Stingy Renegades This Time Limit Brooklyn Cyclones To Three Hits For Second Straight Win at Coney Island

From the desk: THE SURF AVENUE SLUGGERS

Hudson Valley leads Brooklyn; 2-0

I - HVR 5; BRK 0

II - HVR 3; BRK 2

On the heels of getting one-hit on Tuesday, Brooklyn gets three-hit on Hump Day.

With two outs in the third, catcher Nic Gaddis is the first Cyclone to reach base courtesy of a base on balls issued by Renegades starter Mitch Spence.  Center fielder Jaylen Palmer immediately follows with Brooklyn's first hit.  

But the Cyclones remain scoreless over the first seven innings with nary another hit until Ronny Mauricio in the sixth and one final hit by Antoine Duplantis during a two-run eighth.  However, by then, it's too late.  The Renegades had already posted single runs in the fourth, sixth, and seventh innings to retain a slim margin over the Coneys Islanders.

Brooklyn starter Cam Opp pitches a representative game, albeit in a losing effort, allowing two runs on five hits and two walks with six strikeouts through 5.1 innings.  The bullpen allows a run on one hit with no walks and four strikeouts over the final 3.2 innings. 

Hudson Valley's Mitch Spence earns the win, yielding no runs on just two hits and two walks with five strikeouts through six innings pitched.

Brooklyn has now wielded a mere four hits over their last two games.