Varsity Baseball

In the first ever Lakes Region Baseball Tournament, Vermont the #6 seed traveled to the #3 seed Holderness for a chance to play on Friday in the second round in the winners bracket. Unfortunately we came away on the short end 9-8.

Vermont scored six times in the top of the first inning, Cam Wright '15, AJ Latulippe '13, Jordan Roberts '14, and Mac Haddad '13 had singles. Wright and Latulippe had two hits each in the first inning. Holderness scored two runs in the first and in the second innings to make the score 6-4. Holderness scored 4 runs in the third inning to take the lead 8-6.

In the fifth inning Latulippe walked, stole second base, Stephen Tworig '14 walked, Roberts walked, Haddad got hit by a pitch to score Latulippe. George Atkins '15 singled to score Tworig to tie the game up 8-8. Vermont had runners on in the sixth and seventh innings, but couldn't score a run. In the bottom of the seventh, with one out, Holderness worked a walk, an infield error putting runners on first and second. A fly ball to short center-field gave Vermont two outs and Holderness' clean-up hitter hit a single to left centerfield to win the game 9-8.
 
Vermont will play a losers bracket game home this Saturday at 3:00 PM against Proctor.

The Vermont Academy varsity baseball team played league-leading Tilton at home, and came away with a 6-5 win. Vermont got on the board in the first inning as Cam Wright '15 singled, stole second base, Stephen Tworig '14 hit a single to short center, a walk to the next batter and Jordan Roberts '14 singled in Wright. In the second inning, Vermont scored two runs for a 3-0 lead. Dom Senerchia '15 walked and then stole second base. Wright then walked and Captain Salty (Nasty Dirty Dog) Pennington-Fitzgerald '13 tripled to left center to score Senerchia and Wright.
Tilton scored a run in the third and two in the fourth innings to tie the game 3-3 and knock out starting pitcher Nate Greene '15. Tilton scored two more runs in the top of the fifth. In the bottom of the fifth, Pennington-Fitzgerald walked stole second base and scored on a RBI single by Tworig.
In the bottom of the sixth after two were out George Atkins '15 tripled to right  center, Senerchia singled to short right field for an RBI, Wright then doubled to score Senerchia to make it 6-5. In the top of the seventh a Tilton pinch-hitter singled and was thrown out trying to steal second by Roberts. After a strike-out and a single, the game ended on a high pop-up to shortstop.
 Captain AJ Latulippe '13 pitched in relief of Greene to get the win. Wright (2 for 3) and Tworig (2 for 3) led the offense.
 Vermont will be back in action on Saturday as we travel to New Hampton for a double-header. First game is at 2:00. 

On the first warm day of the spring the varsity baseball team traveled to Cardigan and came away with a 8-6 loss.

Jordan Roberts '14 made his first start on the mound for the wildcats. The first inning was a little shaky as we were down 3-0. Jordan settled down for the next two innings facing only seven batters.
In the top of the fourth Vermont scored six runs on seven hits to take a 6-3 lead. In the bottom of the fourth Cardigan scored five runs to knock out Roberts. Matthew Gendron '15 came on in relief to finish the game on the mound.

The offense was better today as we had a total of thirteen hits. Cam Wright (3 for 4) led the way. Next up for Vermont is a big league game against KUA at home this Friday at 4:30

Nate Greene '15 made his first varsity start of the season and pitched the Wildcats to a 4-3 victory over N.M.H. in front of a good home crowd. Greene pitched into the sixth inning striking-out three and walking only one batter. It didn't look good in the first inning for Greene as he gave up a towering home run to their lead off hitter but after the first, Greene settled down and stayed ahead of the Hoggers hitters.
 
Cam Wright '15 opened the bottom half of the first with a sharp single to left. Capt. AJ Latulippe '13 singled in Wright to tie the game after one inning. In the second N.M.H. scored again to take the lead. In the third Dom Senerchia '15 singled, moved to second on a wild throw to first. Wright then doubled to score Senerchia, stole third and scored on a single by Stephen Tworig '14 to take the lead 3-2.

