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Nighthawks Top Mountaineers 6-4

June 11, 2016 - New England Collegiate Baseball League (NECBL)
Vermont Mountaineers News Release


HARTFORD- In their second meeting of the 2016 New England Collegiate Baseball League (NECBL) season, the Upper Valley Nighthawks topped the Vermont Mountaineers 6-4 at The Maxfield Sports Complex in Hartford on Saturday.

Vermont got four strong innings out of starter Joe Rocchietti (Green Brook, N.J. / Manhattan), who allowed just one earned run on four hits, while striking out two. Nighthawks starter Dakota Edwards (Turlock, C.A. / Bridgport) went just 2 and a third innings, while allowing four runs on six hits.

The Mountaineers struck first, scoring a run in the second thanks to an RBI-single by Gabe Levanti (Ashland, M.A./Le Moyne). Vermont promptly tacked on three more in the top of the third. JT Pittman (Ashland, M.A. / Le Moyne), Jeremy Giles (Claremont, C.A. / Stony Brook), and Keegan Meyn (Oklahoma City, O.K. / Arkansas Little Rock) all reached base with one out, and two runs were walked in. The third came on an RBI-single by David Lett (Farmington Hills, M.I. / Stony Brook).

That was all the offense that Vermont could muster, though, as they had just thee hits from the fourth inning on.

Upper Valley added one of their own in the third thanks to a double by Alex Hanson (Tampa, F.L. / St. Petersburg), who scored on an error on the next play. The Nighthawks then got one more in the fourth on an RBI-ground out by Charlie Concannon (West Chester, P.A. / St. Josephs), two in the sixth, and a run in the seventh and eighth, respectively.

Vermont had ten hits in the game, and was led offensively by Gabe Levanti, who was 2-for-4 with a pair of singles. David Lett was also 2-for-4 with two hits. Lett also had an RBI, and scored twice.

Left fielder Grayson Padgett (Beaumont, T.X. / Houston) had a big game at the plate for the Nighthawks, as he went 3-for-3 with three runs scored.

Joe Levasseur (Rowley, M.A. / St. Anselm) got the win for the 'Hawks, tossing one inning of one-hit ball. Kevin Kernan (Mahopac, N.Y. / Stony Brook) suffered the loss for Vermont, as he allowed three runs on five hits over two and two thirds innings of work.

Vermont falls to 1-2, while the Nighthawks improve to 1-1. Saturday was the franchise's first ever win. The two teams will face each other five more times in the regular season, and the winner of the season series will be awarded the Governor's Cup at the end of the year.

Vermont has a day off before they travel to Sanford on Monday to take on the Mainers at Goodall Park. You can tune into the game locally on CBS Sports 1240 AM WSKI, or online through the NECBL Broadcast Network.



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