Cessa stymies ‘Cats: Hurler helps Brooklyn beat Tri-City, 4-1
The Cyclones couldn’t prevent Tri-City from celebrating the clinching of the Stedler Division title at MCU Park on Wednesday night.
But they did beat the New York-Penn League-leading ValleyCats, 4-1, before a crowd of 4,642 on Coney Island behind the brilliant pitching of 20-year-old right-hander Luis Cessa.
Unbeknownst to the ValleyCats, and their manager Stubby Clapp, the club with the 14-team circuit’s best record at 44-18 had already earned the right to call themselves Stedler Division champions following Tuesday’s 5-2 victory over the Cyclones.