Here are the Brooklyn Cyclone Game Notes for today's game.
The Brooklyn Cyclones (13-5, 41-42) hit the road to open a six-game series against the Hudson Valley Renegades (9-9, 48-36) — the High-A affiliate of the New York Yankees — on Tuesday evening at 6:05 p.m. from Heritage Financial Park in Wappingers Falls, N.Y.
RHP Cameron Foster (3-4, 4.30) is scheduled to take the hill for Brooklyn against Hudson Valley’s RHP Tyrone Yulie (4-5, 3.99).
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 5:50 p.m.
Full game notes are linked below.
LAST TIME OUT: The Cyclones’ 3-game win streak was halted in a 13-6 loss vs. Greensboro on Sunday afternoon...Grasshoppers scored all 13 of their runs on 6 hits and 3 errors in the 5th and 6th innings...Greensboro registered an 8-run 5th and a 5-run 6th to take the lead...Brooklyn took an early 3-0 advantage on a double steal of home in the 1st and a 2-run home run by 3B William Lugo in the 3rd...Lugo finished with 3 hits and 3 RBI...LF Omar De Los Santos collected a pair of knocks, including a double...RHP Joander Suárez punched out a season-high-tying 8 over 4.0-shutout, 2-hit innings...DH Tres Gonzalez and 1B Jase Bowen each registered multi-hit games for Greensboro, combining for 3 RBI...C Wyatt Hendrie drove in a pair with a double, while 3B Shawn Ross clubbed a grand slam in the 5th.
THE .500 CLUB: With Brooklyn’s victory on Saturday night, the Cyclones returned to .500 on the season at 41-41...It was the first time the ‘Clones were at the .500 mark since they were 2-2 following a 5-3 defeat at Winston-Salem on April 11...Brooklyn has not been over .500 since the 3rd game of the season...The Cyclones moved to 2-1 with a 4-2 win vs. Jersey Shore to close out the season-opening homestand on April 9.
TIME TO MAKE THE DONUTS: Brooklyn collected their 7th shutout win of the season with a 3-0 blanking of Greensboro on Saturday...7 different pitchers combined on the shutout...RHPs Jordany Ventura (2.0 IP), Robert Colina (2.0), Luis Montas (1.0), Joshua Cornielly (1.0), Manny RodrÃguez (1.0), Wilkin Ramos (1.0), and Dylan Hall (1.0)...It was the Cyclones’ first shutout since a 2-0 victory vs. Hudson Valley on June 24...Brooklyn has matched their shutout total from 2022 (7)...The last time Brooklyn accrued more than 7 shutouts in a season was when they tallied 10 in 76 games in the New York-Penn League in 2014.
SUPER STAFF: 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 Tuesday, Brooklyn has posted a MiLB-low 2.70 ERA (136 ER in 453.0 IP) over their last 52 games, holding a 30-22 record in that span...The Yankees’ High-A Hudson Valley (3.00) is 2nd in the minors...The Cyclones have hurled 6 shutouts in that span and hold a strikeout rate of 28.3% and a walk rate of 11.4%...Additionally, Brooklyn pitching has permitted 4 fewer home runs (15) than any other squad and holds the lowest opposing OPS (.593), in addition to the 3rd lowest hits-per-9 innings (6.64) in that time period...RHPs Tyler Stuart (1.62) and Blade Tidwell (1.73) hold the 2nd and 3rd best ERA’s in MiLB during that time (min. 50.0 IP).
RED HOT RELIEF: The Cyclones’ relief staff has been exquisite at quelling fires in 2023...Entering Tuesday, Brooklyn has the best bullpen ERA (3.14) in the entire South Atlantic League and 3rd-lowest throughout Minor League Baseball...The Royals’ Single-A Columbia (3.09) is 2nd in MiLB, while Hudson Valley (3.46) is 2nd in the circuit...RHP Paul Gervase (1.26) is 1st and 3rd in ERA among SAL and MiLB relievers, respectively (min. 35.0 IP).
