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'Clones Rough up Renegades, 7-0 on Tuesday Night

July 2, 2024 - South Atlantic League (SAL)
Brooklyn Cyclones News Release


CONEY ISLAND, BROOKLYN, N.Y. - RHP Jonah Tong continued his dominant 2024 season, carrying a no-hit bid until two out in the fifth inning, striking out seven. He, RHP Ben Simon, and RHP Jake Stevenson combined on a two-hit shutout, as the Brooklyn Cyclones blanked the Hudson Valley Renegades, 7-0, in front of 1,304 fans at Maimonides Park on Tuesday night.

After being held scoreless in the lid-lifter on Monday, it was the Cyclones (3-8, 36-41) that struck first in game two of the series.

Following a one-out single by 2B Junior Tilien, a pair of two-out walks loaded the bases. LF Kellum Clark was plunked and RF Nick Morabito coaxed a free pass to force in two runs, giving Brooklyn a 2-0 edge.

After a pitching change, SS Jesús Báez extended his on-base streak to seven games to start his Cyclones career, slapping the second pitch thrown into center field for a hit. Two runs scored on the single to double Brooklyn's advantage, 4-0.

Tilien continued his impressive day at the plate in the third. With one out, the 21-year-old rocketed a line drive over the wall in left for a solo home run. Tilien's fourth of the season stretched the cushion to five.

The Cyclones capped their offensive outburst with a 3B Mateo Gil sacrifice fly to center in the sixth and on a seeing-eye single up the middle by Clark in the eighth.

Seven runs of offense was plenty for Brooklyn's pitching staff on Tuesday. Tong's (3-1) no-hit bid was spoiled with a two-out knock by 3B Kiko Romero in the fifth but earned his third South Atlantic League victory by striking out seven and walking two over 6.0 frames of one-hit ball.

Simon took over in the sixth and faced one over the minimum. The 22-year-old yielded just one hit and punched out three over a career-high-tying 3.0 innings to earn the hold.

In the ninth, RHP Jake Stevenson entered and slammed the door shut. The Waconia, Minn. native struck out a pair and retired the side in order 10 pitches to close out Brooklyn's ninth shutout victory of the year.

RHP Sebastian Keane (6-6) tossed 45 pitches for Hudson Valley (6-4, 39-36) in Brooklyn's four-run second inning. The Massachusetts native could not escape that frame and was charged with four runs, suffering his sixth defeat.

The Cyclones will try and make it back-to-back victories in game three of the set on Wednesday. 2023 National League All-Star RHP Kodai Senga (NR) is scheduled to make a Major League rehab start for Brooklyn after missing the first three months of the season with a right shoulder capsule strain. Hudson Valley is projected to counter with LHP Kyle Carr (0-4, 5.91), the New York Yankees' No. 11 prospect per MLB Pipeline. The first pitch is scheduled for 7 p.m.

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