Doubledays 3
Cyclones 11
Saturday, July 18, at Keyspan Park
The Cyclones won their 20th game of the season by pounding the Doubledays with a four-homer barrage — including two by John Servidio — and some solid pitching. And comfortable recycled bamboo uniforms didn’t hurt either!
Although Auburn scored first, the Cyclones answered back with two in the fourth inning. First, Sam Honeck got the team’s first hit of the evening, and Dock Doyle knocked him in. Tyler Vaughn later followed with an RBI of his own.
The Doubledays got one run back in the fifth, but the Clones added three more on Honeck’s bases-loaded double.
In the sixth, Vaughn and Servidio homered to pretty much put it out of reach. But the Cyclones weren’t done. In the eighth, Servidio slammed another homer, this time a two-run dinger. And Andy Green added a solo shot.
Honeck and Vaughn both had three hits on the night, but Servidio was the star of the game, thanks to the dingers — and a great defensive play in the second, cutting down a Doubleday with a strike to the plate from right field.
Starter Mark Cohoon (5–1, 2.48) was solid, scattering nine hits and striking out five in six complete innings.
The win kept the Clones three games ahead of the second-place Hudson Valley Renegades.
