Vermont Lake Monsters

Vermont Falls 7-3 To Westfield Friday

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BURLINGTON, VT  – The Westfield Starfires scored four times in the fifth inning for a 6-0 advantage and held Vermont to a season-low in runs in a 7-3 victory over the Lake Monsters in Futures League action Friday night on Delta Dental Diamond at Centennial Field. 

Vermont starter Keller Vogt (Colby) retired nine of the first 10 batters faced before allowing a two-run single in the top of the fourth. Westfield broke the game open in the four-run fifth inning that was capped on a three-run homer by Will Briggs (his league-leading third of the year).

Lake Monsters got two runs back quickly in the bottom of the fifth on an Elias Huber (Arizona Western) two-run homer before cutting the deficit to 6-3 in the sixth on a Huber RBI single. The Starfires added an unearned run in the eighth, then ended both the eighth and ninth innings with line drive double plays.

MONSTER PERFORMANCES
*  Huber 2-for-4, R, HR, 3 RBI
* Vogt (L) 4 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 5 SO
* Declan Musselman (Hood) 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 3 SO

BEYOND THE BOXSCORE 
* 1st Westfield win over Vermont since August 1, 2024 (Lake Monsters 12-0 vs. Starfires in 2025)
* James Henshon (Tufts) 1-for-4, Travis Stroh (Fairleigh Dickinson and Tyler Wiltsey (Rutgers) both 0-for-3 in 2026 Vermont debuts 
* Vermont held to season-low 7 base hits and held to less than 6 runs for the first time this season
* Kevin Rusinak (Quinnipiac) 1 walk and 1 strikeout in scoreless top of 9th inning

UPCOMING 
Next Game: Saturday vs. Westfield, 6:05pm
Promotion: Educator Appreciation Night
Broadcast: FCBLnetwork.com (stream), WJOY 1230am (radio)