Hudson Valley 5
Cyclones 2
Aug. 24 at MCU Park
Make it four sweeps in a row…
The Cyclones managed to put just two runs on the board as the team lost to the Renegades in a record-setting thirteenth straight loss.
Things looked encouraging for the Cyclones at first. Quinn “Chief” Brodey led off the fourth with a double before Carl Stajduhar singled him home to make it 1–0.
But it didn’t take long for the Renegades to catch up.
With the bases loaded and one out in the sixth, Trey Cobb uncorked a wild pitch to score Angel Perez. After Jean Ramirez was hit by a pitch to load the bases again, Bill Pujols singled to score both Rafaelin Lorenzo and Isaac Benard, giving the Renegades take a 3–1 lead.
The Cyclones and Renegades exchanged runs in the eighth. Vidal Brujan doubled and Oscar Rojas flied out to center field to advance Brujan to third before Brendan McKay singled to score Brujan, but the Cyclones matched it when Walter “Rabbi” Rasquin flied out with runners on the corners to score Guillermo Granadore to make it 4–2.
The Renegades added another run in the ninth when Lorenzo led off with a double before Benard’s grounder advance him to third. Deion Tansel’s sacrifice fly scored Lorenzo to make it 5–2.
The loss is the 13th-straight defeat for the Cyclones, which sets a New York–Penn League record for most consecutive losses in the league’s more than 75 year history. The previous high before the Cyclones matched it the night before was 12 by Mahoning Valley from July 3rd to 14th in 2013. The loss also puts the team at 15–46 on the season.
One reason for the Cyclones to be hopeful, though: Tonight our boys face the Evil Empire of the New York–Penn League, the first-place Staten Island Yankees, who have struggled mightily against the Cyclones, having split the season series 4–4.
Game time is 7 pm on the Rock.
