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Hector Martinez Homers But Brooklyn Sweeps CT Tigers

Cyclones score five runs in ninth, Tigers lose seventh in a row
((C) Kevin Pataky Photography )
By Kevin Gehl
June 23, 2018

NORWICH, Ct. - The Connecticut Tigers (2-7) failed to protect a 4-3 lead in the top of the ninth inning as the Brooklyn Cyclones (7-2) batted around and scored five runs to complete a three-game sweep, 8-4, in their lone visit to Dodd Stadium this season.Daniel Gonzalez (Loss, 0-1) blew

NORWICH, Ct. - The Connecticut Tigers (2-7) failed to protect a 4-3 lead in the top of the ninth inning as the Brooklyn Cyclones (7-2) batted around and scored five runs to complete a three-game sweep, 8-4, in their lone visit to Dodd Stadium this season.
Daniel Gonzalez (Loss, 0-1) blew the save and gave up his first earned runs of the season. With the bases loaded, Brooklyn left fielder Wagner Lagrange drove in two runs with a single to center that gave the Cyclones a 5-4 lead. Gonzalez proceeded to walk in another run and Ross Adolph added a two-out, two-run single to center field for an 8-4 Brooklyn advantage.
Connecticut took a 4-3 lead in the fifth when Cam Warner sent an RBI single to center. Hector Martinez hit the Tigers first home run at Dodd Stadium this season with a solo shot to left in the third inning. Martinez, the 21-year-old second baseman from the Dominican Republic, led the Tigers with two runs batted in on Saturday.
Sam McMillan picked up his first RBI with Connecticut on a first-inning single that allowed Isrrael De La Cruz to score his first of two runs in the game. De La Cruz reached base in all four trips to the plate as the Tigers set a new season-high with 12 hits in one game. 
The Tigers lost their seventh game in a row and now sit one loss away from matching the franchise record for consecutive defeats set with eight straight losses from July 21-28, 2016.  
Next up, the Tigers travel to Hudson Valley on Sunday for the first of three games against the Renegades with first pitch at 5:05 p.m. Tune in to the Norwich Courtyard by Marriott Connecticut Tigers Radio Network with Kevin Gehl for all three games of the road trip. Coverage begins Sunday at 4:50 p.m. with CT Tigers Pregame on 1310 AM WICH and online at CTTigers.com via TuneIn Radio. 
The Connecticut Tigers are the New York-Penn League affiliate of the Detroit Tigers at Dodd Stadium in Norwich, Connecticut. Individual tickets for all 2018 home games, season memberships to "The Club," ticket mini-plans, and Tigers team merchandise are now on sale at Dodd Stadium, over the phone at 860-887-7962, and online at CTTigers.com.

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