ValleyCats weather storm, top Monsters

TROY, N.Y. » The Tri-City ValleyCats secured a 8-5 win over the Vermont Lake Monsters Monday in a game that was delayed 46 minutes because of lightning in the area. The ValleyCats were able to secure the win thanks to two separate innings of four runs.

The scoring began with a Jake Adams RBI sacrifice fly and then was followed by an RBI single by Abraham Toro-Hernandez. Connor MacDonald added two more runs with his first home run of the year as the ‘Cats built a 4-0 lead.

Vermont slowly crawled its way back into the game, with runs in the second and fourth innings, followed by two runs in the fifth off a force out and a wild pitch to tie the game at 4-4.

Tri-City secured the lead once more in the sixth inning, and never looked back.

Adams hit his second home run of the year and Carlos Canelon added an RBI sacrifice fly to go up 6-4. Andy Pineda drove in another run off an RBI single and then was

able to score later in the inning off a wild pitch.

Ben Smith secured the win after a brilliant inning of relief that saw him strike out the side and record his first win of the season. Smith was one of four pitchers who came on in relief of Patrick Sandoval, who went four innings and allowed four earned runs on six hits, while striking out three batters.

Jose Mora picked up the loss for the Lake Monsters after he allowed four runs in two innings of work. Mora came on in relief of the starter Abdiel Mendoza, who went three and two thirds innings, allowed four runs and struck out one.

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The ValleyCats have an off day, before traveling back to Connecticut to face the Tigers for a doubleheader today. The ‘Cats will return home on July 4th to face the Brooklyn Cyclones at 7 p.m. in a day that will feature a postgame fireworks display!