BROOKLYN CYCLONES (25-18) Vs. LOWELL SPINNERS (28-15) RHP Matt Cleveland (3-2, 3.89 ERA) Vs
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BROOKLYN CYCLONES (25-18) vs. LOWELL SPINNERS (28-15) RHP Matt Cleveland (3-2, 3.89 ERA) vs. RHP Noah Song (0-0, 0.00 ERA) MCU Park I Wednesday, July 31, 2019 I 7:00 PM Coney Island, NY I Game # 44 I Home Game # 23 YESTERDAY: Brooklyn suffered a doubleheader vs. LOWELL: The Cyclones are 59-47 all-time sweep at the hands of the Lowell Spinners, los- against the Lowell Spinners, including 34-24 at ing 6-2 and 4-3...Brooklyn held a 3-2 lead in the MCU Park and 25-23 at LeLacheur Park...The Cy- second game, but RHP Matt Mullenbach blew the clones are 10-5 against the Spinners at home over save and took the loss...INF Wilmer Reyes went a combined 3-6 over the two games and OF Jake the last three seasons...Brooklyn took two of three Mangum collected two hits and two RBIs. from Lowell at MCU Park earlier this season and split a pair in Lowell. ROMERO RAKED: INF Yoel Romero snapped his 15-game hitting streak yesterday, the longest in the NYPL this season...Romero had not gone hitless The Cyclones have stolen 42 in a game since June 25th...Romero batted .397 SWIPING RIGHT: bases in 56 attempts during the month of July, rank- (23-58) over his 15-game streak...The 15-game hit- ing second-most in the New York-Penn League... ting streak is tied for the third-longest in franchise Brooklyn stole just eight in June...INF Wilmer Reyes history - 1B Ike Davis and INF Joe Jiannetti also and Jake Mangum have stolen six bases each hit in 15 straight games...1B Lucas Duda (17 games, during the month. 2007) and INF Gavin Cecchini (16 games, 2013) are the only players with longer streaks. LEADERS OF THE PACK: INF Wilmer Reyes ranks fith in the league in batting (.345), hits (41), and fifth LOWELL SPINNING: The Spinners have several in slugging (.513)...1B is tied for third in batters hitting well against Brooklyn through sev- Joe Genord home runs (6) and is fifth in RBI (25)...2BLuke Ritter en games...OF Gilberto Jimenez leads the way is fifth in the league with 21 walks. going 8-21 (.381), while OF Marino Campana is 5-11 with a home run and three steals...Spinners C Jaxx WELCOME BACK: C Jake Ortega, the Mets’ 28th Groshans has hit both of his pro homers against round pick out Cal State-Bakersfield, returns to the Brooklyn this season. team today after playing five games with St. Lucie in the Florida State League...Ortega tallied four hits in RISP IT FOR THE BISCUIT: Brooklyn ranks first in five games and threw out four of eight basestealers. the New York-Penn League with a .281 (99-352) batting average and a .432 slugging percent- Brooklyn transforms itself Thursday age with runners in scoring position...Brooklyn is IRISH NIGHT: vs. Lowell at 7 p.m. for Irish Night presented by batting .293 with RISP and two outs, best in the Budweiser...The first 2,000 fans will receive a Celtic league...West Virginia ranks second (.278). Knot Jersey. SERIES SMILES: The Cyclones have won five of Brooklyn heads to Wil- their past six series, going 5-0-1...Brooklyn beat LITTLE LEAGUE BOUND: liamsport, Pennsylvania for the weekend, playing Mahoning Valley, West Virginia, Hudson Valley, the CrossCutters, the affiliate of the Phillies, Friday Tri-City, and now Vermont with last weekend’s through Sunday...Brooklyn faces the Philadelphia sweep...Brooklyn’s only tie came in Connecticut, affiliate on the road for the first time since 2016. when the Cyclones and Tigers were rained out for the rubber game two weekends ago. Upcoming Opponents & Probable Pitching DATE OPPONENT CYCLONES STARTER OPPONENT STARTER TIME Thursday, August 1 vs. Lowell RHP Garrison Bryant (2-1, 3.21) RHP Bryan Lucas (4-2, 2.97) 7:00 PM Friday, August 2 @Williamsport RHP Michel Otanez (1-0, 1.80) TBA 7:05 PM Saturday, August 3 @Williamsport RHP Nate Jones (0-0, 0.00) TBA 7:05 PM Sunday, August 4 @ Williamsport RHP Frank Valentino (1-2, 4.33) TBA 5:05 PM JULY 31 VS LOWELL