Matt Joyce finished 6-for-6, including a home run, four runs scored and two RBIs, to lead the visiting Oneonta Tigers to a 20-4 New York-Penn League victory over the Tri-City ValleyCats on Tuesday.

Justin Justice finished 2-for-4 with five RBIs, and Ryan Roberson hit a grand slam for the Tigers, who improved to 43-23.

Oneonta remained five games ahead of Lowell in the Stedler Division. The Spinners (38-28) beat Vermont, 6-4. The O-Tigers play Tri-City at 7 tonight. Jay Sborz (1-1, 3.92 ERA) is scheduled to pitch for the Tigers.

Sendy Vasquez (7-0) pitched five innings to earn the victory. He allowed two runs on six hits, striking out one and walked three.

[an error occurred while processing this directive]The Tigers scored at least two runs in each of the first five innings to open a 17-2 lead.

Justin Justice had a three-run triple to help the Tigers to a 3-0 lead in the first. Oneonta then made it 8-0 with five in the second.

Hollimon and Middleton each had two hits for the Tigers, who had an 18-11 advantage in hits.

TUESDAY’S O-TIGERS BOX SCORE

ONEONTA Ø TRI-CITY ÐØÐØ Ø

ab r h bi Ø ÐØÐØØØ ab r h bi

Rhymes 2b 4Ø1Ø1Ø0 King 2b 5Ø2Ø3Ø0

Haske ph/2b 1Ø0Ø0Ø0 Hart dh 5Ø0Ø2Ø0

Joyce rf 6Ø4Ø6Ø2 Sellers 1b 3Ø0Ø1Ø0

Hollimon ss 4Ø3Ø2Ø2 Cnninghm rf 3Ø0Ø1Ø1

Larish 1b 5Ø3Ø1Ø0 Ori lf 3Ø1Ø0Ø1

Justice cf 4Ø1Ø2Ø5 Thmpsn 3b 2Ø0Ø0Ø0

Laster cf 2Ø1Ø1Ø1 Cooper cf 4Ø0Ø0Ø0

Middletn 3b 5Ø2Ø2Ø2 Lopez c 4Ø1Ø2Ø1

Robersn dh 4Ø1Ø1Ø4 Manzella ss 4Ø0Ø2Ø1

Grullon dh 2Ø0Ø0Ø1

Timm lf 3Ø2Ø1Ø0

Roa c 4Ø2Ø1Ø3

Totals ÐØ 40201820 Totals ÐÐ 33Ø411Ø4

Oneonta 352 340 210 — 20 18 2

Tri-City 010 011 001 — 4 11 1

E Roa (5), Middleton (16), Sellers (6). DP—Oneonta 4, Tri-City 1. LOB—Oneonta 5, Tri-City 10. 2B—Justice (10), Rhymes (9), Middleton (22), Lopez (4), King (10). 3B Justice (4), Laster (1). HR—Roa (4), Roberson (5), Joyce (3). SB—Sellers (5). SF Hollimon, Ori, Cunningham.

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ÐOneonta ÐØ ÐØ ÐØ ÐØ ÐØØ ÐØÐØ

Vasquez W, 7-0 Ø5ØØØØ6ÐØ2ÐØ2ÐØ3ÐØ1

Rusch Ø2ØØØØ3ÐØ1ÐØ1ÐØ0ÐØ1

Mahoney Ø1ØØØØ0ÐØ0ÐØ0ÐØ1ÐØ0

Baxter Ø1ØØØØ2ÐØ1ÐØ1ÐØ1ÐØ0

ÐTri-City ÐØ ÐØ ÐØ ÐØ ÐØ ÐØ ÐØÐØ

Sheridan L, 1-3 Ø2ØØØØ8ÐØ8ÐØ8ÐØ2ÐØ3

Pluta Ø22-3ØØ6ÐØ9ÐØ9ÐØ4ÐØ4

Sarver Ø2ØØØØ3ÐØ2ÐØ0ÐØ1ÐØ2

Himes Ø21-3ØØ1ÐØ1ÐØ1ÐØ0ÐØ2

HBP by Vasquez (Thompson)

WP—Vasquez. Rusch, Pluta 3. PB Roa

Umpires—Home, Chris Ward; Field, Nathan Hall.

T—3:13. A—2,052.

NEW YORK-PENN LEAGUE STANDINGS

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Staten Island (Yanks) Ø47ØØ20ØØ.701ØØØ—Ð

Williamsport (Pirates) Ø37ØØ30ØØ.552ÐØ10Ð

Brooklyn (Mets) Ø36ØØ31ØØ.537ÐØ11Ð

New Jersey (Cards) Ø32ØØ35ØØ.478ÐØ15Ð

Hudson Val (DRays) Ø28ØØ37ØØ.431ÐØ18Ð

Aberdeen (Orioles) Ø24ØØ42ØØ.364ÐØ22½

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Auburn (Blue Jays) Ø37ØØ29ØØ.561ØØØ—Ð>

Mahoning Val (Ind) Ø32ØØ34ØØ.485ÐØØ5Ð

Batavia (Phillies) Ø28ØØ36ØØ.438ÐØØ8Ð

Jamestown (Marlins) Ø28ØØ37ØØ.431ÐØØ8½

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Oneonta (Tigers) Ø43ØØ23ØØ.652ØØØ—Ð

Lowell (Red Sox) Ø38ØØ28ØØ.576ÐØØ5Ð

Tri-City (Astros) Ø32ØØ35ØØ.478ÐØ11½

Vermont (Nationals) Ø21ØØ46ØØ.313ÐØ22½

Auburn at Jamestown, ppd., rain

Mahoning Valley at Batavia, ppd., rain

Brooklyn 8, Hudson Valley 4

Staten Island 7, Aberdeen 2

Lowell 6, Vermont 4

Williamsport 6, New Jersey 4

Oneonta 20, Tri-City 4

Aberdeen at Williamsport

Auburn at Jamestown (2)

Hudson Valley at New Jersey

Mahoning Valley at Batavia (2)

Staten Island at Brooklyn

Oneonta at Tri-City

Vermont at Lowell

Aberdeen at Williamsport

Auburn at Jamestown

Hudson Valley at New Jersey

Mahoning Valley at Batavia

Oneonta at Tri-City

Staten Island at Brooklyn

Vermont at Lowell