Pittsfield appeared to have scored a run in the top of the 10th inning with a sacrifice fly, but the runner was called out for leaving third base early to end the frame. Jordan Kelly (Princeton) then led off the bottom of the 10th with a double to left-center and scored the winning run on a Tyler Favretto (Crowder) infield single and Pittsfield throwing error.
The Suns had taken an early 3-0 lead before Vermont rallied with a two-run third and three-run fourth for a 5-3 advantage. Pittsfield retook the lead 7-5 with a pair of runs in both the fifth and sixth innings before the Lake Monsters re-tied the game with two runs bottom seventh on Jimmy Evans (Tufts) RBI double and Ryan Marra (Brown) RBI infield single.
Monster Performances
* Tyler Favretto 3-for-5 with 2 R (10th-inning infield single led to winning run scoring on error)
* Jackson Kline 2-for-5 with 4 RBI
* Sean Matson 5 IP, 6 H, 5 R, 4 ER, 0 BB, 7 SO
Game Highlights
* Pittsfield took a 3-0 lead with a leadoff homer and run-scoring wild pitch top 2nd before RBI infield single in the 3rd
* Vermont tied game on Jackson Kline (Kansas) 2-run single bottom 3rd and Logan Keller (Navy) RBI single bottom 4th before taking 5-3 lead on Kline’s 2nd 2-run single of game.
* The Suns scored 2 runs top 5th to retie game with the help of a pair of Lake Monster errors, then took a 7-5 lead with 2 runs on 3 hits and a Vermont error off reliever Evan Clark (USC)
* George Goldstein (Middlebury) 1 hit and 2 strikeouts over 2 scoreless innings for the victory (1 win, 3 saves last 4 outings)
Beyond The Boxscore
* Vermont (9-3) has now won 9 straight games after dropping the first 3 games of season* With 0 walks and 7 strikeouts over 5 innings, starter Sean Matson (Harvard) has 1 walk and 25 strikeouts over 14 innings in his 3 starts for the Lake Monsters
* Over last 3 games, Vermont pitchers have issued just 2 walks and recorded 36 strikeouts (lead FCBL with 147 K’s)
Next Game: Wednesday vs. Pittsfield, 6:35pm
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