By P.J. Harmer

Staff Writer

ONEONTA — The Oneonta Tigers can’t seem to hold the Brooklyn Cyclones down.

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Star photo by Anita Briggs The Oneonta Tigers’ Joel Roa swings and misses during the second inning as Brooklyn catcher Rafael Arroyo awaits during the second inning Wednesday.

oklyn erased an early four-run deficit with a six-run sixth inning to rally for an 11-8 New York-Penn League victory in front of 2,686 fans at Damaschke Field on Wednesday.

Brooklyn had a six-run inning for the second straight night as the Cyclones opened Tuesday’s 12-9 triumph with six in the first.

"Hopefully this can carry over for us," Brooklyn manager Mookie Wilson said. "We’ve been struggling a li[an error occurred while processing this directive]ttle bit."

Oneonta (18-8), which lost its second straight despite outhitting Brooklyn, 15-13, finishes its three-game series with the Cyclones at 7 tonight. Matt O’Brien is scheduled to start for the Tigers.

"This is kind of like last night," said Oneonta manager Tom Brookens. "We can’t hold them down, plain and simple. They’ve played two nice ballgames. They’ve played errorless baseball and we haven’t and that’s the difference. Both teams are giving the runs up."

After the Tigers jumped to a 7-3 lead entering the sixth, reliever Collin Mahoney couldn’t get an out.

Caleb Stewart greeted Mahoney with a double on the first pitch. Josh Petersen then pushed the count to 2-1 before being hit with a off-speed breaking ball to put runners at first and second.

Nick Evans followed with a high flyball to center field, but Justin Justice lost it. Shortstop Michael Hollimon ran into the outfield and pointed, but the ball dropped in for a single, loading the bases.

Mahoney then threw a wild pitch, allowing Stewart to score and Petersen and Evans to each advance a base. That was one of six wild pitches for Oneonta, with three to follow in the eighth.

Rafael Arroyo loaded the bases again with a four-pitch walk, and on a 2-2 count to Jonel Pacheco, Mahoney threw his second wild pitch, this time inside and over the reaching glove of catcher Joel Roa. Petersen scored to make it 7-5 as Evans and Arroyo advanced a base.

Pacheco then hit a hard single to left, scoring Evans to make it 7-6. That ended Mahoney’s night as Jeff Hahn came in and got Armand Gaerlan to fly out.

Pinch-hitter Jonathan Malo followed with a bloop single that landed just inside the left-field line to bring in Arroyo and tie the score. Malo went to second on the throw home, drawing the infield in with runners at second and third.

Joe Holden lined out to Michael Hollimon at short for the second out, but Kyle Brown hit a bouncer to the left of third baseman Cory Middleton, who couldn’t hold onto the ball. Middleton bobbled it, too, allowing Brown to reach safely and Pacheco to score.

Stewart drove in Malo with a single to left for a 9-7 Brooklyn lead.

"We’re not the best offensive club in the league, but we use what we can," Wilson said. "We’re aggressive and they are smart running the bases."

The inning also erased a solid outing by Oneonta starter Guillermo Moscoso, who allowed three runs, five hits and one walk, and struck out three in five innings.

"(Moscoso) gave up two runs in the first and then settled down for us," Brookens said. "Mahoney struggled. That’s where we allowed them to get back in the ball game."

Brooklyn scored its last two in the eighth with the help of three wild pitches. Each allowed a Brooklyn runner to move from first to third as Roa chased the ball to the deep Damaschke backstop.

"I haven’t seen that all year," Brookens said. "You have to block those balls. They have to be blocked at the plate."

Trailing, 11-8, in the eighth, Oneonta loaded the bases with one out. However, Eric Domangue struck out Middleton and got Justin Justice to ground out to end the inning.

"We were one big hit away from getting back in it," Brookens said. "We got 15 hits and we needed one more there and it didn’t happen."

The Tigers fell behind, 3-0, after two innings, but scored four in the third, all with two out.

Hollimon and Matt Joyce each had run-scoring singles, and Justice had a two-run single. Brandon Timm had an RBI-single in the fourth, and Ryan Roberson and Jorge Patino each plated runs with singles in the fifth to help the Tigers to a 7-3 lead.

Hollimon, who finished 2-for-4, added a homer in the sixth, his team-leading fifth of the season.

Joyce had three hits for Oneonta, which got two apiece from William Rhymes, Timm and Patino.

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P.J. Harmer can be reached at pharmer@thedailystar.com or 607-432-1000, ext. 229.

