The Brooklyn Cyclones (5-9) go for consecutive victories in a rubber match against the Wilmington Blue Rocks (7-7) — the High-A affiliate of the Washington Nationals — on Sunday at 2:00 p.m. from Maimonides Park on Coney Island.
RHP Blade Tidwell (0-1, 5.68) — the Mets’ top pitching prospect — makes his first start career start at Maimonides Park for Brooklyn against Wilmington's RHP Chance Huff (0-1, 9.00).
Live coverage is available on the Bally Live app, MiLB.tv, and the Cyclones Radio Network starting at 1:45 p.m.
Full game notes are attached.
LAST TIME OUT: Brooklyn overcame a pair of deficits to snatch a 3-2, 11-inning victory over Wilmington on Saturday...LF Alex Ramírez provided the walk-off RBI single in the bottom of the 11th...1B Joe Suozzi collected a pair of game-tying singles in the 8th and 10th...RHP Jordan Geber hurled the ‘Clones first quality start of the year, tallying 6.0 innings of 1-run ball...RHP Wilkin Ramos and RHP Manny Rodríguez did not allow an earned run (1 total) and punched out 8 in 5.0 combined innings in relief.
IT’S A WALK OFF: Brooklyn garnered their 2nd walk-off victory of 2023 on Saturday afternoon...The Cyclones erased a pair of deficits to win it on LF Alex Ramírez’s RBI single in the 11th...Brooklyn also won in walk-off fashion on Opening Day (April 7) on a bases-loaded RBI walk by 1B Chase Estep...Last season, Brooklyn had 4 walk-off victories at Maimonides Park.
THUNDERBOLT: The Cyclones have been active on the base paths to start the 2023 season...Coming to Sunday, Brooklyn posses 2 of the South Atlantic League leaders in stolen bags...OF Omar De Los Santos is tied with Hudson Valley’s Caleb Durbin for the league-lead with 9...IF/OF Jaylen Palmer is currently tied for 3rd with 8...More importantly, both are a combined 17-for-17 on attempts...While the ‘Clones are only 8th in the league with 25 team stolen bases, the squad is 2nd in success rate (.893)...Only Hudson Valley (.917) has been more successful.
A-RAM A-HERO: OF Alex Ramírez extended his team season-long hitting streak to 9 with a walk-off RBI single in the 11th on Saturday...The stretch is also good for the second-longest active streak in the SAL...The 20-year-old is 13-for-his-last-38 (.342) with 5 runs scored, 2 doubles, a home run, 9 RBI, 3 walks, and 2 stolen bases...Since the start of last season, Ramírez leads all Mets’ minor leaguers in batting average (.281) and triples (7)...He is also tied with former Cyclone INF Ronny Mauricio for the most doubles (33)...Ramírez is 2nd in on-base percentage (.343) and hits (156), 3rd in OPS (.774), slugging (.431) and total bases (239), and tied for 3rd in extra-base hits (52).
GO DJ: LHP Daniel Juárez has been as dominant as can be out of the bullpen for the Cyclones in 2023...In his first 5 outings of the campaign, the southpaw holds a 1-0 record with 1 save...He has not permitted a run on 3 hits and a walk, striking out 11...In 10 regular season appearances with the ‘Clones dating back to last season, Juárez has yielded only 1 unearned run in 10.1 innings...The 22-year-old has not surrendered an earned run in 18-straight appearances dating back to last year...Juárez last allowed earned runs on June 22, 2022, with Single-A St. Lucie at Palm Beach...Since then, he is 3-0 with 8 hits allowed, 10 walks, and 26 strikeouts in 20.2 innings.
BER-BEST-I: INF César Berbesi has bounced back from an injury-plagued 2022 in style...The 23-year-old has reached base in each of his first 8 games in 2023...Berbesi is 10-for-26 (.385) at the plate with 10 runs scored, a double, a triple, and 4 RBI...If he had enough plate appearances to qualify, Berbesi would enter Sunday’s game tops in the SAL in on-base percentage (.568)...He would also be tied for 4th in batting average (.385) and 8th in OPS (1.068)...Berbesi has walked 76 times compared to only 84 strikeouts in 104 career games.
SUPER STANLEY: OF Stanley Consuegra — who tripled on Friday — was named South Atlantic League Player of the Week (April 10-16) on Monday...During last week’s series in Winston-Salem, Consuegra was 9-for-24 (.375) with 2 doubles, 3 home runs, and 10 RBI...The 22-year-old tied a career-best with 4 hits and fell one RBI short of matching his career-best with 4 RBI last Thursday...Consuegra enters Sunday’s series finale on a 9-game on-base streak dated back to April 12...Since then, the right-handed swinger is slashing .343/.425/.743 with a stellar 1.168 OPS...Consuegra has 7 extra-base hits, 3 home runs, and 10 RBI in that span.
Lots of interesting stuff going on for the Cyclones.
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