Cyclones can’t close out Spinners in Game 2
Brooklyn will host Lowell for New York-Penn title at MCU Park
When you’ve spent the past several weeks playing do-or-die baseball, what’s another day?
The Brooklyn Cyclones squandered a chance to secure their first New York-Penn League championship in 18 years Monday evening at Coney Island’s MCU Park, dropping a 3-1 decision to the Lowell Spinners in Game 2 of the best-of-three series in front of 2,499 title-hungry fans.
The Baby Bums, who had to sweep a regular season-ending series against Staten Island just to reach the playoffs for the first time since 2012 and staved off elimination in consecutive games against Hudson Valley in the NY-Penn semifinals, still have one more shot at the coveted crown.
That opportunity will come Tuesday night at the Class A short-season franchise’s stadium by the sea when the Spinners and Cyclones will battle it out in a decisive Game 3 of the NY-Penn Finals after splitting the initial two contests.