Here are the Brooklyn Cyclone Game Notes for today's game.
The Brooklyn Cyclones (26-39, 72-59) continue their first postseason series since 2022 as they host the Greensboro Grasshoppers (43-23, 88-43) — the High-A affiliate of the Pittsburgh Pirates — in Game 2 of the South Atlantic League North Division Finals on Thursday evening at 6:40 p.m. from Maimonides Park on Coney Island in Brooklyn, N.Y.
RHP Joel DÃaz (5-5, 3.80) is expected to make the start for the Cyclones. The Grasshoppers are projected to counter with RHP Hung-Leng Chang (5-7, 4.82).
Live coverage on the Cyclones Radio Network, Bally Sports Live, and MiLB.tv will begin at 6:25 p.m.
LAST TIME OUT: Brooklyn captured Game 1 of the South Atlantic League North Division Finals on Tuesday night, 4-3, in Greensboro...RHP Josh Blum entered with the tying run at first base and 2 out in the bottom of the 9th and struck out DH Ivan Brethowr to end the game...The Cyclones scored 2 runs in the 6th to take the lead on a 3B Colin Houck ground out and a wild pitch...Brooklyn added 2 more in the 8th on a 2-run home run by Houck...LHP Franklin Gómez earned his first High-A win in relief, tossing 3.0 innings of shutout and 1-hit relief...Brooklyn also turned 3 double plays en route to their first playoff win since 2022...The road playoff win was the Cyclones' first since taking the opening game of the New York-Penn League Championship Series, 2-1, on September 8, 2019, at Lowell.
SAL PLAYOFFS: The Cyclones and Grasshoppers continue the South Atlantic League North Division Finals on Thursday night on Coney Island...Brooklyn clinched its first postseason berth since 2022 by winning the South Atlantic League First Half North Division crown with a 6-4 win at Aberdeen on June 19...The playoff berth is the Cyclones' second since moving to the full-season level, having won the Second Half North Division title in 2022...Greensboro captured the Second Half North Division title with a 4-1 win at Hudson Valley on Sunday...The Grasshoppers finished 2nd in Minor League Baseball in wins (88) and winning percentage (.672), trailing only Detroit's High-A West Michigan...The winner of the best-of-3 series will play the victor of the SAL South Division Series between Bowling Green and Hub City...Game 1 of the SAL Championship Series is scheduled for Sunday, September 14, at the home of the North Division winner...Games 2 and 3 would be played on Tuesday, September 16, and Wednesday, September 17, at the South Division winner.
POSTSEASON HISTORY: The Cyclones are playing their second postseason series as a full-season affiliate...Brooklyn previously made the playoffs in 2022 as the South Atlantic League North Division champions in the second half...The Cyclones ultimately fell to the Aberdeen IronBirds in 3 games in the SAL North Division Finals...Brooklyn has not won a postseason series since they defeated the Lowell Spinners to win the New York-Penn League Championship in 2019...The 2019 title was the final in NYPL history and Brooklyn's first outright Minor League title...The Cyclones also shared the 2001 NYPL Championship with the Williamsport Crosscutters in the aftermath of the September 11th attacks...Thursday's Game 2 will mark the Cyclones' first-ever home game on September 11.
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