9/9 Minor League Report! Brooklyn Cyclones Advance!

A- New York Penn League: Brooklyn 6/9/1, Jamestown 4/11/0

Cyclones Win Best of Three Series and Advance to Next Round!

The Brooklyn Cyclones beat Jamestown, 6-4, in a winner-take-all Game 3 on Thursday at Coney Island to advance to the New York-Penn League championship series.

The Cyclones built up a 5-1 lead, only to watch Chris Hilliard give up 3 in the 5th, to make it a close game again. Brooklyn put up an insurance run in the 8th, for the final margin of victory, 6 to 4.

Darrell Ceciliani had another HUGE game out of the leadoff spot with 2 more hits, his first double and 2 RBI, a walk and his 4th steal in 3 games.

Will Cherry and Juan Centeno also had multi hit games, while JB Brown, Joe Bonfe and Wilfredo Tovar took 0-fers. Hilliard picked up the win, despite giving up 4 runs in 6 innings. Daniel Carela picked up the save, striking out one and stranding the bases loaded. The Cyclones had 9 hits and a 2/4 BB/K, while going 3 for 12 with RISP and leaving 5 on base.

cf Darrell Ceciliani 2 for 3, run, 2b (1), 2 RBI (2), BB, K, .545
2b JB Brown 0 for 3, K, .182
rf Cory Vaughn 1 for 4, RBI (2), K, .286
1b Joe Bonfe 0 for 4, .500
lf Will Cherry 2 for 4, 2 runs, 2b, .357
dh Blake Forsythe 1 for 3, 2 runs, HR (1), 2 RBI (2), .250
c Juan Centeno 2 for 4, run, 2b (3), RBI (2), .385
3b James Schroeder 1 for 4, K, .231
ss Wilfredo Tovar 0 for 1, BB, .125
Chris Hilliard 6 IP, 6 H, 4 ER, 1/2 BB/K, HR, 6 era, W (1-0), 9:7:2
TJ Chism 0.1 IP, H, 0.00 era, 1:
Wes Wrenn 1.1 IP, H, 2 Ks, 3.38 era, 2:0:2
Hamilton Bennett 0.2 IP, 3 H, 13.50 era, 2:
Daniel Carela 0.2 IP, 2 Ks, SV (1), stranded the bases loaded with 1 out in the 9th.