NASHUA, NH — Shaun McMillan hit a two-run homer in first, Sam Cavossa went 4-for-5 and John Delgado earned his fourth win of the season with six strong innings as the Vermont Lake Monsters defeated the Nashua Silver Nights in Futures League action Thursday night at Holman Stadium.
Cavossa (Saint Michael’s), who raised his league-leading average from .373 to .390 with the four hits, led off the game with a double and scored on a Nolan Colby (Fairfield) RBI single. McMillan (St. John’s) followed by smashing a 2-1 pitch over the left field wall for a 3-0 Vermont lead.
Delgado (Stevenson) retired the first 10 Nashua batters before a one-out single in the fourth followed by a two-out RBI single before the Silver Knights added an unearned run off Delgado in the sixth. Vermont loaded the bases in the seventh on a single, walk and single before a Tommy Popoff (Binghamton) sacrifice fly and Cavossa RBI single for 5-2 advantage.
Nashua cut the lead back to one with two unearned runs off Luke Pearre (Rhode Island), who was making his Lake Monsters debut. After Pearre recorded a strikeout to open the bottom of eighth, Zach Davis (Bryant) worked around a one-out walk in to finish off the inning and Sean Gamble (Bethany Lutheran) two strikeouts in a 1-2-3 ninth to earn his fourth save.
MONSTER PERFORMANCES
* Cavossa 4-for-5, R, 2B, RBI
* Delgado (W) 6 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 4 SO
* McMillan 1-for-5, R, HR, 2 RBI
BEYOND THE BOXSCORE
* Cavossa (4-for-23 previous 5 games), went 4-for-5 Thursday for his 4th 4-hit game of season
* In addition to increasing league-lead average to .390, Cavossa remains tied for FCBL lead with 30 runs
* Cavossa leads FCBL with 48 hits (two shy of Vermont FCBL-era record 50 set by Jimmy Evans in 2022)
* McMillan league-leading 8th home run and tied Vermont FCBL-ERA career record (8 HR by Brian Schaub 2021-22), while setting a new Vermont FCBL all-time season record with 76 total bases
* The 2-run homer also increased McMillan’’s league-lead in RBI to 36 (6 shy of team record 42 byJimmy Evans in 2022)
* Delgado now leads the Futures League with 1.03 ERA, 35 innings pitched and 41 strikeouts
* Gamble, tied for 2nd in FCBL with 4 saves, now has 16 career saves (just 1 behind Wyatt Cameron record 17)
* Vermont (24-14) is now 4 games in front of Nashua (20-18) for 2nd-place in FCBL standings behind Worcester (26-10)
Next Game: Friday vs. Norwich, 6:35pm
Promotion: Vermont Maple Kings Night!
Broadcast: FCBLnetwork.com (stream), WYCI-TV