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BROOKLYN CYCLONES (14-28) Vs JERSEY SHORE BLUECLAWS (19-25) LHP Cam Opp (0-3, 9.20 ERA) Vs BROOKLYN CYCLONES (14-28) vs JERSEY SHORE BLUECLAWS (19-25) LHP Cam Opp (0-3, 9.20 ERA) vs. RHP Jonathan Hughes (2-2, 4.97 ERA ERA) Maimonides Park I Friday, June 25, 2021 I 7:00 PM Brooklyn, NY I Game # 43 I Home Game # 20 ABOUT LAST NIGHT: Jersey Shore arms com- vs. JERSEY SHORE: The Philadelphia affiliate bined to two-hit the Cyclones as Brooklyn was comes to Maimonides Park for the first time in his- shut out 3-0 Thursday night at Maimonides Park. tory. Brooklyn has lost six of the first nine games RHP Kevin Gowdy had his strongest outing of the season for the BlueClaws, tossing six scoreless. of the season series. This series marks the second 3B Brett Baty doubled with one out in the seventh of five six-game sets. The club is home to four top inning to break up the no-hitter. RHP Jose Butto 30 prospects, No. 6 INF Casey Martin, No. 20 OF allowed three runs (one earned) in 4 2/3 innings to Jhailyn Ortiz, No. 22 LHP Ethan Lindlow, and No. take the loss. The Blue Claws lead the series two 24 C Logan O’Hoppe. games to one. and two home runs after hitting just .250 (8-32) over his first 10 games with five walks, two doubles, and 20TH ANNIVERSARY: Brooklyn celebrates 20 two home runs. years of baseball this weekend. One June 25, 2001, the Brooklyn Cyclones played their first home game With Wednesday night’s victory, -- the first professional baseball game in Brooklyn EXTRA! EXTRA!: the Cyclones are now 2-0 in bonus frames. Brook- since the Dodgers left after the 1957 season. The lyn C Hayden Senger launched a three-run walk-off Cyclones beat the Mahoning Valley Scrappers 3-2 home run on May 23 against the Hudson Valley Ren- in 10 innings. OF Edgar Rodriguez hit a game-tying egades, delivering a 6-5 win in 12 innings. C home run in the bottom of the ninth inning to send Jose RBI single drove in the winning run in 10 in- the game to extra innings where Brooklyn won on a Mena’s nings. The Cyclones have three wins in their last at sacrifice fly. bat and two over the past six games. 20 YEARS AGO TODAY: Pearl Harbor is the top INF had a major se- grossing movie at the box office, “Lady Marmalade” RITTER THE HITTER: Luke Ritter ries in Wilmington, collecting a double and four home by Christina Aguilera is the top song on the Billboard runs with 11 RBIs in six games. Ritter homered in three 100 ahead of Lifehouse’s “Hanging by a Moment.” consecutive contests and hit grand slams in back-to- Bratz dolls, the rival to the Barbie doll, debuts. back games on Saturday and Sunday. The series out- burst snapped a big time cold streak for the Wichita BRETT THE BAT: 3B Brett Baty, New York’s No. 4 State product, who was just 5-29 (.172) with 13 strike- prospect, ranks among the league’s finest offen- ous and one extra-base hit. sive players, checking into Friday’s game with a 161 wRC+ (good for sixth in the league). The 2019 Mets Brooklyn’s home and road splits first-round pick ranks third in High-A East with a .417 ROAD WARRIORS: have been night and day this season. The Cyclones OBP, tied for seventh in RBIs (31), and sixth in hit- are hitting just .190 at home, going 5-14 in 19 games. ting (.314). His OPS also ranks seventh in the circuit Brooklyn has hit just eight home runs, averaging 2.9 (.943). runs per game. On the road, the Cyclones are 9-14, scoring 5.7 runs per game. At the plate, the Mets FRANCISCO RETURNS: After two days of rest, C High-A club has hit 37 home runs with a .253 batting Francisco Alvarez, the Mets No. 1 prospect accord- average. INF has hit six of his seven home ing to both MLB Pipeline and Baseball America, Joe Genord runs on the road, while 3B , SS returns to the lineup. Alvarez is hitting .367 (11-30) Brett Baty Ronny Mau- , and INF have driven in 67 of their 80 in his past nine games with five walks, six doubles, ricio Luke Ritter RBIs (84%). Upcoming