STARTING PITCHER PAGE 2 # 22 MATT CLEVELAND RHP Height: 6-5 Weight: 185 Date of Birth: March 19, 1998 Age: 21 Hometown: Windsor, CT How Obtained: Mets 12th round draft pick in 2016 High School: Windsor HS Repertoire: Fastball, slider, change-up LAST TIME OUT: Struck out a season-high-tying four batters 2019 GAME-BY-GAME over 5 1/3 innings en route to his third consecutive victory. Brooklyn Cyclones DATE OPP DEC IP H R ER BB K HR AVG 6/16 ABD L 4.0 5 3 3 3 0 0 .313 THE MAN IS ON A RUN: Has allowed two earned runs over 6/22 @ SI 3.1 2 2 2 3 1 1 .241 6/28 LOW 5.0 6 2 2 2 3 0 .265 his past 16 2/3 innings, collecting wins against West Virginia, 7/3 @ HV 5.1 3 4 4 4 3 0 .246 Connecticut, and Tri-City...Has struck out six and walk three. 7/8 @ TRI L 5.0 4 4 4 1 4 1 .238 7/14 WV W 6.1 1 0 0 1 1 0 .202 7/20 @ CON W 5.0 5 1 0 2 1 0 .211 HOMECOMING: Grew up in nearby Windsor, north of Har- 7/25 TRI W 5.1 3 3 2 0 4 0 .203 3-2 3.89 39.1 29 19 17 16 17 2 .203 ford about 45 minutes northwest of Dodd Stadium. CLEVELAND’S SEASON AND CAREER HIGHS 2019 Season Career 2018 SEASON: Pitched with Kingsport (R) last season, work- 4 (2x, 7/25 vs. Tri-City) Strikeouts 5.1 (8/26/18 Burlington) ing as a starting pitcher...Went 1-4 with a 4.97 ERA over 10 None Double Digit K Games None 10.0 (7/8-present) Scoreless Streak 10.0 (7/8-present) starts, walking 40 batters and striking out just 26. 6 (6/28 vs. Lowell) High Hits, Game 9 (8/26/18 vs. Burlington) 1 (2x, 7/8 at Tri-City) High HR, Game 2 (8/5/18 vs. Bristol) 4 (2x, 7/8 at Tri-City) High Runs, Game 8 (8/5/18 vs. Bristol) 4 (7/3 at Hudson Valley) High Walks, Game 6 (2x, last: 8/5/18 vs. Bristol) WINDSOR TIES TO BROOKLYN: Cleveland is the second 6.1 (7/14 vs. West Virginia) Innings Pitched, Game 6.1 (7/14/19 vs. West Virginia) None Complete Games None professional player from Windsor, joining Dick Teed...Teed None Shutouts None played 17 seasons in the pros, making one appearance in the Major Leagues...Teed pinch hit in one game for the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1953, striking out against the Milwaukee Braves on July 24...He was sent down, playing 10 more seasons in the minors without earning another call-up. FARM FAMILY: Played for head coach Joe Serfass at Wind- sor High School...Serfass played in the Mets farm system from 2004-2007, reaching as high as Double-A Binghamton, but never played for the Cyclones. CATCHER ERA NAME G ER INN ERA Capra 1 4 9.0 4.00 Mena 18 53 148.1 3.22 Ortega 8 19 53.0 3.23 MATT CLEVELAND 2019 BROOKLYN SEASON SPLITS Yera 18 47 156.2 2.70 W-L ERA G IP H R ER HR BB K AVG Total: 3-2 3.89 8 39.1 29 19 17 2 16 17 .203 CYCLONES STARTING PITCHER BREAKDOWN Home: 2-1 3.05 4 20.2 15 8 7 0 6 8 .197 STARTER GS Quality Starts Run Support RS/Start BC Record Road: 1-1 4.82 4 18.2 14 11 10 2 10 9 .209 Acosta 3 0 16 5.3 3-0 Bryant 8 3 29 3.6 4-4 June: 0-1 5.11 3 12.1 13 7 7 1 8 4 .265 Cleveland 7 1 36 5.1 4-3 July: 3-1 3.33 5 27.0 16 12 10 1 8 13 .170 Goggin 1 0 4 4.0 1-0 Holderman 2 0 10 5.0 1-1 August: Jones 1 0 2 2.0 1-0 September: Kisena 2 0 9 4.5 2-0 Mena 1 0 2 2.0 1-0 AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO OBP Oswalt 2 0 4 2.0 1-1 vs. Left: .148 61 4 9 1 0 0 2 5 6 .235 Otanez 1 0 5 5.0 1-0 vs Right: .244 82 15 20 4 1 2 15 11 11 .337 Ragan 2 0 6 3.0 0-2 Leading Off: .139 36 1 5 1 1 1 1 5 0 .279 Syndergaard 1 0 7 7.0 1-0 Valentino 5 1 27 5.4 3-2 RISP: .333 30 18 10 3 0 1 16 3 4 .382 Vilera 5 3 16 3.2 2-3 Bases Loaded: 1.000 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.000 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 11-9 3.44 191.0 155 86 73 64 173 10 .218 HOME 11-11 3.54 185.1 139 93 73 69 190 8 .205 RELIEVERS 14-9 2.80 177.0 106 70 55 78 194 6 .173 ROAD 14-7 2.71 182.2 122 63 55 73 177 8 .189 TOTAL 25-18 3.13 368.0 261 156 128 142 367 16 .197 TOTAL 25-16 3.10 354.0 244 146 122 139 351 15 .193 BULLPEN NOTES • Brooklyn leads the NYPL with 17 saves...Luis Silva, Andrew Edwards, and Matt Mullenbach are tied for the team lead with three saves each.