Cyclones 7
Vermont 3
Aug. 17 in Vermont
Casey Meisner earned his third win of the season an explosive sixth inning lead to a three-game sweep of the Lake Monsters.
Headed into the sixth trailing 2–0 the Cyclones scored five runs on a bases-loaded wild pitch, a bloop single from Michael Conforto that drove in two, and a Jhoan Urena double that drove in two more.
Next would come a pitching change for the Lake Monsters but the Cyclones continued the damage and two more runs scored before the inning The Cyclones added to the 5–3 lead in the eighth by knocking in two more runs.
Meisner threw six and two-thirds innings, giving up three runs on six hits and struck out a season-high 10.
The Clones go into the All-Star Break atop the Wild Card standings, a game ahead of the Connecticut Tigers. The team sits five games back of the Hudson Valley Renegades for the top spot in the heated McNamara division.
The streaking Cyclones return home after the All-Star break on Thursday to face the hated Staten Island Yankees.
