Bombers Leave ‘Clones All Wet

Yanks even season series with Brooklyn with fourth consecutive win

By: Robert Pimpsner

August 19, 2007 – What started out beautiful ended up wet.  That would describe just the weather at the Richmond County Bank Ballpark as the Staten Island Yankees faced off against the Brooklyn Cyclones.  The Baby Bombers are playing their best of the season, winning 4-in-a-row and evening the season series with the cross-town rivals.

                The game was scoreless until the bottom of the fourth inning when the Baby Bombers plated 2 runs with 2 outs for the lead.  Damon Sublett led the inning off with a line drive single to short and then moved to second when Braedyn Pruitt was hit by the pitch.  The runners would move over when Matt Morris grounded out to third for out number 2.  Jose Gil then smacked a ball to the third baseman that was bobbled, allowing both Pruitt and Sublett to score.

                The Bombers were not done as they went on to pad the lead with 2 more in their half of the fifth.  Justin Snyder singled with 1 out and then moved to second when Taylor Holiday grounded out.  Damon Sublett was next at the plate and lined the ball over the right-centerfield video board for his sixth homerun on the year.

                Adam Olbrychowski started the game for the Staten Island Yankees.  Olbrychowski threw 85 pitches in 5 innings to earn his first professional win.  The young right-hander struck out 4 batters while walking 5, but he did not allow a run on 2 hits to lower his ERA to 4.36.  Nick Chigges took over in the sixth inning and went on to pitch 3 innings, allowing just 1 hit while striking out 4.

                The Cyclones were able to smack back-to-back doubles off reliever Jason Kiley with 1 out.  The Yankees then opted to go to the bullpen bringing in their closer, “The Sandman” Jonathan Ortiz.  Ortiz went on get the next 2 outs for his tenth save of the season.

                The Staten Island Yankees and Brooklyn Cyclones will meet up again tomorrow night as these two clubs face off at Keyspan Park.  Chris Farley will get the nod for the bombers, his first against the Brooklyn Cyclones.