Through the first seven innings on Sunday, it appeared as if the Cyclones had decided to play a normal baseball game. No extra innings, no rain delays, no blown leads.

Then the baseball gods woke up, put two runners on base, and forced 3B Jim Haley into a bunt triple play that went 2-6-4.

An inning later the Brooklyn Cyclones found themselves victorious, salvaging the final game of their series with the Hudson Valley Renegades by a score of 4-3, snapping their three-game skid in the process.

“We only got four hits,” manager Tom Gamboa said. “Thank god they all figured into the scoring”

The game had been tied at three until the bottom of the seventh inning, which was when 2B Nick Sergakis stepped to the plate and sent a shot over the fence in left-center field for his first professional home run. The ball was hit to nearly the same spot that SS Colby Woodmansee sent his longball in the first inning to open the scoring.

“I got to two strikes pretty quickly, so I just worked my way back to a hitter’s count and turned on a fastball up,” Woodmansee said of the pitch that became his second home run of the season.

Brooklyn starter Merandy Gonzalez allowed all three runs in the second frame, but settled down to toss six innings, allowing six hits and striking out four.

“Merandy battled today,” said Gamboa, referring to the second inning.

Sunday also saw another first: the first victory in the professional career of first-round pick Justin Dunn, who was making his debut in front of the home crowd at MCU Park. He had pitched two scoreless innings in Batavia on Monday, and did the exact same on Sunday.

“It was awesome, I’m home,” the Long Island native said on pitching in Brooklyn for the first time. “These fans, you couldn’t ask for anything better.”

Dunn allowed CF Ryan Boldt and LF Jake Fraley (who mistakenly walked on three balls) to reach base to start off the eighth, but his defense bailed him out. C Dan Rizzie pounced on Haley’s popped-up bunt, fired down to second where Boldt was doubled off by Woodmansee, who made the turn to Sergakis covering first before Fraley could get back. It was the first triple play in team history.

Had any of the participants been involved in the rare play before?

“Never,” said Dunn, who was unable to blink before the play concluded.

“That’s the first,” said Woodmansee. “It was pretty cool.”

And what about Gamboa, who has spent over 40 years in professional baseball?

“I’ve seen ’em on TV, but I’ve never been in a game with one.”

The Cyclones will now make the trip to Aberdeen, where they’ll face the Ironbirds for a three game set. Brooklyn returns home on Thursday to get their first look this season at the Lowell Spinners.