Cyclones 4
Scrappers 2
Tuesday, Aug. 11, at Mahoning Valley
The Cyclones won the first game of a three-game set from the only team in the New York Penn League that will give them trouble down the stretch.
Mahoning Valley actually got on the board first, scoring two on a homer against starter Brandon Moore, who was virtually unhittable during the rest of his 7-2/3 innings. He left midway through the eighth with a foot injury.
So he wasn’t on the winning side when the Clones stormed back, cutting the lead in half in the sixth on Robbie Shields’s leadoff solo shot.
Then, in the top of the ninth, the Cyclones scored three. Scott Grimes started the fireworks with a two-run single. Then Dock Doyle drove him in with a single of his own.
Reliever Mike Powers closed the door with 1-1/3 innings of shutout ball.
The win kept the Cyclones 3-1/2 games ahead of the hated Staten Island Yankees and kept the Cyclones tied with the Scrappers for best record in the league, 33-19 (.635).
