BROOKLYN CYCLONES (25-16) Vs.LOWELL SPINNERS (26-15) RHP Frank Valentino (1-1, 3.33) Vs
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BROOKLYN CYCLONES (25-16) vs.LOWELL SPINNERS (26-15) RHP Frank Valentino (1-1, 3.33) vs. RHP Ryan Zeferjahn (0-1, 7.71) / RHP Mitch Ragan (1-2, 1.83) vs. LHP Kelvin Sanchez (2-1, 3.98) MCU Park I Tuesday, July 30, 2019 I 6:00 PM Coney Island, NY I Games # 42 & 43 I Home Games # 21 & 22 LAST GAME: Brooklyn completed a three-game vs. LOWELL: The Cyclones are 59-45 all-time sweep of the Vermont Lake Monsters behind a 9-1 against the Lowell Spinners, including 34-22 at win in Burlington on Sunday evening...INF Wilm- MCU Park and 25-23 at LeLacheur Park...The Cy- er Reyes went 3-for-5 with two runs scored, two clones are 10-5 against the Spinners at home over RBI and a home run...INF Gavin Garay went 3-for-4 with a home run and three RBI to pace the Brook- the last three seasons...Brooklyn took two of three lyn bats...RHP Corey Gaconi (2-1) collected the win from Lowell at MCU Park earlier this season and in relief. split a pair in Lowell...The Cyclones and Spinners currently have the top two records in the NYPL. RAKING ROMERO: Cyclones INF Yoel Romero The Cyclones have won five of currently has a 15-game hitting streak, the longest SERIES SMILES: their past six series, going 5-0-1...Brooklyn beat in the NYPL this season...Romero has hit safely in Mahoning Valley, West Virginia, Hudson Valley, Tri- 20 of 23 games this season and has not gone hit- City, and now Vermont with last weekend’s sweep... less in a game since June 25th...Romero is batting Brooklyn’s only tie came in Connecticut, when the .397 (23-58) over his 15-game streak...The 15-game Cyclones and Tigers were rained out for the rubber hitting streak is tied for the third-longest in fran- game two weekends ago. chise history - 1B Ike Davis and INF Joe Jiannet- ti also hit in 15 straight games...1B Lucas Duda (17 SWIPING RIGHT: The Cyclones have stolen 41 bas- games, 2007) and INF Gavin Cecchini (16 games, es in 53 attempts during the month of July, rank- 2013) are the only players with longer streaks. ing second-most in the New York-Penn League... Brooklyn stole just eight in June...INF Wilmer Reyes DOUBLE VISION: The Cyclones rank best in the and have stolen six bases each league, having hit into a league-low 14 double Jake Mangum during the month. plays this season...Conversely, State College has grounded into a league-high 48 double plays. RETURN TO ME: 1B Joe Genord is 4-for-11 over his past three games with a double, home run and four WE’RE GOING STREAKING: Brooklyn is current- RBIs...Genord is trying to reverse a 3-for-41 (.073) ly riding a five-game winning streak, during which over his 15 games from July 8 to July 24...Genord is Brooklyn pitchers have limited the opposition to a tied for third in the NYPL in homers (6), fifth in RBIs .110 (17-154) team average...Brooklyn pitchers have (25), and tied for sixth in extra-base hits (14). allowed just nine runs (eight earned) over their last 46.0 innings on the mound...Brooklyn is 13-4 since INF ranks July 10th and has outscored their opponents 81-38 LEADERS OF THE PACK: Wilmer Reyes sixth in the league in batting (.336) and fourth in over this stretch. slugging (.513)...1B Joe Genord is tied for third in home runs (6) and is fifth in RBI (25)...2BLuke Ritter RISP IT FOR THE BISCUIT: Brooklyn ranks first in is sixth in the league with 20 walks. the New York-Penn League with a .288 (98-340) batting average and a .444 slugging percent- The Cyclones are currently last in age with runners in scoring position...Brooklyn is DON’T WALK: the NYPL with just 102 walks this season...State batting .298 with RISP and two outs, best in the College leads the league