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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
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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