Matt Joyce finished 2-for-3 with three RBIs to lead the host Oneonta Tigers to a 7-6 victory over the Vermont Expos in front of 1,357 Saturday at Damaschke Field.

Joyce’s two-run double capped a four-run fourth inning to help the Tigers erase a 4-1 deficit en route to their seventh straight victory. Oneonta (41-23) made it eight in a row Sunday with a 4-0 defeat of Vermont.

Matt Norfleet (2-1) earned the victory for the Tigers, pitching 3 1/3 shutout innings of hitless relief. He struck out five and walked one.

[an error occurred while processing this directive]Despite allowing two runs on two hits in the last two innings, Anthony Claggett earned his seventh save of the season. He struck out two and walked one.

Cory Middleton reached on a fielding error by second baseman Brandon Conway to lead off Oneonta’s at-bats in the fourth. He moved to second on a single to right by Mark Haske before Brandon Timm walked to load the bases.

After Joel Roa popped out to short, Will Rhymes singled to center to score Middleton and Haske. Rhymes and Timm, who took second and third, respectively, when the ball got past center fielder Francisco Plasencia, scored on Joyce’s double to right. Joyce, who gave Oneonta the lead for good at 5-4, was thrown out trying to stretch his hit into a triple.

Jeff Larish hit his fifth homer since joining the O-Tigers on Aug. 18 in the fifth, and Joyce capped the Oneonta scoring with an RBI single in the sixth for a 7-4 lead.

Plasencia plated the final runs with a two-run, two-out single in the ninth. Claggett got Louisa to fly out to right to end the game.

Rhymes finished with two hits and two RBIs for Oneonta, which got two RBIs from Larish.

NOTES: O-Tigers infielder Jorge Patino was called up to Double-A Erie on Friday. Patino batted .263 (21-for-80) and scored 14 times in 26 games for Oneonta.

SATURDAY’S O-TIGERS BOX SCORE

VERMONT ÐØÐØ Ø ONEONTA Ø Ø

ab r h bi Ø ÐØÐØØØ ab r h bi

Contrers ss 3Ø1Ø0Ø0 Rhymes 2b 4Ø2Ø2Ø2

Daniel lf 4Ø1Ø0Ø0 Joyce rf 3Ø0Ø2Ø3

Davis 3b 5Ø0Ø0Ø0 Hollimon ss 3Ø0Ø0Ø0

Plasemca cf 5Ø2Ø3Ø2 Larish 1b 3Ø1Ø1Ø2

Louisa rf 5Ø1Ø1Ø1 Justice cf 4Ø0Ø0Ø0

Arnedo 1b 3Ø1Ø1Ø0 Middletn 3b 4Ø1Ø1Ø0

Poppert c 3Ø0Ø2Ø0 Haske dh 4Ø1Ø1Ø0

Sandora dh 4Ø0Ø1Ø2 Timm lf 2Ø2Ø0Ø0

Conway 2b 3Ø0Ø0Ø0 Roa c 3Ø0Ø0Ø0

Apodaca ph 1Ø0Ø0Ø0

Totals ÐØ 36Ø6Ø8Ø5 Totals ÐÐ 30Ø7Ø7Ø7

Vermont 020 200 002 — 6 8 2

Oneonta 001 411 00x — 7 7 2

E Conway (8), Plasencia (3), Timm (3), Middleton (15). LOB—Vermont 8, Oneonta 4. 2B—Louisa (7), Poppert (5), Joyce (8). 3B Plasencia (4). HR—Larish (5). SB Plasencia (12), Rhymes (12), Timm (8). CS Joyce (3).

IPÐÐHÐRERÐBBÐSO

ÐVermont ÐØ ÐØ ÐØ ÐØ ÐØÐØ ÐØÐØ

Jackson L, 3-7 Ø4ØØØØ5ÐØ5ÐØ4ÐØ4ÐØ2

Ochoa Ø2ØØØØ2ÐØ2ÐØ2ÐØ1ÐØ4

Lugo Ø2ØØØØ0ÐØ0ÐØ0ÐØ0ÐØ1

ÐOneonta ÐØ ÐØ ÐØ ÐØ ÐØ ÐØÐØ

Konecny Ø32-3ØØØØ6ÐØ4ÐØ4ÐØ2ÐØ3

Norfleet W, 2-1 Ø31-3ØØØØ0ÐØ0ÐØ0ÐØ1ÐØ5

Claggett S, 7 Ø2ØØØØ2ÐØ2ÐØ2ÐØ1ÐØ2

HBP—by Claggett (Daniel). WP—Ochoa, Konecny.

Umpires—Home, Chris Mack; Field, Tom Crenshaw.

T—2:23. A—1,357.