Brooklyn Cyclones Game Notes - 6/18/2023

 

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

The Brooklyn Cyclones (26-35) search for a series split in the rubber match against the Aberdeen IronBirds (31-30) — the High-A affiliate of the Baltimore Orioles — on Sunday afternoon at 2:05 p.m. from Leidos Field at Ripken Stadium. 

RHP Cameron Foster (2-4, 5.28) is scheduled to take the hill for Brooklyn against Aberdeen’s RHP Kyle Virbitsky (1-1, 6.38). 

Live coverage is available on the Bally Live app, MiLB.tv, and the Cyclones Radio Network starting 15 minutes prior to the first pitch at 1:50 ­­­p.m. 

Full game notes are linked below.­­ 

LAST TIME OUT: Brooklyn blanked Aberdeen on Saturday night, 5-0...RHP Blade Tidwell tossed a career-high 7.0 innings of 3-hit, shutout baseball, earning his 3rd win and 1st career quality start...The 22-year-old walked 2 and struck out 6...RHP Dylan Tebrake yielded 1 hit over 2.0 innings to close out the 4-hitter...C Drake Osborn powered a pair of home runs and drove in 4 as part of a 3-hit night...The Corpus Christi, Texas native hammered a solo home run to lead off the 6th to break up a no-hit bid...Osborn added a 2-run single in the 7th and another solo blast in the 9th...RHP Alex Pham permitted just 1 hit over a team-season-high 6.0 innings, striking out 9 for Aberdeen...He took his 3rd defeat. 

 

LOVE THE DRAKE!: C Drake Osborn posted a career-best performance in Saturday’s win at Aberdeen...The 24-year-old tallied a professional-high-tying 3 hits and collected his 1st career multi-home run game...Osborn added a season-best 4 RBI, as well...His 1st 3-hit night came on April 30, 2022, with Single-A St. Lucie vs. Daytona...The multi-home run performance was the first by a Cyclone since RF Alex Ramírez blasted two long balls on July 31, 2022, at Hudson Valley...Osborn is the first ‘Clone to record 2+ home runs, 3+ hits, and 4+ RBI in a single game since DH Brett Baty (3/4, 2 HR, 4 RBI) accomplished the feat on June 3, 2021, at Jersey Shore...Each of Osborn’s last 3 hits have been home runs and 4 of his last 5 have left the ballpark, as well...He holds a 130 wRC+ and .419 ISO since being reinstated from the injured list on June 2...Osborn is tied for the team lead in home runs with 6...This is despite having 40 fewer plate appearances than INF Mateo Gil (6 HR/127 PA), 60 fewer than OF Stanley Consuegra (5 HR/147 PA), and 150 fewer than OF Alex Ramírez (5 HR/237 PA). 

 

BLADE RUNNER: RHP Blade Tidwell is in the midst of his best stretch of baseball in 2023...The 22-year-old registered a career-high 7.0 innings of shutout ball, earning the win on Saturday night at Aberdeen...Tidwell is the first Cyclone to post 7+ innings in a shutout victory since RHP Jeffrey Colón did the same in a 3-0 win at Winston-Salem on September 9, 2022...He tied a career-best with 10 strikeouts in his previous start last Sunday vs. Greenville...Tidwell also whiffed 10 on May 4 vs. Aberdeen...Over his last 6 starts dating back to May 17 at Hudson Valley, Tidwell is 3-0 with a 1.32 ERA (4 ER in 27.1 IP) with just 13 hits allowed...The Loretto, Tenn. native has walked 22 and struck out 39 (12.84 K/9)...Tidwell’s strikeout rate is 34.2% during the stretch and opponents hold a meager .141 batting average (13-92) against him...Tidwell leads the South Atlantic League in batting average against (.141) and is tied for 2nd in ERA (1.32) since that date (min. 25.0 IP)...He is also tied for 4th in strikeouts (39). 

 

DINKY DONUTS: RHP Blade Tidwell (7.0 IP) and RHP Dylan Tebrake (2.0) combined on a 4-hit shutout in Brooklyn’s 5-0 win at Aberdeen on Saturday night...That marked the Cyclones’ 1st donut of an opponent since an 8-0 victory at Jersey Shore on May 30...Tidwell (3.2 IP) also started that night...RHP Jace Beck (2.1), RHP Brendan Hardy (1.2), RHP Michael Krauza (0.1), and RHP Joshua Cornielly (1.0) also united on a 5-hit blanking of the BlueClaws...The ‘Clones have accumulated 5 shutouts through the first 61 games of 2023...Brooklyn pitching tallied 7 shutouts throughout the entirety of the 2022 campaign. 

 

DYLAN THROWS HOT FIRE: RHP Dylan Tebrake has been nearly untouchable since being reinstated from Brooklyn’s injured list...Since being activated on May 14, the 23-year-old has made 9 relief appearances...Tebrake has a 1.23 ERA (2 ER in 14.2 IP) on 5 hits and 6 walks, registering 24 strikeouts (14.73 K/9)...That equates to a 42.9 K% (24/56). 

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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; Joander Suarez; Jace Beck; César Berbesi; Jeffrey Colón; Joshua Cornielly; Cameron Foster;  Jordan Geber;  Paul Gervase;  Raimon Gómez; Justin Guerrera; Brad Malm; Trey McLoughlin; Drake Osborn; Wilkin Ramos; Manny Rodríguez; Tyler Stuart; Joander Suarez; Dylan Tebrake; Blade Tidwell;