Knights

Sunday, July 14, 2024

By: Dan Allison | Silver Knights media relations

18. A number shared by the Silver Knights and Vermont Lake Monsters heading into a Thursday meeting at Holman Stadium. Sitting at five and six in the Futures League Standings, a four-game set that included a three-game weekend in VT had the Knights poised to make noise in the standings conversation. 

However, now four days later, the Silver Knights still sit at 18 in the win column as an 8-5 loss on Sunday capped off a four-game sweep for the Lake Monsters. A week that could have been a season changer for the Knights has now changed the season in a fashion they were not looking for.

Another late-game Vermont big inning was the difference in Sunday’s contest, with the Lake Monsters scoring three in the seventh to pull away in a 5-5 game. It is the second time in the past three games that VT has posted three or more runs in the seventh or later, with the game being tied in both instances. 

Vermont got Nashua's starter in Saint Anselm’s Andrew Chenevert early, with Chen giving up three earned runs and six hits in three frames. It was all Monsters early before the Knights had a revival at the plate, where they made up for their one-run performance on Saturday with five runs that included scoring four unanswered in a 5-1 ballgame.

Richmond’s Brady O’Brien continued his hot weekend in Vermont, going 4-4 and scoring twice. Rutgers’ Owen Carey joined O’Brien in the hit party with a 3-5, two-RBI night for the Scarlet Knight. Carey’s first RBI came in the fourth after a quiet Nashua start to the day, with his second helping the Knights tie the game in the seventh.

Nashua was able to crack into Vermont’s pitching staff in the middle frames, posting two runs in the sixth and seventh. Behind O’Brien and Carey, the Knights manufactured runs with Vermont walks and errors aiding the comeback. 

Rivier’s Nolan Mederos was excellent in holding the Monsters off, tossing two and ⅓ innings of scoreless baseball on just two hits. Endicott’s Kyan Bagshaw dealt in the sixth before letting up a lead-off single in the sixth, enabling the Knights to turn to Wake Forest’s Andrew Koshy in the tied game.

Koshy, who struggled in the Friday loss, ran into the same issues on the bump on Sunday afternoon. A walk and a hit-by-pitch loaded the bases, with Virginia’s Chone James cashing in on a bases-clearing three-RBI double.

Nashua’s hopes were once again deflated in the later innings, falling to 18-25 on the season and 2-4 on the week. A steeper uphill climb for themselves now, the Knights will take the two off days to prepare for a road meeting against the Rox.

Nashua and Brockton are set for a 6:30 PM first pitch on Wednesday night.