In the fifth inning Capt. Salty Pennington-Fitzgerald '13 singled stole second and moved to third on a throwing error. After a walk to Tworig, Latulippe hit a Sac. Fly to rightfield to score Pennington-Fitzgerald to make the score 4-2. N.M.H. would score again in the sixth, Wright came on in relief of Greene to earn the save.
 
Wright (2 for 4) 2 runs, Senerchia (2 for 2) 1 run, Latulippe (1 for 2) 2 RBI and Tworig (1 for 2) 1 RBI led the Wildcat offense.
 
The Wildcats get back at it tomorrow against Holderness at 3:30.

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Vermont baseball made the long road trip to Brewster Academy and came away with a 1-0 loss. Brewster's pitcher was very tough as he had 13 strike-outs in the game. Brewster scored the only run of the game in the second inning of starter Brian Allen '14. In the third inning Mac Haddad '13 and Bandera Swastono '14 each singled but Vermont couldn't cross the plate. Pinch-hitter Jamie Lumley got his first varsity hit, stole second base, moved up to third on a fly ball to right. Cam Wright '15 came on in relief of Allen and pitched 4 innings allowing only two hits. The defense played their best game of the season so far despite the strong wind gusts during the game.
 
The Wildcats are back at home this Friday as we face N.M.H. at 4:45.

Tilton, NH. - Vermont traveled to Tilton instead of playing at home because of the snow that fell Friday nightb and came away with a 9-2 loss. George Atkins '15 started on the mound for Vermont and had trouble finding the strike zone. AJ Latulippe '13 came on in relief in the bottom of the second inning pitching three innings
Tilton jumped out in the bottom of the first to take a 3-0 lead. They scored four more runs in the second to lead 7-0 at the close of two innings. After that, Vermont started to get their feet under them and played pretty good baseball for the rest of the game. 
Vermont scored in the top of the fifth inning as Salty Pennington-Fitzgerald '13 hit a single, stole second base, went to third on a wild pitch and scored on a sacrifice fly by Stephen Tworig '14. In the top of the seventh, Pennington-Fitzgerald got hit by a pitch, Tworig walked, Bandera Swastono '14 hit into a fielders choice to score the final run for Vermont.
Tworig (2 for 2) and Dom Senerchia (2 for 3) led the Vermont offense. See pics from the game here.
 
Our next game is on the road as we travel to Brewster this Wednesday. Game time is 3:30.

SAXTONS RIVER, VT.- Vermont opened up the 2013 season with a 17-2 win over Proctor Academy in five innings. Senior co-captain AJ Latulippe pitched a complete game, allowing 5 hits, while striking out four to get the win.

The Wildcats had a total of 13 hits on the day. Cam Wright 15', Salty Pennington-Fitzgerald 13', Stephen Tworig 14' Latulippe, and Jordan Roberts 14' each had two hits to lead the attack. Vermont scored six runs in the first, five more runs in the second, five in the third and one in the fourth. See pics from the game here.

Next up for the Wildcats is this Sat. home against Tilton. First pitch is at 3:30. 

SAXTONS RIVER- The varsity baseball team saw their first action of the season yesterday. It was only the second day being outside on the diamond. The weather at the start of the game was really nice and warm and when the sun went down it became very cold and windy. 

Vermont scored in the first inning as Cam Wright '15 walked, advanced to second on a pass ball, moved up to third on a ground ball and scored on a ground ball by Steve Tworig '14. The second inning was a tough one as Brattleboro scored three unearned runs on three infield errors to lead 3-1. In the bottom of the third Mac Haddad '13 started off with a double to right center, Wright singled to move Haddad to third, Haddad scored on a pass ball and Wright moved up to third. Senior Co-Captain Salty Pennington-Fitzgerald singled to score Wright. A couple of walks to load the bases and a walk by Jordan Roberts to score Pennington-Fitzgerald gave the wildcats the lead after three innings 4-3. Brattleboro scored again in the fifth inning to  take the lead 5-4. In the bottom of the fifth George Atkins '15 reached base on an error, a walk by Roberts, a couple of stolen bases and a pass ball scored Atkins. An infield throwing error scored Roberts to give the wildcats a 6-4 lead. Brattleboro scored 4 runs (1 earned) in the top of the sixth to seal the victory.

Next up of the Wildcats is our league opener home against Proctor Academy at 2:30