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Vermont And Aberdeen Split Doubleheader Thursday Night

August 15, 2014 - New York-Penn League (NYPL)
Vermont Lake Monsters News Release


BURLINGTON, VT --- After losing 10-7 in the longest seven-inning game in team history, the Vermont Lake Monsters rebounded with three early runs in the nightcap for a 3-2 victory and a split of the New York-Penn League doubleheader against the Aberdeen Ironbirds Thursday night at historic Centennial Field.

Jose Brizuela gave the Lake Monsters a 2-0 lead in the first inning of game two with a two-run double to rightcenter and Yairo Munoz added an RB I infield single in the second inning for a quick 3-0 Vermont advantage. The Ironbirds got pair of runs in the fourth off Lake Monsters starter A.J. Burke on a Jamill Moquete RBI double and Hector Veloz RBI single, but reliever Corey Walter allowed just one hit with one walk and one strikeout in the fifth and sixth innings to keep Vermont in the lead.

Koby Gauna gave up a leadoff single in the seventh, but got Oswill Lartiguez to ground into a 6-4-3 double play and struckout Federico Castagnini to record his eighth save in eight save opportunities this season. The win was the third in four games for Vermont (26-34), which is now 9-4 in the month of August.

The Ironbirds took the opener behind four hitless innings of relief with seven strikeouts from Luc Rennie (2-1). Both teams scored early and often as Vermont took a 3-1 lead in the second on a Seong-min Kim two-run homer and then, after Aberdeen scored four runs in the third, John Nogowski had a two-run single in the bottom of the third for a 6-5 Lake Monsters lead. The Ironbirds tied the game in the fourth, then scored three runs in the fifth to build a 9-6 lead.

Riley Palmer was 3-for-5 with one run and one RBI, while Alex Murphy 2-for-3 with two runs, one double and one RBI for Aberdeen (21-37) in the opener. Brizuela went a combined 4-for-5 with with two doubles and four RBI in the twinbill for the Lake Monsters, who have now won five straight series by taking two-of-the-three games in the series.

The game took two hours and 57 minutes to play, making it the longest seven-inning game in Lake Monsters history (previous record was 2:42 at Connecticut on July 22, 2010). The 17 combined runs in the opener also tied a Centennial Field record for runs scored in a seven-inning game (tying a New Jersey 11-6 win over Vermont on June 29, 1999).

Vermont continues the homestand on Friday as they open a three-game series with the Brooklyn Cyclones starting at 7:05 pm. The first 1,500 students to the game will receive a free Lake Monsters pencil pouch courtesy of Heritage and the H-Team.

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