NY-PENN LEAGUE OONNEEOONNTTAA ((3311--4411)) ATAT VVEERRMMOONNTT ((3333--4400)) AFFILIATE OF THE WASHINGTON Friday --- September 5, 2008 --- Overall Game #74 --- Home Game #36 NATIONALS SCHEDULE AND RESULTS RECORD: The Lake Monsters are 33-40 after a 6-3 win over Tri-City ‘07 record after 73 games: 36-37 Date Opponent Score Record on Thursday ... Vermont has won 5 of its last 6 and is 8-5 in the last 13 ‘07 record after 74 games: 37-37 6/17 ONEONTA 6-4 W 1-0 Best after 73: 48-25, 1996 6/18 ONEONTA 1-8 L 1-1 games ... Lake Monsters have won 5 straight home games (August 24-26 Worst after 73: 19-54, 2003 6/19 ONEONTA 8-13 L 1-2 vs. Hudson Valley and last 2 games vs. Tri-City) ... Vermont is 7 games 6/20 at Lowell 2-4 L 1-3 Best after 74: 48-26, 1996 6/21 at Lowell 1-0 W 2-3 under .500 for the first time since they were 23-30 on August 13th. Worst after 74: 19-55, 2003 6/22 at Lowell 2-3 L 2-4 6/23 TRI-CITY 13-3 W 3-4 Last 5 Vermont (4-1) Opponent (1-4) YESTERDAY: Stephen Englund and Michael Guerrero had 6/24 TRI-CITY 2-3 L 3-5 Avg .254 (44x173) .244 (42x172) 6/25 TRI-CITY 6-8 L 3-6 Runs 25 (5.0 rpg) 16 (3.2 rpg) RBI singles in the bottom of the 6th inning for a 4-3 Vermont 6/26 LOWELL 6-1 W 4-6 RISP .276 (16x58) .245 (12x49) lead as the Lake Monsters beat Tri-City 6-3 ... Vermont took a 2- 6/27 LOWELL 2-1 W 5-6 ERA (er/ip) 2.36 (12/45.2) 3.83 (19/44.2) 6/28 LOWELL 5-1 W 6-6 BB/SO 21/41 20/45 0 lead on a Derek Norris leadoff home run in 2nd and Dmitri 6/29 at Tri-City 11-4 W 7-6 Errors 11 9 Young RBI single in 3rd ... Tri-City scored 2 runs in the 4th off 6/30 at Tri-City 4-1 W 8-6 Last 10 Vermont (6-4) Opponent (4-6) 7/1 at Tri-City 4-3 W 9-6 Avg .246 (85x345) .240 (81x337) starter Jack McGeary and took a 3-2 lead with a homer in 6th 7/2 at State College 7-2 W 10-6 Runs 46 (4.6 rpg) 45 (4.5 rpg) off Carlos Peralta, who gave up just the 1 run in 3.0 innings for 7/3 at State College 6-9 L 10-7 RISP .194 (21x108) .261 (23x88) his 5th win ... Vermont added insurance runs in the 7th and 8th ... 7/4 at State College 0-12 L 10-8 ERA (er/ip) 3.59 (35/87.2) 3.81 (38/89.2) 7/5 BATAVIA 6-5 W 11-8 BB/SO 44/92 48/95 Marcus Jones was 4-for-5 with 1 run, while Austin Garrett 2.0 7/6 BATAVIA 9-10 L 11-9 Errors 18 16 scoreless innings for save. 7/7 BATAVIA 3-2 W 12-9 Lake Monsters vs. ONEONTA 7/8 A TALE OF 3 SEASONS: Lake Monsters 2008 season can All-Time: 50-72 2008: 5-3 2007: 5-5 7/9 at Mahoning Valley 5-3 W 13-9 Home: 24-35 Home: 1-2 Home: 2-3 7/10 at Mahoning Valley 4-9 L 13-10 be sliced into 3 different sections ... Vermont began season Away: 26-37 Away: 4-1 Away: 3-2 7/11 at Mahoning Valley 7-6 W 14-10 with an 18-14 record and were in 1st-place by 1.5 games ... vs. Tigers Affiliate: 52-73 7/12 at Jamestown 3-11 L 14-11 Current Win/Loss Streak: 1 loss 7/13 at Jamestown 7-5 W 15-11 The Lake Monsters then went 5-21 over the next 26 games to 7/14 at Jamestown 5-6 L 15-12 fall into 4th-place 9 games behind Lowell ... Vermont is 10-5 in Long Winning Streak: 6 (7/21/95-7/29/97) 7/15 Long Losing Streak: 11 (8/20/05 - 7/3/06) 7/16 WILLIAMSPORT 1-2 L 15-13 last 15 games and have moved into 2nd-place behind Lowell. Largest Vermont Win: 8 (11-3, 8/27/96) 7/17 WILLIAMSPORT 1-5 L 15-14 Bat Avg AB R H 2b 3b HR BI BB SO