BROOKLYN CYCLONES (26-22) vs HUDSON VALLEY RENEGADES (28-19) RHP Matt Cleveland (3-2, 3.48) vs. RHP Rodolfo Sanchez (1-1, 3.89) MCU Park I Monday, August 5, 2019 I 7:00 PM Brooklyn, NY I Game # 49 I Home Game # 25 YESTERDAY: For the second straight game, the vs. HUDSON VALLEY: The Cyclones are 101-88 Cyclones blew a late-game lead and fell to the against the Renegades all-time including 4-2 this Williamsport Crosscutters 4-3 at BB&T Ballpark... season...The Renegades are one of three teams Brooklyn led 3-0 in the 8th, but the ‘Cutters scored three in the eighth and one in the ninth to walk that Brooklyn has reached 100 wins against (Aber- off with a win...RHPFrank Valentino tossed 6.0 deen & Staten Island)...Brooklyn is 55-39 against shutout frames, allowing just one hit...INF Luke the Renegades at home, but tonight will mark their Ritter went 2-for-4 with a pair of RBI to pace the first home game against the ‘Gades this season. Brooklyn bats. DON’T WALK: The Cyclones rank last in the HIT THE SKIDS: The Cyclones are 1-6 over their last NYPL with just 120 walks in 1,709 plate appear- seven games...Brooklyn is batting just .197 (41-208) ances...INF has just four walks over this span and has scored just 18 runs. Wilmer Reyes in 145 plate appearances, and OF Antoine Duplantis has just three walks in 124 plate appear- REYES IS RAKING: Since June 28th, INF Wilmer ances...INF has walked 22 times, tied Reyes is batting .365 (42-115) with 18 runs scored Luke Ritter for fourth most in the league, to account for 19% of and 19 RBI in the 30 games over this span...Reyes the team’s total walks. has not had consecutive hitless games over this span and has hit safely in 27 of 30 games. J-0’fer: INF Joe Genord is batting just .114 (8-70) since July 8th and has just one multi-hit game in 24 RISP IT FOR THE BISCUIT: Brooklyn ranks first in contests over this span...Genord is currently in the the New York-Penn League with a .271 (106-391) middle of a 1-for-24 stretch over his last six games... batting average with runners in scoring position, He has hit safely in just seven of his last 23 games Lowell ranks second (.260)...Brooklyn is batting with an AB. .277 with RISP and two outs, best in the league. A CASE OF THE MONDAYS: The Cyclones are ON THE WILD SIDE: The Cyclones have 53 wild batting .194 (34-124) on Monday games and have pitches, second most in the NYPL (Tri-City-66)... scored just 13 runs in four Monday contests. Brooklyn has allowed 10 runs to score thanks to a wild pitch this season. WHAT’S ON TAP: The Cyclones open up a six- game homestand tonight with MLB Network Night... HOME COOKIN’: OF Antoine Duplantis is bat- Mark DeRosa and Eric Byrnes will host a “Sandlot ting .308 (16-52) at MCU Park and .167 (11-66) on to the Show” clinic at the ballpark pre-game...In ad- the road...INF Luke Ritter is batting .356 (21-59) at dition, all kids 12 & under will get an MLB Network home and .179 (15-84) away from Brooklyn. mini-bat and can eat for free...Tuesday is a special 11:30 AM start for Camp Day...Wednesday night is WHAT’S GLOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT: The a Way Back Wednesday with an appearance from Cyclones currently rank third in the NYPL with a Corbin Bernsen, who played the role of Roger Dorn .974 fielding percentage...The team has been in the “Major League” films...He will be signing au- charged with 45 errors in 1,726 total chances. tographs, and there is a limited-edition bobblehead available through a package. Upcoming Opponents & Probable Pitching DATE OPPONENT CYCLONES STARTER OPPONENT STARTER TIME Tuesday, August 6 vs. HV RHP Garrison Bryant (3-1, 3.00) LHP John Doxakis (0-0, 2.70) 11:30 AM Wednesday, August 7 vs. HV RHP Michel Otanez (1-1, 0.87) LHP Ben Brecht (1-0, 0.87) 7:00 PM Thursday, August 8 vs. CT RHP Nate Jones (0-0, 0.00) TBA 7:00 PM Friday, August 9 vs. CT RHP Frank Valentino (1-2, 3.55) TBA 7:00 PM AUGUST 5 VS HUDSON VALLEY 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: Shattered his career high in strikeouts, 2019 GAME-BY-GAME punching out eight batters in 4.2 shutout innings on Wednes- Brooklyn Cyclones DATE OPP DEC IP H R ER BB K HR AVG day vs. Lowell...Scattered four hits and two walks...Posted 6/16 ABD L 4.0 5 3 3 3 0 0 .313 his second scoreless start of the season. 6/22 @ SI 3.1 2 2 2 3 1 1 .241 6/28 LOW 5.0 6 2 2 2 3 0 .265 7/3 @ HV 5.1 3 4 4 4 3 0 .246 THE MAN IS ON A RUN: Has allowed two earned runs over 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 his last four starts, spanning 21.1 innings...Collected wins 7/20 @ CON W 5.0 5 1 0 2 1 0 .211 against West Virginia, Connecticut, and Tri-City...Has set ca- 7/25 TRI W 5.1 3 3 2 0 4 0 .203 7/31 LOW 4.2 4 0 0 2 8 0 .206 reer highs in innings, strikeouts, and consecutive scoreless 3-2 3.48 44.0 33 19 17 18 25 2 .206 innings over that span. CLEVELAND’S SEASON AND CAREER HIGHS 2019 Season Career HOMECOMING: Grew up in nearby Windsor, north of Hart- 8 (7/31 vs. Lowell) Strikeouts 8 (7/31/19 vs. Lowell) None Double Digit K Games None ford about 45 minutes northwest of Dodd Stadium. 10.2 (7/8-7/20) Scoreless Streak 10.2 (7/8/19-7/20/19) 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) 2018 SEASON: Pitched with Kingsport (R) last season, work- 4 (7/3 at Hudson Valley) High Walks, Game 6 (2x, last: 8/5/18 vs. Bristol) 6.1 (7/14 vs. West Virginia) Innings Pitched, Game 6.1 (7/14/19 vs. West Virginia) ing as a starting pitcher...Went 1-4 with a 4.97 ERA over 10 None Complete Games None starts, walking 40 batters and striking out just 26. None Shutouts None WINDSOR TIES TO BROOKLYN: Cleveland is the second professional player from Windsor, joining Dick Teed...Teed 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 CATCHER ERA from 2004-2007, reaching as high as Double-A Binghamton, NAME G ER INN ERA but never played for the Cyclones. Capra 1 4 9.0 4.00 Mena 19 53 156.1 3.05 Ortega 10 25 79.0 2.85 MATT CLEVELAND 2019 BROOKLYN SEASON SPLITS Yera 19 51 165.1 2.78 W-L ERA G IP H R ER HR BB K AVG CYCLONES STARTING PITCHER BREAKDOWN Total: 3-2 3.48 9 44.0 33 19 17 2 18 25 .206 STARTER GS Quality Starts Run Support RS/Start BC Record Home: 2-1 2.49 5 25.1 19 8 7 0 8 16 .204 Acosta 3 0 16 5.3 3-0 Road: 1-1 4.82 4 18.2 14 11 10 2 10 9 .209 Bryant 9 4 35 3.6 5-4 Cleveland 9 1 41 4.6 5-4 June: 0-1 5.11 3 12.1 13 7 7 1 8 4 .265 Goggin 1 0 4 4.0 1-0 July: 3-1 2.84 6 31.2 20 12 10 1 10 21 .180 Holderman 2 0 10 5.0 1-1 August: Jones 2 0 5 2.5 1-1 Kisena 2 0 9 4.5 2-0 September: 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 Otanez 2 0 5 2.5 1-1 vs. Left: .182 66 4 12 2 0 0 2 5 7 .260 Ragan 2 0 6 3.0 0-2 vs Right: .223 94 15 21 4 1 2 15 13 18 .321 Syndergaard 1 0 7 7.0 1-0 Leading Off: .175 40 1 7 1 1 1 1 6 4 .313 Valentino 6 2 30 5.0 3-3 Vilera 5 3 16 3.2 2-3 RISP: .313 32 18 10 3 0 1 16 3 5 .361 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 12-10 3.11 214.0 167 88 74 70 197 10 .211 HOME 12-12 3.41 203.1 151 97 77 75 209 9 .204 RELIEVERS 14-12 3.02 196.2 127 81 66 86 213 7 .185 ROAD 14-10 2.73 207.1 143 72 63 81 201 8 .194 TOTAL 26-22 3.07 410.2 294 169 140 156 410 17 .199 TOTAL 26-22 3.07 410.2 294 169 140 156 410 17 .199 BULLPEN NOTES • Brooklyn are tied for second in the NYPL with 17 saves...Luis Silva, Andrew Edwards, and Matt Mullenbach are tied for the team lead with three saves each.