BURLINGTON, VT — Joey Gale went 4-for-5 with a pair of two-run doubles and Wyatt Cameron allowed just a solo home run over his five innings of work as the Vermont Lake Monsters ran away with a 10-1 Futures League victory over the Nashua Silver Knights on Thursday night at Holman Stadium.
Nashua scored the first run of the game on a Shane McNamara leadoff home run in the fourth after Cameron (Central Connecticut) had retired the first eight and nine of the first 10 Nashua batters. The Vermont offense was just as silent over the first four innings with just a pair of two-out walks in third and an infield single in fourth.
Dylan Pacheco (Seton Hall) tied the game 1-1 in the fifth with a groundball RBI single to left before Mark Quatrani (Cornell) followed with a two-run single to right center for a 3-1 advantage. Dante Pozzi (Catholic) picked up his first hit for Vermont in the sixth with an RBI single
Gale (Saint Joseph’s) put the game out of reach with his pair of two-run doubles, the first to left center with the bases loaded in the seventh and the second to right center in the eighth after Tyler Favretto (Kansas Wesleyan) and Pacheco began the inning by being hit by pitches.
MONSTER PERFORMANCES
- Cameron (W) 5 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 8 SO
- Gale 4-for-5, R, 2 2B, 4 RBI
- Pacheco 2-for-4, HBP, 3 R, RBI
MONSTER HIGHLIGHTS
- Gale had infield single in 4th and single to center in 5th along with his pair of 2-run doubles for 4-hit game (2nd of season for Lake Monsters: Eric Jeon 6/11 vs. Norwich)
- Gale 3rd 4-RBI game of season for Vermont (Colby Brouillette, Quatrani 6/29 at Nashua)
- Luke Parise (Saint Joseph’s) retired 6 of 7 batters faced with 3 strikeouts (leadoff HBP in 7th after 1-2-3 6th)
BEYOND BOXSCORE
- With 8 strikeouts, Cameron now has a Vermont FCBL-era record of 139 career strikeouts and is 2nd in franchise history (170 for Brent Powers 2011-13)
- Cameron 11-3 with 17 saves in his Vermont career, 2nd in wins (1 behind Francis Ferguson) and 2nd with 118 innings pitched (9 behind Ferguson)
- Favretto 0-for-2, but scored 3 runs after reaching base on 3 walks and 1 HBP (now has 92 career walks and 92 career base hits with Vermont)
- Lake Monsters 30-11 all-time vs Nashua (4-1 in 2024), including 15-7 at Holman
- Vermont (19-17) has won 2 straight and will host Nashua for 3-game series this weekend at Centennial
Next Game: Friday, July 12th vs. Nashua at 6:35pm (CHAMP Lunch Bag Giveaway)
Broadcast Info: Streaming on FCBLnetwork.com