Brooklyn bounces back vs. Tri-City
Cyclones’ Five-Run Seventh Keys 8-3 Victory over ValleyCats
For just the second time in the first five games of their Sweet 16 season on Coney Island, the Brooklyn Cyclones played nine innings Tuesday night, picking up their second win of the young campaign by rallying for an 8-3 triumph over the visiting Tri-City ValleyCats in front of 5,865 fans at Coney Island’s MCU Park.
Right fielder Gene Cone, selected with the Mets’ 10th-round draft pick out of the University of South Carolina earlier this month, went 2-for-4 and drove in three runs, and fifth-rounder Colby Woodmansee, a shortstop from Arizona State, added two hits and two RBIs as Brooklyn used a five-run seventh inning to improve to 2-3 this summer.
The Cyclones, who were trying to bounce back from a humbling six-hour, 17-inning loss Monday night to the visiting ValleyCats, got off to a rough start when Tri-City jumped out to an early 3-0 lead against pitcher Erik Manoah, who yielded a run in each of the first three frames.