Brooklyn Cyclones Game Notes - Friday, July 3 - at Frederick (7:00 PM ET)
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Brooklyn Cyclones Game Notes - Friday, July 3 - at Frederick (7:00 PM ET)

Published on July 3, 2026 under South Atlantic League (SAL)
Brooklyn Cyclones News Release


The Brooklyn Cyclones (7-5, 32-45) continue a six-game road trip against the Frederick Keys (6-6, 47-29) - the High-A affiliate of the Baltimore Orioles - on Friday evening at 7:00 p.m. ET from Nymeo Field at Harry Grove Stadium in Frederick, Md.

RHP Dakota Hawkins (2-0, 1.74) is expected to make the start for the Cyclones. The Keys are scheduled to counter with RHP Twine Palmer (3-3, 3.62).

Live coverage on the Cyclones Radio Network, Bally Sports Live, and MiLB.tv will begin at 6:45 p.m. ET.

LAST TIME OUT: The Cyclones' season-best five-game winning streak was snapped on Thursday, falling to the Keys, 9-4...2B Yonatan Henríquez and DH Corey Collins both doubled and collected two hits for Brooklyn...RF Yohairo Cuevas stayed hot, driving in two runs...1B Ike Irish hit a pair of solo home runs for his first career multi-homer game, and SS Wehiwa Aloy drove in three runs on three hits for the Keys...The Cyclones scored four runs in the 5th to cut a 5-0 deficit to 5-4, but that was as close as they would get as Frederick closed the game with four unanswered runs.

25th ANNIVERSARY: The Cyclones celebrate their 25th anniversary season in 2026...Since the inaugural 2001 campaign, Brooklyn has captured three league titles...The Cyclones shared the New York-Penn League crown with the Williamsport Crosscutters in their first season before taking home the final NYPL title in 2019...Brooklyn captured its first full-season championship in 2025, going 4-0 in the postseason against Greensboro and Hub City.

LIKE A HAWK: RHP Dakota Hawkins continued to excel in a starting capacity against Jersey Shore on Saturday night...The 26-year-old fired 5.0 scoreless frames, allowing only four hits, while striking out a batter and walking none...Two weeks ago, "The Hawk" passed RHP Josh Hejka for second on the Cyclones' all-time appearances list...The 26-year-old has accrued a 1.08 ERA (4 ER in 33.1 IP) over his last 15 appearances between Triple-A Syracuse and Brooklyn...Hawkins is also third all-time in strikeouts (151), trailing only teammate RHP Noah Hall (201) and RHP Jaison Vilera (173)...The right-hander has also logged 159.0 innings with Brooklyn, surpassing RHP Garrison Bryant for third in all-time innings pitched (146.1).

KING HENRÍ-QUEZ: INF/OF Yonatan Henríquez picked up two more hits on Thursday against Frederick after connecting on his third home run of the season on Wednesday...The utility man went 10-for-24 (.417) with three doubles, two RBI, and three stolen bases last week against Jersey Shore...The Puerto Plata, D.R. native collected a career-high four hits in Wednesday's win...Since June 16, Henríquez is hitting .328/.371/.466/.837 with six runs scored, five doubles, one home run, four RBI, four walks, and six stolen bases...The switch-hitter has reached base in 12 of his last 13 games.

COLL ME MAYBE: INF Corey Collins has been an on-base machine for the Cyclones as of late...Collins went 2-for-4 with a double, a run scored and an RBI on Thursday in Frederick...In 26 games since May 28, the Suwanee, Ga. native is slashing .291/.457/.523/.980 with 14 runs scored, five doubles, five home runs, 22 RBI, and 26 walks to 24 strikeouts...Collins is also riding a 12-game on-base streak since June 17, going 14-for-41 (.341) at the plate with six runs scored, three doubles, seven RBI, and 10 walks to eight strikeouts...Since May 28, the Georgia product is second in the South Atlantic League on-base percentage (.457), tied for second in walks (27), and tied for ninth in OPS (.980).

LA POTENCIA: OF Yohairo Cuevas continued his hot hitting Thursday against Frederick, going 1-for-3 with a walk and driving in two runs...The Bronx native slugged two home runs on Wednesday night against Frederick, his first career multi-homer game...It is the second multi-homer game for the Cyclones this year, joining C Ronald Hernandez, who accomplished the feat on May 10 at Bowling Green...Cuevas hit his first two career High-A home runs over the weekend against Jersey Shore...Cuevas played 60 games (233 PA) as a Cyclone over the past two seasons before connecting on his first home run... Cuevas went on to homer in three straight games, launching four homers over 13 PA...Dating back to June 5 with Single-A St. Lucie, the 22-year-old is slashing .324/.471/.706/1.177 with 16 runs scored, 14 extra-base hits, six home runs, 16 RBI, five stolen bases, and 17 walks to 13 strikeouts.

