Cyclones 3
Lowell 2
Aug. 31 at MCU Park (Game one)
Cyclones starter Nicolas Debora held the Spinners to two runs, and the boys’ bats did just enough to clinch the victory.
The Spinners started the game with a bang. Michael Osinki led off with a double before Frankie Rios grounded out to advance Osinski to third. Garrett Benge then grounded out to score Osinski. After Rowan Lawinsky and Yoan Aybar hit consecutive singles, Nicholos Hamilton singled to score Lawinsky to make it 2–0.
The Cyclones responded quickly. Walter “Rabbi” Rasquin singled and stole both second and third. Walter Lagrange then singled to score Rasquin to make it 2–1.
The Cyclones took the lead two innings later. Franklin Correa led off with a single then advanced to second on a sacrifice bunt by Guillermo Granadillo. Rasquin then reached on a error that advanced Correa to third. Edgardo Fermin then doubled to score Correa and move Rasquin to third. Jose Miguel Medina then singled to score Rasquin to help the Cyclones take the lead with the score at 3–2.
The win gave the last-place Cyclones 20 Ws on the season, ending the team’s “Drive for 20,” and insuring our boys went home happy at least two dozen times this year.
Cyclones 3
Lowell 2
Aug. 31 at MCU Park (Game two)
The winning ways keep coming!
The Cyclones bats came back from a 2–0 deficit in the bottom of the seventh then Walter “Rabbi” Rasquin sealed the win with a walk-off home run in the eighth to help the Clones sweep the double-header against the Spinners.
The outlook looked bleak for our boys, but they pulled it out. Down 2–0 in the bottom of the seventh and final inning (double-header games are shortened to seven innings), Jeremy Vazquez doubled with runners on second and third to score both Walter Lagrange and Jose Miguel “Funky Cold” Medina to tie the game.
Brooklyn’s Boys of Summer put it away in the eighth thanks to the Rabbi. Rasquin, who hadn’t hit a homer this season, knocked one out of the park to take the victory for the Clones.
The two wins put the Cyclones at 21–48, but they have now won six of their last seven games.
Our boys hope to keep it up tonight at MCU Park at 6:40 pm.
