Lowell 4
Cyclones 1
August 20 at Lowell
The Cyclones were held to just one run for the second straight game as the squad dropped a 4–1 loss on Saturday at Lowell.
Lowell took a first inning lead as Matt McLean led off with a single against Harol Gonzalez and scored on a two-out double off the bat of Tucker Tubbs.
Lowell starter Josh Pennington settled into a rhythm on the mound once his squad gave him a lead, retiring 12 straight batters.
The Spinners added one in the fourth as Tubbs doubled, moved to third on an infield single and scored on a Carlos Tovar single.
In the bottom of the fifth, Andy Perez led off with a double to left and went to third on an error by Gene Cone. Chris Madera’s sacrifice fly made it 3–0.
Brooklyn got on the board in the sixth. Anthony Dimino – a 28th round pick of the Mets in 2015 – started things with a double. Michael Paez singled to center, scoring Dimino. Pennington avoided further trouble when he struck out Desmond Lindsay and got Colby Woodmansee to ground into a double play.
Alejandro Castro gave up one run in two innings on the mound for Brooklyn and Dillon Becker pitched a scoreless eighth.
Matthew Gorst recorded the final nine outs for the Spinners, allowing only a Dimino bunt single.
The 31-29 Cyclones take on the Spinners on Sunday at 5:05 pm.
UPS AND DOWNS
Harol Gonzalez is now 5–2 with a 1.72 earned run average. The righty gave up three runs on seven hits in five innings, walking two and striking out three.
