The Oneonta Tigers hit for the cycle during a seven-run second inning that carried them to a 13-5 New York-Penn League victory at Tri-City on Friday that snapped a season-high three-game skid.
Jamie Johnson singled in a run, Michael Rockett had an RBI triple, Wade Gaynor hit an RBI double and scored on Rawley Bishop's two-run homer during the second inning.
Bishop's team-high fourth homer of the season, a shot to left, capped an inning that also included three wild pitches, two walks and a hit batsman by losing pitcher Brandt Walker.
The Tigers completed the first quarter of their 76-game regular season with an 11-8 record and hold a one-game lead over second-place Vermont in the Stedler Division. The Lake Monsters (11-10), who completed a three-game sweep of the Tigers with a 7-6 victory Thursday at Damaschke Field, lost, 10-3, to visiting Lowell on Friday.
The Daily Star erroneously reported that Oneonta had lost four straight in Friday's editions.
Oneonta and Tri-City continue their four-game series at 7 p.m. Saturday at Damaschke Field. The final two games of the series are at Tri-City.
Following a scoreless first inning, Oneonta sent 10 batters to the plate in the second inning.
An inning later, Johnson hit a two-run triple to center to make it 9-0.
After the ValleyCats scored twice in the bottom of the third, the O-Tigers answered with two runs in the fourth on an RBI single by Carmelo Jaime and a fielding error by third baseman Erik Castro to make it 11-2.
The Tigers' John Murrian homered to left in the sixth inning, his first of the season. It made the score 12-3.
Jim Gulliver's sacrifice fly to left in the eighth inning capped the scoring for Oneonta.
Bishop led the Tigers' 17-hit attack by going 4-for-6 with two runs and two RBIs. Johnson went 3-for-5 with three RBIs, and Rockett, Gaynor and Alexis Espinoza each had two hits for Oneonta, which hadn't scored more than nine runs in a game before Friday.
Castro hit two homers for Tri-City.
Nate Newman (2-1) earned the victory. He went five innings, allowing three runs _ none earned _ on three hits and lowered his ERA to 0.56.
Newman and relievers Mike LaLuna, Jose Ortega and Kenny Faulk combined for 10 strikeouts and two walks in a six-hitter.
O-Tigers 13, TRI-CITY 5
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