BURLINGTON, VT — The Lake Monsters five-game winning streak came to an end Tuesday night as the Nashua Silver Knights jumped out to a 10-run lead and went on to beat Vermont 11-6 in Futures League action on the Delta Dental Diamond at historic Centennial Field.
Nashua scored runs in each of the first three innings to take a 4-1 lead, then added two runs in the sixth and five runs in the seventh for an 11-1 lead. The Lake Monsters were able to stave off a 10-run “mercy rule” loss by scoring in a run in the bottom of the seventh when Jeremy Sosa (Manhattan) led off the inning with a triple and scored with two outs on an RBI fielder’s choice from Sam Cavossa (Saint Michael’s).
Vermont added a pair of runs in both the eight and ninth innings, including a solo homer from Shuan McMillan (St. John’s) high off the videoboard in left-centerfield. It was McMillan’s second home run of the season and he has now hit safely in all seven games with the Lake Monsters (13-for-30).
Lake Monsters will host Nashua again on Wednesday night with the game being simulcast WJOY 1230am, marking Vermont’s first game broadcast on local radio since during its 2014 New York-Penn League season.
MONSTER PERFORMANCES
* McMillan 2-for-5, R, HR, 2 RBI
* Leandro Guevara (AIC) 3-for-5, R, 2B
* Nate Fletcher (Rhode Island) 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 SO
BEYOND THE BOXSCORE
* Fletcher retired all 6 batters he faced (4th and 5th innings) in his Lake Monsters debut
* Nolan Colby (Fairfield) went 0-for-1 with 2 BB, HBP and a run scored in his Vermont debut
* Also pitching 1st game for Lake Monsters was Bryce DiPiero (Central Connecticut), who allowed 2 runs (1 ER), 1 hit, 2 walks in 1 inning of work (6th inning)
* Cavossa went 2-for-4 with HBP, 2 runs and an RBI to raise average to .438 (21-for-48), 2nd in the FCBL behind Nashua’s Ernie Little (.556), who was 3-for-5, BB, 2 R, 1 RBI in the victory.
* Tufts pitchers Jack McLaughlin (1 H, 2 SO in 8th) and Emmet Christian (1 H, 3 SO in 9th) both had a scoreless IP
Next Game: Wednesday vs. Nashua, 6:35pm
(Game streaming on fcblnetwork.com and broadcast on WJOY 1230am)