NASHUA, NH — Jack Toomey opened the bottom of the ninth inning with a walkoff home run to lead the Nashua Silver Knights to their ninth straight victory with a 4-3 Futures League win over the Vermont Lake Monsters Thursday night at Holman Stadium.

The Lake Monsters had trailed 3-0 before tying the game with a Ryan Marra (Brown) solo homer in the sixth, Cooper Kelly (Kansas) RBI infield single in the seventh and a Harrison Didawick (Virginia) RBI single in the eighth. Game remained 3-3 until Toomey smashed a 1-1 pitch from Wyatt Cameron (NE College) for his second home run of the season.

Nashua got its first run in the fourth on an infield single, pair of stolen bases and RBI groundout, then in the fifth got a pair of two-out RBI singles for a 3-0 lead off Lake Monsters starter Tim Noone (Babson), who finished with 11 strikeouts over 5 2/3 innings with one walk, three runs and six hits allowed.

Monster Performances
Tim Noone 5.2 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 11 S0
Ryan Marra 1-for-3 with a solo homer (3rd HR)

Monster Highlights
* 11 strikeouts for Noone tied Crawford Wade (Wake Forest) for most Vermont strikeouts in a game past 2 seasons (Wade had 11 K’s 6/24 also at Nashua)
* Colby Brouillette (BFA/Clarkson) went 2-for-3 with 1 run for Vermont, which was outhit 8-7

Beyond The Boxscore
* Vermont has lost 3 straight for 2nd time this season (started 0-3) and is 3-6 last 9 games after winning 7 straight and 23 of previous 25 games

* 2nd straight walkoff loss for Vermont (lost 8-7 at Pittsfield on July 4th) and 1st walkoff homer vs. Lake Monsters since June 27, 2021 (also at Pittsfield in 2-1 loss)
* Lake Monsters are still franchise-best 26-11 after 37 games (previous best was 23-14 in 1996 and 2010)

* Vermont leads 2nd-place Nashua by 6 1/2 games in FCBL standings

Next Game: Thursday at Nashua, 6:00pm
Next Home Game: Saturday vs. Westfield, 6:05pm