NYPL Vermont Lake Monsters

Lake Monsters Rally With 2 Runs In 8th Inning For 8-7 Win At Connecticut

Published on June 29, 2011 under New York-Penn League (NYPL)
Vermont Lake Monsters News Release


NORWICH, CT --- Jordan Tripp's RBI single in the eighth tied the game and he scored later in the inning on a two-out wild pitch as the Vermont Lake Monsters rallied for an 8-7 New York-Penn League victory over the Connecticut Tigers Wednesday night at Dodd Stadium.

Chih-Fang Pan led off the eighth with a walk, stole second base and tied th e game 7-7 on Tripp's RBI single to leftfield. A walk and sacrifice bunt put Tripp on third and Xavier Macklin on second with one out, but Macklin was picked off second base for the second out before Tripp scored the go ahead run on a wild pitch from Kevan Hess.

Vermont took a 3-0 lead in the first inning on a Chad Lewis RBI single and Diomedes Lopez two-run single, but the Tigers scored a run in the bottom of the first before a five-run third inning to take a 6-3 lead. The Lake Monsters fought back to tie the game 6-6 with two runs in the fifth and another run in the sixth. Lopez had an RBI double and Sean Jamieson an RBI single in the fifth, while Lewis tied the game in the sixth with an RBI single.

The Lake Monsters, who had made a league-low six errors in the first 10 games, made two crucial errors on Wednesday that led to four unearned runs. Starting pitcher Argenis Paez made a fielding error in the third that led to three of the five runs in the inning being unearned, then first baseman Lewis made an error on a pickoff attempt that led to Jeff Holm scoring from second on a Zach Maggard RBI double to give Connecticut a 7-6 lead in the seventh.

Pan went 3-for-4 with two runs, while Lopez was 2-for-5 with three RBI in a 13-hit attack for the Lake Monster. Macklin added two hits and two runs scored, while Lewis two hits and two RBI for Vermont (7-4). Reliever Nathan Kilcrease (1-0) allowed one unearned run in 1 2/3 innings for the win, while Tanner Peters tossed two scoreless innings for his second save.

Jason King was 2-for-5 with one run and two RBI for Connecticut (5-6), while Fernando Celis (0-1) was charged with the two runs in the eighth inning to take the loss for the Tigers.

The Lake Monsters and Tigers continue the three-game series at Connecticut on Thursday at 7:00 pm before Vermont wraps up its six-game roadtrip with the Tigers on Friday.  The Lake Monsters return home to historic Centennial Field for a quick two-game homestand against the Tri-City ValleyCats Saturday at 6:05 pm and Sunday at 1:05 pm.

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