Vermont Lake Monsters

Win Streak Snapped With 6-4 Loss Friday

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BURLINGTON, VT — The Vermont Lake Monsters saw their five-game winning streak come to an end Friday night with a 6-4 Futures League loss to the Norwich Sea Unicorns on Delta Dental Diamond at Centennial Field. 

Norwich led by a run when the Lake Monsters took a 4-2 advantage with three runs in the bottom of the third inning on a Tommy Popoff (Binghamton) RBI single followed by an Elias Huber (Arizona Western) two-run double to deep centerfield. 

The Sea Unicorns scored three runs of their own off reliever Ethan Freed (Harvard) in the top of the fifth on a game-tying two-run single and a go ahead RBI single before  adding an unearned run in the sixth inning. 

Vermont had two runners in scoring position with one out in both the fifth and seventh innings, but back-to-back strikeouts by Norwich relievers squashed both rallies as the Sea Unicorns salvaged one win in the three-game series. 

MONSTER HIGHLIGHTS
* Huber 2-for-3, 2 BB, 2 2B, 2 RBI
* Popoff 2-for-5, 2 R, RBI
* Brady Lane (Brandeis) 2 IP,  0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 1 SO

BEYOND THE BOXSCORE 
* Along with loss stopping 5-game win streak overall, loss also snapped 7-game home winning streak
* First Vermont loss at Centennial Field since June 5th
* Huber is 2nd Lake Monster with 2 doubles in a game this season (Jack Fitzgerald 5/28 at New Britain)
* Doug Pyle (Azusa Pacific), making his 1st start, 2 runs (1 ER) on 4 hits over 3 innings
* Jake Dunlap (Catawba) walked 3 times to go along with going 1-for-2 with 1 run
* Vermont (17-8) remains atop FCBL standings as they head to Lowell for a 3-game series Saturday-Monday

UPCOMING 
Next Game: Saturday at Lowell, 5:00pm (FCBLnetwork.com)
Next Home Game: Wednesday vs.Westfield, 6:35pm