Cyclones 6
Staten Island 0
Aug. 27 at MCU Park
Walter Rasquin had three hits, scored twice, and drove in one and three Cyclones hurlers didn’t allow a run as the team won a series for the first time in more than a month.
Our boys did all their damage in the first four innings. The Rabbi got the Clones on the board early by working a walk, stealing second, and advancing to third on a throwing error, then scoring on a passed ball to make it 1–0 in the first.
The Clones added to the lead in the next inning. Walter Lagrange hit a lead-off single before Jose Maria doubled to advance Lagrange to third. Scott Manea then singled to score both Lagrange and Maria to make it 3–0.
The runs kept coming for the Clones in the next inning. Rasquin led off with a double before Jose “Funky Cold” Medina followed with another double, scoring Rasquin. Medina then advanced on a balk before Lagrange singled to score him to make it 5–0.
The Rabbi sealed the victory in the fourth. After Guillermo Granadillo reached on a fielding error made by shortstop Wilkerman Garcia and stole second, Rasquin singled to score Granadillo to make it 6–0.
A lot has gone wrong for Brooklyn’s Boys of the Summer this season, losing to the Evil Empire of the New York-Penn League isn’t one of them. The Cyclones have just 17 wins on the season, but seven of have come against the first-place Yankees.
The Cyclones hope to keep their winning streak alive when they face the Vermont Lake Monsters tonight at MCU Park at 7 pm.