SLG OBP Largest Oneonta Win: 17 (19-2, 7/4/03) 7/18 WILLIAMSPORT PPD First 32 .239 1057 151 253 48 8 27 133 114 265 .377 .322 Last Vermont Shutout: 6-0, 8/30/07 7/19 at Oneonta PPD Next 26 .184 846 76 156 28 0 10 66 113 268 .253 .290 Last Oneonta Shutout: 10-0, 8/21/06 7/20 at Oneonta (2) PPD Last 15 .255 501 79 128 24 6 7 66 76 138 .369 .361 Most Vermont Runs: 13, 7/1/99 & 8/13/99 7/21 at Oneonta 4-1 W 16-14 Most Oneonta Runs: 19, 7/4/03 4-2 W 17-14 Pitch W-L ERA IP H R ER BB SO Avg Opp 7/22 at Brooklyn 6-1 W 18-14 First 32 18-14 3.85 282.2 267 148 121 118 252 .248 (267x1076) 2008 Overall 2008 Series 7/23 at Brooklyn 0-2 L 18-15 Next 26 5-21 3.77 231.2 223 118 97 103 228 .251 (223x887) VT NYP ONE NYP VT ONE 7/24 at Brooklyn 1-8 L 18-16 Last 15 10-5 4.00 132.2 130 74 59 58 137 .253 (130x513) Avg .223 14 .241 11t .234 .251 7/25 LOWELL 3-11 L 18-17 R 306 11 285 13 36 36 7/26 LOWELL 3-5 L 18-18 WALK THIS WAY: With 2 walks last night, Vermont batters H 537 14 583 12 57 65 7/27 LOWELL 1-3 L 18-19 have now walked 303 times this season ... Lake Monsters are HR 44 4 26 13 1 4 7/28 LOWELL 5-4 W 19-19 BB 303 1 209 13 39 33 7/29 BROOKLYN 3-4 L 19-20 just 6 walks short of the team record 309 walks in 2000 ... SO 672 3 509 14 70 53 7/30 BROOKLYN 1-2 L 19-21 SB 87 3 49 11 13 1 Derek Norris has walked a club-record 62 times, accounting for E 107 4 121 3 12 11 7/31 BROOKLYN 4-5 L 19-22 20.5% of Vermont’s walks this season ... Vermont batters have ERA 3.85 11 3.80 8 3.99 4.43 8/1 at Lowell 4-7 L 19-23 H 620 7 625 6 65 57 8/2 at Lowell 4-6 L 19-24 struckout a team record 672 times, while the Lake Monster SHO 3 8t 5 5t 0 0 8/3 at Lowell 1-7 L 19-25 pitchers have struckout a club record 617 opponents so far. HR 45 4t 27 13t 4 1 8/4 at Lowell 2-3 L 19-26 BB 279 1 240 8 33 39 8/5 SO 617 6 555 13 53 70 8/6 at Hudson Valley 4-12 L 19-27 KEEPING UP WITH JONES: After going 4-for-5 on 8/7 at Hudson Valley 6-2 W 20-27 Thursday, Marcus Jones is 17-for-55 (.309) as leadoff hitter in 13 games played since joining the 8/8 at Hudson Valley 1-4 L 20-28 8/9 AUBURN 5-2 W 21-28 Lake Monsters ... Before his arrival 8/24, Vermont leadoff hitters had gone just 41-for-231 (.177). 8/10 AUBURN PPD 8/11 AUBURN 1-3 L 21-29 RISP: Vermont has struggled throughout the season with runners in scoring position (RISP), hitting AUBURN 6-0 W 22-29 .220 (146x663) ... But Lake Monsters have gone 5-for-16 with RISP in each of the last 2 games. 8/12 ABERDEEN 9-5 W 23-29 8/13 ABERDEEN 1-3 L 23-30 8/14 ABERDEEN 1-2 L 23-31 DMITRI: Washington Nationals 1B Dmitri Young is with Lake Monsters on a rehab assignment. 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 Single A: Potomac 3, Wilmington 2 (10) -- The Nationals won game 2 of the Carolina League semifinals ... 8/19 All-Star Game at Tri-City Potomac has now won both games of the series in extra innings with Boomer Whiting scoring the winning run 8/20 8/21 STATEN ISLAND 4-5 L 23-35 ... On Thursday in bottom of 10th, Whiting came in as pinch runner and stole second base before scoring game- 8/22 STATEN ISLAND 7-6 W 24-35 ending run on a Dan Lyons RBI single ... Lyons was 2-for-4, while Francisco Plasencia 3-for-5 with 1 run and 8/23 STATEN ISLAND 4-7 L 24-36 Michael Martinez 1-for-4 with 1 run ..