NYPL Vermont Lake Monsters

Staten Island Snaps 4-4 Tie With Run In 9th Inning For 5-4 Win At Vermont

Published on August 30, 2009 under New York-Penn League (NYPL)
Vermont Lake Monsters News Release


BURLINGTON, VT --- Zoilo Almonte's RBI single in the top of the ninth inning snapped a 4-4 tie as the Staten Island Yankees won their ninth straight New York-Penn League game with a 5-4 victory over the Vermont Lake Monsters on Sunday evening at historic Centennial Field.

After Luke Murton led off the ninth with a hit and advanced to second on a Dean Weaver balk, Almonte lined a single down the rightfield line to score Murton with the go ahead run. Almonte had earlier hit a two-run homer in the seventh inning that had given the Yankees a 4-3 lead.

The Yankees got single runs in the first and third innings off Vermont starter Matt Swynenberg for an early 2-0 lead. The Lake Monsters scored an unearned run in the fifth inning, the first run allowed by Staten Island in the last 19 innings, before taking the lead with two-runs in the sixth on a Destin Hood RBI double and Sandy Leon RBI single.

Almonte's seventh home run and the Yankees league-leading 49th homer in the gave Staten Island a 4-3 lead in the seventh, but the Lake Monsters were able to tie the game in the bottom of the inning as Francisco Soriano scored on a two-out J.R. Ramirez RBI single to centerfield.

Six different State Island batters had two hits in the game as the Yankees had 14 hits for the game. Former University of Vermont baseball player Justin Milo went 2-for-4 with one run and a double in his return to Centennial Field with Staten Island. Yankee starter Kelvin Perez allowed three runs (two earned) with seven strikeouts over six innings, while Ronny Marte (5-3) one run in two innings for the win and Ryan Flannery a scoreless ninth for his sixth save.

Soriano, Ramirez and Leon each had two hits for the Lake Monsters, while Weaver (0-1) allowed the go ahead run on two hits with one walk and two strikeouts in 1 1/3 innings for the loss. Vermont is now 11-15 in one-run games this season and 2-8 in games that are tied after eight innings, including two straight losses with the game tied 4-4 heading into the ninth.

Vermont (31-36) and Staten Island (42-27) will play the middle game of the three-game series on Monday night. It is "Hot Dog Heaven" night at the ballpark with 25-cent hot dogs on sale before and during the 7:05 pm game.

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