Wednesday Boxscore
Thursday Boxscore

BURLINGTON, VT — Brody Shawn allowed one run over four innings and Joe Marini went 2-for-2 with two walks as the Vermont Lake Monsters earned a split of the two Futures League games Thursday night with a 7-2 victory over Norwich after the Sea Unicorns had earlier won the completion of a suspended game from Wednesday 8-4 at historic Centennial Field.

Joey Gale (Saint Joseph’s) had an RBI single and Zander Teator (Babson) an RBI double to give Vermont a 2-0 lead in the third inning of the second game. The Lake Monsters added four more runs (three unearned) in the fourth, including a Wyatt Patchett (Le Moyne) RBI single and a pair of bases loaded hit batters.

Shawn (Wake Forest) did not allow a hit over the first three innings before allowing two, including an RBI single, in the fourth before leaving the bases loaded with a strikeout and pop out to end the inning.  Three Vermont relievers tossed one inning, including scoreless innings from Charles Kutz (Middlebury) and Eddie Kaftan (Catholic).

Norwich led the first game 4-0 when suspended Wednesday in the top of the third with two runners and no outs. The Sea Unicorns quickly added four more runs in the inning for an 8-run advantage. Vermont cut the deficit in half on a Tyler Favretto (Kansas Wesleyan) sacrifice fly in the fourth inning and three runs in fifth, including a Jack Rickheim (Harvard) two-run double.

MONSTER PERFORMANCES

  • Jack McLaughlin (Tufts) 3 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 4 SO in game 1
  • Rickheim 3-for-4, R, 2B, 2 RBI in game 1
  • Marini 2-for-2, 2 BB, 2 R in game 2
  • Gale 3-for-8, 2 R, RBI combined for both games

MONSTER HIGHLIGHTS 

  • Vermont relievers 10 combined innings pitched on Thursday, allowing 3 runs on 6 hits, 10 walks and 15 strikeouts 
  • Lake Monsters allowed just 3 hits in 2nd game, but issued 10 walks (9 strikeouts)
  • Vermont batters had 5 walks and were hit by pitch 5 times in 2nd game
  • Mark Quatrani (Cornell) bases loaded HBP 5th inning for league-leading 32nd RBI

BEYOND BOXSCORE 

  • Lake Monsters are now 2-4 vs. Norwich this season (meet 4 more times)
  • Vermont is now 21-4 when scoring 5+ runs (8-15 when opponent 5+)
  • Lake Monsters 2-3 in scheduled 7-inning games (2 straight wins)

Next Game: Friday, 6:35pm vs. Norwich
Broadcast Info: Streaming on FCBLnetwork.com and live on WYCI-TV