7-3-2013 Game Results

LAKE MONSTERS RELEASE

New York-Penn League Affiliate of the Oakland Athletics

SINGLE RUNS IN 8th AND 9th GIVE VERMONT 2-1 WIN WEDNESDAY

Chad Pinder tied game with solo homer in 8th, then Wilfredo Solano game-ending RBI single in 9th

Gregory Paulino 4 scoreless innings of relief for win ... Vermont (7-9) return home July 7-9

Boxscore

BURLINGTON, VT --- Chad Pinder tied the game with a leadoff home run in the bottom of the eighth inning and Wilfredo Solano ended it with an RBI single in the bottom of the ninth as the Vermont Lake Monsters beat Tri-City 2-1 on Wednesday afternoon to take two-of-three in the New York-Penn League series against the division-leading ValleyCats.

The game was delayed 48 minutes at the start due to rain and stayed scoreless until the fourth when Michael Martinez homered off Tyler Johnson, who started the game in place of Gregory Paulino because of the delay. Johnson would allow just one other hit, a two-out single in the first, over four innings of work and reliever Trevor Bayless tossed a scoreless fifth.

Tri-City starter Zach Morton allowed just one hit, a leadoff single to Boog Powell in the fourth, over his four innings and reliever Randall Fant just a B.J. Boyd infield single in the seventh in his first three innings before he gave up the game-tying home run to Pinder. 

Powell led off the ninth with a walk from ValleyCat reliever Albert Minnis and advanced to third when Boyd grounded a single just off the glove of first baseman Conrad Gregor. Solano fouled off a couple of bunt attempts before lining a 2-2 pitch from Minnis up the leftcenter field gap for the game-ending base hit.

Paulino (1-2) came on in the fifth inning in relief of Bayless and gave up just two hits with a walk and a strikeout in four scoreless innings to earn his first win of the season. Boyd had two of Vermont's six hits in the game and increased his league-leading average to .414 overall. Each of the three games in the series, including Tuesday night's doubleheader split, ended with identical 2-1 scores.

Wednesday's game also saw the Lake Monsters debut of Ryan Huck (0-for-3), a 27th-round pick out of Western Kentucky University by the Oakland Athletics. A 2013 first-team All-Sun Belt Conference selection after hitting .367 with 16 doubles and 16 homers in 53 games, Huck joins Vermont after hitting .475 (19-for-40) with 7 doubles and two homers in 10 games for the Arizona League Athletics.

Vermont (7-9) heads out on the road for a three-game series at Connecticut before returning to Centennial Field for a three-game series against the Hudson Valley Renegades beginning on Sunday at 5:05 pm.

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7-1-2013 Rain Out

        LAKE MONSTERS RELEASE

New York-Penn League Affiliate of the Oakland Athletics

For Immediate Release - July 1, 2013          Contact: Paul Stanfield (802) 363-8586

MONDAY'S LAKE MONSTERS GAME VS. TRI-CITY RAINED OUT

Game Will Be Made Up As Part Of A Doubleheader At Centennial Field On Tuesday, July 2nd

BURLINGTON, VT --- The New York-Penn League game schedule for Monday night at historic Centennial Field between the Vermont Lake Monsters and Tri-City ValleyCats has been postponed due to rain. The game will be made up as part of a doubleheader on Tuesday, July 2nd at Centennial beginning at 6:05 pm.

This is Vermont's second straight home game to be postponed due to rain. The Lake Monsters and Lowell Spinners had their game scheduled for June 25th postponed by a heavy thunderstorm one night after Lowell beat Vermont 1-0 in a game shortened to six innings due to rain.

Fans with tickets for Monday's game can exchange that ticket at the Lake Monsters box office for a ticket to any future 2013 regular-season game at Centennial Field. 

After the doubleheader Tuesday, the Lake Monsters and ValleyCats will wrap up Vermont's quick three-game homestand with a 1:05 pm game on Wednesday. (That is weather permitting of course).

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6-30-13 Game Results

LAKE MONSTERS RELEASE

New York-Penn League Affiliate of the Oakland Athletics

VERMONT DOUBLES ITS WAY TO 13-4 VICTORY AT LOWELL ON SUNDAY

Lake Monsters 13 runs on 17 hits, including a team-record 7 doubles ... BJ Boyd 4-for-5, 2 runs, double, RBI

Boog Powell 3-for-5, triple, 3 RBI ... Most hits since August 30, 2010 ... Home Monday vs. Tri-City 7:05 pm

Boxscore

LOWELL, MA --- The Lake Monsters struggling offense broke out in a big way on Sunday afternoon as Vermont scored 13 runs on 17 hits, including a team-record seven doubles, in a 13-4 New York-Penn League victory over the Lowell Spinners at LeLecheur Park.

Vermont, which had scored just one run in each of its previous three games, scored four runs in the top of the first inning with two outs. After fouling out three straight 2-2 pitches, Jaycob Brugman grounded a single to center to score B.J. Boyd with the first run of the game. Wilfredo Solano, playing in his first game on a rehab assigment from Single-A Beloit, followed with a two-run double and Luis Baez plated Solano with another RBI double for the quick 4-0 lead.

The Lake Monsters added two more runs in the second on a Chad Pinder sacrifice fly and throwing error, then another three runs in the fourth on a couple of run-scoring throwing errors and a Boyd RBI double for a 9-0 lead. Chris Wolfe and Boog Powell had RBI singles in the seventh, while Josh Miller an RBI double and Powell an RBI triple in the ninth inning to close out the scoring barrage for Vermont.

The seven doubles broke the team record of six two-baggers, which had been done on nine different occasions previously. The 13 runs were the most for the Lake Monsters in a road win since another 13-4 win at Lowell on August 1, 2010 and the 17 hits were the most in a game for Vermont since 17 at Aberdeen on August 30, 2010.

Boyd had hits in each of his first four at bats before a strikeout and walk in his final two plate appearances Sunday. The 19-year-old fourth-round pick in the 2012 draft has now hit safely in 11 of his 13 game played and is hitting .396 (19-for-48) on the season. Powell was 3-for-5 with two runs, a triple and two RBI, while Solano and Xavier Macklin both had a pair of doubles for Vermont

Lake Monsters starter Kyle Finnegan allowed just one hit (an infield single) with a walk and strikeout over the first three innings, while Matt Stalcup (1-1) pne hit with two walks and two strikeouts over 2 2/3 innings of relief for the win. Lowell starter Mario Alcantara (2-1), who had allowed just four hits in 10 scoreless innings in his first two starts (including two hits over five innings vs. Vermont June 24th at Centennial) was roughed up Sunday for nine runs (seven earned) on nine hits in four innings to take the loss.

Vermont (5-8), which won two of five games on the roadtrip, returns home to historic Centennial Field to begin a brief three-game homestand against the Stedler Division-leading Tri-City ValleyCats on Monday beginning at 7:05 pm. The series continues Tuesday at 7:05 pm and concludes with a special 1:05 pm starton Wednesday afternoon.

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