Last week, Milton had wins over South Burlington and St. Johnsbury, and a loss to Burlington, to improve their record on the year to 4-1 overall and 2-1 in the Metro Division.
After a rainy Tuesday, Milton traveled to South Burlington on Wednesday to take on a Rebel squad that took on a different look this year after losing several key players. Matt Goulet took the hill for the ‘Jackets, but was only able to go one scoreless inning. Alex Duchesneau took the hill after that, and settled in nicely for the ‘Jackets, using a variety of pitches to allow only three runs to South Burlington as he went the rest of the way.
Duchesneau and Milton took a 3-2 lead into the bottom of the 7th inning before allowing the Rebels to push a run across to send it into extra innings. After a scoreless 8th inning, the ‘Jackets started to threaten. Anthony Campbell led off the inning with a single and Alex Learned followed with a double to put two on base with nobody out. Colton Carpenter then came to the plate and hit a rocket into the gap for 2-run triple to put Milton ahead for good 5-3.
Duchesneau’s final line on the hill was eight innings, four hits, three runs (one earned), three walks and one strikeout. The Milton offense was led by multi-hit days for Mike Mullins (2 for 3, 2 RBI), Kyle McRae (2 for 4, 2 doubles, 1 RBI), and Anthony Campbell (2 for 4).
Thursday, the ‘Jackets were again on the road, this time at Burlington. The Seahorses were another team that lost a number of key seniors, but they still had enough to give Milton its first loss of the year. Corey Hurley was the starting pitcher for the ‘Jackets, going five innings while giving up six runs (four earned) on five hits, seven walks and four strikeouts.
Milton trailed just 1-0 with two outs in the bottom of the 3rd inning before yielding a two out two run double to extend the deficit to 3-0. Milton then pushed across two runs in the 4th, but that would be all they could muster on the day, as they lost 6-2.
Milton’s offensive attack was highlighted by multi hit days from Hurley and Jeremy Peet, as they both went 2 for 4. Carpenter and Dylan Leggett also had RBI singles in the 4th inning for the ‘Jackets.
In their third game of the week, the ‘Jackets hosted St. Johnsbury on a Saturday afternoon. Leggett had the ball for Milton in his first Varsity start on the mound. He surrendered only one unearned run through three and two-thirds innings, while not allowing a hit, striking out four and walking six. McRae took over from there, going the final three and a third innings, allowing three runs (two earned) on four hits, six strikeouts and two walks.
On offense, the ‘Jackets jumped out to an early 3-0 lead after the first two innings. They added another run in the 4th to make it 4-0, but the big inning for Milton came in the 6th. Learned singled to lead off the inning and Peet followed with a walk. They then proceeded to double steal, with Learned advancing to third and Peet to second. McRae ripped an RBI single to score Learned, and then the flood gates opened. After three more walks in the inning, concluding with a bases-loaded walk to Mike Burnham which scored Peet from third, Hurley stepped to the plate with the bases loaded and promptly unloaded them. After the dust had settled, Hurley stood on second base with a three run double as the ‘Jackets had extended their lead to 10-4.
Learned paced the ‘Jackets offense all day, going 4 for 5 with three runs scored, one RBI and three stolen bases. McRae also had a multi-hit day, going 2 for 4 with two RBI.
Milton has another three game week coming up, hosting the Rice Green Knights on Tuesday, visiting the Mt. Mansfield Cougars on Thursday, and wrapping up the week by visiting the Colchester Lakers on Friday.
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