Wilmington leads Brooklyn; 1-0
I - WIL 12; BKN 5
Tuesday's series opener against Wilmington featured an outstanding performance by Cyclones starter Jesus Vargas who pitched five perfect innings before yielding a leadoff hit in the sixth. Afterwhich, Vargas retired the next three Blue Rocks batters consecutively. He faced 19 batters, throwing 72 pitches with 44 (61.1%) going for strikes, and issued no walks while striking out eight through six innings pitched. Jesus Vargas exited on the winning side of a 3-0 affair.
Right-hander Nolan Clenney took over pitching duties in the seventh and promptly surrendered a run in a portent of things to come. The Cyclones scored twice in the bottom of the frame for a 5-1 lead. But Nolan Clenney, in the eighth, walked the first two batters he faced and was relieved by Colby Morris,
who loaded the bases with a walk and then yielded a bases-clearing double by designated hitter Drew Mendoza. Brooklyn's third reliever Brendan Hardy fared no better, allowing three runs on four hits. Wilmington would post ten runs on just four hits and six walks in a disastrous eighth inning implosion.
Not yet done, the Blue Rocks scored again in the ninth for a 12-5 lead and their final margin of victory.
First baseman JT Schwartz finished 3 for 5 with a run batted in, and Rowdey Jordan went 2 for 5 with two doubles and a pair of runs batted in. Together they accounted for half of Brooklyn's ten hits. Meanwhile, the lineup struck out another dozen times.
Colby Morris was charged with both a blown save and a loss.
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