Tri-City 18
Cyclones 4
August 7 at Tri-City
Nobody scores 20 runs against the Cyclones and don’t you forget it!
The ValleyCats scored 13 runs in the first two innings as the Cyclones received an 18–4 thumping on Sunday.
Erik Manoah struggled as the Tri-City put the game away in the first inning. The ValleyCats jumped out to a 6–0 lead in the opening frame on five hits, a walk and a hit batter before an out was even recorded. Thirteen batters came to the plate in an eight-run first inning.
The Cyclones scored twice in the second, but the ValleyCats answered with five more runs. A single and walk ended Manoah’s night. The righty surrendered 10 runs on eight hits while walking four and only recording three outs. Manoah is now 5–2 with a 5.48 earned run average. Dillon Becker entered, but also struggled with control, walking four of the six batters he faced before being removed.
Adam Atkins was greeted by a two-run single off the bat of Chuckie Robinson which gave Tri-City a 13–2 lead in the bottom of the second.
In the fifth, Spencer Johnson’s home run off Alejandro Castro extended the lead to 15–2. Castro gave up two runs in two innings of work.
The Cyclones found a bit of offense in the sixth as Nick Sergakis scored Pete Alonso with a two-out single. It was one of three hits on the night for Sergakis.
Gabriel Feliz pitched a scoreless sixth for Brooklyn, but failed to record any outs in the seventh. Feliz pitched to four batters in the inning before being replaced by Joseph Zanghi. A single and a sacrifice fly gave Tri-City an 18–3 lead.
Zanghi restored some order by pitching a scoreless eighth. A run-scoring single from Blake Tiberi in the ninth accounted for the final run of the game.
The 24–25 Cyclones will try to avoid a ValleyCats sweep on Monday at 7 pm.
UPS AND DOWNS
Zanon watch: Jacob Zanon didn’t steal any bases on Sunday, keeping his season total at 20.
Tom Gamboa has 99 wins in his two-plus years as Cyclones manager.
