Vermont Falls 5-4 At State College Friday
STATE COLLEGE, PA --- The State College Spikes got two-out RBI singles in both the bottom of the 10th to tie game and 11th inning for a 5-4 New York-Penn League walkoff victory over the Vermont Lake Monsters Friday night at Medlar Field at Lubrano Park.
STATE COLLEGE, PA --- The State College Spikes got two-out RBI singles in both the bottom of the 10th to tie game and 11th inning for a 5-4 New York-Penn League walkoff victory over the Vermont Lake Monsters Friday night at Medlar Field at Lubrano Park.
Trailing 4-3 with two outs and no one on in bottom 10th, State College's
The loss dropped Vermont to 2-6 in extra-inning games overall, including 0-4 on the road (all in the last 12 Lake Monster away games). Vermont is also now 11-11 in one-run games, including 3-10 in last 13 games decided by one run.
Greg Deichman had tied the game for the Lake Monsters 3-3 in the top of the seventh inning with a two-out solo homer, his third of the season, and then scored Vermont's go ahead run in the top of the 10th inning on a
Vermont starter
Deichmann finished 2-for-4 with two runs with the homer and two RBI, while
The Lake Monsters and Spikes will play game two of the three-game series in State College on Saturday at 7:05 pm and wrap up the series Sunday at 6:05 pm. After two days off for the All-Star Game, Vermont will return to Centennial Field for a six-game homestand August 16-21.
Paul Stanfield is the Media Relations Director for the Vermont Lake Monsters.