Batavia 15
Cyclones 2
July 6 at Batavia
The Cardiac Clones were due for a blowout. The Cyclones pitching staff was shelled, but the offense didn’t provide much help either, connecting on just three hits in a 15–2 drubbing at the hands of Batavia on Wednesday.
The Muckdogs didn’t waste much time as J.J. Gould tagged Brooklyn starter Erik Manoah for a three-run homer in the first.
The fun continued for Batavia in the second as Aaron Knapp’s two-out single scored Kris Goodman. Eric Gutierrez followed with a two-run double to make it 6–0.
In the fourth, with two on and nobody out, Corey Bird’s single – plus Jacob Zanon’s error – scored another Muckdogs run. With Raul Jacobson on the mound, Joseph Chavez singled in two runs as the lead ballooned to 9–0. Manoah was charged with nine runs in three-and- one-third innings.
Batavia starter Jordan Holloway struck out the side in the first and things didn’t get much better for a Brooklyn.
The Cyclones were, however, able to avoid the shutout. Brooklyn loaded the bases with nobody out in the fifth on two walks and a single, but Holloway struck out Arnaldo Berrios and Darryl Knight for the first two outs.
Hengelbert Rojas hit a grounder to short, but an error by Gould scored two runs and kept the inning alive.
It also ended the night for Holloway as Batavia manager Angel Espada went to the bullpen as Holloway left one out shy of qualifying for the win.
Trenton Hill got Zanon to groundout to end the inning.
The Muckdogs continued the onslaught in the sixth as Gutierrez hit a two-run homer to extend the lead to 11–2.
Batavia scored two runs off Gabriel Feliz in the seventh and two more off Joseph Zanghi in the eighth.
The 9–11 Cyclones have Thursday off before returning to Coney Island for a Friday night game against Hudson Valley.
UPS AND DOWNS
Ali Sanchez, Blake Tiberi and Arnaldo Berrios had the three hits for Brooklyn.
After all the marathons, this game was finished in just under three hours. Not bad for a game with 17 runs scored.
