BROOKLYN CYCLONES (11-11) at STATEN ISLAND YANKEES (10-12) RHP Noah Syndergaard (MLB Rehab) Vs
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BROOKLYN CYCLONES (11-11) at STATEN ISLAND YANKEES (10-12) RHP Noah Syndergaard (MLB rehab) vs. RHP Roansy Contreras (0-0, 1.62 ERA) MCU Park I Sunday, July 8, 2018 I 4:00 PM Brooklyn, NY I Game # 23 I Road Game # 13 LAST GAME: Staten Island’s Junior Soto hit a go- vs. STATEN ISLAND: The Cyclones are 113-111 all- ahead, tie-breaking home run against Cyclones re- time against the Yankees, including 3-4 so far this liever Billy Oxford in the bottom of the eighth to season...Brooklyn has more wins against Staten send Staten Island to a 3-2 series-opening victory... Island than any other team in the NYPL...The Cy- Carlos Cortes, the Mets’ 2018 3rd-round draft se- lection out of South Carolina, had three of Brook- clones are 60-53 at MCU Park against the Yan- lyn’s four hits. kees...Brooklyn has not won the season series over the Baby Bombers since 2014 when they went 8-6. BATTLE FOR THE NAILBITERS: With Saturday’s win, the Yankees have won four of seven con- TWO-OUT TROUBLE: Brooklyn has allowed 101 runs tests against Brooklyn in this year’s “Battle for the this season, with 44 of them coming with two outs Bridge”...Five of the seven games have been de- (43.5%). cided by three runs or fewer. FREE RUNS: In seven July games, Cyclones pitchers LIMIT THE LONG BALL: The Cyclones have allowed have issued 20 walks and hit 7 batters...14 of those 27 11 home runs this season (T-3rd-most in the NYPL), runners (52%) have come around to score. with six coming in the past seven games...The past four home runs, and five of the previous six, have LEAVE ‘EM HANGING: Brooklyn has left 166 runners allowed the opponent to tie or take the lead. on base this season, third-most in the NYPL behind State College (176) and Vermont (172)...As a team, WHO’S HOT?: After starting his pro career batting Brooklyn is batting .278 (102-367) with runners on .063 (1-16), OF David Miranda is batting .429 (6-14) base...1B Chase Chambers is hitting a whopping .371 over his last six games....C Nick Meyer went 0-for-4 in (13-35) with runners on base and .421 (8-19) with run- his pro debut but has since compiled a seven-game ners in scoring position. hitting streak...Meyer is batting .393 (11-28) with four multi-hit games over that stretch. HIT THE SKIDS: After starting the season 8-2, Brook- lyn has gone 3-9 and has been outscored 71-46 in WHO’S NOT?: INF Jose Brizuela is 7-for-36 (.194) these games...The Cyclones won their first four series over his last nine games...OF Wagner Lagrange is of the season but have since lost their last three. 7-for-36 (.194) over his last 10 games. SUNDAY IS THORSDAY: New York Mets pitch- GET AHEAD: The Cyclones have scored the first run er Noah Syndergaard will be the starting pitcher of the game in 14 of 22 games this season...Brooklyn for the Cyclones today...Every fan in attendance will is 9-5 in those games. receive a Syndergaard as Thor T-shirt courtesy of Marvel. THE LONELIEST NUMBER: Brooklyn has been lim- ited to one run on six different occasions this sea- WAITING IN THE WINGS: LHP Kevin Smith (7th/2018, son, including five times at MCU Park...Dating back Georgia) is set to pitch after Noah Syndergaard...Smith to June 24th, Brooklyn has scored a total of 15 runs has made three appearances (one start), posting six in eight home games and has gone 2-6 in these con- scoreless innings. tests. Upcoming Opponents & Probable Pitching DATE OPPONENT CYCLONES STARTER OPPONENT STARTER TIME Monday, July 9 at Staten Island LHP Jason Vargas (ML Rehab) RHP Erik Swanson (0-0, 6.00) 7:00 PM Tuesday, July 10 OFF DAY Wednesday, July 11 at Aberdeen RHP Briam Campusano (2-2, 3.50) TBA 7:05 PM Thursday, July 12 at Aberdeen RHP Jaison Vilera (1-1, 1.86) TBA 7:05 PM Friday, July 13 at Aberdeen RHP Christian James (1-0, 3.04) TBA 7:05 PM JULY 8 VS STATEN ISLAND STARTING PITCHER PAGE 2 # 34 NOAH SYNDERGAARD RHP Height: 6-6 Weight: 242 Date of Birth: August 29, 1992 Hometown: Mansfield, Texas How Obtained: Trade with Toronto (12/17/12), acquired with C John Buck, C Travis D’Arnaud and OF Wuilmer Becerra in ex- change for RHP R.A. Dickey, C Mike Nickeas, and C Josh Thole REHAB ROAD: New York Mets placed RHP Noah Syndergaard on 2018 GAME-BY-GAME the 10-day disabled list retroactive to May 26 with a strained liga- Mets: National League Date Opp. Dec. IP H R ER HR BB K P-S ERA ment in right index finger. 