Brooklyn Cyclones Game Notes - 8/20/2024

 

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

The Brooklyn Cyclones (23-25, 56-58) will try and extend their longest winning streak of the season, as they return home to open the penultimate homestand of the regular season with a six-game set against the Jersey Shore BlueClaws (24-24, 62-52) — the High-A affiliate of the Philadelphia Phillies — at 7 p.m. on Tuesday from Maimonides Park on Coney Island in Brooklyn, N.Y.

RHP Jack Wenninger (1-1, 2.84) — the New York Mets’ No. 27 prospect per Baseball America — expects to get the ball for Brooklyn. The BlueClaws are projected to counter with RHP Estibenzon Jiménez (2-9, 7.47).

Live coverage on the Bally Live app, MiLB.tv, and Cyclones Radio Network will begin 15 minutes before the first pitch at 6:45 p.m. 

Full game notes are linked below.

LAST TIME OUT: Brooklyn matched its longest winning streak of the season with a rain-shortened 2-1 triumph at Wilmington in 6 innings on Sunday...After an hour and 18-minute delay before the start of the 7th, the game was called due to rain and the threat of further inclement weather...The Cyclones fell behind 1-0 before tying the game on a DH D'Andre Smith double in the 5th and taking the lead on a RF Jefrey De Los Santos ground out in the 6th...Smith finished with a multi-hit game...RHP Austin Troesser tossed 3.2 innings in his Cyclones and High-A debut, allowing 1 run on 1 hit...RHP Jawilme Ramírez posted 2.0 scoreless innings of relief to earn the win.

THIS DATE IN CYCLONES' HISTORY: On August 20, 2007, Brooklyn scored the game's only run on a 1st inning RBI single by 2B J.R. Voyles in a 1-0 win vs. Staten Island...RHPs Dylan Owen (6.0 IP), Stephen Clyne (2.0), and Eddie Kunz (1.0) united on a 6-hitter in the win...In 2009, RHP Colin McHugh tossed 7.0 innings of 4-hit, shutout ball to win a 4-3 triumph at State College...In 2013, 1B Matt Oberste broke a scoreless tie with a 2-run single in the 7th in a 2-0 win vs. Staten Island...LHPs Dario Álvarez (5.0 IP), Juan Urbina (2.0), Paul Paez (1.0), and RHP Johnny Magliozzi (1.0) combined on a 5-hit shutout...In 2015, Brooklyn tied the game with 2 run-scoring ground outs in the 9th before scoring 2 in the 11th on a 1B Zach Mathieu double and a walk-off hit-by-pitch of LF Pedro Perez to win 4-3 vs. Lowell.

WINNING IN WILMINGTON: Brooklyn matched their longest winning streak of the season at 4 in a 2-1, rain-shortened triumph at Wilmington on Sunday...The Cyclones have now won 7-of-their-last-8 games since Sunday, August 11...The 7-1 mark is the best record at the High-A level since that date...Brooklyn won 4-straight games 3 times earlier this season: April 20-24 at Jersey Shore and vs. Wilmington, May 3-7 vs. Aberdeen and at Rome, and May 18-22 at Bowling Green and vs. Hudson Valley...The Cyclones had not won 5-of-6 games in a series since July 4-9, 2023, at Wilmington...Brooklyn has not won 5-consecutive games since July 3-7, 2023, vs. Jersey Shore and at Wilmington...The road series win was the Cyclones' first since taking 4-of-6 at Asheville from August 22-26, 2023.

WENN IN BROOKLYN: RHP Jack Wenninger suffered the defeat in his first start at the High-A level, but has quickly figured things out at the classification since...After tossing 5.0-plus innings of shutout ball for his first High-A win last Tuesday, the 22-year-old is a 1-0 with a 1.31 ERA (3 ER in 20.2 IP) and 1 hold in his last 5 appearances (4 starts) since July 14 at Wilmington...Wenninger has surrendered 15 hits and 9 walks while striking out 27 in that span...The Barrington, Ill. native is 5th in the South Atlantic League (min. 20.0 IP) in ERA (1.31), 10th in batting average against (.192), and tied for 10th in strikeouts (27) in that time.

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