Here are the Brooklyn Cyclone Game Notes for today's game.
The Brooklyn Cyclones (11-6) continue their six-game series against the Jersey Shore BlueClaws (6-11) — the High-A affiliate of the Philadelphia Phillies — on Thursday at 6:35 p.m. from ShoreTown Ballpark in Lakewood, N.J.
LHP Zach Thornton (3-0, 0.00) is scheduled to make his fourth start of the season for the Cyclones. The BlueClaws are projected to counter with the Phillies’ No. 17 prospect per MLB Pipeline, LHP Mavis Graves (0-0, 8.59).
Live coverage on the Cyclones Radio Network will begin at 6:20 p.m.
LAST TIME OUT: The Cyclones snapped a brief 2-game slide with a 2-1 victory at Jersey Shore on Wednesday...Both of Brooklyn's runs scored on a 2-run fielding error by the third baseman on a pop fly to the pitcher's mound...RHP Joel Díaz extended his scoreless inning streak to 15.2 frames with 4.0 innings of 2-hit, shutout ball in his 2nd start...He did not walk a batter and punched out a season-high-tying 5...RHP Brendan Girton earned his 1st professional victory, yielding just 1 run on 4 hits over 3.0 innings...RHPs Jace Beck and Ryan Lambert tossed hitless and scoreless 8th and 9th innings, respectively...Lambert earned his 1st save.
THIS DATE IN CYCLONES HISTORY: On April 24, 2024, the Cyclones scored 7 runs in the bottom of the 3rd inning, tallying 3 on a triple by 2B Mateo Gil, in a 13-3 win vs. Wilmington...LF Wilfredo Lara and DH Drake Osborn each had multi-hit games...RHP Douglas Orellana posted 5.0 innings of shutout and hitless relief, striking out 6 in the win...2 former Cyclones also made their Major League debut...INF Zach Lutz (2007-08) made his debut for the New York Mets in 2012, and RHP Hansel Robles (2012) debuted for the Mets in 2015.
DYNAMIC DUO: Entering play on Thursday, RHP Joel Díaz and LHP Zach Thornton have been dominant through the first month of 2025...The duo is 2 of only 3 pitchers at the High-A level that have worked 15.0 or more innings and not allowed an earned run this season (Aberdeen's RHP Braxton Bragg)...Díaz and Thornton are the only 2 of the 3 not to allow a run at all...The pair is 2 of only 5 arms throughout Minor League Baseball to work 15.0-plus frames and not allow a run...Double-A Altoona's LHP Hunter Barco (17.2 IP), Double-A Somerset's RHP Brendan Beck (15.0), and Double-A Corpus Christi's RHP José Fleury (17.1) are the others.
DONUTS FOR DÍAZ: RHP Joel Díaz has put nothing but donuts on the scoreboard to start the 2025 season...The 21-year-old has not allowed a run on 9 hits with 2 walks and 18 strikeouts in 15.2 innings over 4 appearances (2 starts)...Díaz enters Thursday tied with teammate LHP Zach Thornton and Aberdeen's RHP Braxton Bragg for the South Atlantic League lead in ERA (0.00)...The San Cristóbal, D.R. native is also 4th in the circuit in WHIP (0.70) and 9th in batting average against (.161)...Díaz also sits 2nd in the SAL in FIP (2.11), 3rd in swinging strike percentage (16.8%), 4th in walk rate (3.4%), and 9th in strikeout-to-walk rate (27.1%).
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