Brooklyn Cyclones Defeat Wilmington Blue Rocks to Remain in First Place

From the desk: THE SURF AVENUE SLUGGERS

Wilmington vs. Brooklyn

I - BKN 2; WIL 1

II - WIL 11; BKN 7

III - BKN 9; WIL 1

Luis Moreno Hurls Gem at Wilmington Blue Rocks

Making his 14th start, Luis Moreno hurled a gem to keep the Cyclones a step ahead in the standings over the Hudson Valley Renegades.  The right-hander faced 23 Wilmington batters while throwing 84 pitches, with 56 (66.6%) going for strikes.  Moreno allowed three hits and no walks with six strikeouts in seven innings pitched for the win.  Right-hander Daison Acosta tossed a scoreless eighth in relief, and Daniel Juarez closed out the ninth despite yielding an unearned run.  Catcher Matt O'Neill was the big man on campus, going 2 for 3 with a walk, three runs batted in, and three runs scored, and first baseman JT Schwartz was 3 for 5 with two runs batted in.

Jersey Shore provided no help, getting shut out by the Renegades.  With nine games left in the regular season, the Cyclones own a precarious half-game lead over the Renegades.

Brooklyn Cyclones Win Fifth Straight Against Jersey Shore

From the desk: THE CONEY ISLAND NINE

Brooklyn vs. Jersey Shore

I - BK 7; JS 0

II - BK 5; JS 4

III - BK 8; JS 5

IV - BK 7; JS 5

V - BK 8; JS 3

Cyclones Win Fifth Straight at Jersey Shore, But the Renegades Cede No Ground

Coney Island keeps stemming the tide at Jersey Shore, but for a fourth time in five games the Renegades defeated the Crawdads, while the Ironbirds took care of the Blue Rocks, and so all remains as it was, again.  The Cyclones trail Hudson Valley by one half game, and Aberdeen trails Brooklyn by one full game.  Sound familiar..?

The season grows shorter as three teams vy for the second-half North Division flag.  Coney Island on Saturday won their fifth straight against Jersey Shore, but the Renegades continue to do the same against the Hickory Crawdads.  

After tossing goose eggs through the fourth, starter Dominic Hamel walked a batter with the bases loaded, and an ensuing two-run single drew the BlueClaws within a run of tying the game at four.  But Jersey Shore would score no more.  Southpaw Daniel Juarez entered in the sixth and Sammy Tavarez followed.  Together, they hurled 2.2 scoreless innings of one-hit ball.  Afterwhich, Daison Acosta secured the final five outs to nail down his seventh save, with Juarez earning the victory, his first in three appearances for Brooklyn.  

Five Cyclones weilded two hits each as part of a 13-hit attack.  First baseman JT Schwartz went 2 for 4 with two runs batted in and second baseman Jose Peroza knocked in his team-leading 46th run batted in.  BOXSCORE