Brooklyn Cyclones Game Notes - 5/9/2023

 

Here are the Brooklyn Cyclone Game Notes for today's game.

 The Brooklyn Cyclones (9-14) hit the road to start a two-week road trip beginning with six games against the Wilmington Blue Rocks (12-13) — the High-A affiliate of the Washington Nationals — on Tuesday night at 6:35 p.m. from Frawley Stadium. 

 

RHP Christian Scott (NR) is expected to his start of the season for Brooklyn against Wilmington’s LHP Andrew Alvarez (1-1, 3.66). 

 

Live coverage is available on the Bally Live app, MiLB.tv, and the Cyclones Radio Network starting at 6:20 p.m. 

 

Full game notes are linked below. 

 

LAST TIME OUT: The Cyclones earned a series split by snatching the final game of their series with the Aberdeen IronBirds, 3-0...Brooklyn tallied all 3 of their runs in the 7th inning...2B Mateo Gil hammered a 2-run home run to left and LF Alex Ramírez added a long RBI single...RHP Tyler Stuart tossed 2.0 frames of 1-hit ball to start...RHP Jordan Geber hurled the final 7.0 shutout innings, striking out 6, to earn his 2nd win...Ramírez and 3B Chase Estep collected multi-hit games for Brooklyn...Aberdeen was held to just 4 hits in the shutout. 

  

TIME TO MAKE THE DONUTS: Brooklyn pitching did nothing but post zeroes on the scoreboard in Sunday’s 3-0 win vs. Aberdeen...It was the Cyclones’ first shutout victory of the season...It was Brooklyn’s first shutout win since September 9, 2022, at Winston-Salem...RHP Jeffrey Colón (7.0 IP) and RHP Daison Acosta (2.0) combined on a 3-hit, 3-0 blanking of the Dash...It was the first for the Cyclones at Maimonides Park since August 5, 2022, also against Winston-Salem...LHP Keyshawn Askew (4.1), RHP David Griffin (3.2), and RHP Dylan Hall (1.0) united on a 6-hit, 2-0 victory. 

  

PUNCHING TICKETS: Cyclones pitchers matched a season-best with 17 strikeouts vs. Aberdeen on Saturday afternoon...RHP Joander Suárez struck out a season-high 8...RHP Benito García (4), RHP Jace Beck (2), and LHP Quinn Brodey (3) each sat down multiple hitters...Brooklyn previously whiffed 17 batters at Winston-Salem on April 14...The 17 K’s were the most for the ‘Clones are Maimonides Park since Brooklyn punched out 18 batters — also against Aberdeen — on July 23, 2016, when both were members of the Short-Season New York-Penn League...RHP Justin Dunn (5), LHP Kyle Regnault (2), and RHP Nabil Crismatt (11) combined for the 18 K’s. 

  

ESTEP UP: INF Chase Estep has broken out of a major slump in a big way...Over a 9-game span between April 12 and May 2, the Corbin, Ky. native was 0-for-32 at the plate with 3 runs scored, an RBI, 3 walks, and 14 strikeouts...Estep ended that stretch with a towering 2-run home run to right field on Friday night...Over his last 2 games, the former Kentucky Wildcat is 3-for-6 at the dish with 2 runs scored, a double, a home run, 2 RBI and a walk. 

  

ALEX SMACKS: OF Alex Ramírez had his team-season-long 12-game hitting streak halted last Tuesday, but the 20-year-old has reached in 18-straight games dating back to April 12...In that span, Ramírez is slashing .300/.380/.386 with a .765 OPS and a 111 wRC+...Alex is 21-for-70 at the dish with 8 runs scored, 4 extra-base hits, 1 home run, 13 RBI, 7 walks, and 4 stolen bases in 5 attempts...Since joining Brooklyn’s roster on July 4 of last year, Ramírez leads the South Atlantic League in RBI (49), hits (87) and doubles (21)...He only trails teammate OF Stanley Consuegra in extra-base hits (28) and is tied with him for the most total bases (128) 

  

STU-PENDOUS: RHP Tyler Stuart has been as consistent as any starting pitcher in the SAL in 2023...The 23-year-old punched out a career-high 9 batters over 5 innings in a no-decision on Tuesday vs. Aberdeen, adding 2.0 more shutout frames on Sunday...Entering Tuesday, Stuart trails only Wilmington’s RHP Kyle Luckham (1.29) for the league lead in ERA (1.74)...He is also 5th in batting average against (.200), and 10th in WHIP (1.21) and strikeouts (30)...The right-hander is also 3rd in xFIP (3.21) and 4th in strikeout rate (35.3%) plus strikeouts per nine innings (13.06). 

