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By David Russell<\/p>\n
for Brooklyn Paper<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Cyclones 2 Staten Island 1 <\/p>\n
Game 1<\/p>\n
July 26 at MCU Park<\/p>\n
The Cardiac Clones pulled out a victory with the go-ahead run in the bottom of the sixth in a 2–1 win over the hated Staten Island Yankees in game 1 of Tuesday’s doubleheader. Colby Woodmansee drove in both runs for Brooklyn – keeping up a recent hot streak at the plate.<\/p>\n
“Woodmansee with the bat was obviously the star of game one,” Cyclones manager Tom Gamboa said.<\/p>\n
The Evil Empire of the New York-Penn League got on the board in the second against Cyclones Erik Manoah. Timmy Robinson led off with a single and Dom Thompson-Williams followed with a single of his own. The second single moved Robinson to third as Thompson-Williams took second on the throw. Kendall Coleman’s sacrifice fly to right scored Robinson with the game’s first run.<\/p>\n
Manoah struck out Eduardo Navas and Danienger Perez – stranding Thompson-Williams at third – to limit the damage and get out of the inning.<\/p>\n
The hated Staten Island Yankees missed a chance to add an insurance run in the fourth. Drew Bridges led off with a triple, but Manoah got a strikeout, grounder to first and – after a walk – a grounder to second to escape damage.<\/p>\n
Staten Island starter Taylor Widener kept the Cyclones scoreless for three innings, but Brooklyn got on the board against Brian Trieglaff in the fourth. Michael Paez led off with a double, moved to third on a wild pitch and scored on Colby Woodmansee’s sacrifice fly.<\/p>\n
The game remained tied until the bottom of the sixth. Gene Cone led off with a single against Yankees reliever David Sosebee and moved to second on a sacrifice bunt by Paez. Woodmansee came through again with a double off the left field wall, scoring Paez and giving Brooklyn a 2–1 lead.<\/p>\n
Kyle Regnault replaced Manoah and picked up the save, allowing only a two-out single.<\/p>\n
Manoah improved to 4–1, giving up one run on six hits over six innings. He walked two, but also struck out three and even caught a pop-up.<\/p>\n
“I am so proud of Erik Manoah,” Gamboa said. “He’s always had stuff, but his maturity level, or lack of I should say, to see what he did today, the way he competed on every pitch and then went near the backstop to catch a pop-up.”<\/p>\n
Cyclones 3 Staten Island 2 <\/p>\n
Game 2<\/p>\n
July 26 at MCU Park<\/p>\n
The Cardiac Clones stayed alive on a two-out error in the seventh and won in the eighth against the hated Staten Island Yankees in game two of Tuesday’s doubleheader.<\/p>\n
Brooklyn jumped to a lead with an unearned run in the second. Blake Tiberi reached on a one-out error by third baseman Yancarlos Baez and scored on Nick Sergakis’ two-out double into left field. Third-base coach Edgardo Alfonzo – who was celebrated on Tuesday with a bobblehead – waved in Tiberi, who scored on a bang-bang play at the plate. <\/p>\n
Raul Jacobson pitched five shutout innings in a surprise start for the Clones. Tom Gamboa learned that Jacobson would be moving up to Columbia and that he was to start instead of Gabriel Llanes.<\/p>\n
“I was just happy to get the call,” Jacobson said. “I see myself as a starter. I got assigned to starting last year. I’ve been waiting for this opportunity all year and I was just pumped.”<\/p>\n
Llanes threw a scoreless sixth in relief, but couldn’t hold on to the lead in seventh. <\/p>\n
Drew Bridges singled with one out and then scored on Timmy Robinson’s triple to right-center. With the infield in, Dom Thompson-Williams singled between first and second to score Robinson with the go-ahead run. Gamboa was quick to point out that Llanes was pitching in unfamiliar territory – more comfortable starting games than closing them. <\/p>\n
“He’s been a starter his whole career,” Gamboa said. “I said, ‘Hey, you made one mistake and a good hitter jumped on it. That’s baseball. You gotta give him credit.’”<\/p>\n
Brooklyn’s lineup helped pick up Llanes in the bottom of the frame. Sergakis singled for his third hit of the night and a wild pitched move him into scoring position. Dan Rizzie hit what looked to be a game-ending grounder to short, but Angel Aguilar’s throw was high and deflected off the first baseman’s glove – into the Brooklyn dugout as Sergakis scored to tie the game.<\/p>\n
Arnaldo Berrios singled to center, but Rizzie was thrown out easily at the plate – trying to score from second – as the game moved into extra innings.<\/p>\n
Gene Cone singled to lead off the eighth, moved to second on a wild pitch and advanced to third on Colby Woodmansee’s single.<\/p>\n
With runners on the corners and one out, Pete Alonso ended the game with a sacrifice fly to left, scoring Cone.<\/p>\n
Back at .500, the 19–19 Cyclones get a rare off day on Wednesday before hitting the road.<\/p>\n
UPS AND DOWNS <\/p>\n
The bottom of the third inning was played while the area near the visitors on-deck circle was covered with baby powder. As part of a contest, a fan had contents from a mystery bucket dumped on her, which turned out to be baby powder but it was swept away before the fourth inning.<\/p>\n
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