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Rickles' Bat And Arm Lead Vermont To 3-1 Win Friday At Centennial

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


BURLINGTON, VT --- Nick Rickles went 1-for-3 with a two-run single in the fifth inning and an RBI safely squeeze in the seventh inning, while Drew Granier tossed five scoreless innings for his first Lake Monsters win as Vermont beat Mahoning Valley 3-1 in New York-Penn League action Friday night at historic Centennial Field.

Granier (1-1) allowed just two hits, a first-inning single and two-out single in fourth, with four walks and a season-high tying seven strikeouts. Granier was helped out behind the plate by Rickles, who threw out two runners trying to steal second and also picked a runner off first base for another caught stealing.

Sam Roberts led off the fifth with a single to center and the Lake Monsters loaded the bases with a one-out walk to Aaron Shipman and two-out walk to Bobby Crocker before Rickles blooped a two-run single to center for a 2-0 Vermont lead.

Then in the seventh with the Lake Monsters leading 2-1, Shipman led off with a walk and moved to second on a Chad Oberacker bunt single. After a Crocker forceout put runners on first and third with one out, Rickles laid down a bunt along the first baseline that easily scored Shipman from third with Vermont's third run.

The Scrappers got its only run back in the sixth on two singles to leadoff the inning and a Jordan Smith RBI groundout off reliever Ryan Hughes. Eric Potter took over for Hughes in the seventh and tossed two scoreless innings before Tanner Peters picked up his league-leading 11th save with a 1-2-3 ninth inning.

Winners in five of its last six games, Vermont (30-28) remain 1 1/2 games in front of the Connecticut Tigers for first-place in the Stedler Division. The Lake Monsters will open a three-game series at Centennial Field against the Hudson Valley Renegades on Saturday beginning at 6:05 pm. It is FairPoint Communications Night and the first 1,000 fans will receive a Bruce and Hobbes (92.1 WVTK) bobblehead doll.

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