Here are the Brooklyn Cyclone Game Notes for today's game.
LAST TIME OUT: The Cyclones dropped the opener of the series in Hudson Valley, falling to the Renegades, 4-1...DH Yonatan HenrÃquez racked up three extra-base hits, slugging a home run and two doubles...LHP Nicolas Carreño took the loss, tossing 5.2 innings and allowing three runs on four hits and two walks with seven strikeouts...With the score even at 1-1 in the 5th, 3B Bryce Martin-Grudzielanek crushed a two-run home run – his first High-A home run – to put Hudson Valley in front...Five Renegades' arms held the Brooklyn offense to six hits.
25th ANNIVERSARY: The Cyclones celebrate their 25th anniversary season in 2026...Since the inaugural 2001 campaign, Brooklyn has captured three league titles...The Cyclones shared the New York-Penn League crown with the Williamsport Crosscutters in their first season before taking home the final NYPL title in 2019...Brooklyn captured its first full-season championship in 2025, going 4-0 in the postseason against Greensboro and Hub City.
KING HENRĺ-QUEZ: INF/OF Yonatan HenrÃquez has caught fire at the plate...The switch-hitter went 3-for-4 on Tuesday at Hudson Valley, launching his fifth home run in as many games and adding two doubles...HenrÃquez was named South Atlantic League Player of the Week after clobbering four home runs in last week's series in Asheville, going 9-for-25 (.360) with 10 runs scored, two doubles, 11 RBI and a stolen base...HenrÃquez's solo shot on Sunday was his ninth home run of the year, setting a new career-high...The 21-year-old has hit .307/.367/.648/.1.015 with 18 runs, nine doubles, seven home runs and 24 RBI over his last 21 games.
TAKING CARREÑO BUSINESS: LHP Nicolas Carreño has found his stride on the mound...Despite being saddled with the loss on Tuesday in Hudson Valley, the Venezuela native struck out seven over 5.2 innings for the second consecutive start...Carreño has been one of the best pitchers in the South Atlantic League in August, ranking near the top of the league in most stats...The 20-year-old is first in batting average against (.152), tied for first in wins (3), second in strikeouts (27) and double plays (4), tied for second in opposing OPS (.459) and fourth in WHIP (1.00)...The Renegades' first run on Tuesday snapped Carreño's streak of not allowing an earned run at 20.2 innings.
THE HITS JUST KEEP ON COMIN': The Cyclones' offense was nearly unstoppable over the weekend in Asheville...On Friday, Brooklyn scored 16 runs on 20 hits, both season highs...The following night, the Cyclones scored 15 more runs on 13 hits...Brooklyn finished the series with 12 runs on 11 hits on Sunday…The 16 runs were the most Brooklyn has scored since putting up 18 runs in Jersey Shore on August 28, 2022...The Cyclones fell just two hits shy of matching the franchise's all-time high of 22, set on July 13, 2007, vs. Tri-City, the Houston Astros' former New York-Penn League affiliate...The 43 runs are the most the Cyclones have scored in a three-game span, with the previous high being 37 on July 13-15, 2007 vs. Tri-City and State College, the Pittsburgh Pirates' former NYPL affiliate.
FIRST AID-AN: OF Aidan Smith has made an immediate impact in his first three weeks as a Cyclone...The Tulsa, Okla., native went 3-for-4 with a home run and two walks on Friday in Asheville...Smith homered four times in a five-game span in his first series as a Cyclone in Wilmington...The 22-year-old saw his nine-game hitting streak come to an end in the series opener with Jersey Shore two weeks ago...In 16 games with Brooklyn, Smith is 20-for-60 (.333/.446/.617/1.063) with 15 runs scored, two doubles, five home runs, 10 RBI, 13 walks and eight stolen bases...Smith began the year on the Injured List for Bowling Green and did not rejoin the Hot Rods until May 19...After a slow start to the season, the new Mets farmhand has found his stride over the last month...Since July 5, Smith has slashed .303/.390/.622/1.012 with 29 runs scored, five doubles, 11 home runs, 27 RBI and 11 stolen bases in 30 games.
HURT-ADO LOCKER: LHP Daviel Hurtado has been brilliant since joining the Cyclones...The Cuban-born starter tossed 5.2 innings, allowing just one unearned run in the South Atlantic League's most hitter-friendly ballpark in Asheville...Hurtado has not allowed an earned run in 12.2 innings over his last two starts, and he has a 0.95 ERA in four August appearances (three starts)...Since making his High-A debut on May 26, the 21-year-old is among the best arms in the South Atlantic League...Hurtado leads the SAL in batting average against (.167), WHIP (0.94), and opposing OPS (.474) since that date...He is also second in ERA (2.14), tied for second in double plays (7), and tied for fourth in wins (5)...Hurtado also closed out the win on August 2 with 2.0 scoreless innings of relief to earn his first career save...Hurtado was named the South Atlantic League Pitcher of the Month for June, collecting a 4-1 mark with a 2.03 ERA (6 ER in 26.2 IP) over five starts...He walked only four and struck out 26, while scattering 11 hits.
WHERE BROOKLYN AT: The Mets promoted SS Elian Peña and OF John Smith III to Brooklyn before last Tuesday's opener in Asheville, and promoted LHP Conner Ware on Friday...Peña played in 96 games for Single-A St. Lucie this season, slashing .271/.388/.397/.785 with 18 doubles, eight home runs and 28 stolen bases...The Mets' No. 3 prospect per MLB Pipeline has been playing his best baseball of the year lately...Since July 25, Peña is slashing .338/.423/.588/1.011 with five doubles and four home runs in 17 games...Peña will be the third 18-year-old in High-A, joining Nationals' SS Eli Willits (Wilmington) and Athletics' OF Breyson Guedez (Lansing)...Smith was the Mets' 19th-round pick in the MLB draft this past July...The University of Central Florida product played in 10 games for St. Lucie, going 10-for-41 (.244) with three doubles, two home runs and three stolen bases...Ware appeared in 20 games for St. Lucie, making 10 starts...The former Louisiana State Tiger pitched to a 4.40 ERA over 71.2 innings with a 1.30 WHIP and 84 strikeouts.
