Hudson Valley Continues Flexing Dominance Over Brooklyn Cyclones With Series Opening One-Hitter

From the desk: THE SURF AVENUE SLUGGERS

Hudson Valley leads Brooklyn; 1-0

I - HVR 5; BRK 0

Brooklyn Cyclones One-Hit By Hudson Valley Renegades; Now, Where Have I Heard That Before ...

There would be no slugging along Surf Avenue this evening.  Of course, strikeouts were in abundance, and bases on balls were actually favorably high, not that the Cyclones could take advantage.

Instead, this is turning into a familiar refrain: Look what the Hudson Valley Renegades did to the Brooklyn Cyclones, again!

Renegade starter Randy Vasquez allows just one hit and two walks with ten strikeouts while facing 21 batters over six innings pitched for the win.  The bullpen of Nelson L Alvarez and Nick Ernst account for the final three innings allowing no runs and no hits to close out Hudson Valley's one-hit shutout victory in game one at Coney Island.

Second baseman Edgardo Fermin singles with two outs in the second, and that was that.  Five times Brooklyn sent to the plate a bare minimum of three batters.

The game doesn't start well to begin with.  Making a rare start at first base, Cody Bohanek's first inning misplay clears the way for an unearned run.  Afterwhich, there's no begrudging starter Jaison Vilera who allows just one earned run in the sixth, on six total hits and one walk with six strikeouts in a losing effort.

Three members from Brooklyn's bullpen join together in surrendering another three runs on five hits and four walks over the final 3.1 innings.

With Tuesday's victory, the Renegades improve to 14-5 this season against the Cyclones.  Boxscore