Cyclones 7
Hudson Valley 1
July 30 at Hudson Valley
Manuel Hilario homered and Tyler Badamo threw seven shutout innings as the Cyclones beat the renegades and moved to 21–17 at the halfway point of the season.
Brooklyn jumped on Hudson Valley stater Travis Ott early.
Tucker Tharp led off with a double, advanced to third on a ground out and scored on Michael Bernal’s sacrifice fly.
Jeff Diehl singled to start the second and scored on Hilario’s two-run homer to left.
With one out in the third, Vinny Siena walked and moved to third on a double by Bernal.
Both runners scored on David Thompson’s double to center. Thompson moved to third on an errant pick-off attempt and then score on a wild pitch to make it 6–0.
The best chance the Renegades had to get back in the game came in the fourth inning.
A walk and a grounds-rule double pit runners on second and third with nobody out.
After a visit to the mound, Badamo recorded back-to-back strikeouts and then got a grounder to get out of the inning unscathed.
The Cyclones went up 7–0 on Enmanuel Zabala’s run-scoring single in the sixth.
Nicco Blank got the last six outs, giving up a lone run in the eighth.
The Cyclones return to MCU Park on Friday night for a 7 pm game against Batavia.
