Game 1 boxscore
Game 2 boxscore

BURLINGTON, VT — Robbie Lee set a new Lake Monsters Futures League-era record with 12 strikeouts in Vermont’s 7-2 victory in completion of suspended game from June 20th before the Lake Monsters scored single runs in each of the first three innings of the nightcap for a 3-2 win over the FCBL Road Warriors Sunday afternoon at historic Centennial Field 

Back on June 20th, Lee (Denison) allowed one run on 3 hits with a walk and three strikeouts over the first two innings before the game was suspended by rain. Then Sunday Lee picked up where he left off, pitching from the third inning into the eighth and striking out nine more batters to finish with 12 punchouts.. 

Vermont led 3-1 after two innings when the game was suspended on June 20th and led 3-2 on Sunday when they scored three runs in the bottom of the fifth on four hits, including a Jacob Miller (Jacksonville) RBI double and Jesse McCullough (Tufts) RBI single around an Owen McKiernan (Tufts) sacrifice fly. Chone James (Virginia), who had RBI single in second inning on June 20th, added a sac fly in the seventh for 7-2 advantage

Leadoff walks in each of the first three innings of game two led to Vermont’s runs. Tyler Favretto (Kansas Wesleyan) walked to lead off the first and scored on a two-out balk, while Jackson Sirois (Virginia) scored on Jack Rickheim (Harvard) RBI single in second and McKiernan added an RBI single in the third. 

Hayden Mutz (AIC) allowed one run on three hits with a walk and four strikeouts over the first four innings of seven-inning game two, while Sean Gamble (Minnesota State) tossed a 1-2-3 seventh-inning for his league-leading seventh save. 

MONSTER PERFORMANCES

• Lee (G1 W) 7.2 IP, 8 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 4 BB, 12 SO
• Mutz (G2 W) 4 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 4 SO
• Tommy Googins (Princeton) 3-for–5, R in game 1

MONSTER HIGHLIGHTS 

• Lee’s 12 strikeouts for full game are 1 more than the 11 K’s that Wyatt Cameron (Central Connecticut) had
  for the Lake Monsters on July 18th 
• James went 0-for-3 in game 2 to snap his Vermont season-best 10-game hitting streak
• With two walks in game 2, Favretto passed the century mark in free passes (101 walks, 98 base hits)
• Mark Quatrani (Cornell) had a 2-run single in 1st inning on June 20th, which is now official to give him
  a league-high 31 RBI

BEYOND BOXSCORE 

• Lake Monsters are now 6-4 in 1-run games and 20-7 when scoring first
• Gamble now in solo possession of 2nd place on Lake Monsters FCBL-era career save list with 12 saves
  (passing George Goldstein and 2nd behind Cameron’s 17)
• Vermont (26-19) currently 4th in FCBL standings with 20-6 record vs. 4 teams below in standings and
  combined 6-13 vs. top 3 teams (Norwich, Westfield, New Britain)
• Including the attendance from the June 20th suspended game, official attendance on Sunday was 2,461
  to push season total to 68,758 (average of 2,456)
• After Tuesday’s FCBL All-Star Game, Vermont will play 5 straight vs. 1st-place Norwich, including the first
  3 at Centennial Wednesday-Friday.

Next Game: Wednesday, 6:35pm vs. Norwich
Broadcast Info: Streaming on FCBLnetwork.com