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Cyclones Split a Doubleheader in Wilmington on Wednesday

June 15, 2022 - South Atlantic League (SAL)
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Wilmington, DE - It took just one swing of the bat to turn the tide in Game One of today's doubleheader as Shervyen Newton's three run blast into the bullpen gave Brooklyn all the offense they would need in a 4-2 win over the Blue Rocks in the opener of today's double header.

RHP Junior Santos (3-5) was solid for 5.2 innings, scattering three hits and four walks but allowing just one run while striking out four. RHP Grant Hartwig tossed the final 1.1 innings, striking out three to collect the save.

Wilmington jump started their offense when Ricardo Mendez led off the bottom of the first with a double and advanced to third on a groundout before scoring on a sacrifice fly from Nick Banks and just 10 pitches into the game, the Blue Rocks led 1-0.

After their early run the teams traded zeroes until Brooklyn broke through in the top of the fifth. Jose Peroza singled to start the frame and Jaylen Palmer followed with a walk to put a pair of runners aboard with nobody out. Joe Suozzi had a long fly ball to advance the runners and then Shervyen Newton connected on an 1-0 pitch and sent it over the right field fence to give Brooklyn a 3-1 lead. It was his third home run with the Cyclones this season and his seventh overall.

In the top of the seventh, Matt Rudick - who was making his first start with Brooklyn since returning from the IL - tacked on an insurance with an RBI double that plated Jaylen Palmer and made it 4-1.

Wilmington had a two-out solo home run from Omar Meregildo in the bottom of the seventh that made it 4-2 but would get no closer as Hartwig slammed the door to close out the 4-2 Brooklyn win.

BOX SCORE GAME TWO

Win - Yankosky (2-1)

Loss - Opp (0-2)

Save - None

Home Run - None

Time of Game - 2:26

Wilmington, DE - The Blue Rocks bounced back to take Game Two of Wednesday's doubleheader by the score of 8-5. The Blue Rocks scored three runs in the top of the sixth to snap a 5-5 tie and run away with the win.

The nightcap of the doubleheader was a makeup game from a contest rained out in Brooklyn, so the Cyclones took the field as the home team at Frawley Stadium. So, Wilmington was first up to bat and drew first blood. Darren Baker started the game with a double for the Blue Rocks and scored soon-after on a double from Yasel Antuna. Later in the frame Isreal Pineda would plate Antuna with an RBI single that made it 2-0 Wilmington.

Brooklyn cut the deficit in half in the bottom of the frame courtesy of an RBI double from Brandon McIlwain and then pulled even in the second inning on an RBI triple from Tanner Murphy that evened the score at 2-2.

Wilmington scored a pair in the top of the third and a solo run against Brooklyn starter Daison Acosta in the fifth that extended their lead to 5-2. But Brooklyn would again draw even in the bottom of the fourth after an RBI single from Tanner Murphy made it 5-3 and Shervyen Newton followed with two-RBI base knock to know the score at 5-5.

But in the sixth Wilmington plated three runs to take control of the game and run away with an win. LHP Cam Opp was tagged with the loss after allowing three runs on two hits over his 1.0 inning of relief. Reyson Santos, who allowed two inherited score in the sixth, surrendered a single run in the seventh to make the final score 9-5.

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