First-place Cyclones continue hot start
Complete Sweep of Williamsport to Cap Big Holiday Weekend
The Brooklyn Cyclones are the only thing hotter than the weather on Coney Island this summer, racing to the top of the McNamara Division standings with an impressive 12-5 record following this past holiday weekend’s three-game sweep of visiting Williamsport.
But second-year Brooklyn manager Tom Gamboa knows all too well that hot starts can disintegrate into poor finishes with two full months remaining in the grueling 76-game grind of the New York-Penn League season.
“[Our division] will be a battle,” insisted Gamboa as his Cyclones improved to 5-1 in July by finishing off the previously red-hot CrossCutters with Monday night’s dramatic 2-1, 10-inning win in front of 4,562 Brooklyn baseball fanatics.