The Brooklyn Cyclones (16-21) go for their second-straight victory against the Winston-Salem Dash (23-15) — the High-A affiliate of the Chicago White Sox — in an Education Day Wednesday afternoon contest at 11:00 a.m. from Maimonides Park.
RHP Cameron Foster (1-3, 4.78) is scheduled to take the hill for Brooklyn against Winston-Salem’s RHP Johan Domínguez (0-0, 0.00).
Live coverage is available on the Bally Live app, MiLB.tv, and the Cyclones Radio Network starting 15 minutes prior to the first pitch at 10:45 a.m.
Full game notes are attached.
LAST TIME OUT: The Cyclones won their 5th game in 6 contests besting the Dash, 7-3, on Tuesday night...LF Jaylen Palmer smashed a solo home run in the 7th and tallied 2 hits and 2 RBI on the day...RF Omar De Los Santos racked up 2 doubles, 2 RBI, and 2 stolen bags...SS William Lugo collected a multi-RBI game, while CF Alex Ramírez drove in 2 with a double in the 8th...RHP Blade Tidwell punched out 7 and collected his 2nd-straight win...RHP Paul Gervase and RHP Trey McLoughlin combined to yield 1 unearned run in relief, striking out 6, earning the hold and save, respectively...2B Loidel Chapellí walked 3 times and stole 2 bases for Winston-Salem.
START ME UP: After not registering a win in the team’s first 31 games, Brooklyn starters collected 4-straight victories during the team’s season-high win streak between May 17 and Game 1 of Sunday’s doubleheader at Hudson Valley, and 5-of-the-last-6 games total...In their last 6, Cyclones starting pitchers have amassed a 5-0 record with a 0.86 ERA (3 ER in 31.1 IP)...Brooklyn’s starters have walked 15 and struck out 36.
CAN’T TOUCH THIS: The Cyclones' pitching staff has been marvelous over the course of the team’s last 6 games...Since Wednesday afternoon, Brooklyn has permitted just 4 earned runs (10 total) on 30 hits through the last 51.2 innings...That is good for a microscopic 0.70 ERA...Cyclones’ pitching has walked 25 and struck out 64 in that span...Brooklyn’s strikeout rate is 30.9% during the streak...The ‘Clones have outscored opponents, 34-10, over the 6-games stretch...Brooklyn is 5-1 during that span.
THRILL OF THE ‘CHASE’: After a bumpy month of April, INF Chase Estep has picked up the pace at the plate in season’s second month...In his last 12 games played dating back to May 5, the 23-year-old is slashing .310/.370/.548 with a .918 OPS...Estep has accumulated 6 runs scored, 5 doubles, a triple, a home run, and 10 RBI in 46 plate appearances...The Corbin, Ky. native has also registered a 141 wRC+...Estep has garnered at least one knock in 10 of those 12 games...In his first 12 outings, he was just 2-for-43 (.047) at the dish with a wRC+ of -21.
OMAR ON THE RUN: In addition to his 16 stolen bases in 2023, OF Omar De Los Santos remains among the best base stealers in Minor League Baseball since the beginning of 2022...The 23-year-old has accumulated 86 stolen bases in that span, which is 4th most in MiLB...Only Red Sox prospect INF David Hamilton (93), Marlins farmhand INF Nasim Núñez (91), Aberdeen OF Luis Valdez (89)...De Los Santos has also snagged 50 more bases than any other Mets prospect in that time...Fellow Cyclone IF/OF Jaylen Palmer is 2nd with 36...Omar is already 16 swipes shy of matching INF Walter Rasquin’s franchise record for single-season stolen bases (32) which was set back in 2017.
GUIGUE GUNSLINGER: Guigue, Venezuela’s LHP Daniel Juárez has been as dominant as can be out of the bullpen for the Cyclones in 2023...In his first 12 outings of the campaign, the southpaw holds a 2-0 record with 1 save...He has not permitted an earned run (1 total) on 5 hits and 6 walks, striking out 24 (13.79 K/9)...In 17 regular season appearances with the ‘Clones dating back to last season, Juárez has yielded only 2 unearned runs in 20.0 innings...The 22-year-old has not surrendered an earned run in 25 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 4-0 with 10 hits allowed, 15 walks, and 39 strikeouts in 30.1 innings...Since the streak began, no pitcher in Minor League Baseball has thrown more innings without allowing an earned run.
STU’S CRUISE: RHP Tyler Stuart has been as consistent as any starting pitcher in the South Atlantic League in 2023...The 23-year-old extended his scoreless inning streak to 14.2 innings with 6.1 spotless frames in game one at Hudson Valley on Sunday...Stuart punched out 8 batters for his first pro win...Stuart is also 3rd in the league in batting average against (.197) and 6th in WHIP (1.13)...Analytically, the right-hander is also among the SAL’s best...Stuart is 2nd in FIP (2.86), 3rd in xFIP (3.49), 4th in strikeout rate (32.3%), and 5th in strikeouts per nine innings (11.81).
WIZARD OF SUOZZ: OF/1B Joe Suozzi matched a season-high with 3 hits on Friday and enters Wednesday riding a 10-game on-base streak during the course of Brooklyn’s road trip...The Glen Cove, N.Y. native is 12-for-his-last-31 (.387) with 5 runs scored, 3 doubles, 5 RBI, 4 walks, and a stolen base...Suozzi has registered a .943 OPS and 158 wRC+ in those 10 contests.
HIT PARADA: C Kevin Parada cracked a home run last Tuesday night and has been on a tear since the calendar flipped to May...In 17 games during the season’s second month, the 21-year-old is slashing .286/.384/.524 with a .907 OPS...Parada is 18-for-63 at the dish (.286) with 10 runs scored, 7 doubles, a triple, 2 home runs, and 8 RBI...In that time frame, the Los Angeles native holds a .408 wOBA and a 143 wRC+...In the month of May, Parada is 2nd in the league in doubles (7) and tied for 6th in extra-base hits (10)...For the entire campaign, the Georgia Tech alum is 3rd in the SAL in two-base hits (11)...Parada has also reached base safely in 8-straight games dating back to May 13 at Wilmington.
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