Cyclones 5
Renegades 3
Sunday, Aug. 2, at Hudson Valley
If ever there was a must-win game, this was it.
The Cyclones, still reeling from losing three of five to the hated Staten Island Yankees this week, headed to Hudson Valley to kick off a home-and-home series with the pesky second-place Renegades.
The game started well enough, with the Cyclones scoring a run in the fourth on Tyler Vaughn’s RBI single.
Starter Collin McHugh gave up three runs in the home fourth on three singles and a double, and it looked bad for the Cyclones.
But the bold Brooklynites stormed back, scoring single runs in the fifth (SAC fly by Justin Garber), sixth (a Dock Doyle two-out RBI single), seventh (a Garber RBI single) and eighth (on a Doyle RBI double) to sail to victory.
The bullpen of Brandon Sage (who collected his second win), Matias Carillo and Michael Powers gave up just four hits over the final four innings.
The win kept the Cyclones three games ahead of the Staten Island Yankees by three games.
