NYPL Vermont Lake Monsters

Lake Monsters Open Final Homestand with 4-1 Loss to Tri-City

August 31, 2014 - New York-Penn League (NYPL)
Vermont Lake Monsters News Release


BURLINGTON, VT --- Terrell Joyce hit his 11th home run, Nick Tanielu had an RBI double and Randall Fant allowed one run on four hits over five innings to earn his second win as the Tri-City ValleyCats snapped a six-game losing streak to the Lake Monsters with a 4-1 New York-Penn League victory over Vermont Sunday evening at historic Centennial Field.

Vermont scored the first run of the game in the bottom of the first as J.P. Sportman singled to second base with two outs, stole second base and then scored all the way from second on a Max Kuhn's single that dribbled about halfway up the first base line. Fant and catcher Alfredo Gonzalez both got to the ball at the same time a dn bumped into each other as Sportman came around third base and was able to score with no ValleyCat covering home base.

Tri-City tied the game in the third on a Alex Hernandez RBI single to center and Joyce led off the fifth inning with his 11th home run of the season to give the ValleyCats a 2-1 lead. Both runs came off Vermont starter A.J. Burke, who allowed four hits with one walk and three strikeouts over 6 1/3 innings in his last start of the season for the Lake Monsters. Burke (6-4) finishes the season with a 3.89 ERA, allowing 76 hits with 13 walks and 57 strikeouts over 71 2/3 innings in 15 appearances (13 starts).

The ValleyCats added a pair of insurance runs in the eighth off reliever Jonnie Massad on Tanielu's RBI double and a Jose Solano RBI infield single. Kristian Trompiz also had two doubles in the game for Tri-City (47-28), which is battling Hudson Valley and State College for the best overall record in the NY-Penn League heading into the playoffs on Wednesday. Fant (2-3) had a walk and three strikeouts in his five innings, while reliever Francis Ramirez one hit and two strikeouts in two scoreless innings.

Gabriel Santana was 3-for-3 on the night for the Lake Monsters, while Kuhn RBI single in the first inning increased his current hitting streak to seven games. Vermont (33-42) fell to 16-21 at home with the loss and will need a win in the season finale on Monday to finish with the same home record as their 17-21 road record this season.

The ValleyCats and Lake Monsters will play the season finale at Centennial Field beginning at a special Labor Day start time of 5:05 pm. It will be fan appreciation day at the ballpark with the first 500 fans receiving a free Lake Monsters baseball t-shirt featuring CHAMP courtesy of Comfort Colors.

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