Opponents & Probable Pitching DATE OPPONENT CYCLONES STARTER OPPONENT STARTER TIME Saturday, June 26 vs. Jersey Shore RHP Connor Grey (first start) RHP Adam Leverett (1-0, 0.61 ERA) 6:00 PM Sunday, June 27 vs. Jersey Shore RHP Justin Lasko (1-3, 4.57 ERA) RHP Dominic Pipkin (1-0, 4.73 ERA) 4:00 PM Monday, June 28 OFF DAY Tuesday, June 29 at Aberdeen TBD TBD 7:05 PM JUNE 25 VS JERSEY SHORE STARTING PITCHER PAGE 2 # 33 CAM OPP LHP Height: 5-10 Weight: 185 Bats: Left Throws: Left Date of Birth: November 4, 1995 Age: 25 Hometown: London, UK How Obtained: Signed as a minor league free agent, 12/16/2020 College: West Point TONIGHT: Cam Opp returns to the mound for the first time 2021 GAME-BY-GAME since June 10. In his past start against Hudson Valley, Opp High-A Brooklyn DATE OPP DEC IP H R ER BB K HR AVG delivered a quality start. The southpaw held the Renegades 6/10 HV L 6.0 3 1 0 2 4 0 .328 6/3 @ JS 3.0 6 3 2 0 2 0 .409 to one unearned run over six innings with four strikeouts 5/27 @ABD L 2.0 7 8 8 2 5 0 .444 and two walks. 5/22 HV L 3.2 5 5 5 2 4 0 .357 Low-A St. Lucie METRICS: While Opp posts a 3.00 FIP, he has a 9.20 ERA, DATE OPP DEC IP H R ER BB K HR AVG having allowed 21 hits over 14 2/3 innings, including eight 5/16 @DBT W 5.0 4 0 0 1 4 0 .238 5/11 @DBT W 3.1 3 1 0 3 5 0 .250 doubles. Opponents are hitting .429 against him on balls in 5/4 v. JUP 3.0 3 1 1 2 2 0 .250 play. K/9 BB/9 HR/9 A NICE INTRODUCTION: Opp began his career with Low-A St. Lucie this season, making two starts and one relief ap- 21.1% 8.5% 0.00 pearance. Over 11.1 innings, the southpaw has allowed one BABIP GB% FIP earned run with nine strikeouts and six walks. .429 38.3% 3.00 ARMY MAN: Opp pitched at West Point in New York for OPP’S SEASON AND CAREER HIGHS Army for four seasons, posting a 4.11 ERA over 181.2 innings 2021 Season Career 5 (2x, 5/27 vs. Aberdeen) Strikeouts 5 (2x, 5/27/21 vs. Aberdeen) with the Black Knights. At the end of his junior season, he None Double Digit K Games None 7 (5/27 vs. Aberdeen) High Hits, Game 7 (5/27/21 vs. Aberdeen) recorded the final two outs of the Patriot League champion- None High HR, Game None 8 (5/27 vs. Aberdeen) High Runs, Game (5/27/21 vs. Aberdeen) ship game against Navy in 2018. That year in the Super Re- 3 (5/11 @ Daytona) High Walks, Game 3 (5/11/21 @ Daytona) 6 IP (6/10 vs. Hudson Valley) Innings Pitched, Game 6 IP (6/10 vs. Hudson Valley) gionals, Opp pitched 1.2 innings to close out Army’s massive None Complete Games None 5-1 upset of NC State in the College World Series. None Shutouts None CATCHER ERA WORLD TRAVELER: Opp’s father worked for Deloitte and NAME G ER INN ERA traveled around the world with the company. Opp was born Alvarez 11 55 87.1 5.67 in Colorado, moved to Chicago, and spent most of his child- Mena 6 21 51 3.71 hood and teenage years in London, England. Opp had also Senger 9 44 81 4.89 Uriarte 14 60 112 4.82 lived in Indiana, Texas, and North Carolina before signing with the Mets. CYCLONES STARTING PITCHER BREAKDOWN STARTER GS Quality Starts Run Support RS/Start BC Record Butto, Jose 8 0 38 4.8 4-4 INDEPENDENT BALL: Opp pitched with the Evansville Ot- Griffin, David 1 0 8 8.0 0-1 Kisena, Alec 7 0 33 4.7 2-5 ters in the Frontier League in 2019, striking out 35 in 26.2 Lasko, Justin 3 1 6 2.0 1-2 Opp, Cam 4 1 10 2.5 1-3 innings with a 2.70 ERA. Parsons, Hunter 1 0 5 5.0 1-0 Rojas, Oscar 4 0 21 5.3 1-3 Vilera, Jaison 8 0 27 3.4 0-8 Walker, Josh 4 1 27 6.8 3-1 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 6-19 6.12 182.1 192 139 124 68 183 36 .266 HOME 5-14 3.88 167.0 135 86 72 81 169 12 .222 RELIEVERS 8-9 3.53 176.0 141 88 69 99 187 9 .217 ROAD 9-14 5.69 191.1 198 141 121 86 201 33 .260 TOTAL 14-28 4.72 358.1 333 227 188 167 370 45 .243 TOTAL 14-28 4.72 358.1 333 227 188 167 370 45 .243 BULLPEN NOTES -RHP Connor O’Neil’s .125 BABIP is lowest on the team, just ahead of RHP Allan Winans’ .184 BABIP.
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