LUGO LAND: INF William Lugo has been scalding hot with the bat over the last few weeks...Since June 22 vs. Hudson Valley, the 21-year-old is slashing .362/.433/.690 with a 1.122 OPS and a 195 wRC+...In 16 games, Lugo is hitting .362 (21-58) with 9 runs scored, 5 doubles, a triple, 4 home runs, 15 RBI, and 7 walks to only 9 strikeouts...In that time, the right-handed swinger has raised his batting average by 48 points (.181 to .229)...Among SAL players with 60 or more plate appearances, Lugo is 2nd in slugging percentage (.690) and OPS (1.122), 4th in batting average (.362), and tied for 5th in total bases (40) and RBI (15) in that time frame...Lugo has also reached base safely in all 10 games played during the month of July and enters Tuesday on a 4-game multi-hit streak...He is 9-for-his-last-17 (.529) with 4 extra-base hits and 5 RBI in 18 plate appearances.
PARADA POWER: C Kevin Parada registered his 2nd multi-home run game of the season on Saturday, tallying solo shots in the 1st and 5th innings...The Pasadena, Calif. native also accrued multiple blasts on June 23 vs. Hudson Valley...Kevin poked a solo home run in the 3rd and a 2-run inside-the-parker in the 6th...Since 2005, Parada is 1 of 2 Cyclones to record a pair multi-homer games in the same season...INF Nick Evans powered a pair of jacks on July 22, 2005, vs. Jamestown and again on August 24, 2005, at Williamsport...Dating back to June 6 vs. Greenville, the 21-year-old is slashing .313/.379/.580 with a .959 OPS and 156 wRC+ in 29 games...Parada has accrued 18 runs scored, 3 doubles, 3 triples, 7 home runs, 19 RBI, 10 walks, and 2 hit-by-pitches...The former Georgia Tech Yellow Jacket enters Tuesday 5th in the South Atlantic League in extra-base hits (31), total bases (132), and hits (77), and tied for 5th in doubles (17),...Since June 6, Parada is tied for 1st in triples (3), 3rd in slugging (.580), tied for 4th in hits (35), tied for 5th in home runs (7) and total bases (65), 7th in OPS (.959), 8th in batting average (.313), and tied for 9th in extra-base hits (13).
CUTTING ‘EM DOWN: RHP Blade Tidwell is amid his best stretch of baseball in 2023...Tidwell has earned the win in 4 of his last 5 outings with Brooklyn winning all 5 games...He has permitted just 6 runs on 21 hits over 31.2 innings...He has walked only 7 (5.8 BB%) and struck out 43 (35.8 K%) in those contests...Tidwell punched out a career-high and team-season-best-matching 11 in consecutive starts on July 6 at Wilmington and June 30 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 10 starts dating back to May 17 at Hudson Valley, Tidwell is 6-0 with a 1.73 ERA (10 ER in 52.0 IP) with just 31 hits allowed...The Loretto, Tenn. native has walked 27 and struck out 76 (36.2 K%)...Tidwell’s holding opponents to a meager .169 batting average (31-182) against him...Tidwell leads the South Atlantic League and Minor League Baseball in strikeouts (76) by 2 over Hudson Valley’s RHP Drew Thorpe (74)...He also leads in batting average against (.170) and 3rd in ERA (1.73) since that date (min. 50.0 IP)...On the season in the SAL, the Loretto, Tenn. native is 2nd in batting average against (.196), tied for 3rd in wins (6), 4th in strikeouts (103), and 5th in ERA (3.45).
WE’RE GOING STREAKING: Brooklyn’s season-high 5-game winning streak came to a close on July 8 at Wilmington...Alas, the team has won 8-of-10 and 14-of-19 going into Tuesday’s contest...The Cyclones are 13-5 in the second half and lead the North Division of the SAL by 1.5 games over Aberdeen (11-6)...Brooklyn is 1.5 games behind Hickory (14-3) for the best record in the circuit during the half...The 5-game streak was the longest for the ‘Clones since they won 6-straight from September 3-9, 2022, vs. Wilmington and at Winston-Salem.
