NY-PENN LEAGUE VVEERRMMOONNTT ((3311--3399)) ATAT OONNEEOONNTTAA ((2299--4400)) AFFILIATE OF THE WASHINGTON Tuesday --- September 2, 2008 --- Overall Game #71 --- Away Game #38 NATIONALS SCHEDULE AND RESULTS RECORD: The Lake Monsters are 31-39 after a doubleheader sweep at ‘07 record after 70 games: 34-36 Date Opponent Score Record Oneonta Monday ... Vermont has won 8 of its last 12 games since snap- ‘07 record after 71 games: 34-36 6/17 ONEONTA 6-4 W 1-0 Best after 70: 46-24, 1996 6/18 ONEONTA 1-8 L 1-1 ping a 6-game losing streak ... After going 18-14 in their first 32 games Worst after 70: 18-52, 2003 6/19 ONEONTA 8-13 L 1-2 of season, the Lake Monsters went 5-21 over the next 25 to fall to 23-35 6/20 at Lowell 2-4 L 1-3 Best after 71: 46-25, 1996 6/21 at Lowell 1-0 W 2-3 ... Since then, Vermont has gone 8-4 in last 12 games to improve to 31-39. Worst after 71: 18-53, 2003 6/22 at Lowell 2-3 L 2-4 6/23 TRI-CITY 13-3 W 3-4 Roadtrip Vermont (4-3) Opponent (3-4) YESTERDAY: Lake Monsters rallied late from 3-2 deficits in 6/24 TRI-CITY 2-3 L 3-5 Avg .244 (55x225) .240 (52x217) 6/25 TRI-CITY 6-8 L 3-6 Runs 33 (4.71 rpg) 35 (5.0 rpg) both games of doubleheader for 5-3 and 7-3 wins at Oneonta ... 6/26 LOWELL 6-1 W 4-6 RISP .152 (10x66) .278 (15x54) Marcus Jones’ 2-run triple in the 7th inning gave Vermont a 4-3 6/27 LOWELL 2-1 W 5-6 ERA (er/ip) 4.93 (26/56.0) 4.42 (29/59.0) 6/28 LOWELL 5-1 W 6-6 BB/SO 29/60 39/67 lead of game 1, while Jake Dugger and Jake Smolinski had 6/29 at Tri-City 11-4 W 7-6 Errors 12 10 back-to-back pinch hit RBI singles for a 4-3 lead in 6th inning of 6/30 at Tri-City 4-1 W 8-6 Since All-Star Vermont (8-5) Opponent (5-8) 7/1 at Tri-City 4-3 W 9-6 Avg .254 (106x418) .258 (111x431) nightcap ... Brad Peacock (4-6) tossed 7-inning complete-game 7/2 at State College 7-2 W 10-6 Runs 70 (5.38 rpg) 69 (5.31 rpg) win in opener ... Nick Arata 2-for-4 with 2 runs, 1 double and 1 7/3 at State College 6-9 L 10-7 RISP .199 (27x136) .288 (30x104) triple in game 2, while Derek Norris 2-for-2 with 1 run and 2 7/4 at State College 0-12 L 10-8 ERA (er/ip) 4.30 (53/111V.0) 4.65 (57/110.1) 7/5 BATAVIA 6-5 W 11-8 BB/SO 47/120 71/124 RBI ... Jorge Urena 3 runs (1 earned) over 4.2 innings as game 7/6 BATAVIA 9-10 L 11-9 Errors 17 22 2 starter in Vermont debut. 7/7 BATAVIA 3-2 W 12-9 Lake Monsters vs. ONEONTA 7/8 All-Time: 50-71 2008: 5-2 2007: 5-5 7/9 at Mahoning Valley 5-3 W 13-9 NEW BLOOD: Since August 11th, Vermont has added 3 new Home: 24-35 Home: 1-2 Home: 2-3 7/10 at Mahoning Valley 4-9 L 13-10 players (Jake Smolinski 8/11, Danny Espinosa 8/16, Marcus Away: 26-36 Away: 4-0 Away: 3-2 7/11 at Mahoning Valley 7-6 W 14-10 Jones 8/21) .... Those 3 players have combined to go 55x164 vs. Tigers Affiliate: 52-72 7/12 at Jamestown 3-11 L 14-11 Current Win/Loss Streak: 4 win 7/13 at Jamestown 7-5 W 15-11 (.335) with 28 R, 11 2B, 3 3B and 17 RBI in 45 games played 7/14 at Jamestown 5-6 L 15-12 Long Winning Streak: 6 (7/21/95-7/29/97) 7/15 ... Rest of Lake Monsters are 95x464 (.205) since August 11th. Long Losing Streak: 11 (8/20/05 - 7/3/06) 7/16 WILLIAMSPORT 1-2 L 15-13 Largest Vermont Win: 8 (11-3, 8/27/96) 7/17 WILLIAMSPORT 1-5 L 15-14 SWEEPING IN ONEONTA: Vermont is 4-0 in Oneonta Largest Oneonta Win: 17 (19-2, 7/4/03) 7/18 WILLIAMSPORT PPD this season, sweeping a pair of doubleheaders