Lake Monsters Fall Late 10-6 On Monday
BURLINGTON, VT – The New Britain Bees took an early 4-0 lead before falling behind 6-4 in the seventh inning, but then scored six times over the final two innings to hand the Vermont Lake Monsters its second straight loss with a 10-6 Futures League victory Monday night on Delta Dental Diamond at Centennial Field.
The Bees scored once in the second and three times in the 3rd for the 4-0 lead, but the Lake Monsters scratched out a run in the fifth on a wild pitch before tying the game in the sixth with a pair of sacrifice flies and a run-scoring pass ball. Evan Dennis (Colby Sawyer) gave Vermont the lead in the seventh with another sac fly and Thomas Moss (Trinity TX) added an RBI single for the 6-4 Lake Monsters lead.
New Britain opened the eighth with four straight hits including an RBI single and RBI double to tie the game, then took the lead on an RBI forceout and bases loaded walk for an 8-6 advantage. The Bees added a couple of insurance runs in the ninth on a bases loaded walk and sac fly.
MONSTER PERFORMANCES
* Bryan Richman (Cal Poly Pomona) 2-for-3, 2 BB, 2 R, 3 SB
* Quinn Dashefsky (Hobart) 2-for-3, 1 R, 1 2B
* Cage Thompson (Franklin Pierce/St. Johnsbury) 1.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 0 SO
BEYOND THE BOXSCORE
* Lake Monsters (4-2) have dropped last 2 games after 4-game winning streak to open season
* Vermont pitchers have allowed 10 runs in consecutive games for first time since July 11-12, 2025
* Thompson worked a perfect top 6th for Vermont’s only 1-2-3 frame of the game
* Vermont had 5 stolen bases in game led by Richman’s 3, the most by a Lake Monster since Tommy Hawke 4 steals on July 12, 2022
* Lake Monsters finished with 8 hits, the first time this season less than double-digits in a game
* James Schaffer (Stony Brook) went 2-for-4 for his 3rd straight multi-hit game (8-for-12)
* Brandon Rovinelli (Columbia) tossed two hitless innings (4th/5th) with 1 walk and 2 strikeouts
UPCOMING
Next Game: Tuesday at Nashua, 6pm (fcblnetwork.com)
Next home game: Thursday vs. Nashua, 6:30pm