Francisco Castillo's five strong innings along with a five-run seventh helped Staten Island (10-10) past the Monsters 8-3 at RCBP Sunday afternoon.
Castillo improved to 2-1 on the season, tossing five scoreless innings of one-hit ball, punching out seven. He got some support in the third from shortstop Mitchell Hilligoss, who singled home Wilkins DeLaRosa for the game's first run.
The Baby Bombers tacked on two runs on a clutch two out bases loaded single from backstop Jose Gil in the fifth to pull ahead 3-0.
After two strong middle innings from Luke Trubee, Staten Island broke the game open in the seventh with a five-run outburst. After a Christopher Kunda runscoring single put them up four, the big blow came from hitting star Russell Raley, who had three hits on the day including a two-run double to left which plated Gil and Kunda.
Up six due to a wild pitch from Vermont Lake's Daniel Pfau, left fielder James Cooper singled in Raley for the fifth run of the frame which made it 7-0.
The Monsters broke up the shutout in the eighth thanks to an error from Staten Island first baseman Kyle Larsen, which allowed them to push across two unearned runs off reliever Jonathan Hovis.
They added a run in the ninth off Toni Lara on a Michael Martinez RBI double which scored Richard Caputo to cut it to 7-3. But with two outs, Lara got Michael Daniel to ground out to third to end the game.
Notes: Despite the win, Staten Island was sloppy in the field committing three errors, including a botched pickoff by Castillo. ... It was a rough day for Cooper. Despite going 2-for-3 with an RBI single, he was plunked twice. ... The Baby Bombers will look to extend their four-game winning streak today when they go for the sweep against Vermont Lake at St. George, which is scheduled to begin at 11 AM.
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