COMEBACK KIDS
9 run 6th inning stuns Royals who had 6 run lead going into the final innings.

Mar 30, 2026 - As comebacks go, this was a pretty darn good one.  The Cyclones were sleepwalking through the first 5 innings on Sunday. The Royals starting pitcher had the Cyclones reaching, leaning and mostly off balance all afternoon until the 6th inning. For the Royals it went downhill from there.  For the Cyclones it was a reawakening that was much needed. The inning started when Tom West reached on an error was capped when Tom West, 11 batters later, lined a single to right center to drive in 2 runs putting a feather in the hat of this inning. In between, Chuck Poteet, Craig Baser and Drew Torres all flirted with home runs, but got huge hits just the same instead, with Drew and Chuck with doubles and Craig with a long 2 run single.

On the mound, Juan Zuniga started for the Cyclones. While Juan pitch 5-1/3 innings, it's what happened at the beginning and what happened at the end that define this outing. Juan allowed the first 5 batters to reach base before getting the first out, 4 of which scored. After that, Juan settled in nicely, got out of the inning and pitched into the 5th inning. It was in the 5th where Juan ran into trouble again, allowing 3 more runs to score and only registering 1 out before giving way to Dean Cosme. Cosme threw one pitch to get 2 outs and get Juan out of a bases loaded jam.  In the 7th, Cosme allowed 1 run to score before inducing a grounder for a force play to finish the 10-8 comeback victory.

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