Brooklyn Cyclones Take Third Straight Contest From Winston-Salem Dash

From the desk: THE SURF AVENUE SLUGGERS

Winston-Salem vs. Brooklyn

I - WSD 4; BKN 2

II - WSD 8; BKN 0

III - BKN 5; WSD 1

IV - BKN 2; WSD 0

V - BKN 3; WSD 1

Cyclones Now Hold 1.5 Game Lead Over Hudson Valley and Aberdeen 

Make that three in a row ...

After yielding twelve runs in the first two games to Winston-Salem, Brooklyn's pitching has since limited the Dash to just a pair of runs over the last 27 innings.

Saturday's mound matchup featured Cristian Mena for the visitors pitted against Junior Santos for the Coney Islanders.  

The teams traded runs in the opening frame.  Shortstop Colson Montgomery tripled and scored in the top half, and in Brooklyn's turn, designated hitter Nic Gaddis singled home the tying run.

In the home second, with one out and base runner Shervyen Newton poised at first base, recent graduate 

Gregory Guerrero connected on a two-run home run - his first in four games since arriving from the Port St. Lucie Mets.

The score remained unchanged over the final six and a half innings of play.  Making his 19th start, right-hander Junior Santos allowed one run on six hits and no walks with four strikeouts to earn his sixth win.  Right-hander Daison Acosta closed the game with two scoreless innings to earn his fifth save.

Brooklyn now owns a 3-2 series edge in their first-ever contests against Winston-Salem, with the finale slated for Sunday.  Afterwhich the Cyclones will have exactly thirty games left on their schedule.  The final series of the season is against the Dash at Winston-Salem.

Hudson Valley lost both games of a doubleheader against Jersey Shore, giving the first-place Cyclones a 1.5-game lead over Hudson Valley and Aberdeen in the South Atlantic League North Division.