Hudson Valley Renegades Shut Out Brooklyn Cyclones

From the desk: THE SURF AVENUE SLUGGERS

Hudson Valley vs. Brooklyn

I - HVR 7; BKN 4

II - BKN 7; HVR 5

III - HVR 11; BKN 4

IV - BKN 3; HVR 2

V - HVR 5; BKN 0

Down Goes Brooklyn..!

A crowd of 5,050 suffered not one but two punches to the gut.  Saturday's starting pitchers, Richard Fitts and Brooklyn's Luis Moreno traded goose eggs through the fifth.  In the top of the sixth, Renegade catcher Carlos Navarez clubbed a three-run home run to left, knocking Moreno out of the game.  With one out and one runner on base in the eighth, right fielder Grant Richardson homered off Sammy Tavarez for a 5-0 Renegade lead.  Left fielder Matt Rudick scored on a double-play ball in the home eighth, but it went for naught.  

The pendulum now swings back in Hudson Valley's favor.  They take a half-game lead ahead of the Cyclones in the North Division standings.  These teams meet for the last time this regular season on Sunday.  Afterwhich, the Cyclones will have 18 games left to play.  Meanwhile, the Aberdeen Ironbirds end Saturday's action just 1.5 games out of first place.  BOXSCORE

Brooklyn Cyclones Hold Off Hudson Valley Renegades

From the desk: THE CONEY ISLAND NINE

Brooklyn vs. Hudson Valley

I - HVR 10; BKN 2

II - BKN 6; HVR 2

III - HVR 5; BKN 2

IV - BKN 5; HVR 1

V - BKN 7; HVR 5

Brooklyn Stages Hit Parade In Wappingers Falls; 'Clones Take Series Lead

Brooklyn held on for a second straight victory at Hudson Valley and now own a 3-2 advantage in the series.  Second baseman Rowdey Jordan and Nic Gaddis scored in the first inning.  Jordan then tripled home a pair of runs in the fourth, and Joe Suozzi tripled home a run and scored in the top of the fifth for a 6-0 lead.  Hudson Valley finally caught up with starter Nick Zwack in the bottom half of the frame and cut Brooklyn's lead by half.  After a scoreless sixth and seventh, center fielder Stanley Consuegra 

homered in the eighth, giving the Cyclones a 7-3 lead.  After having pitched a scoreless seventh and eighth, Nolan Clenney climbed the mound again in the ninth but this time yielded a two-run home run by left fielder Grant Richardson to pull the Renegades within two.  But Brooklyn would hold them there, as Justin Courtney secured the final out to earn his sixth save.  Southpaw Cam Opp earned the win with 1.2 scoreless innings in relief of Nick Zwack.  Rowdey Jordan finished 3 for 5 with a triple and two runs batted in.  Third baseman Jose Peroza also went 3 for 5 with a double and one run batted in.  Three other Cyclones wielded multiple hits as part of Brooklyn's 14-hit attack.