BROOKLYN CYCLONES (40-30) Vs. ABERDEEN IRONBIRDS (39-31)
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BROOKLYN CYCLONES (40-30) vs. ABERDEEN IRONBIRDS (39-31) RHP Nate Jones (0-1, 2.77 ERA) at RHP Dan Hammer (0-2, 1.20 ERA) Leidos Field at Ripken Stadium I Thursday, August 29, 2019 I 7:05 PM Aberdeen, MD I Game # 71 I Road Game # 35 YESTERDAY: The Cyclones jumped out to leads vs. ABERDEEN: The Cyclones are 103-77 all-time of 7-0 and 8-3, but needed an 8th inning RBI single against the Aberdeen IronBirds, including 49-45 at from OF Jake Mangum to hold on for a 9-8 win MCU Park...Brooklyn is 5-4 against Aberdeen this over the IronBirds on Wednesday night...INF Wilm- season, splitting a two-game series and dishing er Reyes went 3-for-5 and 2B Luke Ritter added a 2-for-3 effort with three runs scored...Four different out and receiving a three-game sweep...Brooklyn Cyclones had multi-hit efforts. hasn’t won the season series against Aberdeen since 2016...The IronBirds have been in the NYPL PLAYOFF PUSH: Brooklyn seeks its first playoff since 2002. berth since 2012, entering Thursday’s contest tied With the Kingsport Mets and with Hudson Valley for the McNamara Division lead WHO’S THAT GUY: GCL Mets seasons coming to an end, the Cyclones and 1.0 game ahead of Aberdeen for the division have added several new faces to the roster prior to and the Wild Card...Staten Island sits 1.5 games be- Thursday’s game...INF and RHP hind for the division and wild card. Brett Baty Reyson Santos join the team from Kingsport and OF Kenedy Corona and RHP Matthew Allan join FREE WILLY: INF Wilmer Reyes currently has a Brooklyn from the GCL Mets. seven game hitting streak since...Since returning from the All-Star Break, Reyes is batting .462 (12- 3B - who was 26) with six runs scored and six RBI over the seven A BUNCH ON BATY: Brett Baty selected 12th overall in the 2019 MLB Draft out of game stretch. Lake Travis HS in Texas - joins the team from the K-Mets where he hit .357 (15-42) with four dou- HE’S GARRRRRAY-T: Brooklyn 1B Gavin Garay bles, one triple and two home runs over his last 10 began the year 1-for-27 over his first nine games games...Baty becomes the 15th first round selection with an at-bat...Since July 15th, Garay is batting to play for Brooklyn and is tied for the 2nd high- .353 (24-68) over 21 games and has hit safely in 15 est selection to ever play for Brooklyn behind OF of these contests. Michael Conforto (10th overall, 2014). SKIN OF THEIR TEETH: Brooklyn improved to 16- RHP , who was 14 in one runs games following last night’s 9-8 win... ALL-IN ON ALLAN: Matthew Allan considered the 13th overall prospect in the 2019 The 16 wins are tied with the Staten Island Yankees MLB Draft by MLB Pipeline, will join the Cyclones for most one-run games in the NYPL. after beginning his pro career with the GCL Mets... The 18-year-old is expected to pitch for Brooklyn on NO PLACE LIKE HOME: The Cyclones are 11-2 at Saturday after going 1-0 with a 1.08 ERA with the home in August and lead the league with a 22-14 GCL Mets...Allan struck out 11 and allowed just five record at MCU Park...Brooklyn is batting .242 at hits over 8.1 innings. home, and opponents are batting just .201...The Cyclones have outscored opponents 151-119 in ROUGH ROAD: Brooklyn began the season 14-7 Brooklyn...C Jose Mena is batting .368 (21-57) in 19 on the road...Since August 1, the Cyclones are just home games, and OF Kennie Taylor is batting .278 4-9, suffering sweeps to Williamsport and Vermont, (10-36) at home with two doubles, two triples, two two teams under .500. home runs, and seven RBIs. UPCOMING OPPONENTS & PROBABLE PITCHING DATE OPPONENT CYCLONES STARTER OPPONENT STARTER TIME Friday, August 30 @ Aberdeen RHP Matt Cleveland (3-3, 3.57) RHP Leonardo Rodriguez (2-2, 2.81) 7:05 PM Saturday, August 31 vs. Staten Island RHP Garrison Bryant (5-1, 2.18) LHP Alfredo Garcia (2-1, 2.25) 6:00 PM Sunday, September 1 at Staten Island RHP Frank Valentino (1-4, 3.99) RHP Anderson Munoz (7-2, 2.48) 1:00 PM Monday, September 2 vs. Staten Island RHP Michel Otanez (2-1 2.97) RHP Alex Mejias (2-0, 3.60) 4:00 PM AUGUST 29 AT ABERDEEN