with 179 walks. league...West Virginia ranks second (.284). Upcoming Opponents & Probable Pitching DATE OPPONENT CYCLONES STARTER OPPONENT STARTER TIME Wednesday, July 31 vs. Lowell RHP Matt Cleveland (3-2, 3.89) RHP Noah Song (0-0, 0.00) 7:00 PM 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 TBA TBA 7:05 PM Saturday, August 3 @Williamsport TBA TBA 7:05 PM JULY 30 VS LOWELL STARTING PITCHER PAGE 2 # 46 FRANK VALENTINO RHP Height: 6-3 Weight: 205 Date of Birth: March 15, 1995 Age: 24 Hometown: Old Westbury, NY How Obtained: Signed as a free agent, 6/27/19 College: NYIT High School: West Islip (NY) How Obtained: Signed out of Frontier League, 6/27/19 LAST TIME OUT: Fell one out shy of recording the win on 2019 GAME-BY-GAME Wednesday vs. Tri-City, working 4.2 innings of two-run ball Brooklyn Cyclones (New York-Penn League) DATE OPP DEC IP H R ER BB K HR AVG in Brooklyn’s 9-2 victory...Scattered two hits and two walks, 6/30 LOW 5.1 7 3 0 0 5 0 .333 striking out five. 7/5 ABD L 5.0 7 5 5 1 4 1 .333 7/10 MV W 6.0 2 0 0 1 7 0 .254 7/18 @ HV 3.1 4 2 2 1 2 1 .263 NEW FRONTIER: Had his contract purchased from the Fron- 7/24 vs. TRI 4.2 2 2 2 2 5 0 .242 TOTAL 1-1 3.33 24.1 22 12 9 5 23 2 .242 tier League’s Florence Freedom in Florence, Ky. on June 27. Florence Freedom (Frontier League) DATE OPP DEC IP H R ER BB K HR AVG LIVING THE DREAM: Grew up in West Islip, NY as a Mets 5/12 vs. JOL 4.2 2 1 1 3 4 .143 5/18 @ EV W 7.0 3 0 0 3 7 .139 fan and describes himself as a “diehard”...Considers Mike 5/25 vs. SIL L 7.0 7 3 3 1 9 .194 Piazza, David Wright, John Franco, Tom Glavine, and Pedro 5/31 vs. EV L 6.1 6 2 2 1 9 .209 6/7 @ WASH W 7.0 4 0 0 4 6 .202 Martinez his favorite Mets players. 6/12 vs. SCH W 7.0 1 1 1 2 8 .177 6/18 @ RC L 6.0 12 4 2 0 5 .222 6/24 vs. GW W 6.1 6 3 3 2 1 .224 # 31 Mitch ragan RHP Height: 6-3 Weight: 210 Date of Birth: April 1, 1997 Age: 22 Hometown: Omaha, NE College: Creighton (NE) High School: Millard West How Obtained: Mets 15th-round draft pick in 2019 LAST TIME OUT: Tossed 2.1 perfect innings of relief work 2019 GAME-BY-GAME and earned his first professional win on Wednesday vs. Tri- Brooklyn Cyclones DATE OPP DEC IP H R ER BB K HR AVG City...Struck out three for the third time this season. 6/16 ABD 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 6/19 @ LOW L 2.0 1 2 1 0 1 0 .091 6/26 @ ABD 2.1 0 0 0 0 2 0 .059 Makes his third start of the season...In his first 7/1 @ HV 2.0 1 0 0 0 3 0 .087 SPOT START: 7/6 ABD 2.1 1 0 0 0 3 0 .097 two starts, allowed five runs (three earned) over 7.2 com- 7/12 vs. MV L 4.0 3 1 1 0 1 0 .133 7/18 @ HV 3.2 5 4 2 2 2 0 .177 bined innings with eight hits and two walks allowed...In six 7/24 vs. TRI W 2.1 0 0 0 0 3 0 .159 relief outings, has allowed just two runs (one earned) in 12 TOTAL 1-2 1.83 19.2 11 7 4 2 15 0 .159 innings with 12 strikeouts. CYCLONES STARTING PITCHER BREAKDOWN STARTER GS Quality Starts Run Support RS/Start BC Record Was a weekend starter in both of his Acosta 3 0 16 5.3 3-0 BEFORE BROOKLYN: Bryant 8 3 29 3.6 4-4 years at Creighton, where he made 31 career starts...Was Cleveland 7 1 36 5.1 4-3 Goggin 1 0 4 4.0 1-0 named the 2019 Big East Pitcher of the Year, going 8-3 with Holderman 2 0 10 5.0 1-1 Jones 1 0 2 2.0 1-0 a 4.17 ERA and a .250 BAA. Kisena 2 0 9 4.5 2-0 Mena 1 0 2 2.0 1-0 Oswalt 2 0 4 2.0 1-1 Otanez 1 0 5 5.0 1-0 Ragan 2 0 6 3.0 0-2 Syndergaard 1 0 7 7.0 1-0 Valentino 5 1 27 5.4 3-2 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 11-8 3.30 185.1 145 80 68 63 164 10 .211 HOME 11-9 3.52 171.1 122 83 67 66 174 7 .197 RELIEVERS 14-8 2.88 168.2 99 66 54 76 187 5 .170 ROAD 14-7 2.71 182.2 122 63 55 73 177 8 .189 TOTAL 25-16 3.10 354.0 244 146 122 139 351 15 .193 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.