Strong Pitching And A Sergakis Blast Lead Brooklyn To Second Straight Over Aberdeen

Brooklyn Cyclones @ Aberdeen Iron Birds

July 12, 2016

Erik Manoah @ Keegan Akin

Teams	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Brooklyn	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	0	6	9	0
Aberdeen	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	1

W: Manoah (2-1, 5.33 ERA); L: Bridwell (1-1, 5.40 ERA); Save: Jacobson (2)

The Highlights:

Pitchers

Erik Manoah (W, 2-1, 5.33 ERA) – 6 IP, 4 H, 1 R (1 ER), 1 2B, 5 TB, 2 BB, 2 K (2 K/Sw), 1 GIDP, 9 GB: 4 FB: 3 LD, 73 Pitches (42 Strikes), 5 Swinging, 10 Called, 6.8% SwStr, 15.6% Whiff/Swing, 12.2 Pitches/IP, 20 BF

Raul Jacobson (S, 2, 2.60 ERA) – 3 IP, 1 H, 1 TB, 1 BB, 6 K (5 K/Sw), 3 GB: 1 FB, 40 Pitches (28 Strikes), 10 Swinging, 6 Called, 25% SwStr, 45.5% Whiff/Swing, 13.3 Pitches/IP, 11 BF

Batters

RF - Gene Cone - 2-5, 1 R, 2 K, 9.5% SwStr, 28.6% Whiff/Swing, 4.2 Pitches/PA

2B - Nick Sergakis - 3-5, 3 R, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 1 SB, 3.2 Pitches/PA

1B - Peter Alonso - 2-3, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 CS, 11.8% SwStr, 28.6% Whiff/Swing, 4.25 Pitches/PA

CF - Jacob Zanon - 1-4, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 4.25 Pitches/PA

C - Dan Rizzie - 1-4, 1 K, 17.6% SwStr, 30% Whiff/Swing, 4.25 Pitches/PA

Recapish

The Brooklyn Cyclones rode some great pitching and the right side of their infield to an easy 6-1 win in game two of their series with Aberdeen Tuesday night. Regular starter Erik Manoah allowed a 1^st inning run but then nothing over his final 5 frames of work, and then piggyback starter Raul Jacobson allowed just one hit over the final 3 innings.

After trailing for most of Monday’s game, Brooklyn was quick to jump ahead with a 1^st inning run Tuesday. Pistol Pete Alonso doubled home Nick Sergakis to give Manoah a lead before he took the mound. Unfortunately for the Cyclones, Monoah couldn’t hold that lead for very long, and the Iron Birds nearly jumped ahead in the bottom half of the 1^st. Jaylen Ferguson doubled home the tying run with two outs in the 1^st, but Alejandro Juvier was thrown out trying to score from first base on the play.

Manoah really settled in after that 1^st inning bump, allowing just three baserunners over his final 5 frames, with two of those runners erased on the base paths. Aberdeen’s starter Keegan Akin was making his pro debut, so he bowed out after just two innings and Parker Bridwell took over. His outing started nicely for the Iron Birds before Brooklyn broke through in a big way against Bridwell in the 5^th. With two on and two outs in the frame, Nick Sergakis launched his second home of the season to LF, which gave the Cyclones a 4-1 lead.

Manoah retired his final 6 batters faced in a row after Brooklyn took the lead, and then Raul Jacobson started his outing with 4 straight set down, including 3 on strikeouts. By the time Aberdeen got another runner on base the Cyclones had extended their lead to 6-1 with an 8^th inning rally.

I break down the Cyclones scoring and defensive highlights below, so enjoy!

MiLB.tv Scoring Highlights

Nick Sergakis started his big night with a one out single in the 1^st and then scored on Peter Alonso’s third double of the season.

Dan Rizzie picked up his hit in the 2^nd.

With two outs in the 5^th, Darryl Knight was hit by a pitch to extend the frame for Brooklyn. Gene Cone followed with his first hit of the game and then they both scored on Sergakis’ blast to LF.

Sergakis was at it again in the 8^th, sparking a Cyclones rally with a leadoff single. Alonso moved him to 3B when he singled two batters later and then Jacob Zanon doubled him home to make it a 5-1 game. Blake Tiberi’s sac fly capped the scoring for Brooklyn.