Greensboro vs. Brooklyn
I - BKN 6; GRB 5
Cyclones Outlast Grasshoppers in Coney Island Series Opener
The Cyclones welcomed the Greensboro Grasshoppers to Coney Island for the first time this season and promptly knocked starter Santiago Florez out of the box. Designated hitter Matt Rudick drew a leadoff walk and scored on a sac-fly in the first. The Cyclones then scored four times in the second, highlighted by a Jose Peroza home run and extra-base hits off the bats of Jaylen Palmer and Rudick. Greensboro reliever Domingo Gonzalez was summoned to finish the inning. With one out in the fourth, catcher Jose Mena connected on his fourth home run this season, giving the Cyclones a 6-0 lead.
Brooklyn southpaw Nick Zwack got off to another superlative start. He held the Grasshoppers scoreless through the fifth inning. But Greensboro chased him from the game in the sixth by bunching together three doubles for a pair of runs. The visitors again tallied twice against Nolan Clenney in the seventh and one more time against Dylan Hall in the eighth to suddenly make it a one-run game. Brooklyn put two runners on base in the bottom of the eighth but left them stranded. Right-hander Dylan Hall climbed the hill again for the ninth and caught first baseman Jacob Gonzalez looking at strike three to end the game. Starter Nick Zwack improves to 4-1 with a 1.58 ERA. Dylan Hall earned his first save.
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