EXTRA EFFORT LIFTS SPINNERS OVER YANKS

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EXTRA EFFORT LIFTS SPINNERS OVER YANKS

Four-run 10^th inning seals victory in Staten Island

LOWELL, MA – Roughly 12 hours after their previous game had ended, the Spinners took the field in Staten Island to take on the Yankees looking for their third straight victory.

We got day baseball in @SIYanks today as @LaneMilligan7 and the @LowellSunNews starting lineup look for their third consecutive win!

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💪LHP Yorvin Pantoja pic.twitter.com/Aa4pjaIeYB

— Lowell Spinners (@LowellSpinners) August 9, 2018

Staten Island scored first in the opening frame off starting pitcher Yorvin Pantoja. The Venezuelan-born lefty settled in nicely afterward and went on to strike out seven batters over five innings while allowing a trio of hits and walks.

Lowell tied the game up in the top of the fifth after Lane Milligan got the inning started with a single. Andre Colon and Alberto Schmidt followed up with singles of their own to load the bases for Xavier LeGrant. Milligan would come in to score on a groundout by LeGrant.

The bullpen locked down the Yankees as Francisco Lopez-Soto and Danny Bethea combined to allow only one hit in four shutout innings while striking out five before heading to extra innings.

Tyler Dearden continued his hot streak with a go-ahead single in the top of the 10^th put Lowell up 2-1. The following at-bat, Devlin Granberg launched a three-run home run to put the Spinners ahead 5-1 in extras.

Kevin Biondic closed the door on the Yankees after giving up an earned run to finish off a 5-2 victory.

It was a fun win in extras but today's Right Key Mortgage Key Player of the Game is starting pitcher Yorvin Pantoja!

Pantoja struck out seven in five innings while allowing only one earned run on three hits

FULL RECAP: https://t.co/HRQzYk2y1N pic.twitter.com/804AMUcCh3

— Lowell Spinners (@LowellSpinners) August 9, 2018