BAYLOR SWIFT: INF Jamari Baylor is off to a torrid start to his Cyclones career...The 25-year-old is 9-for-24 (.333) through his first eight games with Brooklyn, scoring five runs, tallying four extra-base hits, two home runs, and six runs batted in...Dating back to his time with Single-A St. Lucie, Baylor has reached base safely in 17-straight games since the second game of a doubleheader on May 13...The Richmond, Va. native is hitting .316/.418/.667/1.085 during that time with 12 runs scored, five doubles, five homers, and 13 RBI.

HOMER HAPPY: The Cyclones clubbed a season-high five home runs in a 13-5 win at Frederick on Wednesday night...Brooklyn had not powered five long balls in a single contest since April 30, 2025, vs. Wilmington...INF Jacob Reimer recorded the third three-homer game in franchise history that day, while C Ronald Hernandez added a multi-homer effort...Brooklyn homered in eight consecutive games dating back to June 23 vs. Jersey Shore...The stretch is the longest for the Cyclones since the minor league stat portal began in 2005...Brooklyn's previous high was seven straight from August 18-25, 2023, vs. Hudson Valley and at Asheville...During the eight-game run, the Cyclones powered 19 homers...The 19 round-trippers are five more than another team at the High-A level and tied for second across all of full-season Minor League Baseball in that span...Only Texas' Double-A Frisco (20) hit more.

RED-HOT RONNY: C Ronald Hernandez has been on a tear at the plate...The Venezuelan-born catcher hit his seventh home run of the season on Tuesday - his second consecutive game with a homer - to set a new career-high...The 22-year-old saw his 7-game hitting streak come to an end on Saturday, during which he slashed .300/.432/.367/.799 with seven walks...Since May 24, Hernandez has hit .289/.405/.443/.848 in 26 games with 18 runs scored, four doubles, a triple, three home runs, 11 RBI, and 12 stolen bases.

HURT-ADO LOCKER: LHP Daviel Hurtado is off to a terrific start with the Cyclones...The Cuban-born starter was dominant on Tuesday night in Frederick, tossing 6.0 shutout innings, allowing just one hit and one walk while striking out a career-high eight...Since making his Brooklyn debut on May 26, Hurtado leads the South Atlantic League in ERA (1.57), batting average against (.134) and WHIP (0.60)...He is also tied for the league lead in games started (7) and wins (4), and he is fourth in innings pitched (34.1).

DETECTIVE BENSON: OF J.T. Benson has been a key part of the Cyclones' recent offensive surge...Benson launched a grand slam on Saturday night, and was a single shy of the cycle on Tuesday, including a three-run homer, in Brooklyn's 8-7 win vs. Jersey Shore...The 24-year-old has reached in 26-straight contests since May 22, posting a .309/.409/.606/1.015 slashline with 20 runs scored, 16 extra-base hits, five home runs, 21 RBI, and six stolen bases...Since making his Brooklyn debut on May 19, Benson is tied for sixth in the South Atlantic League in doubles (10), tied for fourth in triples (2), tied for fifth in extra-base hits (17), eighth in slugging percentage (.551), and ninth in OPS (.925)...Entering play on Friday, the Crestwood, Ky. native leads the entire New York Mets' farm system in RBI (47), triples (7), extra-base hits (36), and doubles (20).

MITCH-A-PALOOZA: INF Mitch Voit has been a force at the top of Brooklyn's lineup recently...The Milwaukee, Wis. native launched his 10th home run of the season on Wednesday at Frederick...Over his last 28 games since May 22, Voit is hitting .288/.417/.495/.912 with 28 runs scored, five doubles, six home runs, 18 RBI, 19 walks to 24 strikeouts, and 14 stolen bases...Voit has also reached base safely in 11 straight games since June 17, going 14-for-44 (.318) at the dish...Entering play on Wednesday, the 21-year-old is tied for fifth in the South Atlantic League in hit-by-pitches (11) and tied for sixth in stolen bases (26).

