NYPL Vermont Lake Monsters

Vermont Powers Its Way To 1-0 Shutout Win Over Brooklyn

August 1, 2011 - New York-Penn League (NYPL)
Vermont Lake Monsters News Release


BURLINGTON, VT --- Vermont starter Brent Powers tossed six scoreless innings as three pitchers combined on a five-hit shutout as the Lake Monsters defeated the Brooklyn Cyclones 1-0 in New York-Penn League action Monday night at historic Centennial Field.

Powers (2-2) allowed five hits with three walks and four strikeouts over his six scoreless innings for his second win in as many starts. The left-hander out of Sam Houston State has not allowed a run over his last 11 innings to lower his ERA from 5.74 down to 4.06 overall.

Reliever Jeiler Castillo struckout two in his two hitless innings, while Jeff Urlaub struckout two in the ninth inning for his fourth save of the season. The shutout was the first of the season for the Lake Monsters and Vermont's first shutout since a 7-0 win over Staten Island on July 17, 2010. It was also the Lake Monsters first 1-0 victory since beating Aberdeen August 27, 2009.

Vermont manufactured the only run of the game in the third inning as Aaron Shipman led off with a single to left, advanced to second on a Chad Oberacker walk and moved to third on a Chih-Fang Pan groundout before scoring on a Chad Lewis RBI groundout to short.

 

Starter Jeff Walters (2-4) gave up a run on seven hits over 4 2/3 innings for Brooklyn (24-20), while Charley Thurber had two of the Cyclones five hits. Pan and Jordan Tripp both had two hits for Vermont (23-20), which took three of four from Brooklyn in the series and went 5-1 against the Cyclones in the season series.

The homestand continues for the Lake Monsters as Vermont hosts the State College Spikes on 101.3 ESPN night on Tuesday starting at 7:05 pm in the first of a three-game series. The Lake Monsters and Spikes also play Wednesday at 7:05 pm before wrapping up the homestand on Thursday with a special 11:05 am start.

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