Team Info

Montpelier, VT - The Vermont Mountaineers beat the Keene SwampBats 12-2 and 12-1 in a seven inning doubleheader in Montpelier.

In the first game, the Mountaineers took a three run lead on three hits, a walk, a sacrifice fly, and an RBI groundout in the bottom of the first inning. Vermont stretched the lead to 5-0 in the second inning with two hits, a stolen base, two walks, and another sacrifice fly. Keene brought in Matt Rowe (Rutgers) in an early relief role to get the last two outs of the second. Northeastern’s Greg Bozzo got the SwampBats on the board in the top of the third with his first home run of the season, sending a slider on a line drive over left field.

Rowe pitched a scoreless bottom of the third but Vermont added a run on an error in the fourth to make it 6-1. Vermont starter Aiden Tucker pitched five innings of one run ball to keep the Mountaineers in front. Vermont scored six runs in the bottom of the fifth inning, capped off by a grand slam from Santino Rosso. Evan Goforth (Indiana) hit a double off the wall to begin the sixth, and was singled home by Florida Gulf Coast’s Jake Mummau. Garrett Rice (Missouri Southern State) pitched a scoreless sixth but Vermont closed it out in the seventh.

In game two, the Mountaineers struck five times in the first inning on three hits and three SwampBats’ errors. Keene got a run back in the top of the third when Tony Livermore (Northwestern) singled home Matt Brown-Eiring (Stony Brook). The game got away in the bottom of the fourth when Vermont sent thirteen hitters to the plate, scoring seven runs on two hits, two errors, five walks, and a hit-by-pitch. Dan Brown (Pace) got the final out of the fourth and pitched a scoreless fifth and sixth for Bats. Devin Taylor (Indiana) hit a two-out double in the top of the sixth but it was the last hit of the game for the visitors.

The SwampBats have an off day Sunday before hosting North Adams in a doubleheader Monday evening. Independence Eve fireworks will follow the second game.