NY-PENN STANDINGS

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Staten Island (Yankees) Ø18ØØØ9ØØ.667ØØØ—Ð

Williamsport (Pirates) Ø17ØØ12ØØ.586ÐØØ2Ð

Brooklyn (Mets) Ø16ØØ12ØØ.571ÐØØ2½

Hudson Valley (Rays) Ø13ØØ14ØØ.481ÐØØ5Ð

New Jersey (Cards) Ø13ØØ16ØØ.448ÐØØ6Ð

Aberdeen (Orioles) Ø10ØØ18ØØ.357ÐØØ8½

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Auburn (Blue Jays) Ø15ØØ13ØØ.536ØØØ—Ð

Mahoning (Indians) Ø15ØØ14ØØ.517ÐØØؽ

Jamestown (Marlins) Ø14ØØ15ØØ.483ÐØØ1½

Batavia (Phillies) Ø10ØØ17ØØ.370ÐØØ4½

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Oneonta (Tigers) Ø18ØØØ8ØØ.692ØØØ—Ð

Lowell (Red Sox) Ø17ØØ12ØØ.586ÐØØ2½

Tri-City (Astros) Ø12ØØ15ØØ.444ÐØØ6½

Vermont (Nationals) ØØ8ØØ21ØØ.276ÐØ11½

Vermont 14, Aberdeen 10

Lowell 7, Batavia 1

Brooklyn 11, Oneonta 8

Staten Island 5, Jamestown 2

Mahoning Valley 10, Hudson Valley 4, 10 innings

New Jersey 8, Auburn 4

Williamsport 7, Tri-City 4

Aberdeen at Vermont

Batavia at Lowell

Brooklyn at Oneonta

Jamestown at Staten Island

Mahoning Valley at Hudson Valley

New Jersey at Auburn

Tri-City at Williamsport

Auburn at Tri-City

Batavia at Hudson Valley

Jamestown at Brooklyn

Mahoning Valley at Aberdeen

New Jersey at Vermont

Staten Island at Lowell

Williamsport at Oneonta

WEDNESDAY’S O-TIGERS BOX SCORE

BROOKLYN ÐØ Ø ONEONTA ÐØÐØÐØ Ø

ab r h bi Ø ÐØÐØØØ ab r h bi

Holden cf 4Ø2Ø1Ø0 Rhymes dh 5Ø1Ø2Ø0

Brown lf 4Ø0Ø0Ø0 Timm lf 5Ø1Ø2Ø1

Stewart dh 5Ø1Ø3Ø1 Hollimon ss 4Ø2Ø2Ø2

Petersen 3b 4Ø2Ø1Ø0 Joyce rf 4Ø2Ø3Ø1

Evans 1b 5Ø1Ø2Ø2 Middletn 3b 4Ø0Ø1Ø0

Arroyo c 4Ø1Ø1Ø0 Justice cf 4Ø1Ø1Ø2

Pacheco rf 5Ø2Ø2Ø1 Robersn 1b 5Ø0Ø1Ø1

Gaerlan 2b 4Ø1Ø2Ø1 Roa c 5Ø1Ø1Ø0

Mihalics ss 2Ø0Ø0Ø0 Patino 2b 5Ø0Ø2Ø1

Malo ph-ss 2 1 1 2

Totals ÐØ 391113 7 Totals ÐÐ 41Ø8Ø15Ø8

Brooklyn 210006020—11

Oneonta 004121000— 8

E—Middleton 2 (8), Timm (1). DP—Brooklyn 1, Oneonta 1. LOB—Brooklyn 7, Oneonta 10. 2B—Gaerlan (4), Stewart (8), Arroyo (5), Middleton (11). HR—Hollimon (5). SF Malo.

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Reyes Ø4ØØ9ÐØ5ÐØ5ÐØ1ÐØ3

Brown W, 2-1 Ø3ØØ5ÐØ3ÐØ3ÐØ0ÐØ4

Domangue H, 2 Ø1ØØ1ÐØ0ÐØ0ÐØ2ÐØ1

D’Alessandro S, 2 Ø1ØØ0ÐØ0ÐØ0ÐØ0ÐØ2

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Moscoso Ø5ØØØØ5ÐØ3ÐØ1ÐØ1ÐØ3

Mahoney L, 0-1 Ø0ØØØØ3ÐØ5ÐØ4ÐØ1ÐØ0

Hahn BS, 1 Ø2ØØØØ2ÐØ1ÐØ0ÐØ0ÐØ2

Claggett Ø1ØØØØ2ÐØ2ÐØ2ÐØ1ÐØ1

Norfleet Ø1ØØØØ1ÐØ0ÐØ0ÐØ1ÐØ1

Mahoney pitched to 5 batters in the 6th.

PB—Roa. WP Moscoso, Mahoney 2, Claggett 3. HBP Justice (by Brown), Petersen (by Mahoney).

Umpires—Home, Chris Hammer; Second, Andrew Russell.

T—3:13. A—2,686.