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Lake Monsters Use Pair Of 3-Run Innings For 6-5 Win At Tri-City Sunday

June 19, 2011 - New York-Penn League (NYPL)
Vermont Lake Monsters News Release


TROY, NY --- The Lake Monsters scored three runs in both the fourth and fifth innings to take a 6-2 lead before having to hold off  a late ValleyCats rally as Vermont beat Tri-City 6-5 in New York-Penn League action Sunday evening at Bruno Stadium.

A day after being shutout on just five hits by Tri-City, the Lake Monster bats remained silent over the first three innings as nine of the first 10 Vermont batters were retired and the ValleyCats held a 2-0 lead . But the bats came alive in the fourth inning as the Lake Monsters opened the inning with five straight hits.

Chih-Fang Pan opened the fourth with a single to center and scored on a Jordan Tripp RBI double. After Chris Affinito moved Tripp to third with a single to left, Xavier Macklin blooped a single into right scoring Tripp with the tying run. Chad Lewis' bunt single loaded the bases and the Lake Monsters took a 3-2 lead when Affinito scored on a Beau Taylor groundout.

Pan got the fifth inning started as he did the fourth with a single and moved to second on a Tripp single to left. After an Affinito strikeout, Macklin laced a two-run triple to righfield and scored on a Lewis RBI single for the 6-2 Vermont advantage.

The Lake Monsters held that four-run lead until the bottom of the eighth when Tri-City cut the deficit to one with a three-run inning off Vermont reliever Logan Chitwood. Kellen Kiilsgaard plated the first run with an RBI single, then the ValleyCats added a pair of unearned runs on a two-out run-scoring fielding error and an RBI single. 

With the tying run on third and go ahead run on first, Vermont's Drew Tyson came on in relief of Chitwood and got John Hinson to lineout sharply to shortstop Sam Roberts to end the eighth. Tyson gave up a two-out single in the ninth, but got Brandon Meredith to flyout to Tripp in centerfield to end the game.

Macklin went 3-for-5 with three RBI and Lewis 4-for-5 with an RBI as the Lake Monsters had five batters with a multi-hit game in a 15-hit Vermont attack. Pan, Tripp and Chad Oberacker each had two hits, while Lake Monster starter J.C. Menna (1-0) allowed two runs on four hits with four walk and seven strikeouts over five innings for the win.

Former University of Vermont baseball start Matt Duffy went 3-for-5 with a run scored for the ValleyCats and finished his first three-game series as a professional 6-for-13 (.462) with two runs, two doubles and three RBI. Tri-City starter Euris Quezada (0-1) allowed three runs on six hits with one walk and four strikeouts over four innings to take the loss.

Vermont (2-1) will open its 2011 home schedule on Monday night as the Lake Monsters host the Boston Red Sox-affiliated Lowell Spinners at historic Centennial Field in the first of a six-game homestand that runs through Saturday. First pitch Monday is scheduled for 7:05 pm and all fans attending the game will receive a free 2011 Lake Monsters magnetic schedule courtesy of Pepsi.

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