Lake Monsters Eke Out 3-2 Win vs. Westfield
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BURLINGTON, VT — Despite being outhit 12-4 for the game, the Vermont Lake Monsters scored three runs on just one hit in the bottom of the sixth inning and held on for their 11th straight victory with a 3-2 Futures League win over Westfield Sunday evening on Delta Dental Diamond at Centennial Field.
Vermont got a hit and a walk in the first, then 2 singles in the second, but both innings ended with a double play. The Lake Monsters then went down in order the next three innings before taking advantage of back-to-back one-out hit batters, a two-out walk to load the bases and another hit batter to force home the tying run in the sixth.
Tyler Wiltsey (Rutgers) followed with the fourth and final hit of the game, an RBI groundball single to left to give Vermont the lead 2-1. After the Lake Monsters added another run in the inning on a wild pitch, Westfield loaded the bases with no outs in the top of the eighth, but were only able to score once on a one-out hit batter before Declan Musselman (Hood) got out of the jam with a foul pop and groundout.
Brady Lane (Brandeis) allowed a two-out infield single in the ninth before ending the game with a strikeout for his third save of the season to go along with his league-leading four wins. Brett Gable (Harvard) had tossed a scoreless fifth and sixth innings to earn the victory.
MONSTER STARS
* Wiltsey 2-for-3, RBI
* Alvin Gomez (AIC) 4 IP, 7 H, 1 R, 0 BB, 0 SO
* Gable (W) 2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 2 SO
MONSTER HIGHLIGHTS
* Vermont has won 11 straight for the first time since a 13-game win streak May 29-June 12, 2022
* Lake Monsters 29-10 record is their best-ever after 38 games (were 28-11 in 2022)
* Along with 11 straight wins overall, Vermont has won 9 consecutive home games (last loss 6/26) and 15 of last 16 at Centennial
* Lake Monsters play 8 of next 10 on road (home for doubleheader July 19th) before hosting 10 of final 11 games at Centennial July 27-August 8
* 19th time in 29 wins this season that Vermont has won after trailing in game at some point
* With back-to-back 1-run victories, Lake Monsters are now 9-2 in 1-run games overall
* Westfield had at least 1 hit every inning (2 hits 3x), but after an RBI single in 1st inning went 0-for-11 with RISP rest of game (left 15 runners on base)
* James Henshon (Tufts) was 0-for-3, but walked in the 6th inning to extend on-base streak (H/BB) to 22 consecutive games
* Eddie Rosado, who went 1-for-4 in his Lake Monsters debut Saturday, was the next-to-last pick in the 2026 MLB Draft on Sunday, selected in 20th round by the Toronto Blue Jays
* Also drafted on Sunday were 2024 Lake Monster infielder Eric Jeon (10th round by Seattle) and 2024 Futures League MVP Mark Quatrani (18th round by San Diego
UPCOMING
Next Game: Monday at New Britain,. 6:35pm (FCBLnetwork.com)
Next Home Game: Sunday, July 19th vs. Nashua, 4:05pm (Doubleheader)