OMAR KEEPS SWIPING: OF Omar De Los Santos stole a pair of bags on July 9 at Wilmington and has 32 stolen bases in 2023...The 32 swipes match INF Walter Rasquin’s franchise record for single-season stolen bases which was set back in 2017 when Brooklyn played in the short-season New York-Penn League...He is also tied for 2nd in the SAL in stolen bases for 2023...De Los Santos remains among the best base stealers in Minor League Baseball since the beginning of 2022...The Dominican native has accumulated 102 stolen bases in that span, which is 5th most in MiLB...Only D’Backs prospect OF Wilderd Patiño (108), Mariners farmhand OF Jonatan Clasé (107), Aberdeen OF Luis Valdez (106), and Marlins farmhand INF Nasim Núñez (103) have tallied more...De Los Santos has also snagged 60 more bases than any other Mets prospect in that time...Fellow 2023 Cyclone IF/OF Jaylen Palmer is 2nd with 42.
AL-WAYS ON: OF Alex RamÃrez is tied for 3rd in the South Atlantic League in walks (23), tied for 4th in runs scored (25), and 7th in pitches-per-plate appearance (4.007) since the beginning of June (min. 140 PA)...RamÃrez is scattered among the Cyclones’ all-time leaderboard despite joining the team last July 4...Entering Tuesday, the Dominican native is 3rd in franchise history in RBI (71) and is 20 behind INF José Peroza (91) for the all-time mark...He is also tied for 2nd in doubles (30) with INF Walter Rasquin, 3rd in hits (127), and 5th in total bases (189), and runs scored (65).
SHUCKED: RHP Joshua Cornielly has hit his stride over the last 2-plus months for the Cyclones’ bullpen...Since allowing 5 runs in 0.1 innings on April 15 at Winston-Salem, the 22-year-old has been as consistent as any relief arm on the staff...Dating back to April 21 vs. Wilmington, Cornielly holds a 2-1 record with a 1.82 ERA (6 ER in 29.2 IP) in 16 appearances (1 start)...The Caraças, Venezuela native has permitted 25 hits, walked 10 (8.1 BB%), and struck out 36 (29.3 K%)...Among South Atlantic League relievers with one or fewer starts since that date, Cornielly ranks 3rd in the league in ERA (1.82) trailing only Bowling Green’s RHP Nate Dahle (1.04) and teammate RHP Paul Gervase (1.53)...He is also 7th in walks-per-9 innings (3.03) and 8th in walk-to-strikeout rate (.278).
LOVE THE DRAKE!: C Drake Osborn was unconscious at the plate in 5 games played during Brooklyn’s series in Wilmington...The 24-year-old matched a career-high in hits (3) in consecutive contests to open the set...Osborn was 8-for-19 (.421) against the Blue Rocks with 4 runs scored, a double, 2 RBI, and a walk...Drake has reached base safely in each of his last 7 starts dating back to July 3 and, overall, is 9-for-his-last-27 (.333) with a .438 on-base percentage and a .845 OPS.
BENI, VIDI, VICI: RHP Benito GarcÃa has been as reliable as any Cyclones reliever over the last month...Dating back to June 9 vs. Greenville, the 23-year-old has tallied 6-consecutive scoreless relief appearances...In 7.1 innings, GarcÃa has earned a save and permitted just 6 hits and 1 walk, while striking out 7...The right-hander holds a 25.9% strikeout rate (7/27) and 3.7% walk rate (1/27) during that span...In 10 relief outings with Brooklyn in 2023, GarcÃa holds a 1.26 ERA (2 ER in 14.1 IP).
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Brooklyn Cyclones Players this year:
Kevin Parada; Blade Tidwell; Alex RamÃrez; 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 RodrÃguez; Joander Suarez; Dylan Tebrake;
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