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By David Russell<\/p>\n
for Brooklyn Paper<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Cyclones 8 Vermont 5 <\/p>\n
July 29 at Vermont<\/p>\n
The boys from Brooklyn won their sixth in a row as the Cycloones took down Vermont 8–5 on Friday night.<\/p>\n
Brooklyn jumped out to a quick lead as Gene Cone walked and both Michael Paez and Colby Woodmansee singled to load the bases with nobody out. Pete Alonso drove in a run with a sacrifice fly and Blake Tiberi added another with a run-scoring groundout to give the Clones a 2–0 lead.<\/p>\n
Vermont got one back in the bottom of the first. Luis Barrera worked a leadoff walk against Cyclones starter Merandy Gonzalez and scored on Nate Mondou’s single. Right fielder Jacob Zanon threw out Mondou as he tried for second base.<\/p>\n
Cone led off the top of the third with a home run to right to make it 3–1. Paez and Woodmansee – who each finished with three hits – extended the lead with back-to-back doubles, giving Brooklyn a three-run cushion. <\/p>\n
In the fourth, a two-out double from Paez scored Cone as the Cyclones took a 5–1 lead. Cone scored three runs in the victory. In the fifth, Blake Tiberi was hit by a pitch, moved to third on a single and scored on a Zanon sacrifice fly to make it 6–1. <\/p>\n
Vermont starter Heath Bowers lasted four-and-one-third innings, giving up six runs on eight hits.<\/p>\n
Gonzalez started strong, but lost his stuff in the sixth. A single and two walks loaded the bases and ended his night as Tom Gamboa called on Gabriel Feliz to get out of the jam. Tyler Ramirez greeted Feliz with a two-run double. With two outs, an infield single from Eli White scored a run and cut the lead to 6–4. <\/p>\n
Feliz got out of the sixth and Austin McGeorge pitched a scoreless seventh. <\/p>\n
Brooklyn scored some insurance runs in the eighth against Lake Monsters’ reliever Derek Beasley. Desmond Lindsay led off with a double and scored on Eli White’s throwing error. The miscue also allowed Zannon to, not only reach, but advance all the way to third. Zanon scored on a Jay Jabs sacrifice fly to give the Cyclones an 8–4 lead.<\/p>\n
Taylor Henry pitched a scoreless eighth, but Joseph Zanghi made things a little interesting in the ninth. Vermont clawed back with a run after a walk and two wild pitches, but couldn’t quite mount the comeback as Brooklyn held on for the win. <\/p>\n
Gonzalez improved to 3–2 on the mound, tossing five-plus innings and giving up four runs on six hits, while walking six and striking out four.<\/p>\n
The 21–19 Cyclones will try to keep the win streak going and sweep the series when the squad takes on Vermont on Saturday at 6:05 pm.<\/p>\n
UPS AND DOWNS <\/p>\n
Brooklyn is now only two games behind the first-place Hudson Valley Renegades.<\/p>\n
Gene Cone’s home run was his first as a Cyclone.<\/p>\n
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