Brooklyn Cyclones Get Tangled Up By Lowell Spinners

From the desk of: THE SURF AVENUE SLUGGERS

The McNamara Division 

Goes Round and Round

A would be battle of the best ends up being Lowell and the rest.  The Spinners improve to a league leading 27-15 record with a twin bill sweep over the Cyclones on Tuesday at MCU Park.  They're presently the only New York-Penn League team playing .600 baseball.

The saying around Brooklyn is if you wanna be the best, you gotta beat the best.  And that's precisely what they fail to do.  In game one, the Brooks take a 3-2 lead into the seventh and final frame.  However they commit three errors including one by losing pitcher Matt Mullenbach which all contribute to a pair of runs and a game lost.

Despite taking a 1-0 lead in the first inning of game two, the Cyclones come undone in the third when Lowell strikes for five runs off losing starter Frank Valentino, who is charged with five runs, four earned, on seven hits and one walk with four strikeouts through 2.2 innings pitched.  Brooklyn scores once more in the fifth en route to a 6-2 defeat.  Wilmer Reyes accounts for two of Coney's four hits.

Aberdeen edges out Mahoning Valley and thus takes a half game lead over the now second place Cyclones.  The Renegades fall one full game back after losing to Auburn.