VT Mountaineers fall to Keene

Published on June 26, 2014 under New England Collegiate Baseball League (NECBL)
Vermont Mountaineers News Release


Keene, N.H. - The Vermont Mountaineers fell to the Keene Swamp Bats 6-5 at Alumni Field in New England Collegiate Baseball League (NECBL) action on Thursday night. With the loss, Vermont falls to 9-6 on the season.

The Mountaineers led from the first inning until the bottom of the eighth, when they saw their 5-2 lead evaporate. Keene third baseman, Patrick McGrath (Washington State) led off the inning with a single. Number nine batter and catcher Connor Fitzsimons (Central Connecticut State) reached after being hit by a pitch from Vermont reliever Dalton Goss (Alabama-Huntsville) to set up first and second with no outs. Two batters later, Brady Sheetz (Hartford) walked to load the bases with two outs. Manager Joe Brown (Cortland) called on Sam Spencer (Castleton) in place of Goss. The reliever got the first batter he faced, Zach Lauricella (St. John's), to pop up behind home plate. Mountaineers' catcher Josh Treff (Northeastern) could not come up with a tough catch to retire the side. Lauricella laced an RBI single to center cut the deficit to 5-3, before Jared Mederos (St. John's) hit a two RBI double to left field to tie the game at five. Lauricella moved up to third base, representing the go ahead run. Lauricella scored on a passed ball to give Keene a 6-5 lead, one they would go on to hold.

Vermont scored its runs in the first, third, seventh and eighth, with Chandler Brock (Alabama-Huntsville leading the offense with three hits. Brock also hit his first homerun as a Mountaineer in the seventh inning. He finished the night with two RBIs and three runs scored.

Ben Criscuolo (Southern New Hampshire) earned the win in an inning and one-third of relief to move to 1-0 on the summer. He allowed no runs, no hits, no walks and struck out four.

Spencer took the loss for Vermont, and is now 1-3 on the season. Spencer threw two-thirds of an inning and gave up one unearned run on two hits and no walks. He struck out one.

The Mountaineers return to action Friday night, when they take on the Sanford Mainers in NECBL play. The first pitch is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. at Recreation Field. The game can be heard locally on CBS Sports 1240 WSKI and online at thevermontmountaineers.com.

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