Brooklyn Cyclones Game Notes — Wednesday, April 12 — at Winston-Salem [7:00 PM]

 

The Brooklyn Cyclones (2-2) continue their 6-game set against the Winston-Salem Dash (1-1) on Wednesday evening at 7:00 p.m. from Truist Stadium in Winston-Salem, N.C.

 

RHP Jeffrey Colón (NR) will make his first start of the season for Brooklyn against Winston-Salem's RHP Norge Vera (NR).

 

Live coverage is available on the Cyclones Radio Network, MiLB.tv, and the Bally Live app starting at 6:45 p.m.

 

Full game notes are attached.

 

LAST TIME OUT: Winston-Salem bested Brooklyn, 5-3, in the opening game of a 6-game series on Tuesday night...2B Loidel Chapellí smashed a 2-run home run in the 4th to put the Dash ahead 3-0...LF Jaylen Palmer clubbed a solo home run and 3B Chase Estep added an RBI double to pull the ‘Clones within 3-2 in the 5th...DH Omar De Los Santos clobbered a home run over the scoreboard in right-center to make it a 5-3 contest in the 7th...RHP Blade Tidwell induced 14 swings-and-misses over 4.1 innings but suffered the loss for Brooklyn...RHP Jonathan Cannon went 5.0 frames for his pro win for Winston-Salem...RHP Tristan Stivors earned his first career save.

FULLY LOADED: Prior to Opening Day, Baseball America ranked the Brooklyn Cyclones as having the fourth most-talented roster in all of Minor League Baseball...The ‘Clones are the highest-rated non-Triple-A squad, falling just behind the Norfolk Tides (1), Durham Bulls (2), and Columbus Clippers (3)...Brooklyn is the lone South Atlantic League team and A-level club to be recognized within the Top 10.

OMAR ON A ROLL: OF Omar De Los Santos is on a 4-game hitting streak to begin his Cyclones career...During the streak, the 23-year-old is 6-for-18 (.333) at the dish with 4 runs scored, 2 doubles, a home run, and 2 RBI...De Los Santos is also 3-for-3 on stolen base attempts and holds a .979 OPS...Entering Wednesday, the fifth-year pro is tied for 2nd in the South Atlantic League in extra-base hits (3) and total bases (11), 3rd in hits (6), and 4th in stolen bases (3)...De Los Santos was tied for 3rd in Minor League Baseball in 2022 with 70 stolen bases and was named Florida State League MVP.

LABOR PAINS: Few teams have made pitchers labor on the bump than the Brooklyn Cyclones...Entering Wednesday, Brooklyn holds 3-of-the-5 players that have seen the most pitches in the South Atlantic League so far in 2023...INF Kevin Kendall leads the circuit (73) and IF/OF Jaylen Palmer (71) is tied for 2nd...C Kevin Parada (68) is 5th in the SAL in pitches seen.