Hudson Valley 8
Cyclones 0
Aug. 23 at MCU Park
New York Mets reliever Jeurys Familia did fine in his second rehab game for the Cyclones, allowing one hit in one inning pitched, but Cyclones reliever Trent Johnson got rocked on the mound, surrendering eight hits and seven runs in two-and-one-third innings pitched, and the Cyclones bats’ didn’t do the team any favors, getting just four hits on the night, as the Renegades handed our boys their 12th — yes, 12th — straight loss.
The Renegades got on the board early. Rafaelin Lorenzo reached first on a fielding error made by shortstop Dylan Snypes and Isaac Benard singled before Deion Tansel singled to score Lorenzo to make it 1–0. But Hudson Valley did most of the damage in the seventh inning.
Bill Pujols led off with a single and Videl Brujan followed that with a single that sent Pujols to third. After Brujan stole second, Carl Chester doubled to score Pujols and advance Brujan to third. Zacrey Law then grounded out to score Brujan and advance Chester to third. Angel Perez then struck out on a wild pitch that allowed him to reach first and Chester to score. After Lorenzo singled, Benard doubled to score both Perez and Lorenzo. Tansel then singled to advance Benard to third before Matt Eureste grounded out to score Benard to make it 7–0.
The Renegades weren’t finished. After Chester tripled in the eighth inning, manager Edgardo Alfonzo finally got Johnson out of there and replaced him with Stephen Villines. Law grounded out to plate Chester and make it 8–0, and while that was the final run the Renegades would score, it was more than enough to beat our boys.
The loss puts the Clones at 15–45 — and a whopping 2–18 in the month of August.
The worst Cyclones team ever hopes to avoid getting swept a fourth time in a row tonight at 7 pm at MCU Park.
