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Brooklyn Quieted by Lowell's Pantoja in 3-1 Loss

July 21, 2018 - New York-Penn League (NYPL)
Brooklyn Cyclones News Release


BROOKLYN, NY - Lowell southpaw Yorvin Pantoja spun five scoreless innings as the Brooklyn Cyclones, the Short Season, Class A affiliate of the New York Mets, dropped Friday night's series opener 3-1 to the Lowell Spinners at MCU Park.

W: Pantoja (3-0)

L: Wilson (0-3)

S: Biondic (1)

BIG MOMENTS

Lowell's Yorvin Pantoja tossed five scoreless innings of one-hit ball with four walks, striking out one. Pantoja retired five of the final six batters he faced en route to the victory.

Manny Rodriguez's RBI double cut the deficit to 3-1 in the seventh against Spinners reliever Rio Gomez.

Leading 1-0 into the fourth, Lowell's Tyler Esplin homered off of the scoreboard in left field to push the lead to 2-0. Grant Williams' run-scoring single. KEY CYCLONES CONTRIBUTORS

Carlos Cortes: 2-4, 3B, R

Manny Rodriguez: 1-4, RBI, 2B

Anthony Dirocie: 1-2, 2 BB NEWS & NOTES

With two more hits Friday, Carlos Cortes is 4-for-his-past-8 with a triple and a home run.

The Cyclones stranded 10 men, going just 1-9 with runners in scoring position.

On 90s Night, the Cyclones wore jerseys themed after Legends of the Hidden Temple. Brooklyn will wear Brooklyn Bagels jerseys on Sunday in the series finale. WHAT'S NEXT

Brooklyn vs. Lowell, Saturday, 6 p.m.

MCU Park - Brooklyn, NY

Probables: RHP Briam Campusano (2-4, 5.11 ERA) v RHP Thaddeus Ward (0-0, 4.05 ERA)

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