STARTING PITCHER PAGE 2 ### 432525 NATHANJOSEJOSE CARLOSCARLOS JONES MEDINAMEDINA RHPLHPLHP Height: 6-1 Weight: 200 Date of Birth: January 6, 1997 Age: 22 Hometown: Shreveport, LA How Obtained: Mets 5th round draft pick in 2019 College: Northwestern State University (Louisiana) Repertoire: 4-seam, 2-seam, slider, curveball, change-up LAST TIME OUT: Yielded a two-run home run to Connecti- 2019 GAME-BY-GAME Brooklyn Cyclones cut catcher Eliezer Alfonzo in the third inning that tied the DATE OPP DEC IP H R ER BB K HR AVG game in a 6-5 Tigers victory...Jones tossed three innings for 6/17 ABD 2.0 0 0 0 1 5 0 .000 8/3 @ WPT 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 0 .000 the second time as a professional, striking out three and 8/9 CON 2.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .000 8/14 @ VER L 2.0 3 2 2 1 1 1 .136 walking one. 8/19 TRI 3.0 2 0 0 2 2 0 .152 8/24 @ CON 3.0 1 2 1 1 3 1 .140 TOTAL 0-1 2.77 13.0 6 4 4 6 14 2 .140 HOME RUNS: Of the four runs allowed by Jones in 13 inning this season, each has come via a pair of two-run home runs JONES’ SEASON AND CAREER HIGHS 2019 Season Career (Vermont’s Marty Bechina on August 14 and Connecticut’s 5 (6/17 vs. Aberdeen) Strikeouts 5 (6/17 vs. Aberdeen) Double Digit K Games Eliezer Alfonzo on August 24). 6.0 (6/17-8/14) Scoreless Streak 6.0 (6/17-8/14) 3 (8/14 at Vermont) High Hits, Game 3 (8/14 at Vermont) 1 (2x, 8/24 at Connecticut) High HR, Game 1 (2x, 8/24 at Connecticut) HE’S BAAAACK: Missed a month and a half with illness... 2 (8/14 at Vermont) High Runs, Game 2 (8/14 at Vermont) 2 (8/19 vs. Tri-City) High Walks, Game 2 (8/19 vs. Tri-City) Made his first pro start on June 17 against Aberdeen (4th 3.0 (2x, 8/24 at Connecticut) Innings Pitched, Game 3.0 (2x, 8/24 at Connecticut) Complete Games game of the season), but didn’t pitch again until Saturday, Shutouts August 3 at Williamsport (47th game of the season). NORTHWESTERN STATE: Second-highest draft selection out of Northwestern State University in Louisiana...Highest pick since Mason Melotakis (2nd, 2012) by Minnesota. STRAIGHT OUTTA THE SOUTHLAND: Earned Second Team All-Southland honors in 2019, going 7-4 with a 2.78 ERA...Finished top 10 in the Southland Conference in eight categories, including wins (7), Ks (80), and opponents’ aver- age (.209)...Only Southland pitcher to throw multiple com- plete-game shutouts in 2019, doing so in back-to-back starts. SISTER, SISTER: Jones has five siblings, including a sister CATCHER ERA named Brooklyn. NAME G ER INN ERA Capra 1 4 9.0 4.00 Mena 29 75 236.1 2.85 Ortega 20 62 172.2 3.23 NATHAN JONES’ 2019 BROOKLYN SEASON SPLITS Yera 22 53 182.1 2.62 W-L ERA G IP H R ER HR BB K AVG CYCLONES STARTING PITCHER BREAKDOWN Home: 0-0 0.00 3 7.0 2 0 0 0 3 9 .087 STARTER GS Quality Starts Run Support RS/Start BC Record Road: 0-1 6.00 3 6.0 4 4 4 2 3 5 .200 Acosta 3 0 16 5.3 3-0 Bryant 12 6 41 3.4 8-4 June: 0-0 0.00 1 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .000 Cleveland 13 2 73 5.6 8-5 July: Gibbons 1 0 4 4.0 1-0 August: 0-1 3.27 5 11.0 6 3 3 2 5 9 .162 Goggin 2 0 9 4.5 2-0 Holderman 2 0 10 5.0 1-1 September: Jones 6 0 29 4.8 3-3 AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K .OBP Kisena 2 0 9 4.5 2-0 vs. Left: .190 21 2 4 1 0 1 2 2 5 .261 Mena 1 0 2 2.0 1-0 Oswalt 2 0 4 2.0 1-1 vs Right: .091 22 2 2 0 0 1 2 4 9 .231 Otanez 7 0 31 4.4 5-2 Leading Off: .167 12 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 3 .231 Ragan 2 0 6 3.0 0-2 Syndergaard 1 0 7 7.0 1-0 RISP: .200 5 2 1 0 0 1 2 1 3 .333 Valentino 10 2 38 3.8 3-7 Vilera 5 3 16 3.2 2-3 Wilson 1 0 4 4.0 0-1 BROOKLYN CYCLONES PITCHING BREAKDOWN W-L ERA IP H R ER BB K HR AVG W-L ERA IP H R ER BB K HR AVG STARTERS 14-14 3.04 305.0 233 119 103 109 282 14 .208 HOME 22-14 2.77 312.1 226 119 96 96 320 12 201 RELIEVERS 26-16 3.24 294.1 218 127 106 111 323 15 .206 ROAD 18-16 3.54 287.0 225 127 113 124 285 17 .214 TOTAL 40-30 3.14 599.1 451 246 209 220 605 29 .207 TOTAL 40-30 3.14 599.1 451 246 209 220 605 29 .207 BULLPEN NOTES • The Cyclones’ relief core has a .203 BAA and 1.11 WHIP, both second-best in the league behind Staten Island’s .201 BAA and 1.04 WHIP.