Tigers Win Third Straight Series
Staten Island, NY - Riley Greene went 2-for-4 for his first multi-hit game in the New York-Penn League, and the Connecticut Tigers (11-13) defeated the Staten Island Yankees (12-11) 5-4 in the final game of the series. Greene is now 3-for-9 through his first two starts for Connecticut. An early
Staten Island, NY - Riley Greene went 2-for-4 for his first multi-hit game in the New York-Penn League, and the Connecticut Tigers (11-13) defeated the Staten Island Yankees (12-11) 5-4 in the final game of the series. Greene is now 3-for-9 through his first two starts for Connecticut.
An early lead was produced once again by the Tigers in the first inning.
Later in the inning, Kona Quiggle ripped a ball down the right-field line to make it 2-0 scoring Liniak and Greene. Staten Island got a run back in the bottom half of the inning on a solo-home run by Ezeiquel Duran.
After a scoreless second, Ryan Kreidler blasted his first home run of his pro career over the left-field fence to make it 3-1. Kreidler has now produced an RBI in the last four games for Connecticut.
After Jake Holton reached on a single, Quiggle doubled to put the runners in scoring position.
Staten Island brought the deficit back to two runs on the second home run of the game from Duran. He finished 2-for-5 with three RBIs for the Yankees. In the same frame,
The game stayed 5-3 until the eighth inning when
Andrew Magno (Save, 1) came on in the ninth inning to get his second save of the season. Magno retired
The Connecticut Tigers are back in action tomorrow opening a series with the Auburn Doubledays for the first time this year.
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