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Vermont Drops 6-2 Contest To Upper Valley

July 17, 2019 - New England Collegiate Baseball League (NECBL)
Vermont Mountaineers News Release


MONTPELIER, Vt. - The battle for the Governor's Cup was in full affect at Montpelier Recreation Field but the Upper Valley Nighthawks took the season series with a 6-2 victory over the Vermont Mountaineers on Wednesday night in New England Collegiate Baseball League action.

The Mountaineers lit up the scoreboard early with a run in the bottom of the first by Austin Gauthier (Lorton, Va. / Hofstra University) who reached on an error. He came around to score on a shallow sacrifice fly to second off the bat of Cam Climo (Billerica, Mass. / University of Massachusetts Lowell). However, Upper Valley answered in the top of the second with a solo home run by Brian Moore. The Nighthawks built a 3-1 edge in the third inning. A pair of back-to-back doubles gave them the lead, before a wild pitch scored Gehrig Anglin.

Vermont's Tyler Thorington (Woodhaven, Mich. / Western Michigan University) settled down and got out of a key bases loaded jam in the fifth inning.

Right handed Nicolas Luc (Farmingdale, Ny. / Adelphi University) came in relief in the sixth frame, shutting down the Nighthawks in order. He stranded a pair of runners in the seventh, but gave up a solo shot in the eighth to Anthony Quirion, which gave the Nighthawks a 4-1 lead.

Steven Acosta (West New York, Nj. / Rutgers University) came in to relieve Luc and gave of a pair of back-to-back one-out doubles that extended Upper Valley's lead. A two-out double by David Marcano made it 6-1 in favor of the visitors, before a fly out ended the inning.

Vermont looked to rally with two outs in the home half of the eighth. Gauthier walked to start the inning, before stealing second. He swiped third, before Upper Valley's catcher sent a ball into left field, allowing him to score, making it 6-2 in favor of the Nighthawks. Vermont loaded the bases to try and tie the game at six, but a called third strike ended the frame.

Left-handed side arm pitcher, Nathaniel Young (Stevens, Pa. / George Mason University) allowed one walk and retired two batters to close the ninth inning. However, Vermont went down in order in the bottom of the inning to end the game.

Upper Valley's Skylar Pichardo kept the Mountaineers at bay to get the win. He went five innings with six strikeouts and allowed one run. Thorington suffered the loss for Vermont, allowing three runs on four hits in five innings of work.

The Vermont Mountaineers fall to a 19-14 record and hope to improve during their four-game road trip to a few of the Southern Division teams. Kicking off the trip will be a game against the Martha's Vineyard Sharks on Thursday, July 18th with first pitch at 7:00 p.m. You can follow all of the action on the NECBL Broadcast Network.

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