BURLINGTON, VT — Vermont scored in five of the eight innings they batted and Ian Parent tossed 4 2/3 solid innings in his return to historic Centennial Field to lead the Lake Monsters to a 7-4 Futures League victory over the Brockton Rox on Tuesday night.
Parent (Endicott), who was a member of the 2021 FCBL champions, rejoined the team Tuesday after pitching in the NCAA Division 3 tournament last weekend. In his first Lake Monsters outing of the season, the Williston native allowed one run on four hits with a walk and two strikeouts over 4 2/3 innings.
Vermont scored single runs in the first, fourth and fifth innings, while plating a pair of runs in both the second and seventh. Max Gebauer (Franklin Pierce) had an RBI triple in the second inning and Logan Keller (Navy) an RBI double in the fourth.
Monster Performances
* Ian Parent 4.2 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 2 SO
* Jacob Buurman (save) 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 SO
* Cam Conley 2-for-4 with 2 RBI
Game Highlights
* Cam Conley (Pepperdine) had an RBI single in bottom of 1st inning before Gebauer’s RBI triple (scored on a groundout) in the 2nd for a 3-0 Lake Monsters lead.
* Brockton got its 1 run off Parent in the top of 4th inning on an RBI single, but Vermont got the run back in bottom 4th on a Jackson Kline (Kansas) RBI single
* Keller increased the lead to 4-1 with an RBI double in 5th inning before the Rox plated single runs in the 6th and 7th innings
* Vermont restored for 4-run advantage with a pair of runs in bottom 7th on a run-scoring wild pitch and Conley RBI infield single
* Brockton loaded the bases with 0 outs in the top of 9th to bring tying run to plate, but Jacob Buurman (Stevens) got a pair of groundouts sandwiched around a strikeout to hold the Rox to just 1 run in the inning
Beyond The Boxscore
* Vermont (3-3) has won 3 straight games after dropping the first 3 games of season
* With his 4th inning RBI single, Kline has reached base safely by hit or walk in all 6 games (9×23, .391)
* Chase Carey (Colchester/UMass Dartmouth) tossed 2 innings of relief to earn his 2nd win of season
* Brockton defense committed 6 errors in the game, but just 2 of Vermont’s 7 runs were unearned
Next Game: Wednesday, June 1st at Nashua, 6:00pm
(Return home Thursday, June 2nd at 6:35pm)