BURLINGTON, Vt. - What a difference a day makes.
One day after setting season highs for runs (13) and hits (21), the Jamestown Jammers mustered just two hits in a 5-0 defeat to the Vermont Lake Monsters Thursday in New York-Penn League Baseball play.
A fourth inning single by Kyle Jensen and a seventh inning double from Carlos Paulino were all Jamestown (23-36) could manage off of Vermont starter Kyle Morrison and reliever Evan Bronson.
While Jamestown struggled to find its bats early in the contest, Vermont had little trouble coming out of the gate.
The Lake Monsters, third in the NYPL's Stedler Division, jumped on Jamestown starter Curtis Petersen (2-4) early with a pair of first inning runs. J.P. Ramirez doubled home the first tally and later scored on an RBI hit from Destin Hood.
Hood would later add a solo homer in the third inning and a two-run Vermont fifth - capped by a Sean Nicol home run - would close out the scoring. The final two runs came off of Jammers reliever Guery Ramirez.
The Jammers will go after the series victory on Friday when they visit Vermont in the rubber match of the three-game set.
Jamestown 000 000 000 - 0 2 2
Vermont 201 002 00x - 5 11 0
2b-J.P. Ramirez (V), Carlos Paulino (J), Ronnie Labrie (V). HR-Destin Hood (V), Sean Nicol (V). WP-Kyle Morrison. LP-Curtis Petersen. Save-Evan Bronson.
New York-Penn League Baseball
Through August 20, 2009
McNamara Division
Brooklyn (Mets) 38-21 .644 -
Staten Island (Yankees) 33-25 .569 4.5
Hudson Valley (Rays) 27-32 .457 11
Aberdeen (Orioles) 25-33 .431 12.5
Pinckney Division
Mahoning Valley (Indians) 38-21 .644 -
Williamsport (Phillies) 33-26 .563 5
Batavia (Cardinals) 30-29 .508 8
State College (Pirates) 29-30 .492 9
Jamestown (Marlins) 23-36 .389 15
Auburn (Blue Jays) 22-36 .379 15.5
Stedler Division
Oneonta (Tigers) 31-25 .552 -
Lowell (Red Sox) 32-26 .550 -
Vermont (Nationals) 27-31 .466 5
Tri-City (Astros) 20-37 .351 11.5
Wednesday's games
Tri-City 9, Staten Island 3
Oneonta 2, Williamsport 0
Auburn 3, Lowell 1
Batavia 10, Aberdeen 4
Brooklyn 6, State College 1
Jamestown 13, Vermont 0
Mahoning Valley 4, Hudson Valley 3
Thursday's games
Tri-City 7, Staten Island 2
Oneonta 8, Williamsport 5
Lowell 8, Auburn 6
Batavia 3, Aberdeen 0, 13 innings
Brooklyn 4, State College 3
Vermont 5, Jamestown 0
Mahoning Valley 6, Hudson Valley 3