
Brooklyn Splits Twinbill with 'Gades
July 19, 2019 - New York-Penn League (NYPL)
Brooklyn Cyclones News Release
WAPPINGERS FALLS, NY - The Brooklyn Cyclones, the Short Season Class A affiliate of the New York Mets, split a doubleheader with the Hudson Valley Renegades with a 3-2 victory and 7-6 loss Thursday night at Dutchess Stadium.
Game one - Brooklyn 3, Hudson Valley 2
W: Metoyer (2-1)
L: LaSorsa (3-1)
SV: Conlon (1)
Cyclones HR: Mena (1)
BIG MOMENTS
Jose Mena's solo shot in the top of the seventh inning broke a 2-2 tie, sending the Cyclones to a one-run victory. His RBI groundout in the third made it 1-0.
P.J. Conlon earned the save with a perfect seventh inning, striking out one batter. The Triple-A rehabber threw seven of eight pitches for strikes.
Brian Metoyer fanned six batters over 2 2/3 innings of scoreless, hitless baseball for the victory.
KEY CYCLONES CONTRIBUTORS
Brian Metoyer: W, 2.2 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 6 K
Jose Mena: 1-3, HR, 2 RBI
Antoine Duplantis: 1-3, 3B, RBI
Game two - Hudson Valley 7, Brooklyn 6
W: Smiddy (1-0)
L: Parsons (0-1)
BIG MOMENTS
Mason Mallard delivered a pinch-hit RBI infield single to plate the winning run in the seventh, giving the Renegades a 7-6 comeback victory.
Luke Ritter's three-run double in the top of the third gave Brooklyn a 4-3 lead. Joe Genord and Nic Gaddis delivered RBI knocks to push the lead to 6-3.
Hudson Valley took a 3-0 lead in the second when Pedro Diaz tripled in two runners and scored on an error in the same play.
KEY CYCLONES CONTRIBUTORS
Luke Ritter: 1-4, 2B, 3 RBI, R
Antoine Duplantis: 2-4, RBI
Joe Genord: 1-3, 2B, RBI, R
NEWS & NOTES
In game one, Jose Mena hit his second-career home run and the first home run in the United States.
Brooklyn committed five errors, a team high, in the second game.
Hunter Parsons suffered a blown save and a loss in the second game. It was his professional debut.
WHAT'S NEXT
Cyclones at Hudson Valley - Friday, 7:05 p.m.
Dutchess Stadium - Wappingers Falls, NY
Probables: RHP Alec Kisena (0-0, 3.52) vs. RHP Nathan Wiles (2-0, 4.50)
Audio: brooklyncyclones.com/listen
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