Vermont 5-4 Walkoff Win Game 1 Tuesday
BURLINGTON, VT - Peyton Squier went 4-for-5 with a solo homer and scored the game-winning run on a walk after tripling with two outs in the top of the ninth inning to give the Vermont Lake Monsters a 5-4 victory over the Connecticut Tigers in the completion of a suspended
BURLINGTON, VT - Peyton Squier went 4-for-5 with a solo homer and scored the game-winning run on a walk after tripling with two outs in the top of the ninth inning to give the Vermont Lake Monsters a 5-4 victory over the Connecticut Tigers in the completion of a suspended game Tuesday night at historic Centennial Field.
Squier got his night started with a 379-foot solo homer in bottom second that tied game 1-1 befor Vermont took lead on a Javier Godrd RBI groundout later in the inning.
Connecticut took a 3-2 lead in the fourth on a
Vermont retook the lead 4-3 in the sixth on back-to-back leadoff singles from Squier and
Game stayed tied until the bottom of the ninth when Squier, who had also singled in the seventh, lined a two-out triple to rightcenter off Tigers reliever
Marcos Brito went 3-for-5 with a run scored and two RBI for the Lake Monsters, while
Tuesday's regularly-scheduled contest, now seven innings, is slated to begin around 10:15 pm.
Paul Stanfield is the Media Relations Director for the Vermont Lake Monsters.