Vermont generosity combined with a powerful offense led by Luis Sumoza to deliver Lowell an easy 11-3 victory.

Sumoza continued his hot hitting for the Spinners (16-18) as he stroked a 2-run single in the first inning and followed that up with a 3-run homer in the seventh, with both clutch hits coming with two outs. Now hitting .299, the 20-year old Venezuelan has homered in four of his last five games and has driven in runs in five of his last six.

Ryan Dent did his part with a solo shot in the fifth inning and an RBI double in the sixth. Will Middlemiss capped Lowell's scoring with a 2-run bomb in the eighth.

Brock Huntzinger worked five innings of five-hit, one-run ball for the victory, striking out three. Jorge Rodriguez and Mitchell Herold closed out the contest for the Spinners.

Four pitchers for Vermont (18-16) gave up seven walks while two defensive miscues led to three unearned runs for Lowell.

Phillies 6, Fisher Cats 4

A four-run first inning feast turned into an eight-inning famine for New Hampshire as Reading's late-game surge became a 6-4 comeback victory.

Two-out hits were reliever Seth Overbey's undoing as Brad Harmon slashed a 2-run double in the sixth inning to tie the game, then Mike Eylward ripped a 2-run single in the seventh to put Reading on top to stay.

It looked as if the Fisher Cats (42-63) would quickly run away and hide from the Phillies (44-61). Eric Nielsen (three hits) blasted a solo home run to put New Hampshire on the board and Jacob Butler (two doubles) followed with a 2-run double as three hits and three walks created a 4-0 advantage.

J.P. Arencibia had a two-hit night to wrap up a Fisher Cat offense that could only manage four hits over the final eight innings.

Starting pitcher Robert Ray (3 earned runs in 51/3 innings) breezed through the Reading lineup, allowing just one unearned run until a sixth-inning wild pitch narrowed the gap to two and brought Overbey to the mound one batter later.

Tornadoes 11, Pride 10

The ninth inning turned out to be a nightmare for Nashua as a seven-run Worcester explosion turned a big Pride lead into an 11-10 defeat.

Haverhill's Omar Pena (three hits including his fifth home run, two RBI) scored the winning run on a two-out throwing error for the Tornadoes (5-5 in the second half of the Can-Am League season).

Ryan Buckland and losing pitcher Andy Weimer were hammered in the fateful ninth as the Nashua duo combined to allow six hits and six earned runs as eight of the 10 hitters they faced reached base.

The meltdown doomed an impressive offensive evening for the Pride (5-5) as all nine starters had at least one hit. Top performances came from Lawrence's Argenis Tavarez (four hits including a double, RBI), Mike Torres (three hits including a homer, 2 RBIs) and Jeremy Pickrel (two doubles).

Nashua's road doesn't get any easier tonight as lefty Tom Cochran and his 9-0 record takes the mound for Worcester in a 7:05 p.m. contest.