HALL OF FAME: RHP Noah Hall set the standard on the Cyclones' pitching leaderboard this season...The 25-year-old had his best outing of the season Wednesday, matching a season-high 5.1 innings while allowing a season-low one hit and striking out a career-high-tying eight batters to bring his career total to 201...Hall surpassed RHP Jaison Vilera (173) for the Cyclones' all-time strikeout record on June 7 at Jersey Shore, and now sits alone in both innings pitched (195.0) and games started (39) on the career list...The Charlotte, N.C. native passed RHP Garrison Bryant (135) and LHP Felipe De La Cruz (133) for second and third, respectively, on the all-time list on April 10 at Jersey Shore...In 2025, Hall ranked second in the South Atlantic League in ERA (2.72) and batting average against (.200)...He also finished fifth in strikeouts (115), tied for fifth in double plays induced (9), sixth in innings (112.2), ninth in WHIP (1.27), and tied for 10th in starts (21)...Hall became the first player in franchise history to start multiple Opening Days in 2025 and started his third-straight Opening Day in 2026.

BALL MAGNETS: The Cyclones have worn their fair share of pitches this season...Brooklyn has the second-most hit batters in all of Minor League Baseball with 73 hit-by-pitches, just one behind Winston-Salem...OF John Bay was plunked for the 17th time last Friday night, setting the Cyclones' single-season record...Bay previously shared the mark with OF Matt Rudick (2022) and C Chris Suero (2025)...Bay is tied for the South Atlantic League lead and is tied for third in MiLB after taking his 18th hit-by-pitch on Sunday, while Gutiérrez and Voit are tied for fifth in the league with 11 each...The Cyclones have had four hitters plunked in a game on four separate occasions in 2026...The single-game franchise record is six, set on May 19, 2023, at Hudson Valley...The franchise record for hit-by-pitches in a season is 107, set in 2022.

DAIVERSON DELIVERS: C Daiverson Gutiérrez has found his stride at the plate in June...The 20-year-old provided the walk-off RBI single in the 10th inning in last Tuesday's 8-7 win vs. Jersey Shore and collected a go-ahead RBI knock in the 7th in Friday's 6-5 triumph...In 19 games during the season's third month, Gutiérrez hit .269/.337/.449/.786 with 12 runs scored, six doubles, a triple, two home runs, 14 RBI, and eight walks to 10 strikeouts...The Venezuela native has raised his batting average by 41 points (.148 to .189) and OPS by 99 points (.499 to .598) during the month.

PITCHING IN: Brooklyn's pitching staff has been sharp as of late...Cyclones arms struck out 66 batters last week against Jersey Shore, and punched out 73 batters in their last home series against Frederick...In May, the Cyclones posted a 3.65 ERA (92 ER in 227.0 IP), just narrowly behind Frederick's 3.64 ERA (89 ER in 220.0 IP) for best in the South Atlantic League...Since May 14, Brooklyn pitchers have posted a 3.49 ERA (145 ER in 374.1 IP), which is the second lowest among full-season minor league affiliates...Only Texas' Single-A Hickory (3.31) has a lower team ERA...A huge reason behind that success has been the bullpen...Since that date, Cyclone relievers have posted a 3.12 (65 ER in 187.2 IP), which is the best mark in all of Minor League Baseball.

BROOKLYN TO THE BIGS: After 14 former Cyclones made their Major League debuts in 2025, eight alumni have already accomplished the feat early in 2026...RHP Kade Morris made his MLB debut for the Athletics on June 6 in Houston against the Astros...Morris pitched in 11 games, making 10 starts and posting a 3.43 ERA over 57.2 innings during his time in Brooklyn in 2024....He joins RHP Wilkin Ramos, OF Nick Morabito, LHP Zach Thornton, OF Carson Benge, OF A.J. Ewing, RHP Cameron Foster, and RHP Anthony Nunez, who made their debuts earlier this season...Foster and Nunez each debuted with the Baltimore Orioles in April...Last year's 14 debuts set a new single-season franchise record.

AMAZIN' STARTS HERE: According to MLB Pipeline, the Cyclones hold two of the Mets' Top 30 prospects...Those are INF Mitch Voit (5) and C Daiverson Gutiérrez (25)...Brooklyn has four of Baseball America's Top 30: Voit (6), LHP Nicolas Carreño (25), RHP José Chirinos (26), and Gutiérrez (28)...SNY lists Voit at 10 and Gutiérrez at 27...Baseball America also ranked INF Colin Houck as the organization's No. 35 farmhand entering 2026.

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