3/29 STL W 6.0 6 4 4 2 0 10 85-59 6.00 4/4 PHI 4.0 4 2 2 0 2 7 92-57 5.40 4/9 @MIA W 6.0 5 2 1 0 2 5 90-54 3.94 : At the time of his injury, Syndergaard ON THE LEADERBOARD 4/15 MIL 5.1 2 1 0 0 1 11 101-69 2.95 ranked in the top 10 in the National League in strikeouts (76, fifth), 4/20 @ATL 6.0 7 3 3 1 0 6 103-70 3.29 strikeouts per 9.0 innings (10.6, eighth), walks per 9.0 innings (1.81, 4/26 @STL 7.1 6 2 1 0 0 7 101-76 2.86 5/1 ATL L 6.0 10 3 3 0 1 3 91-59 3.10 seventh), strikeout-to-walk ratio (5.85 SO/BB, fifth) and winning 5/6 COL 6.0 6 2 2 1 4 5 95-57 3.09 percentage (.800, t-fifth). 5/15 TOR W 5.0 5 2 2 0 2 7 103-58 3.14 5/20 ARI W 7.0 6 1 1 0 1 7 102-70 2.91 5/25 @MIL 6.0 6 3 3 1 0 8 78-50 3.06 IN GOOD COMPANY: Among active pitchers with at least 61 career starts, Syndergaard’s 2.92 ERA (139 earned runs/428.2 innings) trails only Clayton Kershaw’s 2.38 career ERA and staffmate Jacob deGrom’s 2.80 career ERA...Syndergaard is one of only five active major league hurlers with at least 60 career starts to sport a sub-3.00 ERA...Ranks third in the NL in strikeout-to-walk ratio since 2015 (5.40 SO/BB), topped only by Kershaw (7.77) and Max Scherzer (5.79). ..AND ALL BY HIMSELF:. He is the only pitcher in major league history to record a SO/BB ratio of at least 5.0 in each of his first SYNDERGAARD’S SEASON AND CAREER HIGHS three major league seasons...Posted a 5.4 SO/BB ratio in his rookie 2018 Season Career 11 (4/15 v. Milwaukee) Strikeouts 13 (7/10/15 v. Arizona) campaign, a 5.1 mark in 2016 and fanned 11.3 batters per walk issued 2 (4/15 v. Milwaukee) Double Digit K Games 13 (4/15/18 v. Milwaukee) last season. Scoreless Streak 13.0 IP (9/27/16-4/9/17) 10 (5/1 v. Atlanta) High Hits, Game 10 (3x, 5/1 v. Atlanta) 2 (3/29 v. St. Louis) High HR, Game 2 (5x, 3/29 v. St. Louis) BACK TO BROOKLYN: Pitched with the Cyclones in the season finale 4 (3/29 v. St. Louis) High Runs, Game 7 (6/2/15 at San Diego) on September 7, 2017 against Staten Island...Tossed two innings of 4 (5/6 v. Colorado) High Walks, Game 5 (7/22/15 at Washington) 7.1 (4/26 at St. Louis) Innings Pitched, Game 8.1 IP (6/15/16 vs. Pittsburgh) three-run ball, striking out two and walking two. None Complete Games None None Shutouts None QUICK FACTS: 2016 MLB All-Star, his first such selection but did not pitch due to arm fatigue...Became the second-youngest Mets pitcher CYCLONES STARTING PITCHER BREAKDOWN to win a World Series game, beating Kansas City in Game 3 of the STARTER GS Quality Starts Run Support RS/Start BC Record 2015 World Series with six innings of three-run ball, striking out six... Campusano 4 1 24 6.0 2-2 Debora 3 0 25 8.3 3-0 Went on the 60-Day Disabled List, May 1-September 23, 2017 with James 5 1 26 5.2 3-2 McAuliffe 1 0 7 7.0 1-0 a partial tear in his right lat...Drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays 38th Smith 1 1 1.0 0-1 Vilera 4 2 14 3.5 2-2 overall in the 2010 MLB Draft. Wilson 4 2 14 3.5 0-4 NOAH SYNDERGAARD 2018 NEW YORK METS SEASON SPLITS CATCHER ERA W-L ERA G IP H R ER HR BB K AVG NAME G ER INN ERA Total: 4-1 3.06 11 64.2 63 25 22 5 13 76 .252 Home: 3-1 3.20 7 39.1 39 15 14 3 11 50 .257 Foley 1 0 1.0 0.00 Road: 1-0 2.84 4 25.1 24 10 8 2 2 26 .245 Hall 6 22 52.0 3.81 April: 1-0 2.20 5 28.2 24 10 7 1 5 36 .220 Meyer 8 46 61.0 6.7 May: 2-1 3.30 5 30.0 33 11 11 2 8 30 .282 Sanchez 8 18 61.0 2.66 AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K .OBP Uriarte 1 0 2.0 0.00 vs.