BROOKLYN CYCLONES (11-24) at WILMINGTON BLUE ROCKS (19-17) RHP Alec Kisena (1-2, 3.32 ERA) Vs
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BROOKLYN CYCLONES (11-24) at WILMINGTON BLUE ROCKS (19-17) RHP Alec Kisena (1-2, 3.32 ERA) vs. RHP Joan Adon (2-1, 4.30 ERA) Daniel S. Frawley Stadium I Thursday, June 17, 2021 I 7:05 PM Wilmington, DE I Game # 36 I Road Game # 20 ABOUT LAST NIGHT: SS Ronny Mauricio’s two- vs. WILMINGTON: The new affiliate of the Wash- run home run in the sixth broke a scoreless tie but ington Nationals sits in third place in the North Di- was not enough as Wilmington pounced for five vision with an 19-17 record only two games back runs in the bottom of the inning and held on to win of first-place Hudson Valley. The Blue Rocks are 5-2. RHP Jaison Vilera pitched his best game of the season for Brooklyn, lasted five innings with home to 10 of Washington’s Top 30 Prospects, ac- two runs allowed on four hits. 3B Brett Baty and cording to MLB Pipeline. INF Yasel Antuna, the top 2B Luke Ritter each had two hits, while RHP Eric position player in the system ranks No. 4 in Wash- Orze allowed three of the five runs in the sixth, tak- ington’s Top 30. ing the blown save and the loss to even the series teams with the fewest amount of wins in Minor League and one game apiece. Baseball. While Low-A Kannapolis has nine wins and High-A Visalia has 10, the Cyclones, Mets, and Rum- ROAD RONNY: SS Ronny Mauricio continues his ble Ponies are all tied for the third-fewest wins with 11. power tear, slamming his career-best seventh home The three Mets affiliates are a combined 33-77 (.300), run last night to lead the team. The No. 2 Mets pros- while Low-A St. Lucie is an affiliate-best 20-18. pect has hit all seven of his home runs on the road and is tied with Triple-A 3B David Thompson for the Cyclones Mets minor league lead. Away from Maimonides FROM ST. JOHN’S TO CONEY ISLAND: manager begins his first season as Park, Mauricio is hitting .316 (24-76) with five doubles, Ed Blankmeyer the skipper for the club. Blankmeyer was hired in one triple, seven home runs, and 23 RBIs. At home, early 2020 to be the Short Season Class A manag- Mauricio is hitting .115 (6-52) with one extra-base hit er after coaching St. John’s University for 24 years. and two RBIs. His strikeout rate at home is 38% and Blankmeyer went 829-499-4 with the Red Storm. just 28% on the road. SUPPORT STAFF: World Series champion Mariano BO KNOWS BASEBALL: UTIL Cody Bohanek col- will serve as bench coach, lected his second three-hit game of the season on Duncan Ed Blankmeyer while returns to Coney Island as pitch- Tuesday, going 3-3 with two doubles and a triple. Royce Ring ing coach. begins his coaching career It’s the first-career game with three extra base hits Nic Jackson in the Mets organization as the hitting coach. since his career began in 2017. Bohanek came to the Mets as part of the package deal that brought WHAT’S NEXT: Brooklyn returns home Tues- INF JD Davis from Houston to New York in 2019. day-Sunday of next week, June 22-27, to take on the Jersey Shore BlueClaws at Maimonides Park, QUALITY, NOT QUANTITY: Tuesday night RHP hosting the Philadelphia Phillies farm club. Justin Lasko spun Brooklyn’s third quality start of the season in just 35 games (9% of games). Only NEW NAME: Maimonides Medical Center and the LHP Josh Walker and LHP Cam Opp have pitched Brooklyn Cyclones have announced a new name quality starts. On Tuesday, Lasko allowed one run for the team’s Coney Island ballpark -- on three hits over six innings in a no-decision during Maimonides starting in 2021. The name reflects a new part- Brooklyn’s 3-1 victory. Park nership that unites two of the borough’s iconic in- stitutions -- a team celebrating its 20th anniversary METS ORG STRUGGLING: Brooklyn, Triple-A Syr- season and a healthcare organization celebrating acuse, and Double-A Binghamton all rank amongst its 110th year of service to Brooklyn. Upcoming Opponents & Probable Pitching DATE OPPONENT CYCLONES STARTER OPPONENT STARTER TIME Friday, June 18 at Wilmington RHP Jose Butto (1-2, 4.41 ERA) RHP Francys Peguero (1-1, 4.70 ERA) 7:05 PM Saturday, June 19 at Wilmington RHP David Griffin (first start) LHP Evan Lee (0-2, 3.63 ERA) 6:05 PM Sunday, June 20 at Wilmington RHP Justin Lasko (0-2, 4.32 ERA) TBD 1:05 PM Monday, June 21 OFF DAY JUNE 17 AT WILMINGTON STARTING PITCHER PAGE 2 ## 362830 ALECJOSEOSCAR KISENABUTTO ROJAS RHPLHPLHP Height: 6-5 Weight: 275 Date of Birth: October 12, 1995 Age: 25 Hometown: Seattle, Washington How Obtained: Signed as a minor league free agent, 2/25/19 Drafted: 16th round pick of the Detroit Tigers in 2015 College: Edmonds Community College (Washington) LAST TIME OUT: Taking a no-decision in Brooklyn’s 5-4 loss 2021 GAME-BY-GAME to Hudson Valley, Kisena set the early tone with two runs Brooklyn Cyclones DATE OPP DEC IP H R ER BB K HR AVG allowed over five innings, striking eight for the second time 6/12 HV 5.0 3 2 2 2 8 0 .167 6/5 @ JS 5.0 0 0 0 1 5 0 .164 -- a season-high total. 5/29 ABD L 2.1 3 2 2 2 6 0 .220 5/14 @GVL L 4.1 2 2 2 4 3 1 .194 5/8 @ASH W 5.0 4 2 2 2 8 1 .222 STRONG: Alec Kisena has allowed two earned runs or few- er in all five of his starts this season, posting a 3.21 ERA. His 35.3 strikeout rate ranks best among the starting pitchers K% BB% HR/9 that have played for Brooklyn this season. Among the cur- rent roster, Kisena has the highest K% on staff. 35% 12.9% 0.83 BABIP GB% FIP GREET THE METS: New York signed Kisena to a minor league deal in February 2019 after Kisena pitched for the .244 40.5% 3.82 Gateway Grizzlies in 2017 and 2018 in the Frontier League (independent)...Joined Low-A Columbia in late April. KISENA’S SEASON AND CAREER HIGHS 2021 Season Career 8 (2x, 6/12 vs. Hudson Valley) Strikeouts 10 (7/11/15 vs. GCL Braves) GATEWAY TO THE...EAST: Combined to strike out 167 bat- None Double Digit K Games 1 (7/11/15 vs. GCL Braves) 4 (5/8 at Asheville) High Hits, Game 8 (8/12/15 at GCL Braves) ters in 168.1 innings over 31 starts for the Grizzlies between 1 (5/8 at Asheville) High HR, Game 1 (5x, 5/13/21 at Asheville) 2017-18...Fanned 108 in 100.1 innings during his second sea- 2 (5/8 at Asheville) High Runs, Game 5 (2x, 6/13/19 vs. Lexington) 2 (5/8 at Asheville) High Walks, Game 3 (7x, 9/1/19 at Augusta) son, putting together 9.7 strikeouts per nine. 5 (2x, 6/5 at Jersey Shore) Innings Pitched, Game 6.2 (8/27/19) None Complete Games None None Shutouts None INJURY HISTORY: Suffered a torn ACL during his time with the Detroit Tigers...Released by the organization during ex- tended spring training in 2016. CATCHER ERA ORIGINS: Drafted by the Tigers out of Edmonds Community NAME G ER INN ERA Alvarez 8 34 67.1 4.54 College in 2015, pitching one season in the system with the Mena 5 21 41 4.61 GCL Tigers...Struck out 44 in 40 innings, posting a 2.25 ERA. Senger 9 44 81 4.89 Uriarte 11 54 89 5.46 SEATTLE START: Grew up watching the Seattle Mariners CYCLONES STARTING PITCHER BREAKDOWN with Randy Johnson and Edgar Martinez. STARTER GS Quality Starts Run Support RS/Start BC Record Butto, Jose 7 0 31 4.4 3-4 Kisena, Alec 5 0 26 5.2 1-4 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 5-16 5.91 152.1 145 110 100 56 160 30 .247 HOME 4-12 4.14 139.0 118 74 64 61 142 10 .230 RELIEVERS 6-8 4.06 144.0 127 82 65 77 164 9 .233 ROAD 7-12 5.78 157.1 154 118 101 72 182 29 .249 TOTAL 11-24 4.86 296.1 272 192 160 133 324 39 .240 TOTAL 11-24 4.86 296.1 272 192 160 133 324 39 .240 BULLPEN NOTES -RHP Bryce Montes de Oca leads the relievers with a 33.3% strikeout rate. -RHP Brian Metoyer’s 2.93 FIP is the lowest in the Cyclones bullpen. -RHP Eric Orze has the bullpen’s finest K-BB% (20.0%), posting a 25.7% K rate and a 5.7% BB rate. FRIDAY’S STARTER - RHP JOSE BUTTO (1-2, 4.41 ERA) JUNE 17 AT WILMINGTON BATTING PAGES PAGE 3 # 19 FRANCISCO ALVAREZ - C .228, 3 HR, 12 RBI, .343 wOBA, wRC+ 117 Last Game: 0-3, BB Home: 5-28 Last HR: 6/12 vs.