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August 27th Lake Monsters Game Notes

August 27, 2009 - New York-Penn League (NYPL)
Vermont Lake Monsters News Release


RECORD: The Lake Monsters are 30-34 after a 7-6, 10-inning win at Brooklyn on Wednesday ... Vermont went 3-2 on roadtrip and is 6-5 in last 11 games after a 5-game losing streak ... Lake Monsters are 11-19 in its last 30 games since being season-high 4 games over .500 (19-15) on July 24th ... Vermont is 17-17 on the road, while 13-17 at Centennial.

YESTERDAY: J.P. Ramirez was 4-for-6 with 3 runs, double, 2 homers and 3 RBI, including a double and run scored in top of 10th inning to lead Vermont to 7-6 win at Brooklyn ... Ramirez had a solo homer in 1st inning and 2-run homer in the 3rd ... He stroked a 2-out double in 10th inning and scored on Justin Bloxom's 3rd single of game ... Sandy Leon was 3-for-5 with 1 run, 1 double, 1 triple and 1 RBI, while Francisco Soriano was 2-for-6 with 1 run, 1 homer and 2 RBI ... Clayton Dill (4-5) 1.2 scoreless innings for the win, while Dean Weaver tossed 1.0 scoreless inning for save.

VS ABERDEEN: Vermont is 12-21 all-time vs. the Ironbirds, including 2-1 at Aberdeen earlier this season ... The Lake Monsters have never won 2 straight games against Aberdeen (12 1-game win streaks) ... Vermont won the last meeting between the teams, 1-0 at Aberdeen on July 19th.

2 HOMER NIGHT: J.P. Ramirez is the 14th Lake Monster all-time to hit 2 home runs in a game, the last being Steve Souza vs. Lowell June 26, 2008 ... Last Vermont player with 2 homers in road game was Michael Burgess at Hudson Valley on 9/6/07.

COMING UP CLUTCH: Vermont is 20-for-61 (.328) with runners in scoring position over the last 7 games after the Lake Monsters were 11-for-87 (.126) with RISP previous 11 games.

GOING DEEP: With 2 homers from J.P. Ramirez and solo homer from Francisco Soriano, Vermont had 3 home runs in a game for 1st time in 2009 Wednesday at Brooklyn ... The Lake Monsters have hit 6 home runs in last 7 games and have hit 11 homers over last 20 games after 10 homers first 44 games.

HIT PARADE: Vermont had 16 hits in the win Wednesday ... The 16 hits were a season-high for the Lake Monsters and also most hits in a road game since 17 at Tri-City September 8, 2005.

BEATING BROOKLYN: By winning 2-of-3 games at Brooklyn, along with 2-of-3 over Cyclones at Centennial July 20-22, the Lake Monsters went 4-2 vs. Brooklyn in 2009 for Vermont's 1st-ever season series win over Cyclones in 9 years of series.

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