The Single-A Brooklyn Cyclones won their first New York-Penn League championship since 2001, beating the Lowell Spinners, 4-3, on Tuesday night in a decisive Game 3 at MCU Park.
Yoel Romero hit a run-scoring single in the seventh inning to propel Brooklyn to the title. Antoine Duplantis scored on the play after he hit an RBI triple.
The single by Romero capped a two-run inning for the Cyclones that started when Duplantis hit a triple, scoring Jake Mangum.
After Brooklyn crossed the plate for two runs in the second inning, Lowell went up 3-2 after Nick Decker and Cameron Cannon scored on an error in the third inning and Marino Campana hit a solo home run in the seventh.
Third-round pick Matt Allan pitched three scoreless innings. Before joining the Cyclones, Allan went 1-0 with a 1.08 ERA with the GCL Mets.
Mitch Ragan (4-2) got the win in relief while Yusniel Padron-Artilles (8-2) took the loss.
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