Brooklyn Cyclones Get One-Hit in Shutout Loss at Hudson Valley

From the desk: THE CONEY ISLAND NINE

Hudson Valley leads Brooklyn; 3-2

I - HVR 5; BKN 3

II - BKN 4; HVR 3

III - HVR 5; BKN 1

IV - BKN 6; HVR 4

V - HVR 2; BKN 0

This is Like Being Perplexed by a Bugs Bunny Slow Ball, and It's Not Funny ...

One, two, three strikes, you're out!

There's no doubt Hudson Valley knows how to bring out the worst in Brooklyn hitters.  They've done it time and again.  This is just a continuation of last season.  Thus I remain unchanged in my opinion: the Cyclones' indefatigable ability to swing and miss so frequently is learned, instructional, wholly organizational, and for me personally, mind-numbingly confounding.

In Tuesday's series opener, the Cyclones struck out 17 times.  They somehow managed to win Wednesday's game despite striking out 18 times.  Then on Thursday, the Renegades limited Coney Island to one run on just two hits(!) and three walks with another 14 strikeouts.  Brooklyn participated in a more normal contest on Friday, then came Saturday night's ponderous outcome at Wappingers Falls.

Thank you, Rowdey Jordan, for leading off the game with a clean base hit to right field.  Because that would turn out to be Brooklyn's only hit of the game.  Three other batters managed a base on balls, and one reached on a catcher's error.  Otherwise, nary a hit from anyone not named Rowdey, as three Hudson Valley Renegade pitchers join together for nine innings of ONE-HIT shutout ball with 15 strikeouts.

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