Cyclones safe at home after brutal trip
Brooklyn Powers Past Hudson Valley To Grab Top Spot in McNamara Race
Second-year manager Tom Gamboa called his Brooklyn Cyclones arguably the worst hitting team in all of professional baseball.
And that was after Jeff Diehl and Tucker Tharp homered to power the Baby Bums to a 6-3 victory over visiting Hudson Valley in front of 7,382 sweat-soaked Brooklyn baseball fanatics at Coney Island’s MCU Park on Wednesday night.
Returning from a brutal 1-6 road trip that featured Gamboa earning a rare ejection for disputing balls and strikes, and the Cyclones losing a game on a catcher’s interference call the night before in Hudson Valley, it was safe to say Gamboa’s squad was desperate for a win.
Michael Bernal’s two-run triple sparked a three-run opening frame and the long balls from Tharp and Diehl made life a bit easier for left-hander Kevin Canelon (3-2), who struck out seven over six strong innings to help Brooklyn move into sole possession of first place in the McNamara Division.