Vermont Tops Sanford in Decisive Third Game, Advances to Championship Series
August 5, 2022 - New England Collegiate Baseball League (NECBL) News Release
The #1 seed Vermont Mountaineers defeated the #6 seed Sanford Mainers 8-4 in the deciding third game of the NECBL semifinals series on Thursday evening at Montpelier Recreation Field. Vermont clinches the series 2-1 and will advance to face the Martha's Vineyard Sharks in the NECBL Championship Series, beginning tonight in Montpelier.
Vermont Mountaineers 8 - Sanford Mainers 4
W - Jarrett Corson 1-0 (Claremont McKenna): 4.2 IP, 6 H, 0 ER (1 R), 1 BB, 4 K
L - Zachary Rodgers 0-1 (Umass Lowell): 3.2 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 5 BB, 5 K
S - Luke Carpenter 1 (Dartmouth): 0.1 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
Montpelier Recreation Field in Montpelier Vt. - The Vermont Mountaineers took game three of the semifinal series against the sixth seeded Sanford Mainers and Vermont will now head to the championship series to play for the title.
Tom Ruscitti (Farleigh Dickinson) hit a two-out grand slam in the bottom of the eighth to add insurance to a 4-3 Vermont lead.
The teams traded runs several times in the early innings. Vermont scored first when right fielder Nic Notarangelo (Endicott) drove shortstop Tyler Cox (Dartmouth) home for a 1-0 lead after the first. The Mainers quickly responded in the second inning with a home run by third baseman Devan Bade (Binghamton) but Vermont regained the lead with Cox again singling to get center fielder Tyler Wells (New Haven) home to make it 2-1.
Sanford got a run once again in the third with back-to-back wild pitches scoring left fielder Jayson Kramer (St John's) to tie the game 2-2. In the next inning, the Mainers took their first lead with a single from catcher Adam Dapkewicz (Georgetown), but Vermont answered with two more to take the lead. Third baseman Shane Lussier (Wofford) scored on an error and designated hitter Matthew Venuto (Fairfield) smacked a base hit to bring in Notarangelo for a 4-3 score.
Ruscitti's grand slam gave the home team some breathing room, and they were able to close out the win, despite an RBI single by Quinn McDaniel (Maine Orono) in the ninth for the Mainers.
The Mountaineer's host the fourth seeded Martha's Vineyard Sharks today, August 5, for the first game of the championship series. First pitch is set for 6:30 PM in Montpelier. Game two is Saturday night at the Shark Tank, and if necessary, the rubber match to decide the championship would be Sunday back at Vermont.
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