on July 21st and Last Vermont Shutout: 6-0, 8/30/07 7/19 at Oneonta PPD Last Oneonta Shutout: 10-0, 8/21/06 7/20 at Oneonta (2) PPD September 1st ... The Lake Monsters have won 9 of their last Most Vermont Runs: 13, 7/1/99 & 8/13/99 7/21 at Oneonta 4-1 W 16-14 1 2 g a m e s a t Damaschke after losing 10 straight at Oneonta. Most Oneonta Runs: 19, 7/4/03 4-2 W 17-14 7/22 at Brooklyn 6-1 W 18-14 Vermont’s 7th inning rally in game 1 on 2008 Overall 2008 Series 7/23 at Brooklyn 0-2 L 18-15 WINNING LATE: VT NYP ONE NYP VT ONE 7/24 at Brooklyn 1-8 L 18-16 Monday marked the 1st time this season that Lake Monsters Avg .222 14 .239 12 .254 .255 7/25 LOWELL 3-11 L 18-17 have won when they trailed heading into final inning (0-29 R 293 10 267 13 35 34 7/26 LOWELL 3-5 L 18-18 H 507 14 551 12 50 54 7/27 LOWELL 1-3 L 18-19 when trailing after 8 and were 0-1 when trailing after 6 of DH). HR 43 4 25 13 1 4 7/28 LOWELL 5-4 W 19-19 BB 294 1 198 13 34 27 7/29 BROOKLYN 3-4 L 19-20 IN A PINCH: Lake Monsters got back-to-back pinch hit RBI SO 644 4 482 14 56 42 7/30 BROOKLYN 1-2 L 19-21 SB 84 2 49 11 11 1 singles in 6th inning of game 2 on Monday from Jake Dugger E 101 4 116 3 9 9 7/31 BROOKLYN 4-5 L 19-22 ERA 3.92 11 3.88 9 4.58 5.33 8/1 at Lowell 4-7 L 19-23 and Jake Smolinski ... Vermont had just 1 pinch hit over the H 591 7 597 6 54 50 8/2 at Lowell 4-6 L 19-24 first 69 games of season (now 3-for-11) ... Smolinski’s pinch SHO 3 8t 5 5t 0 0 8/3 at Lowell 1-7 L 19-25 HR 43 5 27 13t 4 1 8/4 at Lowell 2-3 L 19-26 hit increased current hitting streak to 10 games (18-for-38, .474), BB 264 1 228 8t 27 34 8/5 SO 585 7 514 13 42 56 8/6 at Hudson Valley 4-12 L 19-27 the longest hitting streak of the season for any Vermont player. 8/7 at Hudson Valley 6-2 W 20-27 8/8 at Hudson Valley 1-4 L 20-28 VERMONT LIKES MONDAYS: With the 2 wins on Monday, the Lake Monsters finished 8/9 AUBURN 5-2 W 21-28 the season 10-3 in games on Mondays ... Vermont is just 2-8 in 10 games played on Wednesdays. 8/10 AUBURN PPD 8/11 AUBURN 1-3 L 21-29 AUBURN 6-0 W 22-29 DEREK “WALKER” NORRIS: Derek Norris is the Vermont all-time single-season leader 8/12 ABERDEEN 9-5 W 23-29 with 58 walks, breaking the previous record of 53 set by Val Pascucci in 1999 ... Norris leads the 8/13 ABERDEEN 1-3 L 23-30 Lake Monsters with 9 home runs ... 5 of Norris’ 9 home runs have come in the 1st inning of game. 8/14 ABERDEEN 1-2 L 23-31 8/15 at Staten Island PPD 8/16 at Staten Island 4-5 L 23-32 UP ON THE FARM LAST NIGHT WITH FORMER VERMONT PLAYERS at Staten Island 1-6 L 23-33 For more info, check out Monsters in the Show/Where Are They Now Board in the concourse area 8/17 at Staten Island 1-2 L 23-34 8/18 Triple A: Toledo 3, Columbus 0 -- The Clippers finish 69-73 in International League ... Leonard Davis (.310, 8/19 All-Star Game at Tri-City 76 R, 28 2B, 5 3B, 25 HR, 76 RBI) and Luke Montz (.271, 48 R, 22 2B, 16 HR, 71 RBI) both went 1-for-4 ... 8/20 8/21 STATEN ISLAND 4-5 L 23-35 Larry Broadway (.266, 56 R, 29 2B, 3 3B, 9 HR, 55 RBI) did not play in the final game of the Clippers season. 8/22 STATEN ISLAND 7-6 W 24-35 Double A: Harrisburg 13, Bowie 7 - Senators finished 73-69 in Eastern League ... Ian Desmond (.251, 42 R, 8/23 STATEN ISLAND 4-7 L 24-36 B HR RBI R B B 8/24 HUDSON VALLEY 7-6 W 25-36 13 2 , 12 , 44 ) 3-for-5 with 3 runs, 2 homers and 3 RBI ..