Brooklyn Cyclones Game Notes - 7/7/2023

 

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

The Brooklyn Cyclones (9-3, 36-40) will try and extend their winning streak to a season-best five against the Wilmington Blue Rocks (4-8, 33-43) — the High-A affiliate of the Washington Nationals — on Friday night at 6:35 p.m. from Frawley Stadium in Wilmington, Del. 

LHP Eli Ankeney (2-0, 1.59) is scheduled to make his first professional start for Brooklyn as part of a bullpen day against Wilmington’s RHP Rodney Theophile (0-3, 3.86). 

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 6:20 ­­­p.m. 

Full game notes are linked below.­­ 

LAST TIME OUT: The Cyclones matched their longest winning streak of the season, earning their 4th-straight triumph with a 7-4 win over the Blue Rocks in 10 innings on Thursday...Wilmington tied the game in the bottom of the 9th on a 2-run pinch-hit double from Viandel Peña...RF Omar De Los Santos and 2B D’Andre Smith combined on a throw to toss out the potential winning run at the plate...Cyclones took the lead for good in the 10th...1B/2B Chase Estep and Smith provided consecutive RBI doubles, while CF Rhylan Thomas added a run-scoring single...Estep, Smith, and C Kevin Parada each composed multi-hit games...2B/1B José Sánchez collected two hits and an RBI for Wilmington...Brooklyn’s RHP Blade Tidwell tied a career-high with 11 strikeouts over 6.0 innings, allowing 2 runs and only 1 walk in a no-decision. 

 

CUTTING ‘EM DOWN: RHP Blade Tidwell is amid his best stretch of baseball in 2023...The 22-year-old has tossed 4-straight quality starts dating back to June 17 at Aberdeen...Tidwell has earned the win in 3-of-4 outings with Brooklyn winning all 4 games... He has permitted just 4 runs on 16 hits over 26.0 innings...He has walked only 5 (5.2 BB%) and struck out 37 (38.5 K%) in those contests...Tidwell punched out a career-high and team-season-best-matching 11 in consecutive starts on Thursday at Wilmington and last 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 9 starts dating back to May 17 at Hudson Valley, Tidwell is 5-0 with a 1.55 ERA (8 ER in 46.1 IP) with just 26 hits allowed...The Loretto, Tenn. native has walked 25 and struck out 70 (37.6 K%)...Tidwell’s holding opponents to a meager .161 batting average (26-161) against him...Tidwell leads the South Atlantic League and Minor League Baseball in batting average against (.161) and is 2nd in strikeouts (70) and ERA (1.55) since that date (min. 40.0 IP)...On the season in the SAL, the Loretto, Tenn. native is 2nd in strikeouts (97) and batting average against (.192), tied for 5th in wins (5), and 9th in ERA (3.48). 

 

WE’RE GOING STREAKING: Brooklyn matched their longest winning streak of the season — tallying 4 straight wins — with a 7-4 victory at Wilmington in 10 innings on Thursday...It marked the 3rd time this season the Cyclones have won 4-consecutive ballgames...Most recently, Brooklyn captured 4-straight games from June 22-25 vs. Hudson Valley...The Cyclones first accomplished the feat in 2023 by taking 4 in-a-row at Hudson Valley from May 17 until Game 1 of a doubleheader on May 21...The 4-game streak is the longest for the ‘Clones since they won 6-straight from September 3-9, 2022, vs. Wilmington and at Winston-Salem. 

 

EXTRA! EXTRA!: Brooklyn earned their 5th win in extra frames in 2023 with a 10-inning triumph at Wilmington on Thursday...The win snapped the Cyclones’ 6-game losing streak in extra-inning affairs...This came after Brooklyn started the season 4-1 in extra-inning games...Brooklyn’s previous victory in added frames also came at Frawley Stadium...The Cyclones defeated the Blue Rocks, 5-4, in 11 innings on May 9...Overall, the ‘Clones are 5-7 in 12 extra-inning contests this season. 

 

LOST IN THE ‘CORN’: 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 1.88 ERA (6 ER in 28.2 IP) in 15 appearances (1 start)...The Caraças, Venezuela native has permitted 24 hits, walked 10 (8.4 BB%), and struck out 35 (29.4 K%)...Among South Atlantic League pitchers with one or fewer starts since that date, Cornielly ranks second in the league in ERA (1.88) trailing only teammate RHP Paul Gervase (1.32)...He is also 4th in walk-to-strikeout rate (.286) and 5th in walks-per-9 innings (3.14) in that span.  

 

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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;