Cyclones 2
Vermont 1
Aug. 28 at MCU Park
The “Drive for 20” is in full effect!
Cyclones starter Trent Johnson pitched spectacularly on the mound, allowing just five hits and no runs while striking out two, as the Clones sunk the Lake Monsters.
The Cyclones were first on the board. Guillermo Granadillo walked then stole second before Walter “Rabbi” Rasquin singled to score Granadillo to make it 1–0.
The Lake Monsters had nothing going until they tied it in the eighth. Will Toffey was hit by a pitch to lead off the inning. He then advanced to second on a passed ball before Logan Farrar doubled to score Toffey, knotting the game.
Rasquin broke the tie in bottom of the same inning. He led it off by reaching first on a passed ball strike-out. Rasquin then stole second base, got to third on a wild pitch by Lake Monsters’ reliever Malik Jones, then scored on a second wild pitch to make it 2–1.
The Monsters made things interesting in the ninth when Ryan Gridley and Payton Squier both singled to put runners on first and second, but that was as far as they got.
This victory extends the Cyclones winning streak to three games, which is the longest one the team has had since a four-game winning streak from July 18 to July 21. The team now has a record of 18–47, and hopes to make 20 wins before the season ends on Sept. 7.
The drive continues tonight at 7 pm at MCU Park.
