I - HVR 5; BKN 2
II - HVR 8; BKN 5
III - BKN 6; HVR 1
Hudson Valley right-hander Blas Castano retired 15 of his first 16 batters faced. The only Cyclone to reach base through the first five innings was due to a hit-by-pitch. Otherwise, Castano allowed no runs on no hits and no walks with four strikeouts.
Brooklyn southpaw Nick Zwack effectively matched his counterpart pitch for pitch. Zwack likewise allowed no runs on just one hit and two walks with five strikeouts through the fifth.
Center fielder Jaylen Palmer led off the sixth inning against Blas Castano with a home run to left field. After Castano issued a walk to Matt O'Neill and plunked Mike Rudick with a pitch, Shervyen Newton
tripled home both runners, then scored himself on a JT Schwartz base hit to left, and just like that, the Cyclones owned a 4-0 lead.
The Renegades were recipients of Cyclone reliever Sammy Tavarez's generosity, who walked the bases loaded in the bottom of the eighth, then proceeded to walk his fourth batter to force home a run
and spoil the shutout.
With two more runs in the top of the ninth, the Cyclones clinched their first win of the series by a final score of six to one.
Right-hander Grant Hartwig closed out the game with a four-out save.
Nick Zwack yielded no runs on one hit and three walks with six strikeouts in six innings for the win. He improved to 2-1 with a 1.58 ERA through nine starts, and 40.0 innings pitched since his promotion from St. Lucie.
Meanwhile, Hudson Valley's Blas Castano, who started brilliantly, takes the loss. Boxscore
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