  

CYCLONE SHUFFLE: Brooklyn made a bevy of roster moves on Tuesday...C Oscar Campos returned from Triple-A Syracuse and placed on the development list and RHP Kolby Kubichek was transferred from Double-A Binghamton...C Drake Osborn was reinstated from the temporarily inactive list and INF Kevin Kendall was reinstated from the 7-day injured list...RHP Benito García was transferred back to Single-A St. Lucie and C José Mena returned to Binghamton...INF Justin Guerrera was placed on the development list to put Brooklyn at 30 active players. 

  

TIDWELL’S SHARP BLADE: RHP Blade Tidwell set a career-high and a team-season-best with 10 strikeouts over 5.1 innings vs. Aberdeen on Thursday night...The 21-year-old is the first Cyclone pitcher to register 10-plus punch outs in a single game since RHP Carson Seymour struck out 10 hitters on July 22, 2022, at Jersey Shore...Tidwell was the first Brooklyn arm to whiff 10 at home since RHP Dominic Hamel accomplished the feat with 10 Ks on July 16, 2022, vs. Greensboro. 

  

SPEED DEMONS: Brooklyn has habitually swiped bases in 2023...Coming into Tuesday’s matchup, OF Omar De Los Santos is tied for 5th in the SAL with 13 and IF/OF Jaylen Palmer is tied for 7th with 11...More importantly, both are a combined 24-for-25 on attempts...The ‘Clones are tied for 9th in the league with 40 team stolen bases but have the 3rd-best success rate in the SAL at .851...Only Hudson Valley (.875) and Aberdeen (.873) have stolen bags more successfully...Brooklyn has been caught stealing a league-low 7 times this year...Aberdeen and Hudson Valley are 2nd with 8 runners caught. 

  

OMNIPRESENT OMAR: In addition to his 13 stolen bases in 13 attempts in 2023, OF Omar De Los Santos remains among the best base stealers in Minor League Baseball since the beginning of 2022...The 23-year-old has accumulated 83 stolen bases in that span, which is 4th most in MiLB...Only Red Sox prospect INF David Hamilton (90), Athletics OF Esteury Ruíz (85), and Marlins farmhand INF Nasim Núñez (84) have tallied more...De Los Santos has also snagged 50 more bases than any other Mets prospect in that time...Fellow Cyclone IF/OF Jaylen Palmer is 2nd with 33...Omar is already 19 swipes shy of matching INF Walter Rasquin’s franchise record for single-season stolen bases (32) which was set back in 2017. 

  

DANIEL’S DOMINANCE: LHP Daniel Juárez has been as dominant as can be out of the bullpen for the Cyclones in 2023...In his first 8 outings of the campaign, the southpaw holds a 2-0 record with 1 save...He has not permitted a run on 3 hits and 3 walks, striking out 13...In 13 regular season appearances with the ‘Clones dating back to last season, Juárez has yielded only 1 unearned run in 12.2 innings...The 22-year-old has not surrendered an earned run in 21 straight appearances dating back to last year...Juárez last allowed earned runs on June 22, 2022, with Single-A St. Lucie at Palm Beach...Since then, he is 4-0 with 8 hits allowed, 12 walks, and 28 strikeouts in 23.0 innings.

 

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Brooklyn Cyclones Players this year: 

Kevin Kendall; Kevin Parada; Alex Ramírez; Stanley Consuegra; Jaylen Palmer; Omar De Los Santos; Chase Estep; Warren Saunders; Joe Suozzi; Joander Suarez; Jace Beck; César Berbesi; Quinn Brodey; Jeffrey Colón; Joshua Cornielly; Cameron Foster;  Jordan Geber;  Paul Gervase;  Raimon Gómez; Justin Guerrera; Daniel Juarez; Kolby Kubichek; Brad Malm; Trey McLoughlin; Drake Osborn; Wilkin Ramos; Manny Rodríguez; Warren Saunders; Tyler Stuart; Joander Suarez; Dylan Tebrake; Blade Tidwell;