BROOKLYN CYCLONES (14-27) vs JERSEY SHORE BLUECLAWS (18-25) RHP Jose Butto (1-2, 5.11 ERA) vs. RHP Kevin Gowdy (1-3, 4.26 ERA) Maimonides Park I Thursday, June 24, 2021 I 6:30 PM Brooklyn, NY I Game # 42 I Home Game # 19 ABOUT LAST NIGHT: Brooklyn beat Jersey Shore vs. JERSEY SHORE: The Philadelphia affiliate 3-2 in 10 innings to even the series at one game comes to Maimonides Park for the first time in his- apiece. Down 2-1 in the bottom of the 10th, INF Joe tory. Brooklyn has lost five of the first eight games Genord walked with the bases loaded to tie the of the season series. This series marks the second game, and C Jose Mena singled over the infield in right, driving in 3B Brett Baty to win the game. The of five six-game sets. The club is home to four top Cyclones collected their second walk-off win of the 30 prospects, No. 6 INF Casey Martin, No. 20 OF season and are now 2-0 in extra-innings contests. Jhailyn Ortiz, No. 22 LHP Ethan Lindlow, and No. RHP Alec Kisena struck out six over a season-high 24 C Logan O’Hoppe. 5 1/3 innings, while Jersey Shore’s starter, LHP series in Wilmington, collecting a double and four Ethan Lindow, tossed six scoreless. home runs with 11 RBIs in six games. Ritter homered in three consecutive contests and hit grand slams in EXTRA! EXTRA!: With last night’s victory, the Cy- back-to-back games on Saturday and Sunday. The se- clones are now 2-0 in bonus frames. Brooklyn C ries outburst snapped a big time cold streak for the Hayden Senger launched a three-run walk-off home Wichita State product, who was just 5-29 (.172) with 13 run on May 23 against the Hudson Valley Rene- strikeous and one extra-base hit. He has eight home gades, delivering a 6-5 win in 12 innings. Last night runs one off the Mets minor league lead held by Dou- C Jose Mena’s RBI single drove in the winning run ble-A Binghamton’s INF with nine. in 10 innings. The Cyclones have three wins in their Mark Vientos last at bat and two over the past five games. ROAD WARRIORS: Brooklyn’s home and road splits have been night and day this season. The Cyclones BRETT THE BAT: 3B Brett Baty, New York’s No. 4 are hitting just .196 at home, going 5-13 in 18 games. prospect, ranks among the league’s finest offensive Brooklyn has hit just eight home runs, averaging 3.1 players, checking into Thursday’s game with a 162 runs per game. On the road, the Cyclones are 9-14, wRC+ (tied for sixth in the league). The 2019 Mets scoring 5.7 runs per game. At the plate, the Mets first-round pick ranks tied for second in High-A East High-A club has hit 37 home runs with a .253 batting with a .421 OBP, tied for seventh in RBIs (31), and average. INF has hit six of his seven home sixth in hitting (.316). His OPS also ranks fifth in the Joe Genord runs on the road, while 3B , SS circuit (.949). Brett Baty Ronny Mau- ricio, and INF Luke Ritter have driven in 67 of their 80 RBIs (84%). BUTTO ON THE BUMP: Mets No. 15 prospect ac- cording to MLB Pipeline, RHP Jose Butto, takes the Brooklyn homered five times ball tonight for the Cyclones. Butto has been snake FRANCHISE RECORD: on Sunday in Wilmington, setting the new record for bitten by the home run ball, surrendering seven most home runs in one game by the club. Earlier in the home runs in his past three starts (13 1/3 innings). The year, the Cyclones hit four home runs in one game to Venezuelan righty has allowed a career-high-tying tie the record. nine long balls, matching his 2018 total. During the full season campaign with Low-A Columbia in 2018, Brooklyn celebrates 20 years Butto gave up just eight in 112 innings and has al- 20TH ANNIVERSARY: of baseball this weekend. Tonight, the first 1,000 fans lowed nine in just 37 innings in 2021. in attendance will receive a free 20th Anniversary T-shirt. On Friday, fans will be treated to the first fire- RITTER THE HITTER: INF Luke Ritter had a major works show of the year. Upcoming Opponents & Probable Pitching