From the desk: THE CONEY ISLAND NINE
I - BK 14; JS 5
II - JS 3; BK 1
III - BK 4; JS 0
IV - JS 3; BK 0
V - JS 4; BK 3
Game five between the Cyclones and Blue Claws features the beleaguered Alec Kisena toeing the slab for Brooklyn opposed by Victor Vargas for Jersey Shore.
With one out in the bottom of the first, Blue Claw catcher Logan O'Hoppe homers off Kisena for a prompt 1-0 lead. The score remains unchanged through the fourth. Jersey Shore then strikes for three runs in the fifth, knocking Kisena out of the box. Enter Evy Ruibal, who secures two outs to end the threat.
Victor Vargas keeps Brooklyn off the scoreboard through the first six innings. But the 'Clones finally breakthrough in the seventh on Francisco Alvarez's leadoff home run, his tenth this season. The Cyclones score twice more in the eighth on Francisco Alvarez's second home run of the game, this time with a runner on base bringing Brooklyn within a run of the Blue Claws.
But Coney Island would score no more. Jersey Shore's Manuel Silva retires the first two batters faced in the ninth. First baseman Joe Genord follows with a double to put himself in scoring position, but pinch-hitter Joe Suozzi leaves the tying run stranded.
Alec Kisena allows four runs on seven hits and two walks with six strikeouts over 4.1 innings pitched in a losing effort. Making his 13th start for Brooklyn, he entered Saturday's contest with a 5.15 ERA and exits with a 5.40 mark. His mound counterpart Victor Vargas surrenders just three hits and four walks with six strikeouts through six scoreless innings pitched for the win.
- Francisco Alvarez now has eleven home runs and 32 RBI through 49 games, and 163 at-bats since joining Brooklyn.
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