ARMS RACE: Brooklyn pitching has kicked into high gear as of late...The Cyclones held Jersey Shore to eight runs (two earned) on 25 hits during their six-game series two weeks ago...Brooklyn starters combined on 32.2 innings of one-run ball against the BlueClaws last week, good for a 0.28 ERA, while four of the six starters tossed at least 5.0 frames of scoreless ball...Despite allowing 12 earned runs on Thursday and Friday in Asheville, Cyclone arms possess the third-best ERA in all of full-season MiLB at 3.06 since the start of their series in Wilmington on August 4...Brooklyn has allowed 125 hits over those 19 games, tied for the seventh-fewest since that date...Only Atlanta's Triple-A Gwinnett (117), the Mets' Triple-A Syracuse (119) and Baltimore's Double-A Chesapeake (125) have played as many games as the Cyclones...Furthermore, the Brooklyn bullpen has a 7-6 record with a 3.66 ERA over the last 19 contests.
BALL MAGNETS: The Cyclones set a franchise record on Friday night...OF John Smith III was hit by a pitch, the 108th time a Brooklyn batter was drilled by a pitch this season, the most in a single season in franchise history...The Cyclones are third in Minor League Baseball and lead the South Atlantic League in hit batsmen with 112...Minnesota's High-A Cedar Rapids (117) leads MiLB...OF John Bay set the Cyclones' single-season record for hit-by-pitches with 19, surpassing OF Matt Rudick (2022) and C Chris Suero's (2025) previous mark of 16... The Cyclones have had four hitters plunked in a game on four separate occasions in 2026...The single-game franchise record is six, set on May 19, 2023, at Hudson Valley...The previous record was set in 2022 when the Cyclones were plunked 107 times.
COMEBACK 'CLONES: The Cyclones scored six runs in the 9th on August 5 to pull off a stunning come-from-behind 10-8 victory in Wilmington...With two outs in the inning, 2B-RF Yonatan HenrÃquez launched a go-ahead three-run home run...The win was the third time this season that Brooklyn came back to win after trailing in the 9th and the second time they came back when down to their last out...On July 29, the Cyclones scored four runs with two outs in the 9th to erase a two-run deficit against Winston-Salem, capped off by a walk-off three-run homer by DH Daiverson Gutiérrez...On April 11, DH Ronald Hernandez tripled to lead off the 9th at Jersey Shore and scored the tying run on a wild pitch...Brooklyn would score three runs in the 10th without recording a hit to pick up their second win of the season.
PITCHING IN: Brooklyn's pitching staff has been sharp as of late...The Cyclones' staff allowed just two earned runs over 56.0 innings in their series against Jersey Shore two weeks ago...Since May 14, Brooklyn pitchers have posted a 3.74 ERA (306 ER in 737.0 IP), the third-lowest in Minor League Baseball...Only Chicago-AL's Single-A Kannapolis (3.52) and Texas' Single-A Hickory (3.55) have lower marks...The Cyclones' bullpen has been a huge reason for that success...Since that date, Brooklyn's 3.70 ERA (155 ER in 376.2 IP) from relievers is fifth-best in MiLB...In June, the Cyclones posted a 3.66 ERA (101 ER in 221.1 IP), the best mark in the South Atlantic League...Overall in 2026, the Cyclones' 4.04 ERA (462 ER in 1028.0 IP) is fourth-best in MiLB.
THIS DATE IN CYCLONES HISTORY: On August 26, 2017, a 9th inning sacrifice fly from C Scott Manea plates the winning run for the Cyclones as they snap a franchise-record 14-game losing streak with a 3-2 win over the Staten Island Yankees.
BROOKLYN TO THE BIGS: After 14 former Cyclones made their Major League debuts in 2025, nine alumni have accomplished the feat in 2026...LHP Nate Lavender, who pitched Brooklyn in 2022 and again on a minor league rehab assignment earlier this year, debuted for the New York Mets on Tuesday night in Cleveland...He joins RHP Kade Morris, RHP Wilkin Ramos, OF Nick Morabito, LHP Zac Thornton, OF Carson Benge, OF A.J. Ewing, RHP Cameron Foster, and RHP Anthony Nunez, who made their debuts earlier this season...Foster and Nunez each debuted with the Baltimore Orioles in April, while Ramos and Morris debuted for the San Francisco Giants and Athletics, respectively...Last year's 14 debuts set a new single-season franchise record.
AMAZIN' STARTS HERE: According to MLB Pipeline, the Cyclones hold eight of the Mets' Top 30 prospects: SS Elian Peña (3), INF Sammy Stafura (8), INF Cole Mathis (14), OF Aidan Smith (16), RHP Will Watson (20), 1B/OF Randy Guzmán (22), LHP Daviel Hurtado (24), and RHP José Chirinos (27)...The Cyclones also have seven of the Mets' Top 30 farmhands per Baseball America: Peña (6), Stafura (9), Smith (12), Mathis (16), Watson (19), Guzmán (20), Carreño (27)...Joe DeMayo lists Stafura (3), Peña (6), Guzmán (16), Mathis (17), Watson (21), Smith (22), Hurtado (26), and LHP Nicolas Carreño (28) among his Top 30.
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