Beer Shines Again As Cats Take Opener In Staten Island
The Tri-City ValleyCats used five late runs, including Seth Beer's fourth home run of the season, to take down the Staten Island Yankees in their series opener on Sunday afternoon.
The Tri-City ValleyCats used five late runs, including Seth Beer's fourth home run of the season, to take down the Staten Island Yankees in their series opener on Sunday afternoon.
Beer, who went deep twice on Saturday, continued to swing a hot bat with two hits and his league-leading fourth homer of the year.
Garcia then handed the ball off to Shawn Dubin, who allowed the only two runs of the game in the sixth inning.
Then trailing Staten Island 2-0 entering the seventh,
The go-ahead run then scored on an RBI-groundout from Alex Holderbach as Tri-City entered the eighth inning up by one run.
After Beer's homer extended the lead to two in the eighth,
Staten Island got the go-ahead run to the plate in the ninth inning after
Jason Bell then elected to bring in Humberto Castellano to record the games final out, stranding the bases loaded.
Castellanos was credited with a save, while Hardman was awarded a hold.
Now with a record of 6-4, the ValleyCats hold sole possession of first place in the New York-Penn League's Stedler Division for the first time this year.
They will continue their series with the Staten Island Yankees on Monday night with first pitch scheduled for 7 p.m.
Coverage will begin on the Tri-City ValleyCats Radio Network with Steven Cusumano 15 minutes prior to first pitch.