NYPL Vermont Lake Monsters

Lake Monsters Take Doubleheader Opener 1-0 At Connecticut

August 23, 2015 - New York-Penn League (NYPL)
Vermont Lake Monsters News Release


NORWICH, CT --- Ryan Howell had a two-out RBI double in the top of the fifth inning to score Skye Bolt with the only run of the game, while Corey Miller and Ryan Gorton combined on a six-hit shutout as the Vermont Lake Monsters snapped a five-game losing streak with a 1-0 win over the Connecticut Tigers in game one of a New York-Penn League doubleheader Sunday afternoon at Dodd Stadium. The second game was postponed by rain with the Lake Monsters leading 4-1 after 4 1/2 innings and will not be completed.

Game one was scoreless in the fifth inning when Connecticut starter Spenser Watkins walked Bolt with two outs and Howell followed with a line drive double into the leftfield corner that scored Bolt from first base with the game's only run. The Howell double was one of just three hits for the Lake Monsters, the second straight three-hit game for Vermont and their fifth overall.

Miller (2-2) scattered four hits with three strikeouts over five innings to earn his second win of the season for Vermont. Miller was able to work out of a two on, no out jam in the second inning and a two on, one-out jam in the fourth as the Tigers finished 0-for-7 with runners in scoring postion for the game, Gorton allowed a one-out single in the sixth before a leadoff walk and two-out single in the seventh, but struckout Keaton Jones to end the game with the tying run on second base.

The win snapped both a five-game losing streak overall and a five-game road losing streak for Vermont, which had not won since completing a three-game sweep of Connecticut at Centennial Field on August 14th. The victory was the sixth shutout of the season for Lake Monsters pitchers, including the fourth 1-0 win overall and third 1-0 win against the Tigers.

Vermont took a 4-1 lead in game two on a two-out, two-run double from Brett Siddall in the third inning and from Trace Loehr in the fourth inning. Starter Dustin Driver allowed one run (sac fly in bottom third) on two hits with three walks and one strikeout over five innings, but

Light rain had started falling in the fourth inning and as reliever Chris Kohler finished warming up to start the bottom of the fifth inning, the rain started hard enough for the umpires to stop the game and call for the tarp. But the Tigers groundscrew was unable to get the tarp completely over the infield and the playing field became unplayable, causing the game to be called three outs from becoming an official game. Because it was the final game scheduled between the Lake Monsters and Tigers, the game will not be completed.

The roadtrip will continue for Vermont (26-33) with a three-game series at Lowell against the Spinners Monday-Wednesday. The Lake Monsters then return to historic Centennial Field for a three-game series against the Tri-City ValleyCats Thursday-Saturday.

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