AHL Cleveland Monsters

Tri-City wins over Lake Monsters

Published on August 5, 2011 under American Hockey League (AHL)
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TROY, NY --- The Tri-City ValleyCats scored three runs, including two runs off Vermont closer Tanner Peters, in the bottom of the eighth inning for a 3-1 New York-Penn League victory over the Lake Monsters at Bruno Stadium on Friday night.

The ValleyCats trailed 1-0 in the eighth when Justin Gominsky led off with an infield single off Drew Bailey. Peters came on in relief and got a flyout before allowing a Zach Johnson single to center and a Rafael Valenzuela RBI double to leftcenter tying the game. After an intentional walk to load the bases and a strikeout for the second out, Ryan McCurdy bounced a two-run single down the leftfield line to give the ValleyCats a 3-1 lead.

Vermont's only run of the game came back in the second inning on a one-out solo homer from Jordan Tripp for his fourth home run of the season. It was the first home run since July 30th and just the second since July 23rd for the Lake Monsters, who have hit the fewest homers in the league this season.

Drew Granier tossed 5 1/3 scoreless innings with four walks and seven strikeouts in his third start for the Lake Monsters. Peters (0-1) was charged with his first blown save of the season and has now allowed three runs on five hits over two innings in his last two outings after 16 2/3 scoreless innings on six hits in his first 12 outings.

Daylan Diaz (5-2) gave up two hits and struckout five in two scoreless innings for the win in relief of starter Juri Perez, who struckout five in six innings. Ryan Cole allowed the first two batters in the ninth to reach on a single and hit batter, but struckout two of the final three Lake Monsters for his sixth save.

Sean Jamieson and Nick Rickles both had two hits for the Lake Monsters, who have scored just one run in their last two games and have scored one run or less in seven of the last 13 games.

Vermont (24-23) plays at Tri-City against on Saturday at 7:00 pm before the series switches to historic Centennial Field for single games on Sunday at 1:05 pm and Monday at 7:05 pm. Those two games are the only home games for the Lake Monsters until August 17th.

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