It's not quite artistic, but.....(Valleycats 4, SI Yankees, 0, 8/27/19)

On Tuesday night, the Tri-City Valleycats had Arts in The Park night, and saluted community heroes as the 'Cats sought to salvage a split of their four game series with the Staten Island Yankees.

Starter Angel Macuare allowed 1 hit in 2 innings of work, but poisoned his own efforts by throwing 50 pitches in those two innings. He struck out five, but walked three, contributing to the high pitch count.

Tri-City struck first in the home first. With one out, and Korey Lee at first on a walk, Nate Perry lashed a double to right center, scoring Lee all the way from first to give the hosts a 1-0 lead. One out later, Juanrael Paulino took Staten Island starter Wellington Diaz out of the yard for a 2 run homer to right. Tri-City had a 3-0 lead after 1 inning.

In the third, just when it looked like Diaz was settling down, Preston Pavlica drilled a solo homer to center to end the scoring. In all, Diaz went 3 2/3, giving up all four runs on four hits with five strikeouts and two walks.

Bryan De Paula went three innings to pick up the win, giving up just one hit while walking two and striking out two. Blair Henley & Cole McDonald each pitched two innings to finish the shutout.

Tri-City heads for Lowell to play the first place Spinners tonight through Friday before returning for the final homestand of the season vs. Vermont on Saturday night.