NASHUA, NH — Leandro Guevara went 2-for-5 including a three-run homer and four Lake Monster pitchers combined to allow just two hits as the Vermont Lake Monsters earned their seventh straight win with an 8-3 Futures League victory over the Nashua Silver Knights Thursday night at Holman Field.
Leading 1-0 in the third, Shaun McMillan (St. Johns) and Hunter Kingsbury (Bryant) led off the inning with back-to-back singles before Guevara (AIC) drilled a 1-1 pitch over the fence in left-center to give the Lake Monsters a 4-0 lead.
Kingsbury had collected the first of his three hits on the night in the first with an RBI single scoring Nolan Colby (Fairfield), who had an RBI single of his own in the sixth to score Nick Frontino (Mississippi State), who plated Guevara with a sacrifice fly in the seventh for a 7-1 advantage.
Aidan Botti (Pomona Pitzer) and Sam Cavossa (Saint Michael’s) led off the eighth with back-to-back RBI singles for 8-1 lead. Starter Romel Roca (AIC) allowed just one hit, a leadoff homer in the fourth inning, with three walks and four strikeouts over 4 innings, while Bryce DiPiero (Central Connecticut) and Emmet Christian (Tufts) both tossed two scoreless innings of relief.
MONSTER PERFORMANCES
* Guevara 2-for-5, 2 R, HR, 3 RBI
* Kingsbury 3-for-5, R, 2B, RBI
* Roca 4 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 4 SO
BEYOND THE BOXSCORE
* Vermont (31-16) has won 7 straight to move 15 games over .500 for the 1st time this season
* 2nd 7-game winning streak of the season for the Lake Monsters (June 18-25)
* Vermont has also won 5 straight and 9 of last 10 road games since June 28th
* McMillan (sac fly in 6th) now leads the FCBL with 45 RBI and Cavossa the league-lead with 60 hits
* DiPiero 1 hit and 1 strikeout over his 2 innings, while Christian 0 hits, 1 walk and 4 strikeouts
* Nashua scored 2 runs on 0 hits, 2 errors and 2 walks bottom 9th, but Shamus Kelly (Wesleyan) retired final 3 batters to end game
Next Game: Friday at Worcester, 6:30pm
Next Home Game:: Tuesday July 29th vs. Norwich, 6:35pm