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Lowell takes down Connecticut

August 1, 2017 - New York-Penn League (NYPL)
Norwich Sea Unicorns News Release

NORWICH, CT- Garrett Benge went five-for-five, just a home run short of a cycle, as Lowell pounded out 17 hits and rolled over Connecticut 10-3, at Dodd Stadium Monday night. Benge was in the middle of two four-run innings for the Spinners, with an RBI double in the first and a two-run triple in the fifth. In all, the third baseman finished with three singles, a double,a triple, and five runs batted in.

Trailing 10-0 in the eighth, the Tigers strung together singles by Cole Peterson, Luke Burch and Garrett McCain to get on the board. Jordan Pearce then stroked a two-run double to close out the scoring.

Enmanuel DeJesus threw 5 1/3 innings of shutout ball to get the win, while Jose Vasquez was reached for eight runs in four innings to take the loss for Connecticut.

Red Sox third-round pick Brett Netzer went 3-5, with three runs scored, while Burch, McCain, Pearce and Colby Bortles all had two-hit nights for the Tigers.

Matt Manning takes the mound in the series wrap Tuesday night at 7:05 at Dodd Stadium.

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