A NY-PENN LEAGUE TRI-CITY VALLEYCATS (2-4) AT VERMONT (2-4) AFFILIATE OF THE WASHINGTON Monday --- June 23, 2008 --- Overall Game #7 --- Home Game #4 NATIONALS SCHEDULE AND RESULTS RECORD: The Lake Monsters fell to 2-4 with a 3-2 loss at Lowell on ‘07 record after 7 games: 5-2 Date Opponent Score Record Sunday ... Vermont has lost 4 of its last 5 games after winning on open- ‘07 record after 8 games: 5-3 6/17 ONEONTA 6-4 W 1-0 Best after 7: 7-0, 2001 6/18 ONEONTA 1-8 L 1-1 ing night ... Lake Monsters are both 1-2 on the road and 1-2 at home ... Worst after 7: 1-6, ‘03 & ‘05 6/19 ONEONTA 8-13 L 1-2 Vermont won 4 of last 5 games in 2007 to finish season 38-37 ... Vermont 6/20 at Lowell 2-4 L 1-3 Best after 8: 8-0, 2001 6/21 at Lowell 1-0 W 2-3 has an all-time record of 490-567 (.464) in its 14-plus NY-Penn seasons. Worst after 8: 1-7, ‘03 & ‘05 6/22 at Lowell 2-3 L 2-4 6/23 TRI-CITY 7:05 VERMONT MILESTONE WINS YESTERDAY: Lowell scored 2 runs in the bottom of the 9th 6/24 TRI-CITY 7:05 Win Game Date Opponent inning for a come-from-behind 3-2 victory over Vermont ... The 6/25 TRI-CITY 7:05 1 4 6/19/94 @Hudson Valley 6/26 LOWELL 7:05 50 92 7/ 2/95 @Utica Lake Monsters trailed 1-0 when they scored 2 runs in the 8th on 6/27 LOWELL 7:05 100 165 7/ 2/96 @Auburn a Robby Jacobsen RBI double and a Steve Souza RBI single ... 6/28 LOWELL 7:05 150 246 7/10/97 @New Jersey 6/29 at Tri-City 5:00 200 353 8/ 8/98 @Hudson Valley Austin Garrett (0-1) tossed a scoreless 8th inning, but gave up 3 6/30 at Tri-City 7:00 250 463 6/29/00 Queens straight hits in the 9th to tie the game 2-2 ... The Spinners won 7/1 at Tri-City 7:00 300 559 7/20/01 @Oneonta the game 1-out later on a sacrifice fly off David Slovack ... 7/2 at State College 7:05 350 702 7/11/03 Hudson Valley 7/3 at State College 7:05 400 830 6/25/05 Tri-City Brad Peacock allowed 1 run on 4 hits with 1 walk and 6 strike- 7/4 at State College 1:05 450 975 9/ 6/06 @Brooklyn outs over 7.0 innings in the no-decision ... James Keithley had 2 7/5 BATAVIA 7:05 490 1056 6/21/08 @Lowell 7/6 BATAVIA 5:05 of Vermont’s 7 hits in game. Lake Monsters vs. TRI-CITY 7/7 BATAVIA 7:05 All-Time: 32-46 2007: 7-3 2006: 3-6 7/8 9TH INNING STRUGGLES: Vermont had the lead after Home: 19-21 Home: 5-0 Home: 1-4 7/9 at Mahoning Valley 7:05 8 innings in each of its 2 losses over the weekend at Lowell ... Away: 13-25 Away: 2-3 Away: 2-2 7/10 at Mahoning Valley 7:05 On Friday, Lake Monters led 2-1 after 8 when Spinners got a 2- vs. Astros Affiliate: 51-55 7/11 at Mahoning Valley 7:05 Current Win/Loss Streak: 2 loss 7/12 at Jamestown 7:05 out game-ending 3-run homer off Julio Figueroa for 4-2 Lowell 7/13 at Jamestown 6:05 win ... Vermont led 2-1 after 8 on Sunday before Spinners scored Long Winning Streak: 6 (8/17/05-9/8/05) 7/14 at Jamestown 7:05 Long Losing Streak: 6 (8/28/02-7/2/03) 7/15 2 runs on 3 hits for 3-2 Lowell win ... Lake Monsters lost just Largest Vermont Win: 10 (10-0, 6/30/05) 7/16 WILLIAMSPORT 7:05 3 times during the 2007 season when leading after 8 innings. Largest Tri-City Win: 13 (14-1, 8/27/04) 7/17 WILLIAMSPORT 7:05 Last Vermont Shutout: 2-0, 8/6/07 7/18 WILLIAMSPORT 7:05 SERIES OF PITCHING: Vermont’s 3-game series at Last Tri-City Shutout: 7-0, 8/28/07 7/19 at Oneonta 7:00 Most Vermont Runs: 15, 9/8/05 7/20 at Oneonta 6:00 Lowell was dominated by both pitching staffs ... The 2 teams Most Tri-City Runs: 16, 6/24/05 7/21 at Oneonta 7:00 combined to score just 12 runs on 31 hits in the 3 games ... 