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Cyclones Move Back into First with a Week to Go After 11-5 Win over Wilmington

September 4, 2022 - South Atlantic League (SAL)
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BROOKLYN, NY - The Cyclones closed out the home portion of the 2022 season in style with an 11-5 win over the Wilmington Blue Rocks. The Brooklyn win, coupled with a Hudson Valley loss, moves Brooklyn into first place in the South Atlantic League's Northern Division with just six games remaining. A six-run third inning gave Brooklyn an early 9-0 lead and they held on for the victory after the Rocks scored four in the 9th and had the bags full when the final out was recorded.

The Cyclones jumped on top in the top of the first after a pair of walks and a hit by pitch loaded the bases for Jose Peroza. The Brooklyn second baseman lofted a fly ball deep to center field that allowed Matt Rudick to score the game's first run and pushed runners to second and third. Stanley Consuegra and William Lugo followed with back-to-back RBI singles to extend the lead to 3-0.

In the third, the Brooklyn bats exploded to blow the game wide open. Stanley Consuegra had his second RBI of the afternoon to make it 4-0. But after Jose Mena flied out to left for out number two, that's when the Cyclones went to work. William Lugo singled up the middle to score Consuegra and then Joe Suozzi tripled into right field before scoring on a passed pall to make it 7-0. Shervyen Newton kept things going with a single prior to Matt Rudick reaching on an error to again put a runner in scoring position. Alex Ramirez ripped a single up the middle to push home Newton and JT Schwartz capped the frame with an RBI single of his own to make it 9-0 after three.

Mike Vasil made the start for Brooklyn, his first since being activated from the Injured List, and tossed 3.0 perfect frames. He gave way to Junior Santos who allowed just one unearned run over his 3.0 innings as the Cyclones took a 9-1 lead into the eighth.

In the bottom of that inning, Justin Guerrera - in his first at-bat since returning to the Cyclones - drilled a two-run home run over the left field wall to extend the Brooklyn lead to 11-1.

The home run seemed like window dressing at the time, but it would prove to be pivotal in the ninth. Benito Garica cruised through his first 2.0 innings of relief but ran out of gas in the ninth and was charged with four runs on three hits in the frame. He gave way to Daniel Juarez, who allowed back-to-back singles and a walk that made it 11-5 with the bases still loaded. Dylan Hall was then summoned from the bullpen and recorded the final out when he K'd Ricardo Mendez on a 3-2 pitch to end the game.

Sunday's contest was the final home game of the 2022 season for the Cyclones, who will head to Winston-Salem to close out the regular season with a six-game series against the Dash. Brooklyn currently holds a ½ game lead over the Hudson Valley Renegades.

If the Cyclones are able to hold on and win the Second Half Title, Brooklyn would open the playoffs on Tuesday, September 13th against the Aberdeen IronBirds at Maimonides Park for the first of a three-game series. Game time would be 6:30 PM.

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