Saturday, August 07, 2021

Brooklyn Cyclones Stage Comeback To End Skid Against Renegades

From the desk: THE SURF AVENUE SLUGGERS

Hudson Valley leads Brooklyn; 3-1
I - HVR 5; BRK 0
II - HVR 3; BRK 2
III - HVR 5; BRK 3
IV - BRK 9; HVR 6

The Bullpen Brings Renegades to a Screeching Halt; Ronny Mauricio and Antoine Duplantis Lead the Comeback

Making his third start for the Cyclones, J.T. Ginn does not fare well, allowing five runs on five hits and a walk with five strikeouts in only three innings pitched.  He faces 17 batters while throwing an uneconomical 62 pitches, with 40 (64.5%) going for strikes.

A superlative bullpen effort then becomes the main feature at Coney Island.  The first act goes to Hunter Parsons, who twirls two scoreless innings in relief of Ginn; Michel Otanez yields one run over two innings, and Willy Taveras then hurls a scoreless eighth and ninth innings to close out Brooklyn's first win of the series.  Brooklyn pitchers join together for 15 strikeouts and issue just four walks.  J.T. Ginn escapes with a no-decision while Taveras earns the win in relief.

Brooklyn chips away at an early 5-1 deficit with two runs in the third and one in the fourth.  But after Hudson Valley makes it a 6-4 game in the visitor's sixth, the Surf Avenue Sluggers promptly put the game out of reach with five runs in the bottom of the frame highlighted by Antoine Duplantis' bases-loaded double.  It was one of four Brooklyn extra-base hits giving Duplantis a team-high three runs batted in.  Shortstop Ronny Mauricio hits home run number 15 with a runner on back in the third.




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