Errors and Rain Leave Brooklyn Cyclones Stuck In The Aberdeen Mud

From the desk: THE CONEY ISLAND NINE

Aberdeen Ironbirds lead Brooklyn Cyclones; 3-1

I - ABD 7; BKN 3

II - ABD 2; BKN 1

III - BKN 7; ABD 6

IV - ABD 2; BKN 0*

*came called bottom 6th

• BOXSCORE: Thursday, July 1, 2021
  

Starters Cam Opp for Brooklyn and Drew Rom for Aberdeen engage in a scoreless duel through the third.  Aberdeen then opens the scoring in the fourth.  Two hits, a passed ball, and a Cyclone error by third baseman Luis Gonzalez result in a 2-0 Ironbird lead.

Rom pitches through the sixth, allowing no runs on just four hits with six strikeouts.  Meanwhile, Cam Opp is removed after the fifth but not before yielding two runs (one earned) on three hits and one walk with seven strikeouts.  He faces 20 batters and throws 81 pitches, with 55 (67.9%) going for strikes.  

Michel Otanez enters the game in the sixth, and with two outs, down came the rain.

The game is then declared official.

Antoine Duplantis accounts for two of Brooklyn's four hits.  Brett Baty and Francisco Alvarez are responsible for the others.