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| 2B D'Andre Smith picked up three hits, scored three runs, stole three bases, and drove in a run, as the Brooklyn Cyclones defeated the Winston-Salem Dash, 6-2, on Wednesday night at Truist Stadium. (Bella Dunning / Brooklyn Cyclones) |
D’Andre Smith tallies three hits, Junior Tilien drives in three in sixth-straight road win
Brooklyn Cyclones Press Release By Justin Rocke (reprinted from milb.com/brooklyn by permission)
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (August 28, 2024) — 2B D’Andre Smith picked up three hits and stole three bases, while 3B Junior Tilien drove in another three runs, as the Brooklyn Cyclones used a four-run seventh inning to defeat the Winston-Salem Dash, 6-2, on Wednesday night at Truist Stadium.
Even at one entering the seventh, LF Chris Suero pounded a double off the left-center field wall before moving to third on a ground out. Smith followed and tapped a ground ball to the right of the first baseman. Suero broke for the plate and slid around the tag to score on the fielder’s choice, providing Brooklyn (26-30, 59-63) a 2-1 advantage.
1B Kellum Clark was plunked on the very next pitch and Tilien subsequently rifled the next offering down the left-field line for a bases-clearing double, stretching the Cyclones’ cushion to three. Two batters later, RF Jefrey De Los Santos dunked a run-producing single into left-center field to make it a 5-1 contest.
Winston-Salem (24-32, 55-67) snatched one back in the bottom of the seventh, but no more thanks to great defense from Suero. The 20-year-old started the inning with a diving catch in left and, after SS Wilber Sánchez smacked a RBI double, he provided an outfield assist at the plate to record the final out of the frame.
Smith almost single-handedly produced Brooklyn's insurance run in the ninth. The 23-year-old ignited the frame with a single, took second on a ground out, swiped third base, and scored on a wild pitch.
After LHP Ryan Ammons (3-0) tossed a perfect eighth inning, RHP Alan Perdomo followed suit with a three-up, three-down ninth to secure the Cyclones’ 6-2 victory.
Brooklyn jumped out to a 1-0 advantage in the top of the fifth inning when Smith doubled, snagged third base, and scored on a Tilien sacrifice fly to right.
Sanchez walked, stole second and third, and came home on a LF Caden Connor single to center, tying the score at one for Winston-Salem in the sixth.
Neither starter factored into the decision on Wednesday. LHP Zach Thornton scattered four hits over 5.0 shutout innings for the Cyclones, striking out three without issuing a walk. Dash LHP Lucas Gordon yielded one run on three hits over 6.0 innings.
Ammons surrendered three hits and a run but punched out three over 2.1 innings for his third win.
RHP José RamÃrez (6-6) was charged with all four runs for Winston-Salem in the seventh and was saddled with his sixth defeat.
Brooklyn and Winston-Salem continue their six-game on Thursday night. RHP Jonah Tong (5-4, 3.47) — the New York Mets’ No. 10 prospect per MLB Pipeline — is expected to make the start for the Cyclones. The Dash are projected to counter with RHP Jake Bockenstedt (1-3, 10.57). The first pitch is scheduled for 7 p.m.
With the tying run on 3rd, Zach Thornton is able to wiggle out of trouble and keep the 'Clones in front 1-0 after five. #AmazinStartsHere I #LGM pic.twitter.com/pdgcB5L5cY
— Brooklyn Cyclones (@BKCyclones) August 29, 2024
Following a go-ahead fielder's choice, Junior Tilien and Jefrey De Los Santos give us some insurance in the 7th 💪 These are our @nationalgridus Safe at Home Runs of the Game!
— Brooklyn Cyclones (@BKCyclones) August 29, 2024
We'd tack on another in the 9th on a wild pitch. 6-2 'Clones#AmazinStartsHere #LGM pic.twitter.com/fpwPlzpNZy
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