The Blue Sox absorbed two losses against the Vermont Mountaineers, falling 3-0 and 9-5 in a doubleheader at Mackenzie Stadium in front of a crowd of 1584 on June 21.
In game one, the Mountaineers banged out the winning run with two outs in the first on a walk and back-to-back singles, and that would be the sum of the scoring until the seventh frame, when they hit the first Mackenzie Stadium home run of 2014, and followed that with a hit batter and two singles for the 3-0 final.
Game two saw the Mountaineers jump out to a 2-0 lead, but the Blue Sox fought back with a two-out rally of their own, striking with three singles and an error, including a Bobby Stahel RBI single, to tie the game 2-2. Vermont scored two in the third to take a 4-2 lead, but Stahel again came through, driving in another run to make it 4-3.
However, Vermont scored a run in the fourth and four in the fifth to take a 9-3 edge. Trey Sikes did drive in a run in the bottom of the fifth, but the Sox left the bases loaded, and the only subsequent run they were able to score came in the next inning when Mendez Elder came home on a wild pitch for the 9-5 final.
The Blue Sox finish out the weekend with a game against the Newport Gulls at 5:05 p.m. at Mackenzie Stadium.