2008 Overall 2007 Series 7/22 at Brooklyn 7:00 VT NYP TRI NYP VT TRI 7/23 at Brooklyn 7:00 Lowell hit just .172 (15x87) for the series, but that was still bet- Avg .187 14 .236 6 .255 .241 7/24 at Brooklyn 7:00 ter than Vermont’s .163 (16x98) average ... The pitching staffs R 20 12 33 2 43 35 7/25 LOWELL 7:05 H 35 14 52 3 72 72 7/26 LOWELL 7:05 also combined for just 12 walks and 55 strikeouts in series. HR 1 7t 4 1t 2 5 7/27 LOWELL 5:05 BB 21 8t 14 13 34 30 7/28 LOWELL 7:05 DROUGHT: Vermont has 20 runs through 6 games (3.0 runs SO 56 3 53 5 61 84 7/29 BROOKLYN 7:05 per game), but 9 of 20 runs came in 2 innings (5-run 4th inning SB 7 2t 2 12t 6 7 7/30 BROOKLYN 7:05 E 4 13 21 1 11 14 7/31 BROOKLYN 1:05 on 6/17 and 4-run 1st on 6/19) ... Other 11 runs over 52 innings. ERA 5.13 14 3.50 7 3.51 3.60 8/1 at Lowell 7:05 H 49 3t 47 6t 72 72 SHO 1 1t 1 1t 0 1 8/2 at Lowell 5:05 STRUGGLE AT THE TOP: Through 6 games, the Lake HR 5 1 3 2t 5 2 8/3 at Lowell 1:35 Monsters are hitting just .187 (35x187) as a team ... The top of BB 26 5 15 10t 30 34 8/4 at Lowell 7:05 SO 45 10 50 6 84 61 8/5 batting order has a lot to do with that low average ... The top 5 8/6 at Hudson Valley 7:05 spots in the order are just a combined 15x106 (.142), including 1x20 (.050) from their cleanup 8/7 at Hudson Valley 7:05 8/8 at Hudson Valley 7:05 hitter, while the 6 thru 9 spots in the Vermont order are a combined 20x82 (.244) after 6 games. 8/9 AUBURN 7:05 8/10 AUBURN 5:05 REACHING 50: 2006 Lake Monsters pitcher Daryl Thompson made his Major League debut on 8/11 AUBURN 7:05 Saturday with the Cincinnati Reds, tossing 5 scoreless innings at Yankee Stadium ... He is the 50th 8/12 ABERDEEN 7:05 8/13 ABERDEEN 7:05 former Vermont player all-time to reach the Major Leagues (15 have played in majors in 2008). 8/14 ABERDEEN 7:05 8/15 at Staten Island 7:00 UP ON THE FARM LAST NIGHT WITH FORMER VERMONT PLAYERS 8/16 at Staten Island 7:00 For more info, check out Monsters in the Show/Where Are They Now Board in the concourse area 8/17 at Staten Island 2:00 8/18 Triple A: Pawtucket 8, Columbus 6 -- The Clippers are 41-34 in International League after losing on game- 8/19 All-Star Game at Tri-City ending 2-run homer in 10th inning ... Larry Broadway (.269, 30 R, 17 2B, 6 HR, 32 RBI) 2-for-5 with a grand- 8/20 slam homer ... Zech Zinicola (5-4, 9 SV, 2.14 ERA at Columbus/Harrisburg/Potomac) 2 runs in 1.0 inning. 8/21 STATEN ISLAND 7:05 8/22 STATEN ISLAND 7:05 Double A: Erie 6, Harrisburg 3 -- The Senators are 41-32 in the Eastern League ... Devin Ivany (.241, 19 R, 8 8/23 STATEN ISLAND 7:05 2B, 4 HR, 16 RBI) was 2-for-3 with 2 runs, 1 double, 1 homer and 1 RBI ... Craig Stammen (4-2, 1 SV, 2.32 8/24 HUDSON VALLEY 5:05 ERA, 77.2 IP, 19 BB, 67 SO) allowed 3 runs (2 earned) on 6 hits with 2 walks and 4 strikeouts over 6.1 innings in 8/25 HUDSON VALLEY 7:05 1st game at Harrisburg ... Yunior Novoa (2-1, 4 SV, 2.59 ERA, 41.2 IP, 13 BB, 41 SO) 1 strikeout in 0.2 innings. 8/26 HUDSON VALLEY 7:05 8/27 at Aberdeen 7:05 Single A: Potomac 2, Frederick 1 (5) -- The Nationals are 47-29 in Carolina League ... Edgardo Baez (.288, 8/28 at Aberdeen 7:05 44 R, 22 2B, 12 HR, 52 RBI) was 1-for-1 with a 2-run homer ... Leonard Davis (.342, 46 R, 14 2B, 13 HR, 35 8/29 at Aberdeen 7:05 RBI) was 1-for-1 with 1 run and 1 double ... Bill Rhinehart (.295, 41 R, 23 2B, 11 HR, 60 RBI at Potomac/ 8/30 at Tri-City 7:00 8/31 at Tri-City 5:00 Hagerstown) 0-for-2 ..