BROOKLYN CYCLONES (12-25) at WILMINGTON BLUE ROCKS (20-18) RHP David Griffin (First Start) Vs
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BROOKLYN CYCLONES (12-25) at WILMINGTON BLUE ROCKS (20-18) RHP David Griffin (first start) vs. LHP Evan Lee (0-2, 3.63 ERA) Daniel S. Frawley Stadium I Saturday, June 19, 2021 I 6:05 PM Wilmington, DE I Game # 38 I Road Game # 22 ABOUT LAST NIGHT: Down 5-2 with two outs in vs. WILMINGTON: The new affiliate of the Wash- the ninth inning, the Cyclones rallied for five runs ington Nationals sits in third place in the North Di- to win the game in their final at-bat 7-5. CJuan Uri- vision with an 20-18 record only 2.5 games back arte’s two-run single, which came with two strikes and two outs, brought Brooklyn to within 5-4. The of first-place Hudson Valley. The Blue Rocks are next batter, OF Antoine Duplantis, flew a two-run home to 10 of Washington’s Top 30 Prospects, ac- home run just over the right field wall past Wilm- cording to MLB Pipeline. INF Yasel Antuna, the top ington OF Gage Canning’s leaping try. UTL Blake position player in the system ranks No. 4 in Wash- Tiberi went back-to-back with Duplantis, skying ington’s Top 30. a solo home run to right-center field. RHPMitch sive players, checking into Saturday’s game with a Ragan tossed a scoreless ninth to slam the door 166 wRC+ (tied for sixth-best in the league). The 2019 shut in Brooklyn’s most dramatic road win of the Mets first-round pick ranks third in High-A East with season. a .417 OBP, tied for fourth in RBIs (29), and sixth in hitting (.316). His OPS also ranks seventh in the circuit TWANNY ON THE SPOT: OF Antoine Duplantis (.939). drilled his second home run of the season and sec- ond of his professional career to give the Cyclones a SS has collected a 6-5 lead in the top of the ninth inning. Duplantis’ two ROAD RONNY: Ronny Mauricio triple and a home run in the series. He’s currently tied home runs this season have come in Asheville and with Triple-A 3B for the Mets minor Wilmington -- two places without MiLB.tv, meaning David Thompson league lead, ranking second in RBIs (25) behind 3B there is no video evidence that the home runs actu- (29). Away from Maimonides Park, Mauri- ally took place. Brett Baty cio is hitting .321 (27-84) with five doubles, two triples, seven home runs, and 23 RBIs. At home, Mauricio is BLAKE IS AWAKE!: UTL Blake Tiberi crushed hitting .115 (6-52) with one extra-base hit and two RBIs. his second home run in as many nights, boosting His strikeout rate at home is 38% and just 28% on the Brooklyn’s lead to 7-5 on Friday night in Wilmington. road. The former Louisville Cardinal (3rd, 2016) hit just his 12th professional home run in 1129 at-bats. As a pro, RHP allowed three Tiberi has averaged one home run every 94 at-bats, STARTER WOES: Jose Butto solo homers to Wilmington last night. Brooklyn start- but homered in consecutive games for the second ers have allowed a league-high 34 home runs. The time in his career (previous came in 2018). Cyclones have allowed the seventh-most in all of Minor League Baseball. The Triple-A affiliate of the WHO’S THE NEW GUY?: RHP David Griffin makes Mets, the Syracuse Mets, has allowed the most home his affiliated baseball debut tonight on the mound runs for the starting staff in the minors (41). for Brooklyn. The Mets signed Griffin from the Gary SouthShore Rail Cats in the American Association Brooklyn has not won a series in 2021, and assigned him to the Cyclones. Griffin pitched for HUNTING: going 0-5-1. The Cyclones head into a big game five four years at Curry College in his home state of Mas- tonight in Wilmington with a chance to take the se- sachusetts. ries lead. If the Cyclones win today it will be the first time all year that Brooklyn leads a series after five BRETT THE BAT: 3B Brett Baty, New York’s No. 4 games. prospect, ranks among the league’s finest offen- Upcoming Opponents & Probable Pitching DATE OPPONENT CYCLONES STARTER OPPONENT STARTER TIME Sunday, June 20 at Wilmington RHP Justin Lasko (0-2, 4.32 ERA) LHP Alfonso Hernandez (0-0, 1.50) 1:05 PM Monday, June 21 OFF DAY Tuesday, June 