Brooklyn battles, but can’t grab win in Aberdeen

Aberdeen 5

Cyclones 4

September 1 at Aberdeen

The Cardiac Clones staged yet another late game rally, but couldn’t come up with the victory on Thursday night, falling 5–4 at Aberdeen. Brooklyn came back from a three-run deficit to keep things interesting down the stretch.

IronBirds starter Keegan Akin pitched three perfect innings and got a bit of run support from his offense in the fourth. Cole Billingsley started things with a single, then stole second and advanced to third on an Austin Hays single. Preston Palmeiro scored both runners with a deep triple to right. Brooklyn starter Gabriel Llanes didn’t help his own cause with a wild pitch to score Palmeiro as the IronBirds went up 3-0.

The Cyclones got the three runs right back in the fifth against Xavier Borde. Brandon Brosher led off the inning with a home run – Brooklyn’s first hit of the night. Arnaldo Berrios reached base on an error by Kirvin Mosequit and the Cyclones seized the opportunity to plate more runs. Michael Paez cracked a double to score both runs and knot the game at three.

Aberdeen took back the lead in the sixth. A pair of singles put runners on the corners with one out. Alejandro Juvier doubled to center, giving Aberdeen a 4–3 lead and ending Llanes’ night. Mike Odenwaelder’s groundout to short against Jordan Humphreys brought in an insurance run.

In five-and-one-third-innings, Llanes gave up five runs on eight hits, striking out three and walking none. He dropped to 4–8 with a 3.94 earned run average.

The Cyclones cut the lead in half in the eighth. Desmond Lindsay worked a walk against IronBirds reliever Ryan Moseley, moved to second on a wild pitch and scored on Colby Woodmamsee’s single. Moseley escaped further trouble, striking out Brosher to end the inning.

Moseley pitched a 1-2-3 ninth, striking out Franklin Correa to end the game.

The 35-37 Cyclones take on the a IronBirds on Friday at 7:05 pm.