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Mountaineers' Season Ends in Quarterfinal Loss to Danbury on Tuesday Night

August 1, 2023 - New England Collegiate Baseball League (NECBL)
Vermont Mountaineers News Release


DANBURY, Conn. - The 2023 season for the Vermont Mountaineers ended on Tuesday night with a 15-1 loss to the Danbury Westerners in game two of the NECBL Quarterfinals at Rogers Park.

The No. 2 seed Mountaineers ended the season with a 25-17-1 overall after winning the North Division for the second straight season. The No. 7 seed Westerners, who are now 23-22 overall and 2-0 in the postseason, advanced to the league Semifinals for the first time since winning the championship in 2021. Danbury will take on the No. 5 seed Sanford Mainers in the next round. You can follow the rest of the postseason on the NECBL Broadcast Network here.

The game was scoreless until the bottom of the third inning, where the Westerners put up six runs. A walk and an error put two on to start the inning. A sacrifice bunt moved both into scoring position that was followed by a double by Bobby Zmarzlak to make it 2-0. A two-out double and single made it 4-0 off the bat. Colton Book's night ended after he gave up a two-out home run in favor of the home team.

Vermont got a run back in the fourth inning. Cameron Santerre reached on a fielder's choice and moved to second on a ground out. With two outs, Andre Martinez reached on an error by the third baseman and advanced to second while Santerre scored on an error by the left fielder.

That was all the offense Vermont could get and Danbury put the game out of reach with six runs over the next three innings to take a 12-1 lead. The home team added three more runs to make it 15-1 in the eighth.

The Vermont Mountaineers would like to thank the sponsors, fans, volunteers, players and coaches for the 2023 season. Vermont will be back at Montpelier Recreation Field in 2024.

Quarterfinals Series (Danbury Wins Series 2-0)

Game One: No. 7 Danbury, 8 at No. 2 Vermont, 2 (Montpelier, Vt./Montpelier Recreation Field)

Game Two: No. 7 Danbury, 15 vs No. 2 Vermont, 1 (Danbury, Conn./Rogers Park)

Photo credit: Cierra Loomis, Digital Media/Photography Director

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