NEWPORT, R.I. — Troy Scott smashed a key three-run homer and the Newport Gulls topped the Vermont Mountaineers in Game 3 of the New England Collegiate Baseball league championship series, claiming the title with a 12-6 win Monday at Cardines Field.
For the Gulls, it’s their first NECBL title since 2005 and fourth overall. The Mountaineers, after a 20-19 regular season and the third seed out of the Western Division, were aiming for a third crown in four seasons. It marked the second time that Newport defeated Vermont in the league finals.
Monday, Scott, who finished with five RBIs, drilled a Scott Kaminsky fastball over the right-center field to give the Gulls a 5-4 third-inning lead.
The Gulls extended their lead to 7-4 in the fourth inning on Tim Smalling’s RBI triple and Alex Kaminski’s RBI single.
Vermont’s Clay Jones led off the fifth inning with a solo blast and Nick Martinez’s RBI single sliced Newport’s lead to 7-6.
From there, the Gulls tacked on six runs in the seventh inning, including Scott’s fifth RBI of the game, to swell the lead to 12-6.
Before Scott’s three-run homer in the third inning, Vermont capitalized on a poor Newport fielding to plate three runs for a 4-2 lead.
Vermont stormed through the first two rounds of the playoffs, sweeping North Adams and Holyoke to earn its fourth championship-series appearance in five years.In the championship series, Newport claimed Game 1 with a 7-3 home victory. Sunday, the series shifted to Montpelier and the Mountaineers evened the series after rallying in the bottom of the ninth inning for two runs in a 4-3 win.
Martinez led Vermont during the postseason with five multi-games.
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