Mountaineers advance to NECBL championship series

MONTPELIER – The Vermont Mountaineers defeated the North Adams SteepleCats, 4-0, in the decisive Game 3 of the 2015 New England Collegiate Baseball League Northern Division finals at Recreation Field on Saturday night.

Vermont clinched its first NECBL finals appearance since 2009 and will seek its first title since 2007.

Jack Parenty, Joe Dudek and Isaiah Pasteur each drove in a run for the Mountaineers and Joe Rocchietti pitched five shutout innings to earn the win.

Sam Delaplane and Teddy Rodliff each continued the shutout in relief.

The Mountaineers will face the Mystic Schooners tonight at 6 in Game 1 of the NECBL finals.

N.Y.-Penn baseball

• Vermont 6, Brooklyn 2: Vermont completed their first-ever three-game sweep of the Brooklyn Cyclones with a victory and have now won four straight games for the first time in almost three years.

Ryan Howell was 2-for-4 with two runs and Brett Siddall was 2-for-4 with a run scored for Vermont (21-26). Richie Martin, Jesus Lopez, Steven Pallares, Chris Iriart and Seong-min Kim each had an RBI.

Derek Beasley scattered three hits with one walk and two strikeouts over three scoreless innings or relief to earn the win.

Keven Canelon allowed three runs on six hits with two walks and six strikeouts over six innings to take the loss for Brooklyn (23-24).