DATE OPPONENT CYCLONES STARTER OPPONENT STARTER TIME Friday, June 25 vs. Jersey Shore LHP Cam Opp (0-3, 9.20 ERA) RHP Victor Santos (2-1, 1.33 ERA) 7:00 PM 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 JUNE 23 AT WILMINGTON STARTING PITCHER PAGE 2 # 2523 JOSE CARLOSBUTTO MEDINA RHPLHP Height: 6-1 Weight: 202 Bats: Right Throws: Right Date of Birth: December 1, 1994 Age: 26 Hometown: Cumana Sucre, Venezuela How Obtained: Signed as international free agent June 2, 2017 LAST TIME OUT: Butto yielded three home runs to the Wilm- 2021 GAME-BY-GAME ington Blue Rocks, allowing five total runs on eight hits in 4 Brooklyn Cyclones DATE OPP DEC IP H R ER BB K HR AVG 1/3 innings. The Venezuelan righty has surrendered seven 6/18 @ WIL 4.1 8 5 5 0 1 3 .241 6/13 HV 5.0 3 0 0 2 7 0 .217 home runs over his past three outings. 6/6 @ JS L 4.0 8 6 6 2 4 4 .223 6/1 @ JS W 5.1 3 3 2 1 5 1 .179 5/23 vs. HV 5.0 5 1 1 0 5 0 .188 TOP 30 PROSPECT: Jose Butto ranks No. 15 in the Mets 5/18 vs. HV 5.2 2 2 2 1 3 1 .156 5/12 @GVL 4.0 2 1 1 3 6 0 .185 system according to MLB Pipeline. 5/5 @ASH L 3.2 3 4 4 3 5 0 .214 K% BB% HR/9 ARM ACTION: Butto’s change-up has sparkled during his time as a professional with scouts calling it “near elite.” But- 23.2% 7.7% 2.19 to only throws 93 mph and had touched 96 mph, but his BABIP GB% FIP change, thrown 10-11 mph slower, is torturous to opposing batters due to his arm action mimicking his fastball delivery. .258 42.3% 5.91 BUTTO’S SEASON AND CAREER HIGHS 2021 Season Career ASCENSION: Spent 2019 with formerly Low-A Columbia 7 (6/13 vs. Hudson Valley) Strikeouts 9 (6/21/19 at Asheville) None Double Digit K Games None marked Butto’s best as a professional, posting a career-high 5 (5/23 vs. Hudson Valley) High Hits, Game 9 (2x, last: 4/11/19 at Lexingt.) 8.76 K/9 and a career-fewest 2.49 BB/9. The Venezuelan 4 (6/6 at Jersey Shore) High HR, Game 4 (6/6 at Jersey Shore) 6 (6/6 at Jersey Shore) High Runs, Game 6 (3x, last: 6/6/21 at JS) also only allowed eight home runs in 112 innings, good for 3 (3x, 5/16 at Greenville) High Walks, Game 3 (11x, 5/12/21 at Greenville) 5.2 (5/18 vs. HV) Innings Pitched, Game 6.2 (7/1/19 vs. Greenville) 0.64 HR/9. His 3.43 FIP in 2019 has been his lowest mark None Complete Games 1 (6 IP, 7/24/18 vs. Danville) since pitching in the states. None Shutouts None CUMANA, SUCRE: Butto hails from Cumana, Sucre, Vene- zuela, a city on the northern tip of Venezuela near the coast. Argueably, the most famous MLB player from Cumana is Ar- CATCHER ERA mando Galarraga, who pitched for five different teams. He NAME G ER INN ERA is best known for being one out away from a perfect game Alvarez 11 55 87.1 5.67 in 2010 before first base umpire Jim Joyce mistakenly called Mena 6 21 51 3.71 Senger 9 44 81 4.89 the runner safe. Uriarte 13 59 103 5.16 ONE STEP UP: After pitching with Low-A Columbia in 2019, CYCLONES STARTING PITCHER BREAKDOWN STARTER GS Quality Starts Run Support RS/Start BC Record Butto takes the next logical step up the ladder, playing Butto, Jose 8 0 38 4.8 4-4 Griffin, David 1 0 8 8.0 0-1 with High-A Brooklyn in 2021. Since he turned pro, Butto Kisena, Alec 7 0 33 4.7 2-5 has pitched in the Dominican Summer League, with the Lasko, Justin 3 1 6 2.0 1-2 Opp, Cam 4 1 10 2.5 1-3 Kingsport Mets in Rookie-Advanced, Short Season Class Parsons, Hunter 1 0 5 5.0 1-0 Rojas, Oscar 4 0 21 5.3 1-3 A Brooklyn, and Low-A Columbia. The only level he has Vilera, Jaison 8 0 27 3.4 0-8 skipped is the GCL Mets. 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 6-18 6.23 177.2 188 136 123 67 178 36 .267 HOME 5-13 4.04 158.0 130 83 71 75 161 12 .225 RELIEVERS 8-9 3.62 171.2 140 88 89 94 184 9 .220 ROAD 9-14 5.69 191.1 198 141 121 86 201 33 .260 TOTAL 14-27 4.82 349.1 328 224 187 161 362 45 .245 TOTAL 14-27 4.82 349.1 328 224 187 161 362 45 .245 BULLPEN NOTES -RHP Connor O’Neil’s .143 BABIP is lowest on the team, just ahead of RHP Allan Winans’ .184 BABIP.