NEW BRITAIN, CT — After falling behind 4-0 early and 6-5 in the bottom of the fifth, the Vermont Lake Monsters rallied with a single run in both the seventh and eighth innings to win their seventh straight game with a 7-6 victory over the New Britain Bees in Futures League action Saturday night at New Britain Stadium.
Bees scored four runs on five hits in the bottom of the second inning, but Vermont scored three runs in the top of the fourth and took a 5-4 lead in the top of fifth on a Jimmy Evans (Tufts) two-run homer. It marked the second straight day that Evans had hit a two-run homer in the fifth inning that gave Vermont a one-run lead.
New Britain took 6-5 lead bottom of fifth after leading the bases with no outs. Liam Reiner (CVU/St. Lawrence) got a pop out and double play ball to shortstop that could have gotten him out of inning, but after forceout at second the throw to first was wild allowing two runs to score.
Vermont tied game 6-6 top 7th on bases loaded hit batter and then took 7-6 lead top eighth on Colby Brouillette (BFA/Clarkson) sacrifice fly scoring Jackson Kline (Kansas), who had reached on a one-out single.
Monster Performances
* Jimmy Evans 3-for-3, 2 BB, 2 R, HR, 2 RBI
Over his last 15 plate appearances, Evans is 10-for-12 with 3 walks (.867 OBP), 2 HR, 7 RBI
Monster Highlights
* New Britain outhit Vermont 12-6, but Bee pitchers issued 9 walks and hit 2 batters (Both teams had 12 strikeouts, while Vermont pitchers issued just 1 walk)
* 4 Lake Monster relievers combined to allow 2 runs (1 earned) on 6 hits, 0 walks and 7 strikeouts over final 5 innings
Beyond The Boxscore
* Vermont (7-3) has now won 7 straight games after dropping the first 3 games of season
* Evan Clark (USC) 3 strikeouts in 1.1 innings for the win, while George Goldstein (Middlebury) 2 strikeouts in 9th for his 3rd save in last 4 days.
Next Game: Sunday vs. New Britain, 5:05pm
Face Painting, along with Kids Run The Bases and Have A Catch post-game