AHL Cleveland Monsters

Monsters open season with win

Published on June 17, 2008 under American Hockey League (AHL)
Cleveland Monsters News Release


BURLINGTON, VT --- The Vermont Lake Monsters used a five-run bottom of the fourth inning to open its 2008 season with a 6-4 victory over the Oneonta Tigers in New York-Penn League action Tuesday night at historic Centennial Field.

The Lake Monsters trailed 2-1 with one out in the fourth inning when they loaded the bases on a pair of walks and a hit batter. Stephen Englund followed with a two-run groundball single to leftfield giving Vermont a 3-2 lead. Tyler Moore followed with an RBI single to rightfield, Nick Arata a RBI groundout and Jose Lozada capped the inning with an RBI single for a 6-2 lead.

Oneonta got single runs in the sixth and seventh innings, including a solo home run from Ben Guez in the seventh inning off Lake Monsters reliever Carlos Peralta, to cut the Vermont lead to 6-4.

The Tigers were able to load the bases with two outs in the ninth on a single and two walks, but David Slovak came on for the Lake Monsters to end the game by getting Joaquin Guzman to groundout.

Brad Peacock (1-0) allowed two runs on two hits with four walks and two strikeouts over five innings to pick up the win for Vermont, while Mark Brackman (0-1) gave up all six Lake Monster runs on four hits in four innings for the loss.

Steve Souza was 2-for-3 with two stolen bases and had an RBI double in the bottom of the first inning to give Vermont a 1-0 lead. Mike Gosse's two-run single in the top of the second gave Oneonta a brief 2-1 lead.

With the win on Tuesday, the Lake Monsters have now won their season opener in each of the last two seasons and three of the last five years.

Vermont and Oneonta will play game two of the three-game series at Centennial Field on Wednesday night beginning at 7:05 pm with Randy Matias getting the start for the Lake Monsters.

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