Brooklyn Cyclones Game Notes — Sunday, April 30 — at Jersey Shore [12:05 PM — DH]

 

The Brooklyn Cyclones (6-11) go for back-to-back victories against the Jersey Shore BlueClaws (8-9) — the High-A affiliate of the Philadelphia Phillies — in a doubleheader on Sunday afternoon at 12:05 p.m. from ShoreTown Ballpark.

RHP Tyler Stuart (0-0, 1.98) is expected to make the start Brooklyn against Jersey Shore’s RHP Gunner Mayer (0-0, 2.79) in the lid-lifter.

The Cyclones are scheduled to hand the ball to RHP Jeffrey Colón (0-0, 10.38) in the finale. LHP Gabriel Cotto (0-1, 8.10) is projected to counter him for the BlueClaws.

LAST TIME OUT: The Cyclones snapped a brief two-game slide on Thursday night with a 4-3 win over the BlueClaws...Brooklyn scored all 4 of their runs in the top of the 5th...LF Omar De Los Santos provided an RBI double and scored on an error to tie it at 2...1B Joe Suozzi collected a go-ahead run-scoring single and DH Kevin Parada added an RBI two-base hit...LF Jared Carr garnered a 2-run homer to right for Jersey Shore in the 4th...RHP Wilkin Ramos posted 3-shutout innings of relief to earn his 2nd win...RHP Manny Rodríguez recorded the final 3 outs to pick up his first career save.

WASHED OUT: The Cyclones endured their 3rd postponement of the 2023 season and their 2nd consecutive day washed away on Saturday afternoon due to rain...It was the first time Brooklyn had back-to-back days postponed since May 12 and 13 of last year vs. Wilmington...It is the first time it has happened on the road since May 6 and 7, 2022, at Aberdeen.

 

IF THERE’S A WIL-KIN, THERE’S A WAY: RHP Wilkin Ramos has been a force for Brooklyn out of the bullpen in 2023...The 22-year-old enters Saturday’s matchup with a 10-inning scoreless streak dating back to April 13 at Winston-Salem...During the 4-game stretch, Ramos has permitted only 2 hits and walked 3 batters...The right-hander has whiffed 15 batters in that span (13.50 K/9)...Over his last 2 appearances, Ramos has punched out 11 batters in 6.0 innings (16.50 K/9)...The Dominican native is 5th in the South Atlantic League (min. 10.0 IP) in strikeout rate (39.0%).

ALEX ALWAYS ON: OF Alex Ramírez extended his team season-long hitting streak to 12 on Thursday...The stretch is tied with Greenville’s Blaze Jordan for the longest active streak in the SAL...The 20-year-old is 17-for-his-last-49 (.347) with 6 runs scored, 2 doubles, a home run, 10 RBI, 5 walks, and 4 stolen bases...Ramírez enters Sunday’s matches tied for 5th in the SAL in hits (20)...Since the start of last season, Ramírez leads all Mets’ minor leaguers in batting average (.283) and is tied with teammate OF Stanley Consuegra for the lead in triples (7).

THUNDERBOLT: The Cyclones stole a season-high 6 bases on Wednesday afternoon at Jersey Shore...That was the most for Brooklyn since they stole 6 bags at Hudson Valley on April 20, 2022...3B Jaylen Palmer and DH/RF Joe Suozzi swiped bases in both contests...Coming into Sunday, OF Omar De Los Santos is tied for 2nd in the South Atlantic League with 10 and Palmer is tied for 5th with 9...More importantly, both are a combined 19-for-20 on attempts...The ‘Clones are 4th in the league with 34 team stolen bases but are 2nd in success rate (.895)...Only Hudson Valley (.912) has been more successful. 

  

SUPER STANLEY: OF Stanley Consuegra blasted his 4th home run of the year on Tuesday night...Consuegra enters Sunday’s games on a 12-game on-base streak dated back to April 12...Since then, the right-handed swinger is slashing .326/.404/.696 with a stellar 1.100 OPS...Consuegra has 8 extra-base hits, 4 home runs, 13 RBI, and 5 walks in that span...He is tied for 5th in the league in extra-base hits (9), tied for 8th in homers (4), 9th in slugging percentage (.565), tied for 9th in total bases (35), and tied for 10th in RBI (13).

WELCOME BACK, WILLIAM: INF William Lugo made his season debut on Tuesday night at Jersey Shore...The 21-year-old is 2-for-6 with a double, walk, 2 runs scored, and a stolen base in 2 games...Lugo joined the Cyclones from Single-A St. Lucie on April 8 last year and slashed .267/.347/.484 with a .795 OPS in 28 regular season games...He added 4 home runs and 18 RBI...The Baní, D.R. native added another solo home run in the postseason...Lugo is ranked as the Mets’ No. 27 prospect by Baseball America and No. 26 by MLB Pipeline...He joined the squad from extended spring training on Monday.

GO DJ: LHP Daniel Juárez has been as dominant as can be out of the bullpen for the Cyclones in 2023...In his first 6 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 11 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 19 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.