Carlos Ramirez went 2-for-4 Thursday, but the Oneonta Tigers lost their second straight New York-Penn League game, 6-0, at the Brooklyn Cyclones.
The second-place Tigers (28-36) remained 8 1/2 games behind Lowell (37-28) in the Stedler Division. The Spinners lost, 6-2, at Hudson Valley. Lowell's magic number is two, meaning any combination of two Lowell wins or two Oneonta losses down the stretch will eliminate the Tigers from the division-title race.
Oneonta has 10 games remaining and Lowell has nine. The teams go head-to-head four more times this season.
The Tigers have been eliminated from the wild-card chase as they can't catch Batavia (40-25), which is a half-game behind Jamestown (41-25) in the Pinckney Division.
Oneonta and Brooklyn finish a three-game set at 7:05 p.m. today. The Tigers then visit Lowell for two games before returning home for a five-game homestand, beginning with a doubleheader against Vermont on Monday.
The Cyclones (39-28) scored five runs in the third inning Thursday _ all on two-out, RBI singles _ to take control.
Sean Ratliff singled to right off David Stokes (3-7) and moved to second when Kyle Suire grounded out to first. After Stokes struck out Kirk Nieuwenhuis swinging, Seth Williams walked.
Eric Campbell, Jordan Abruzzo, Juan Lagares, Ike Davis and Wilmer Flores followed with consecutive RBI singles for a 5-0 lead.
The Cyclones capped the scoring in the fourth against reliever Santo Mieses.
With one out, Nieuwenhuis doubled to right and Campbell walked to put runners on first and second. After Campbell struck out looking, Abruzzo singled to center, scoring Nieuwenhuis for a 6-0 lead.
Three Brooklyn pitchers combined on a six-hitter.
Jenrry Mejia (3-1) gave up four hits, struck out six and walked three in five innings. Wendy Rosa followed with 3 2/3 innings, striking out seven, walking three and allowing two hits. Erik Turgeon sealed it with a strike out in the ninth.
Stokes gave up five runs on eight hits in three innings. He struck out one and walked one.
Mieses allowed one run on three hits over two innings, striking out four and walking one. Daniel DeLucia gave up one hit in two innings and struck out two.
Steve Gilman pitched the final inning, striking out two and walking one.
Brent Wyatt, Ben Guez, Billy Nowlin and Hayden had Oneonta's other hits.
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Cyclones 6, o-tigers 0
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