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Vermont Takes Series Lead After 8-3 Game One Win over Sanford

August 2, 2022 - New England Collegiate Baseball League (NECBL)
Vermont Mountaineers News Release


Matt Venuto of the Vermont Mountaineers
Matt Venuto of the Vermont Mountaineers
(Vermont Mountaineers)

MONTPELIER, Vt. - The Vermont Mountaineers picked up the series opening win of the First Round in the New England Collegiate Baseball League contest against the Sanford Mainers. The Mountaineers scored six runs in the second inning en route to a 8-3 victory on Tuesday night in front of a packed crowd at Montpelier Recreation Field

Vermont, which is the No. 1 seed in the postseason, will look to clinch the series tomorrow against the No. 6 seed Mainers at Goodall Park at 6:30 p.m. You can follow all the action on the NECBL Broadcast Network.

After starter Aaron Dona escaped two jams in the first two innings, Vermont's offense came alive for six runs in the home half of the second. Matthew Venuto returned to the team in style, blasting a solo shot to deep right field to give the Mountaineers a 1-0 lead. Sanford starter then hit two of the next three batters in Tom Ruscitti and Cameron Gill with one away. A walk to Anthony DeFabbia loaded the bases, before Tyler Cox lifted a sacrifice fly to deep right, scoring Ruscitti and putting the other runners on the corners. Gill scored on a ball four wild pitch to Nic Notarangelo, before Santino Rosso drove in DeFabbia. A double steal plated Notarangelo before Mark Trotta plated Rosso on a two-out double.

Sanford got two runs back on a leadoff double and two errors that scored Calvin Hewett, before Jake Rainess hit a solo shot to make it 6-2. The Mountaineers responded with two runs in the third on a two-run single by DeFabbia that scored Ruscitti and Tyler Wells, both who reached on back-to-back singles to start the frame.

Dona pitched two and a third more innings of shutout baseball before turning the game over to Luke Carpenter with one out in the sixth. Carpenter worked around a two-out walk to get the final batter of the inning to ground out to third.

The Mainers tacked on a run in the eighth but James McDowell retired the next six batters, including four strikeouts to end the game. Dona earned the win, striking out five batters in five and a third innings pitched. Carpenter went one and a third innings. Matthew Sapienza suffered the loss for the Mainers after going just one and two thirds innings, allowing six runs on three hits, two walks and hitting two batters.




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