Cyclones fail to complete Staten Island sweep
Drop 10-7 Thriller in Extra Innings, Remain in Second Place
Playing their first home game in nine days, the Brooklyn Cyclones appeared fit and ready to complete a three-game sweep of first-place Staten Island and launch themselves back into the top spot in the tightly packed McNamara Division.
But the Baby Bums’ season-long fielding woes came up to bite them in the top of the 12th inning Tuesday night en route to a wild 10-7 loss to the Yankees in front of 5,884 fans at Coney Island’s MCU Park.
Brooklyn committed three errors in total, including a pair in the 12th by center fielder Emmanuel Zabala and catcher Jose Garcia, that helped Staten Island (26-23) snap a 7-7 deadlock and drop the Cyclones (25-25) 1 ½ games back in the division race.