Brooklyn Cyclones Game Notes - 7/1/2023

 

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

The Brooklyn Cyclones (5-1, 33-38) look to win their third-straight against the Jersey Shore BlueClaws (3-3, 38-32) — the High-A affiliate of the Philadelphia Phillies — on Saturday night at 6 p.m. from Maimonides Park on Coney Island. 

LHP Eli Ankeney (2-0, 0.96) is scheduled to make his first professional start for Brooklyn against Jersey Shore’s RHP Zach Haake (NR). 

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 5:45 ­­­p.m. 

Full game notes are linked below.­­ 

LAST TIME OUT: Brooklyn earned their 2nd-straight victory with a 5-1 triumph over Jersey Shore on Friday night...RHP Blade Tidwell tied a career-high with 7.0 innings pitched and punched out a career-best 11, earning his team-leading 5th victory of 2023...The 22-year-old allowed 1 run on 3 hits...RHP Paul Gervase tossed a pair of scoreless innings to close out the win, earning his 2nd save...DH Kevin Parada powered a solo home run to left in the 1st and RF Stanley Consuegra added one of his own in the 8th...CF Alex Ramírez added an RBI double in the Cyclones’ 3-run 2nd...1B Rixon Wingrove tallied a multi-hit game for the BlueClaws, while C Anthony Quirion provided the team’s only run with a solo home run in the 5th. 

 

TURNING THE TIDE: RHP Blade Tidwell is in the midst of his best stretch of baseball in 2023...The 22-year-old has tossed 3-straight quality starts dating back to June 17 at Aberdeen...Tidwell has earned the win in all 3 outings, permitting just 2 runs on 10 hits over 20.0 innings...He has walked only 4 (5.6 BB%) and struck out 26 (36.6 K%) in those contests...He whiffed a career-high and team-season-best-matching 11 on Friday vs. Jersey Shore...This comes after tied a then-career-best with 10 strikeouts on June 11 vs. Greenville...Tidwell also whiffed 10 on May 4 vs. Aberdeen...Over his last 8 starts dating back to May 17 at Hudson Valley, Tidwell is 5-0 with a 1.34 ERA (6 ER in 40.1 IP) with just 20 hits allowed...The Loretto, Tenn. native has walked 24 and struck out 59 (36.6 K%)...Tidwell’s holding opponents to a meager .146 batting average (20-137) against him...Tidwell leads the South Atlantic League in batting average against (.146) and is 2nd in strikeouts (59) and 3rd in ERA (1.34) since that date (min. 30.0 IP)...On the season, the Loretto, Tenn. native is 2nd in the SAL in batting average against (.185), tied for 2nd in strikeouts (86), and 4th in wins (5). 

 

PITCHING IN: Since the start of a 4-game winning streak at Hudson Valley on May 17, the Cyclones’ pitching staff has, statistically, been the most dominant in Minor League Baseball...Entering Saturday, Brooklyn has posted a MiLB-low 2.53 ERA (97 ER in 345.0 IP) over their last 40 games, holding a 22-18 record in that span...The Yankees’ High-A Hudson Valley (2.82) is 2nd in the minors...The Cyclones have hurled 5 shutouts in that span and hold a strikeout rate of 28.2% and a walk rate of 11.5%...Additionally, Brooklyn pitching has permitted the fewest home runs (11) and has accrued the lowest opposing OPS (.589) in MiLB over that time period...The Cyclones are also 3rd in hits-per-9 innings (6.60)...RHPs Blade Tidwell (1.34) and Tyler Stuart (1.43) hold the 2nd and 3rd best ERA’s in MiLB during that time (min. 40.0 IP). 

 

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Brooklyn Cyclones Players this year: 

Kevin Parada; Blade Tidwell; Alex Ramírez; Stanley Consuegra; Omar De Los Santos; Tyler Stuart; Chase Estep; Joander Suarez; Jace Beck; César Berbesi; Jeffrey Colón; Joshua Cornielly; Cameron Foster;  Jordan Geber;  Paul Gervase;  Raimon Gómez; Drake Osborn; Wilkin Ramos; Manny Rodríguez;  Joander Suarez; Dylan Tebrake;