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Vermont Falls 5-1 To Mahoning Valley

August 17, 2011 - New York-Penn League (NYPL)
Vermont Lake Monsters News Release


BURLINGTON, VT --- Tony Wolters snapped a 1-1 tie with an RBI single in the top of the seventh inning and the Mahoning Valley Scrappers added three insurance runs in the eighth for a 5-1 victory over the Vermont Lake Monsters in New York-Penn League action Wednesday night at historic Centennial Field.

Vermont, which scored just one run in a game for the 12th time this season, got its lone run in the third inning as Dusty Robinson walked with one out, stole second base and advanced to third on a throwing error by catcher Alex Lavisky before scoring an unearned run on a Sean Jamieson RBI groundout.

Lake Monster starter Seth Frankoff held the Scrappers off the scoreboard until the sixth when a out-out walk and two infield singles, including a Cody Elliott two-out RBI infield single to third, tied the game 1-1. J.C Menna took over for for Frankoff in the seventh allowing a leadoff single to Jerrud Sabourin, who scored on the Wolters single. 

Mahoning Valley (33-24) scored its three runs in the eighth after there were two outs and no one on as a single and two walks preceded a Bryson Myles two-run single for a 4-1 lead. The Scrappers fifth run also scored on the single as rightfielder Bobby Crocker's throw home got away from Nick Rickles allowing Aaron Siliga to score.

Frankoff allowed one run on three hits over six innings, but also gave up five of Vermont's season-high nine walks. Menna (2-6) was charged with three runs in 1 2/3 innings for the loss, while Scrapper reliever Drew Rucinski (2-0) tossed 1 1/3 scoreless innings for the win as three Mahoning Valley relievers combined to allow just two hits in 4 1/3 shutout frames.

The loss snapped a three-game winning streak for Vermont (28-28), which hosts Mahoning Valley in the second of the three-game series on Thursday night at 7:05 pm. It is Comcast Family Night at Centennial and "Kids Eat Free" Thursday for the first 500 kids.

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