Game 1 boxscore
Game 2 boxscore

BURLINGTON, VT — Colby Brouillette’s go ahead three-run double in the bottom of the fifth inning led Vermont to a 5-3 victory over the Westfield Starfires in game two of a Futures League doubleheader in front of 3,150 spectators at historic Centennial Field as the Lake Monsters completed a doubleheader sweep after Evan Maloney tossed five scoreless innings in 3-0 game one victory. 

Vermont trailed 3-1 when they loaded the bases in the fifth inning of the nightcap on back-to-back one-out singles and a two-out walk. Brouillette (BFA/Central Connecticut) then drilled a 1-0 pitch into the right-centerfield gap to clear the bases for a 4-3 advantage,

Lake Monsters added an insurance run in the sixth inning before Wyatt Cameron (Middlebury/Central Connecticut) closed out the win with a scoreless seventh inning for his league-leading sixth save. Ethan Mishra (Tulane) earned the win with two scoreless innings of relief.

Maloney (Wake Forest) limited the Starfires to three hits, no walks (one hit batter) and struckout four over his five scoreless innings to pick up the win in the opener. Game was scoreless until the fifth when Tyler Favretto (Crowder) led off with a single and later scored on a Kyle Lodise (Augusta) sacrifice fly.

The Lake Monsters added two insurance runs in the sixth on back-to-back RBI singles from Logan Keller (Navy) and Favretto. Callen Fang (Harvard) had a scoreless seventh inning for his fourth save of the season for Vermont (15-6). 

MONSTER PERFORMANCES  (Game 1)                                                                                      

  • Maloney 5 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 BB (1 HBP), 4 SO
  • Favretto 2-for-3, R, RBI

MONSTER PERFORMANCES  (Game 2)                                                                                      

  • Brouillette 2-for-3, 2B, 3 RBI
  • Kyle McCausland (Middlebury) 2-for-4, 2 R

MONSTER HIGHLIGHTS

  • Lake Monsters have won 6 straight, 10 of last 11 and 13 of 15 since being 3-3
  • 2nd shutout of season (both coming in game 1 of doubleheaders, 10-0 on Thursday)
  • Vermont is now 11-2 this month and a combined 32-6 in June 2022 and 2023
  • McCausland was a combined 3-for-7 with 3 runs scored in the twinbill
  • All 3 Westfield runs in the doubleheader came on a 2nd-inning 3-run homer in game 2
  • Vermont pitching line in doubleheader (14 IP, 10 H, 3 R, 3 BB, 11 SO)
  • Attendance of 3,150 was 3rd-most in 12 home dates this season and increased overall total to 25,995 (average of 2,166 per game)

Next Game: Tuesday at Pittsfield (2), 5:30pm
Next Home Game: Friday vs. Pittsfield, 6:35pm