Brooklyn Cyclones Game Notes - 6/18/2026

 

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Here are the Brooklyn Cyclone Game Notes for today's game.

The Brooklyn Cyclones (25-39, 25-39) continue a six-game road trip and conclude the season’s first half against the Wilmington Blue Rocks (30-34, 30-34) — the High-A affiliate of the Washington Nationals — on Thursday evening at 6:35 p.m. ET from Frawley Stadium in Wilmington, Del.

LHP Daviel Hurtado (2-0, 0.50) is expected to make the start for the Cyclones. The Blue Rocks are scheduled to counter with the Nationals’ No. 17 farmhand per MLB Pipeline, Poly Prep alum RHP Miguel Sime Jr. (0-0, 3.52).

Live coverage on the Cyclones Radio Network, Bally Sports Live, and MiLB.tv will begin at 6:20 p.m. ET.

LAST TIME OUT: The Cyclones fell to Wilmington for the second consecutive night on Wednesday, 6-0...SS Mitch Voit went 2-for-5 in the loss and tallied his 10th double of the season...The Blue Rocks jumped in front early with three runs in the bottom of the 1st...Wilmington added a run in the 3rd and two more in the 4th to break the game open...RHPs Ryan Dollar, Juan Arnaud, and Cristofer Gomez combined to throw 4.0 scoreless innings of relief...The trio allowed four hits and struck out seven, with each pitcher striking out multiple batters...RHP Yoel Tejeda Jr. stifled the Brooklyn bats, striking out a career-high nine over 5.0 scoreless innings.

DAVIEL DELIVERS: LHP Daviel Hurtado is off to a near-perfect start as a Cyclone...In four starts, the Cuban-born starter has allowed just one run over 18.0 innings...On Friday night against Frederick, the 21-year-old chucked 5.0 frames of scoreless, one-hit ball, even with having to endure a 31-minute rain delay after tossing 3.0 innings...Hurtado walked only one, while striking out two...Among South Atlantic League pitchers with 18.0 or more innings of work since his Cyclones debut on May 26, Hurtado leads the league in ERA (0.50) and WHIP (0.44), while also pacing the circuit in batting average against (.086) and opposing OPS (.252).

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