BURLINGTON, VT — Sam Cavossa had a bases clearing triples and scored on Cooper Berry’s walkoff sacrifice fly as the Vermont Lake Monsters scored four times in the bottom of the 10th inning to defeat the Norwich Sea Unicorns 13-12 in Futures League action in front of a sold out 4,415 at historic Centennial Field on Tuesday night.
Vermont led 5-3 after three innings, but Norwich scored the next seven runs, including four in the fourth, to take an 8-5 lead into the middle of the sixth. A Nolan Colby (Fairfield) leadoff triple in the bottom of the sixth and Shaun McMillan (St. Johns) followed with a sac fly for one run before the Lake Monsters tied the game at 8-8 on a Cavossa (Saint Michael’s) two-run ground-rule double in the seventh.
Norwich took a 9-8 lead in the top of the 10th with an unearned run scoring on a two-out RBI single, but Vermont tied the game in the bottom of the inning as Cavossa led off with a walk, stole second and scored on a McMillan RBI single (his league-leading 50th RBI of the season).
The Sea Unicorns quickly took the lead in the 10th with an RBI single, before two more runs on an RBI double and an unearned run on Vermont’s fifth error of the game. Trailing 12-9 to start the bottom of the 10th, Masai Marshall (Northwestern) led off the frame with a single for his fourth hit of the night. A one-out walk loaded the bases before Cavossa drilled his game-tying triple to center. An error with the infield in and a hit batter reloaded the bases before Berry’s walkoff sac fly.
MONSTER PERFORMANCES
* Cavossa 2-for-6, BB, 2 R, 2B, 3B, 5 RBI
* Marshall 4-for-6, 4 R, 2B, RBI
* McMillan 2-for-2, 3 BB, 2 RBI
BEYOND THE BOXSCORE
* Vermont now 2-4 in 10-inning games after playing its 3rd straight (lost 6-5 in 10th at Worcester Saturday and Sunday
* McMillan’s 50 RBI move him past Jimmy Evans ‘22 Vermont FCBL-era season record 49 RBI
* Marshall 4 runs were the most for a Lake Monsters player this season and most since Jack Winnay 4 runs at Nashua August 6, 2023 (last 4-run game at Centennial Ryan Marra June 26, 2022)
* Cavossa 5 RBI are most for a Vermont player this season and first since Logan Keller 5 RBI vs. New Britain June 16, 2023
* Thomas O’Connell (Virginia) was 3-for-5 with an RBI single in 2nd and two-run double in 3rd inning
* Will Mahala (Virginia) 2-for-5 with 3 runs (bottom 4 batters in order scored 9 total runs)
* Langdon Hazen (Quinnipiac/Mt. Mansfield) 1 unearned run in 1.2 innings with 2 walks and 3 strikeouts
* 2nd Vermont game this season both teams scored double figures (11–10 win vs. Westfield June 6th)
* Lake Monsters tied season-high with 13 runs and 7 of 16 hits were for extra bases (5 doubles, 2 triples)
* 3rd 4,415 sellout crowd at Centennial Field since 2021 and 1st since June 18, 2024
Next Game: Wednesday vs. Norwich, 6:35pm
(completion of 7/13 suspended game in 10th inning followed by 9-inning game)
Promotion: Department of Labor Job Fair
Broadcast: WJOY 1230am (Radio), fcblnetwork.com (streaming)