four scoreless innings with three hits and no walks. Eight of the 12 outs that Hansen recorded were by strikeout as 37 of the 45 pitches in the left-hander's four innings were for strikeouts. Vermont starters have now allowed just two earned runs over 23 2/3 innings (0.76 ERA) with two walks and 32 strikeouts in five games.

Vermont scored a pair of runs in both the second and third innings for a 4-0 lead. Ronnie LaBrie singled with one out in the second inning, stole second base and scored on a Jack Walker RBI single. Walker scored one out later on a RBI groundball single to right from Justin Miller for a 2-0 Vermont advantage.

Blake Kelso led off the third with a double and scored one out later on a David Freitas sacrifice fly. After Wade Moore was hit by a pitch, LaBrie lined a triple up the rightcenterfield gap to plate Moore with the Lake Monsters fourth run. Marcus Jones had an RBI double to center in the fifth for a 5-0 Vermont lead.

The Tigers got an unearned run in the sixth off reliever Mark Herrera and another unearned run off Neil Halland in the eighth. Matt Mansilla, who was 3-for-4 on the night, had an RBI single in the sixth for Connecticut (2-3).

Kelso was 2-for-5 with a run scored and a double, while LaBrie and Miller each had two hits for the Lake Monsters. Herrera (1-0) gave up the unearned run on three hits over two innings to pick up his first professional victory.

The four wins on the five-game homestand mark the first time since 2001 when Vermont began the season 8-0 that the Lake Monsters have won as many as four games during their first homestand of the season.

Vermont now heads out on the road for a five-game roadtrip with three games at Tri-City and two at Connecticut before returning home to Centennial Field next Monday for a three-game homestand. Taylor Jordan is scheduled to start for the Lake Monsters on Wednesday night at Tri-City beginning at 7:00 pm.

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