22 vs. Jersey Shore RHP Jaison Vilera (0-4, 8.49 ERA) TBD 6:30 PM Wednesday, June 23 vs. Jersey Shore RHP Alec Kisena (1-3, 5.04 ERA) TBD 6:30 PM JUNE 19 AT WILMINGTON STARTING PITCHER PAGE 2 # 2548 JOSEDAVID CARLOS GRIFFIN MEDINA RHPLHP Height: 6-0 Weight: 196 Bats: Right Throws: Right Date of Birth: July 16, 1996 Age: 24 Hometown: Hanover, MA College: Curry College How Obtained: Signed as minor league free agent June 18, 2021 HOW HE GOT HERE: David Griffin was signed out of the 2021 GAME-BY-GAME American Association yesterday, playing with the Gary Brooklyn Cyclones DATE OPP DEC IP H R ER BB K HR AVG SouthShore Rail Cats in Gary, Indiana. 2021: Made six start this year for the Rail Cats, posting a 4.31 ERA in 31.1 IP. He struck out 36 and walked 10, allowing 29 hits, 11 earned runs, and two home runs. K% BB% HR/9 REAL LIFE CAN WAIT: Griffin worked as an outside sales representative for UniFirst Corporation in the fall after grad- -- -- -- uating from Curry. UniFirst Corporation is a uniform rental BABIP GB% FIP company based in Wilmington, Massachusetts, that manu- factures, sells, and rents uniforms and protective clothing. -- -- -- GRIFFIN’S SEASON AND CAREER HIGHS 2021 Season Career 2020: Pitched for the Rockland Boulders and then was None Strikeouts None None Double Digit K Games None transferred to the Road Warrior Black Sox of the Yinzer None High Hits, Game None None High HR, Game None Baseball Confederacy. None High Runs, Game None None High Walks, Game None) None Innings Pitched, Game None 2019: Spent his first pro season with Gary, making 12 ap- None Complete Games None None Shutouts None pearances with two starts. COLLEGE : Pitched for four collegiate years at Curry Col- lege, collecting four-consecutive All-Conference selection. After being All-Conference third team as a freshman, was a CATCHER ERA three-time first team all-conference pitcher. NAME G ER INN ERA Alvarez 9 42 75.1 5.02 Mena 5 21 41 4.61 Senger 9 44 81 4.89 Uriarte 12 59 98 5.41 CYCLONES STARTING PITCHER BREAKDOWN STARTER GS Quality Starts Run Support RS/Start BC Record Butto, Jose 8 0 38 4.8 4-4 Kisena, Alec 6 0 30 5.0 1-5 Lasko, Justin 3 1 6 2.0 1-2 Opp, Cam 4 1 10 2.5 1-3 Parsons, Hunter 1 0 5 5.0 1-0 Rojas, Oscar 4 0 21 5.3 1-3 Vilera, Jaison 7 0 20 2.9 0-7 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 5-17 6.24 160.0 162 121 111 57 165 34 .258 HOME 4-12 4.14 139.0 118 74 64 61 142 10 .230 RELIEVERS 7-8 3.93 153.1 131 84 67 83 168 9 .228 ROAD 8-13 5.89 174.1 175 131 114 79 191 33 .254 TOTAL 12-25 4.97 313.1 293 205 173 140 333 43 .244 TOTAL 12-25 4.97 313.1 293 205 173 140 333 43 .244 BULLPEN NOTES -RHP Allan Winans’ .200 BABIP is the lowest on the team, leading the relievers. -RHP Brian Metoyer’s 2.92 FIP is the lowest in the Cyclones bullpen, while his 31.9% strikeout rate ranks the highest. -RHP Eric Orze has the bullpen’s finest K-BB% (20.0%), posting a 25.7% K rate and a 5.7% BB rate. SUNDAY’S STARTER - RHP JUSTIN LASKO (0-2, 4.32 ERA) JUNE 19 AT WILMINGTON BATTING PAGES PAGE 3 # 19 FRANCISCO ALVAREZ - C .246, 3 HR, 12 RBI, .343 wOBA, wRC+ 117 Last Game: 1-4, R Home: 5-28 Last HR: 6/12 vs. Hudson Valley Season High, Hits: 3 (6/6 at JS) RISP: 5-17 (.294) Road: 11-37 Multi-Hit Games: 3 (6/17 at Wilmington) Season High, Runs: 1 (4x, 6/18 at WIL) Streak: 2 G (3-8) vs. WIL: 4-15 Multi-RBI Games: 2 (6/12 vs. Hudson Valley) Season High, RBI: 4 (6/6 at JS) Season High, SB: 1 (6/3 at JS) • Enters his fourth year in the Mets organization...Called up from Low-A St. Lucie on Monday, May 24...19 years old, turning 20 on November 19 • Ranks as the No. 1 prospect in the Mets system according to both MLB Pipeline and Baseball America...Ranked as No. 4 catching prospect in baseball and the No. 38 prospect in the game according to MLB Pipeline • Hit .417 (20-48) with five doubles, two home runs, and 12 RBIs in 15 games with St. Lucie...Struck out seven times and walked 15...went 2-for-4 in stolen bases • Non-roster invitee to Mets Spring Training...Signed with NYM as NDFA on July 2, 2018 # 9 ZACH ASHFORD - OF .216, 1 HR, 5 RBI, .291 wOBA, wRC+ 84 Last Game: DNP Home: 8-32 Last HR: 5/23 vs.