Connecticut Nips Vermont 2-1 On Monday
NORWICH, CT --- The Connecticut Tigers snapped a 1-1 tie with a two-out run-scoring wild pitch in the bottom of the eighth inning for a 2-1 victory over the Vermont Lake Monsters in New York-Penn League action Monday night at Dodd Stadium.
NORWICH, CT --- The Connecticut Tigers snapped a 1-1 tie with a two-out run-scoring wild pitch in the bottom of the eighth inning for a 2-1 victory over the Vermont Lake Monsters in New York-Penn League action Monday night at Dodd Stadium.
After Vermont reliever
The Lake Monsters got a Jonah Bride leadoff walk in the top of the ninth, but after a groundout moved pinch runner Max Schuemann into scoring position, Tigers reliever Mitchell Stalsberg struckout Jeremy Eierman and
Eierman had tied the game 1-1 in the top of the fifth with a one-out solo homer to left, his team-leading third home run of the season, but Vermont had just one other hit (a
A leadoff double and bunt single put runners on the corners with no outs in the fourth for the Tigers. Vermont starter
Clark Cota tossed two scoreless innings of relief for Vermont, while Tovar (2-1) the two walks and two strikeouts in the eighth to take the loss for the Lake Monsters. Vermont (15-15) went 3-3 on the road trip, alternating between win and loss in each of the six games (won odd number games, lost even number), with all three losses by one run.
Tigers starter
Vermont returns to historic Centennial Field for a three-game series against the Staten Island Yankees beginning 7:05 pm on Tuesday with the first 500 fans receiving a free Lake Monsters lunch bag.
Paul Stanfield is the Media Relations Director for the Vermont Lake Monsters.