Vermont Lake Monsters over Mahoning Valley Scrappers 8-3 in game one of playoffs

Javier Godard

Greg Deichmann

Vermont won 8-3 over the Mahoning Valley Scrappers tonight in game one of their playoff series before 1,515 fans at Centennial Field in Burlington. The Lake Monsters got home runs from Logan Farrar, Greg Deichmann, and Javier Godard. Heath Donica got the win in relief, striking out 4 in 1.1 innings. Simeon Lucas had a home run for the Mahoning Valley Scrappers.

Game two will be played on Monday at 7:05pm at Mahoning Valley.

Javier Godard

Simeon Lucas

Mahoning Valley Scrappers
Player	Pos	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG*
Ernie Clement	SS	5	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	.600
Austen Wade	CF	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.000
Nolan Jones	3B	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.200
Will Benson	RF	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000
Oscar Gonzalez	LF	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000
Ulysses Cantu	1B	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000
Simeon Lucas	DH	4	2	3	0	0	1	1	0	1	.750
Gian Paul Gonzalez	C	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.333
a- Jonathan Laureano	PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000
Jason Rodriguez	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Dillon Persinger	2B	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	.333
Totals		36	3	9	0	0	1	2	4	13	.250

a-Struck out for Gonzalez, G in the 8th.

BATTING
HR: Lucas (1, 3rd inning off Howard, 0 on, 2 out).
TB: Jones; Gonzalez, G; Clement 3; Lucas 6; Persinger.
RBI: Clement (1); Lucas (1).
2-out RBI: Lucas.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Gonzalez, O 2; Benson 2; Persinger; Cantu 2.
Team RISP: 2-for-11.
Team LOB: 10.

BASERUNNING
SB: Clement (1, 2nd base off Dunshee/Akau).

FIELDING
E: Clement (1, throw); Jones (1, fielding).
PB: Rodriguez, Ja (1).
DP: 2 (Clement-Persinger-Cantu; Nelson, K-Clement-Cantu).

Vermont Lake Monsters
Player	Pos	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
Will Toffey	3B	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	.500
Ryan Gridley	SS	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	.250
Logan Farrar	CF	5	1	1	0	0	1	4	0	1	.200
Greg Deichmann	RF	2	1	1	0	0	1	2	1	0	.500
Jordan Devencenzi	DH	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250
Anthony Churlin	LF	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000
Aaron Arruda	1B	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.667
Javier Godard	2B	4	2	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	.250
Iolana Akau	C	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.250
Totals		32	8	9	0	0	3	8	5	10	.281

BATTING
HR: Farrar (1, 7th inning off Mejia, J, 3 on, 1 out); Deichmann (1, 7th inning off Mejia, J, 0 on, 1 out); Godard (1, 8th inning off Lopez, F, 1 on, 0 out).
TB: Toffey; Gridley; Farrar 4; Akau; Godard 4; Devencenzi; Deichmann 4; Arruda 2.
RBI: Deichmann 2 (2); Farrar 4 (4); Godard 2 (2).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Godard 2; Farrar.
SF: Deichmann.
GIDP: Gridley; Farrar.
Team RISP: 3-for-10.
Team LOB: 7.

BASERUNNING
CS: Gridley (1, 2nd base by Hentges/Gonzalez, G).

FIELDING
E: Dunshee (1, throw); Toffey 2 (2, throw, fielding).
DP: (Toffey-Arruda).

Mahoning Valley Scrappers
Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA*
Sam Hentges	4.0	5	1	1	2	4	0	2.25
Kyle Nelson	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0.00
Felix Tati (H, 1)(L, 0-1)	1.1	0	3	2	2	1	0	13.50
Jean Carlos Mejia (BS, 1)	0.2	2	2	2	0	2	2	27.00
Francisco Lopez	0.2	1	2	2	0	2	1	27.00
Riley Echols	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00
Totals	8.0	9	8	7	5	10	3	7.88

Vermont Lake Monsters
Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Parker Dunshee	2.0	5	2	2	2	2	0	9.00
Brian Howard	4.0	2	1	1	1	5	1	2.25
Logan Salow	0.2	1	0	0	1	2	0	0.00
Heath Donica (W, 1-0)	1.1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0.00
Josh Reagan	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00
Totals	9.0	9	3	3	4	13	1	3.00

Game Scores: Hentges 51; Dunshee 34.
WP: Nelson, K; Lopez, F 2.
HBP: Arruda (by Lopez, F).
Pitches-strikes: Hentges 72-49; Nelson, K 19-11; Tati 35-19; Mejia, J 14-10; Lopez, F 26-16; Echols 3-1; Dunshee 52-33; Howard 53-36; Salow 18-11; Donica 21-17; Reagan 11-8.
Groundouts-flyouts: Hentges 3-1; Nelson, K 1-0; Tati 3-1; Mejia, J 0-0; Lopez, F 1-0; Echols 0-0; Dunshee 0-4; Howard 1-2; Salow 0-0; Donica 1-0; Reagan 1-2.
Batters faced: Hentges 17; Nelson, K 4; Tati 8; Mejia, J 4; Lopez, F 5; Echols 1; Dunshee 13; Howard 14; Salow 4; Donica 5; Reagan 4.
Inherited runners-scored: Mejia, J 3-3; Echols 1-0; Donica 2-0.
Umpires: HP: Kelvis Velez. 1B: Matt Baldwin. 2B: Ty Kraus. 3B: Kyle Nichol.
Weather: 61 degrees, cloudy.
Wind: 8 mph, L to R.
First pitch: 6:08 PM.
T: 3:16.
Att: 1,515.
Venue: Centennial Field.

Source: New York-Penn League website

Photo Credits: MiLB.com

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