From the desk: THE SURF AVENUE SLUGGERS
CONEY ISLAND leads JERSEY SHORE; 1-0
I - BK 14; JS 5
It was high tide at Jersey Shore as wave after wave of Brooklyn youth crossed home plate.
Tuesday's series opener begins innocently enough. Starting behind the plate, Francisco Alvarez singles home Edgardo Fermin in the first, and Blue Claw left fielder Jhailyn Ortiz homers in the second off Cyclone starter Jaison Vilera.
Typical stuff ...
Brooklyn then scores twice in the third. Left fielder Joe Suozzi scores from third on a fielder's choice, and Francisco Alvarez drives home his second run. Afterwhich Jeremy Vasquez homers, leading off the fourth,
... and then the rout begins.
The Cyclones post five runs in the fifth, but Jersey Shore answers with four in the bottom half of the frame. Jaison Vilera is removed after five runs on seven hits, and no walks with three strikeouts through 4.2 innings. Right-hander Hunter Parsons takes over mound duty. Not yet done, the Blankmeyers tack on four more runs in the sixth for a more comfortable 13-5 lead. Both Edgardo Fermin and Ronny Mauricio hit a pair of home runs respectively in the fifth and sixth innings.
Right-hander Connor O'Neil climbs the bump in the seventh in relief of Parsons and proceeds to throw two scoreless innings of no-hit ball with three strikeouts.
Jersey Shore throws one away in the eighth when Jeremy Vasquez scores on a wild pitch.
Brian Metoyer throws a scoreless ninth to close out the Cyclones' seventh consecutive victory and the first in the series against the Blue Claws.
Edgardo Fermin drives in five of Brooklyn's 14 runs. Hunter Parsons earns the win.
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