Monks Split with Castleton

Standish, ME - The first game of the doubleheader went to Castleton State, 5-4. Winning pitcher Travis Myers (Mountain Home, ID) went for five innings with 7 hits, 4 runs and two strikeouts. Key players for Castleton were Josh Racicot (Bristol, VT) who had 2 RBI singles and Chris Alger (New London, CT), who had an RBI double in the first.

Losing pitcher for the Monks, Junior Steve Lambert (Gonic, NH ), went 4 innings and had 1 strikeout. Freshman Charlie Furbush (South Portland, ME) went 3-4 and had an RBI double, and senior Aaron Cieslak (Windham, ME ) had a two-run homer in the third.

St. Joe's took the second game of the double header 11-4. Sophomore Ben Cutter (Westbrook, ME) was the winning pitcher with two strikeouts and only one hit against him. In the first inning, Aaron Cieslak had a two-run double to start the Monks off. Senior Andy Exley (Portland, ME) had a RBI triple and an RBI single. Freshmen Charlie Furbush and Brian Schools (Gorham, ME) both had RBI doubles.

The losing Pitcher for Castleton State, Jesse Grosebeck (Poultney, VT), had one strikeout. In the seventh inning Jeremy Henderson (Lyndonville, VT) hit a two-run homer, but it wasn't enough to catch up to the Monks who had a steady lead from the beginning.

This split puts the Monks at a record of 8-5 and the Spartans at 4-7.