7/31/10

Brooklyn 11, Aberdeen 3

from Aberdeen press release:

The Brooklyn Cyclones used a seven-run fifth inning on Friday night to top the Aberdeen IronBirds 11-3 and complete a three-game sweep. The Brooklyn Cyclones struck first with a lead off home run by Rylan Sandoval to give them a 1-0 lead.

In the fifth inning, the Cyclones sent 11 batters to the plate and recorded eight hits with their seven runs. Brian Harrison capped off the scoring in the inning with a two-run home run to deep left field with two outs that made the score 8-0.



Cory Vaughn would add another run in the seventh inning on his league leading 10th home run of the season to make the score 9-0.



The IronBirds got on the board in the seventh inning on a sacrifice fly by Blair Dunlap.



In the eighth inning the Cyclones scored their final runs of the game on an RBI single by Sandoval and a sacrifice fly by Kurt Steinhauer.
The IronBirds would get two runs in the eighth inning on a two-run single by Sammie Starr, but would fall 11-3.

The winning pitcher was Yohan Almonte who threw seven innings and gave up just one unearned run while striking out four.

Justin Anderson got the loss going 4.1 innings and giving up a season high six runs on eight hits in his second loss of the season.

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