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Lake Monsters End Homestand With 9-3 Loss To Tri-City

August 8, 2011 - New York-Penn League (NYPL)
Vermont Lake Monsters News Release


BURLINGTON, VT --- Tri-City took advantage of four Lake Monster errors and Jamaine Cotton tossed five strong innings in his New York-Penn League debut as the ValleyCats beat Vermont 9-3 on Monday night at historic Centennial Field.

The ValleyCats scored three unearned runs with the help of three Vermont errors in the top of the second inning for a 3-0 lead. The Lake Monsters got a run back in the fourth as Bobby Crocker followed back-to-back singles from Chih-Fang Pan and Chad Oberacker with a sacrifice fly, but Oberacker was then thrown out at the plate on a Chad Lewis line drive single to left.

Tri-City got the lead back to thre in the top of the fifth inning on a Matt Duffy RBI single, then added two runs in the eighth on a Neiko Johnson two-run single for a 6-1 lead. Rafael Valenzuela smacked a two-run homer in the top of the ninth and the ValleyCats added another unearned run on a Chad Lewis throwing error.

Lewis would hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the ninth for his second home run of the year and the Lake Monsters first home run at Centennial in the last nine games. Seth Frankoff (3-3) took the loss for Vermont, allowing four runs (one earned) on three hits with three walks and three strikeouts.

Cotton (1-0) allowed one run on five hits with two walks and three strikeouts to pick up the victory for Tri-City (21-30), while Mitchell Lambson tossed three hitless innings of relief with two strikeouts. Andrew Muren went 3-for-4 with two runs scored, while Johnson and Chris Epps both had two hits for the ValleyCats.

Vermont (25-25) has lost four of its last five games to fall to the .500 mark for the first time since they were 1-1 two games into the season. The Lake Monsters now head out on a six-game roadtrip to Auburn and Batavia. The roadtrip opens on Tuesday at Auburn against the Washington Nationals-affiliated Doubledays.

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