'Clones Fight Off Rain & Renegades for 5-4 Walk-off Win

CONEY ISLAND, NY (August 8, 2021) – Francisco Alvarez drove in the winning run Sunday to complete a walk-off and comeback 5-4 victory for the Brooklyn Cyclones, the High-A affiliate of the New York Mets, Sunday afternoon against Hudson Valley on a cloudy, misty day at Maimonides Park.

Win: Morris (1-0) Loss: Craft (1-2)

Cyclones HR: Vasquez (6)

Box Score I Play-by-Play

• Down 4-3 in the ninth inning, the Cyclones rallied for a come-from-behind walk-off victory against Renegades closer Derek Craft. Antoine Duplantis singled and scored on Ronny Mauricio’s game-tying RBI triple. The next batter, Francisco Alvarez delivered the sac fly to plate Mauricio from third and give Brooklyn a 5-4 win.
• Jeremy Vasquez barrelled up a 407-foot home run in the bottom of the eighth for Brooklyn to pull the Cyclones to within 4-3.
• For the second time in the week, Hudson Valley right-hander Randy Vasquez struck out double-digit Cyclones. Vasquez fanned 11 batters, four days removed from striking out 10 on Tuesday. The Yankees No. 25 prospect allowed one run on seven hits with no walks in 5 2/3 frames.

Everson Pereira started the scoring in the top of the third, launching an opposite-field shot into The Backyard to give Hudson Valley a 2-0 lead.

KEY CYCLONES PERFORMERS

• Jeremy Vasquez: 2-4, double, home run, RBI, run
• Ronny Mauricio: 1-5, triple, RBI, run
• Tanner Murphy: 1-3, double, hit by pitch, run
• Colby Morris: W, 1 IP, 3 K

NEWS AND NOTES

• Sunday’s victory marked the fourth walk-off victory of the season.
• The Cyclones won their third straight game, splitting the six-game series with Hudson Valley.
• Jeremy Vasquez hit home runs on back-to-back nights for the first time this season and has reached base safely in 26 of his past 27 games.

WHAT’S NEXT

Cyclones at Wilmington Blue Rocks, Tuesday, 7:05 p.m. Frawley Stadium -- Wilmington, DE

Probables: RHP Jaison Vilera (2-6, 7.74 ERA) vs. TBA

Watch: MiLB.TV

Audio: Brooklyn Cyclones Radio Network