Tri-City 13
Cyclones 0
July 6 in Tri-City
Simon says the Cyclones lose again!
Clones starter Jake Simon was tortured on the mound, allowing nine hits and seven runs, and the boys only managed three hits all night as Tri-City delivered them a shutout.
The Clones fell behind early after J.J. Matijevic hit a solo home run in the first and Jake Adams scored Matijevic and Abraham Toro-Hernandez on a three-run homer in the third, making it 4–0.
The ValleyCats added to their lead in the fourth, when Matijevic plated Andy Pineda on a grounder.
Cyclones manager Edgardo “Fonzie” Alfonzo swapped Simon with reliever Kurtis Horne in the bottom of the fifth, but a pair of fresh arms did little to help on the mound. Horne walked Pineda with the bases loaded, scoring Miguelangel Sierra, and then Matijevic singled in Reid Russell, making the score 7-0 at the end of the inning.
Tri-City’s batters continued to pummel the Clones in the sixth, when Kyle Davis’s three-run dinger scored Toro-Hernandez and Kristian Trompiz and Reid Russell hit a solo homer that brought the tally to 11–0.
Russell homered again in the eighth, plating Trompiz and making it 13–0, which was the final score.
Simon took the loss, putting him at 0–2 for the season, and Matt Winaker had two hits.
The defeat makes the Clones 4–13 for the season, still at the very bottom of their McNamara Division, two games behind Hudson Valley.
Brooklyn’s Boys of Summer hope to shake off the loss when they face hated evil empire, the Staten Island Yankees, tonight at MCU Park at 6:40 pm.
