<now nbc5 sports desk sponsored by YOUR NEW ENGLAND FORD DEALERS!> WHENEVER YOU BUY A TICKET TO A SPORTING EVENT.. YOU TRULY HAVE NO IDEA WHAT YOU’RE GOING TO SEE. MAYBE ITS GOOD, HEARTBREAKING.. OR IN TONIGHTS CASE AT CENTENNIAL.. HISTORIC! LAKE MONSTERS HOSTING NEW BRITAIN IN THE FIRST ROUND OF THE FUTURES LEAGUE POSTSEASON! MONSTERS ARE IN FOR THE FOURTH STRAIGHT SEASON… LOOKING FOR A SECOND TITLE SINCE 2021.. NEW BRIATIN JUST ONE POSTSEASON WIN IN FUTURES LEAGUE HISTORY 1. and it wont be easy facing CASEY GOUGE.. who came to ball. pair of k’s right away.. BRIAN RICHMAN.. into the left field gap.. and the by the shorstop.. allows the ball to go into left field! 3. then it’s LEON GURVERA.. and he does not miss. 2 RUN HOMER! 4. RUN HOMER! 4. and as if the day couldn’t get better.. here comes GOUGE for the 9th inning.. and he completes.. the first complete game shutout for the LAKE MONSTERS since 1995! HISTORY AT A HISTORIC BALLPARK.. CASEY GOUGE ON ONE OF THE GREATEST PITCHING PREFORMANCES IN CENTENNIAL FIELD HISTORY! <Casey Gouge, – “It’s awesome to think about, I really enjoyed getting out there and competing for my guys, and that’s what I <Casey Gouge, – “It’s awesome to think getting out there and competing for my guys, and that’s what I wanted to do all day. Good, good. I wanted to compete for my guys, and my goal was just go out there and give our guys a chance to win. And that was all I was thinking about GOOSEBUMPS FOR THE CENTENNIAL FIELD DIEHARDS. SO IF VERMONT WINS GAME 2.. IT’S ANOTHER BERTH IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP
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For the first time since 1995, a Vermont Lake Monsters pitcher threw nine innings of shutout baseball. Casey Gouge spun a complete-game shutout in Game 1 of the Futures Collegiate Baseball League semifinal, downing the New Britain Bees 8-0 at Centennial Field.The rising senior at Catawba College threw 12 pitches or fewer in the first eight innings, and 18 pitches in the final frame to complete one of the greatest pitching performances in Centennial Field history.”It’s awesome to think about,” said Gouge as his teammates doused him in Gatorade. “I really enjoyed getting out there and competing for my guys, and that’s what I wanted to do all day. My goal was just go out there and give our guys a chance to win. That was all I was thinking about throughout the outing; wasn’t worried about anything else.”Up 1-0 in the best-of-three semifinal series, Vermont will head to New Britain, Connecticut, for Game 2. If Vermont wins, it will be a fourth trip to the Futures League Championship in five seasons.
For the first time since 1995, a Vermont Lake Monsters pitcher threw nine innings of shutout baseball. Casey Gouge spun a complete-game shutout in Game 1 of the Futures Collegiate Baseball League semifinal, downing the New Britain Bees 8-0 at Centennial Field.
The rising senior at Catawba College threw 12 pitches or fewer in the first eight innings, and 18 pitches in the final frame to complete one of the greatest pitching performances in Centennial Field history.
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“It’s awesome to think about,” said Gouge as his teammates doused him in Gatorade. “I really enjoyed getting out there and competing for my guys, and that’s what I wanted to do all day. My goal was just go out there and give our guys a chance to win. That was all I was thinking about throughout the outing; wasn’t worried about anything else.”
Up 1-0 in the best-of-three semifinal series, Vermont will head to New Britain, Connecticut, for Game 2. If Vermont wins, it will be a fourth trip to the Futures League Championship in five seasons.
