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Tigers lose fourth straight
Three Oneonta errors helped the Vermont Lake Monsters to two unearned runs and a Tigers rally in the ninth inning fell one run short in a 7-6 New York-Penn League loss Thursday before an announced attendance of 734 at Damaschke Field.
The loss extended the O-Tigers' skid to a season-high four games _ all coming against Vermont (11-9), which swept the four-game series and pulled even with Oneonta (10-8) atop the Stedler Division standings.
Oneonta starts a four-game set against to Tri-City at 7 p.m. tonight at Joe Bruno Stadium. The Tigers then return home to play the ValleyCats at 7 p.m. Saturday before playing their next two games at Tri-City.
Trailing, 7-3, to start the bottom of the ninth Thursday, Chris Sedon walked to lead off against Vermont reliever Jose Pinales.
Jamie Johnson followed with a single to right that sent Sedon to second. Michael Rockett then hit a two-run double to center to make it 7-5.
Steven Stewart relieved Pinales and struck out Wade Gaynor for the first out. Oneonta pulled to 7-6, when Rawley Bishop reached on a fielding error by third baseman Dani Arias that allowed Rockett to score.
But Stewart struck out John Murrian and Alexis Espinoza grounded out to first to end it.
Vermont scored five runs _ four earned _ off O-Tigers starter Luis Sanz (0-2), who lasted six innings.
J.R. Higley hit an RBI double and Sandy Leon scored a run on a sacrifice fly to give the Lake Monsters a 2-0 lead in the second inning. The Lake Monsters doubled their lead in the fourth, when Higley scored a run on a single to right and a throwing error by Sanz on a pickoff attempt plated Arias to make it 4-0.
Back-to-back RBI doubles by Sean Nicol and J.P. Ramirez in the fifth inning extended Vermont's lead to 5-0.
The Tigers got two runs back in the fifth off winning pitcher Graham Hicks (2-1).
Sedon singled to center to start things. After Hicks struck out Johnson and Rockett, Gaynor walked and Bishop was hit by a pitch to load the bases. Murrian then hit a two-run single to left to make it 5-2. Espinoza walked to re-load the bases, but Luis Palacios popped out to catcher Leon to end it.
In the seventh, Vermont scored twice off of Clemente Mendoza.
Shortstop Palacios misplayed Nicol's grounder for an error to start the inning. Ramirez and Adam Amar followed with a triple and a double, respectively, to make it 7-2.
Murrian doubled to start Oneonta's eighth, went to third on a wild pitch by Shane Erb and scored on Espinoza's sacrifice fly to center to make it 7-3.
Rockett and Murrian had three hits and two RBIs apiece, and Espinoza had two hits for Oneonta, which stranded nine runners.
Rockett raised his average to .381, which is second in the NY-Penn behind Brooklyn's Matt Bouchard (.408).
LAKE MONSTERS 7, O-Tigers 6
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Hot or not, football starts tonight
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL ... Don't let Mother Nature fool you. Despite recent 90-degree weather in the area, high school football season is set to begin with four games involving area teams at 7 tonight.
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Sidney tennis opens with win
HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP ... Jileen Livingston's 6-4, 6-4 victory over Lindsay Avolio at first singles helped host Sidney to a 4-1 Midstate Athletic Conference girls tennis victory over Unadilla Valley in its season opener Thursday.
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Franklin girls top Edmeston
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You shouldn't get too close to snapping turtles
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Jackets thump Seton girls, 8-0
HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS SOCCER _ ONEONTA _ Seton Catholic Central goalie Bridget Miranda curled up on the sideline, facedown in the grass and gasping for air while waiting for an ambulance to arrive.
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Hartwick men flop in opener
AREA COLLEGES ... Host Iona College scored three times in a span of 16 minutes, 28 seconds in the opening half en route to a 5-1 non-conference men's soccer victory over Hartwick College on Wednesday.
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Oneonta boys cruise; CV-S edges Milford
HIGH SCHOOL BOYS SOCCER ... Defending Section Four Class B boys soccer champion Oneonta High received two goals from junior Dan Joseph and defeated visiting Seton Catholic Central, 3-0, Wednesday in its season opener.
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Laurens knocks off champs
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OHS looking to take the next step
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL ... ONEONTA HIGH PREVIEW ... Fifth-year coach Adam Hoover guided Oneonta High to its first Section Four Class B playoff appearance since 2002 last season and said the 2010 version of the Yellowjackets could be even better. "It's a matter of how quickly they come together," Hoover said. "If we play to our potential, we have the best overall team since I've been here. I don't think we'll have the one or two dominant guys like we've had, but we have a lot of athletes all over the field."
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Cooperstown should be tough to stop
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Veteran quarterback could be key to Sidney's chances in Division V
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL ... SIDNEY PREVIEW ... Success for Sidney's football program in 2010 will start with senior quarterback Dylan Umbra. "I don't know if you can put a value on him because it's so high," Sidney coach Jeff Matthews said of Umbra, heading into his fourth season as the Warriors' starter behind center. "He's been through it so many times. He's able to make decisions on the fly. ... Things are second nature. He knows what he has to do and now he can help out with some other players."
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New-look Spartans face difficult schedule
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Delhi looking to stay atop Division VII
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Walton's return adds depth to Class D
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B-G trying to reach playoffs for third straight season
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Is Unadilla Valley/Edmeston equipped to end 18-game skid?
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