NEW BRITAIN, CT — Colin Crowley went 4-for-4 with a pair of RBI to lead the New Britain Bees to a 9-4 victory over the Vermont Lake Monsters in Futures League action Wednesday afternoon at New Britain Stadium.
Vermont had taken a 2-1 advantage in the second inning on a two-run double from Nolan Colby (Fairfield), who finished 3-for-5, but the Bees retook the lead in the bottom of the second with a two-run double of their own.
A three-run double from Julius Rosado and an RBI single from Colin Crowley increased the New Britain lead to 7-2 in the fourth. Vermont got single runs in both the sixth and seventh innings on RBI singles from Nick Frontino (Mississippi State) who went 3-for-6 as he and Colby combined to go 6-for-11 at the top of the Lake Monsters lineup
The loss snaps a four-game road winning streak for the Lake Monsters and drops Vermont to 23-14 overall heading into final game of roadtrip Thursday at Nashua.
MONSTER PERFORMANCES
* Colby 3-for-5, BB, 2B, 2 RBI
* Frontino 3-for-6, 2 RBI
* Bryce DiPiero (Central Connecticut) 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 SO
BEYOND THE BOXSCORE
* Lake Monsters are now 8-2 this season in day games
* Vermont had 9 hits and 9 walks, but went just 3-for-16 with runners in scoring position (16 LOB)
* 3 of the top 6 FCBL batters by average (Sam Cavossa, Shaun McMillan, Bryan Richman) did not start for the Lake Monsters
* Frontino has hit safely in 6 straight starts (12-for-26, .462) and 9 of 10 games since joining Vermont
* Hunter Kingsbury (Bryant) has hit safely in 8 straight starts (12-for-32, .375)
* Starter Romel Roca (AIC) allowed team season-high 7 runs on 8 hits over the first 4 innings
Next Game: Thursday at Nashua, 6:00pm (FCBLnetwork.com)
Next Home Game: Friday vs. Norwich, 6:35pm