BURLINGTON, VT — The Nashua Silver Knights built an 8-0 lead with five runs in the fourth and three more in the sixth, then held on for an 8-4 victory over the Vermont Lake Monsters in Futures League action Tuesday night in front of 3,727 at historic Centennial Field.
A two-out walk loaded the bases in the top of the fourth inning before the Silver Knights put together three straight hits, a pair of RBI singles sandwiched around a two-run single, for a 4-0 lead. The fifth run of the inning came across on a first-n-third double steal.
Nashua added three more runs in the sixth on a run-scoring wild pitch and Will Fosberg two-run double for the 8-0 advantage. The Lake Monsters were able to cut the lead in half in the bottom of the sixth on an Eric Becker (Virginia) two-run double, Trevor Cohen (Rutgers) RBI infield single and Antonio Perrotta (Virginia) RBI double.
Perrotta was out trying to stretch the double into a triple for the final out of the sixth inning and the Lake Monsters then went down 1-2-3 in each of the final three frames of the contest.
MONSTER PERFORMANCES
- Becker 1-for-3, BB, 2B, 2 RBI
- Teddy Schoenfeld (MIT) 2-for-4
- Brayden Howrigan (Castleton) 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 SO
MONSTER HIGHLIGHTS
- With the loss and a Norwich win over Worcester, Vermont (34-21) remains one-half game behind Worcester (35-21) for first-place with Norwich (33-21) one game behind
- Tyler Favretto (Kansas Wesleyan) 0-for-3 in his final game of season for Vermont, leaving as Lake Monsters 3-year leader in games (98), runs (56) and walks (65)
- Howrigan had a 1-2-3 8th and 9th innings with strikeout in 8th and 2 more in 9th
- Lake Monsters allowed 5 runs in 4th inning after just giving up just 14 4th-inning runs all season
- Vermont now 7-13 when opponent scored 5+ and Lake Monster 6-16 when scoring 5 or less
- With crowd of 3,727 Tuesday, Lake Monsters have now drawn 70,454 fans this season (2,429 per game)
Next Game: Wednesday 6:05pm at Nashua
Next Home Game: Thursday, 7:05pm vs. Worcester (Live on NESN)