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Vermont Drops Season Series Finale to Sanford on Friday

July 28, 2023 - New England Collegiate Baseball League (NECBL)
Vermont Mountaineers News Release


MONTPELIER, Vt. - The Vermont Mountaineers dropped their third-straight game with a 15-4 loss to the Sanford Mainers on Friday night at Montpelier Recreation Field. It was a key North Division battle with 2023 NECBL postseason seeding on the line.

The Mountaineers, who now have a one game lead in the North Division over the Mainers, fall to 24-15-1. The Mainers, who won the season-series with tonight's victory with the fourth straight game against Vermont, improved to 24-17.

Vermont scored in the first inning after a quick frame for starter Max Chapman. Marshall Toole reached on an error and moved to third on a one-out single by Nate Stocum. George Rosales blooped a double down the right field line to make it 1-0. Mainers' starter Ryan Dee stranded two runners in scoring position with his third strikeout of the inning.

That helped Sanford blow the game wide open as they took a commanding lead in the second. Calvin Hewett led off with a double to left center and advanced to third on a wild pitch. He came across home on a ground out to Tyler Cox at first base. A walk and a single continued the one-out rally for Sanford. A triple to the right centerfield gap by Simmi Whitehill gave the visitors a 3-1 lead. An error by the third baseman made it 4-1 and a two-out triple by Matthew Polk made it 5-1, chasing Chapman as Vermont brought in reliever Maxwell Brulport. The Mainers offense piled on six more runs for an 11-1 lead, capped by a Devan Bade three-run blast.

Another four runs came across in the third, with Jeremiah Jenkins hitting a three-run blast, to take a 15-1 lead. After two straight innings of shutout baseball for the Mountaineers offense, Rosales picked up his second RBI of the contest with a solo blast in the fourth.

The Mountaineers tacked on two more runs in the seventh with two outs. A single by newcomer Tyler Wells and advanced on a double by Santino Rosso, Stocum drove them both in with a two-out double to make it 15-4.

Ryan picked up the win for Sanford in relief to pick up his first win of the summer. He went four innings, allowed three runs and had two strikeouts. Chapman suffered the loss as he went 1.2 innings, allowing six runs (four earned) on five hits and a walk. Four position players, including Rosso, Nathan Waugh, Connor Bersch, and Andre Martinez pitched five scoreless and hitless innings in relief, allowing one walk and had two strikeouts.

The Mountaineers return to the field tomorrow to take on the Upper Valley Nighthawks in a doubleheader. Game one is set for 3:30 p.m. It is games six and seven of the Governor's Cup Series as Vermont trails 3-2. The co-sponsors are North Star Fireworks and Fidium Fiber Internet. There will be postgame fireworks after the second game. You can follow all the action on the NECBL Broadcast Network here.

For continuing coverage of the Vermont Mountaineers, bookmark thevermontmountaineers.com and follow the Mountaineers on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and on TikTok.

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