NYPL Vermont Lake Monsters

Vermont Falls 7-2 To Staten Island

Published on June 26, 2016 under New York-Penn League (NYPL)
Vermont Lake Monsters News Release


BURLINGTON, VT - Reliever Kolton Mahoney tossed five scoreless innings, Kane Sweeney went 3-for-5 and Ricardo Ferreira hit a solo homer to lead the Staten Isand Yankees to a 7-2 New York-Penn League victory over the Vermont Lake Monsters Sunday evening at historic Centennial Field.

Vermont got on the board in the first on back-to-back singles followed by a sacrifice fly from Miguel Mercedes, who gave the Lake Monsters a 2-1 lead in the third with a two-out RBI single to center. Mercedes was 2-for-3 on the day and is 5-for-6 in the series to raise his batting average to .342 overall.

The Yankees got single runs in the fourth and fifth innings to take a 3-2 lead, then scored three times in the eighth to open up a 6-2 advantage. After Drew Bridges had a two-out RBI single in the fifth to give Staten Island the lead, Ferreira led off the seventh with his first home run of the season just inside the rightfield foul pole. The Yankees added two more runs in the inning as they put together four straight singles after the home run.

Mahoney (1-0) allowed just four hits with no walks and six strikeouts over his five innings for the win in relief of starter Austin DeCarr, who was charged with two runs on six hits over the first four innings. Ferreira scored three runs to go along with his homer, while Dalton Blaser had two RBI for Staten Island (8-2).

Luis Barrera was 2-for-4 with a run scored for Vermont to extend his hitting streak to nine games and is now hitting .350 overall in his 10 games played. Eric Marinez was 2-for-4 and Jhonny Rodriguez went 0-for-3 with a walk to snap his eight-game hit streak. Starter Xavier Altamirano allowed two runs (one earned) on four hits over four innings, while reliever Jesus Zambrano (0-1) four runs on seven hits over three innings to take the loss.

After splitting the first two games, the Lake Monsters and Yankees will wrap up the series on Monday night starting at 7:05 pm. The first 500 fans to Monday's game will receive a free Plastic Replica Bat courtesy of Able Paint & Glass and Flooring.

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